Reminiscent of the great Jim Bowen in his Bullseye days - "take a look at what you would have won".
So the bike I have set my sights on, to purchase under a cycle to work scheme has now had its RRP inceased above the threshold for C2W to apply!
There I was minding my own, strolling through Norwich, glanced in window of Halford and noticed the Boardman Team Caron bike with a £1,199.00 tag on it. Hmmm thought I, perhaps another limited edition, perhaps a misprint, perhaps a logical reason. - NO!
I checked the interweb and lo at halfords.com their prices were the same, but no other price changes in the range incl the womens version of the same bike? So I ring Halfords city centre store and enquire about price increase and consequent loss of sale. Duty manager informs me that carbon prices are on the up as are prices of componentry on the bike - so why not the whole range. 2011 range coming out he says, new prices across the board he says - reading between the lines he says that we are now making £200 profit before we start as we are selling old stock at new price - frustrated - yes I am!!!!
The real shame is that Boardman Bike's web site still shows it as "setting a new standard for Sub £1000 bikes" - would that be without wheels, handlebars and saddle then?
Always liked the Boardman's, but never liked the Halfords tie-up - go with your gut I reckon? Ribble, Planet X, eBay - my search is widening!
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