GRRR! Wiggle delivery problem

Mark said:

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:22:05 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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Mark wrote on 07/09/2006 15:36 +0100:

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Can anyone recommend a better mail-order retailer?

Chain Reaction are excellent IME.

Do they have a web site? I can't seem to find one.

Thanks,
Mark

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/
I agree that they are good, and very fast delivery (using Royal Mail).

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Craig Wallace
http://craig.neogeo.org.uk
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:22:05 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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Chain Reaction are excellent IME.

Do they have a web site? I can't seem to find one.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ - first Google hit for "Chain Reaction".

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:49:36 +0100, "wafflycat"

w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

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Never had a problem with Wiggle - order before lunch and (with the paid
delivery) I always get it the following working day, usually before 9am.
However, I do include Wiggle on certain legal forms as a dependant :-)

Ah yes, same here. I'm fairly sure this cycling family is responsible for
Wiggle's profits ;-)

A month or so I had a bad dream.

People were milling around aimlessly. I found out what the cause was:
Wiggle had closed down.

And then I woke up.

Tim

davek wrote:
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I shall place the order again (unless someone can recommend another
good source of cheap tubes

What type, size and weight?

~PB

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Chain Reaction are excellent IME.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/
I agree that they are good, and very fast delivery (using Royal Mail).

They're also good at sorting out problems - they answer emails.

cheers,
clive

Tony Raven said:

Mark wrote on 07/09/2006 15:36 +0100:

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Can anyone recommend a better mail-order retailer?

Chain Reaction are excellent IME.

--
Tony

I'll second that: definitely a first class service and an effective
returns system 🙂

davek said:

wafflycat said:

Ah yes, same here. I'm fairly sure this cycling family is responsible
for Wiggle's profits ;-)

I'm too scared to look at the bit where it tells you how much you have
spent in the past year...

Spent in the last 365 days: £568.09. Ulp.

Then there's the stuff from Settle, Deeside, Chain Reaction, SLSC, Bikeplus,
the CTC Shop, hubjub, Solidlights, Cotic, Halfrauds, Mike Dyason...

Hello everyone. My name is Mr Larrington and I'm a bikebitsaholic...

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Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk

Pete Biggs said:

What type, size and weight?

I ordered 10 each of 700x25 (Vittorio), and 26"x1.5" (Geax), both at
44% off RRP.

I've not seen tubes that cheap elsewhere without buying wholesale, but
I don't mind paying more if it means actually getting the bloody things
delivered!

d.

For tubes and tyres I use bicyclerubber.com. I have never been disappointed
with the service, and emails are answered promptly.

http://www.bicyclerubber.com/acatalog/Vittoria.html
http://www.bicyclerubber.com/acatalog/26__x_1.5___2.25_Inner_tubes.html

He also has an ebay shop e.g.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/11-x-GEAX-MTB-inner-tubes-26-x-1-5-2-25-presta-P-P-FREE_W0QQitemZ330025651842QQihZ014QQcategoryZ27954QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

I have no connection, other than another one way drip feed from my bank
account.

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Pete Biggs said:

What type, size and weight?

I ordered 10 each of 700x25 (Vittorio), and 26"x1.5" (Geax), both at
44% off RRP.

I've not seen tubes that cheap elsewhere without buying wholesale, but
I don't mind paying more if it means actually getting the bloody things
delivered!

d.

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Wiggle

I have always got my wiggle stuff very quickly.
I get them to deliver to my workplace and put on the information box
that it is open mon to fri 9 to 5.
TerryJ

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davek said:

Pete Biggs said:

What type, size and weight?

I ordered 10 each of 700x25 (Vittorio),

£24.99 for 10 (£22.49 if order over £50, free delivery) at Wiggle,
£32.90 delivered for 20 at Ribble.

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and 26"x1.5" (Geax), both at 44% off RRP.

£1.99 each in Tesco :-)
(actually I think they're 1.75/2.125 rather than 1.5"😉
Ribble have Vredestein Race 1.75/2.2" for £2.50
So if you order 20 each from Wiggle you'll pay £89.96, and from Ribble
£82.90. Not much good if you need narrow ATB tubes, or don't want 20 of
each, though.

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I've not seen tubes that cheap elsewhere without buying wholesale, but
I don't mind paying more if it means actually getting the bloody things
delivered!

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:22:05 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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Mark wrote on 07/09/2006 15:36 +0100:

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Can anyone recommend a better mail-order retailer?

Chain Reaction are excellent IME.

Thanks for this recommendation. They replied the next day. I'll be
ordering from them this week. :-)

Cheers, Mark

davek said the following on 07/09/2006 19:22:

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I'm too scared to look at the bit where it tells you how much you have
spent in the past year...

I don't look, but I got a shock when I got the "You have spent over £500
in the last year, so have a bigger discount." message. Eeeep! Have I?

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

davek said the following on 07/09/2006 15:53:

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Yes, that sounds about right. I was sure that previous deliveries came
via Royal Mail, and it was Business Post that failed to deliver on this
occasion.

They still appear to use both, depending on the size. Business Post is
fine for me, because the usual local driver knows where I live, knows
where I work, and puts two and two together. Even if I do get a card,
there is no problem redirecting to work.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/