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[Closed] This shop look kosher to you?

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http://candycycles.com/

I fancy a cannondale but not sure.

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Posted : 29/04/2021 5:42 pm
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Crap website, stores in Latvia and Germany. I'll pass, thanks.


 
Posted : 29/04/2021 5:47 pm
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Registered in 2017 so likely to be ok. Real phone number you could call to check but based in europe. If you are in the UK then you will have duty to pay on top

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Posted : 29/04/2021 5:48 pm
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No, not at all.

Based on a very simple wordpress template, the site itself is not secured up until something is added to a basket.
Couldn't find much on the Germany address, but the Belgium one looks like a tiny shop with a totally different name/website.

I would steer very clear.


 
Posted : 29/04/2021 5:52 pm
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Ha ha, It does look ropey. He has advertised one on ebay too. Shame since you can't buy a decent xc full susser anywhere. Anyone know of any shops with one hiding somewhere?

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Posted : 29/04/2021 6:20 pm
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It doesn't look great, but checkout is by PayPal, which you'd assume would offer some protection?


 
Posted : 29/04/2021 7:38 pm
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I’d say dodgy. No option for German or French/Flemish which is weird for a bike shop based in these countries. An online Store in Germany has to show its tax code and Handelsnummer and there is nowhere to see AFAICT. Also if you put into Google the address in Germany no bike shop comes up there.


 
Posted : 29/04/2021 10:45 pm
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It does look well dodgy doesn't it? Bizarrely he has a few bikes on eBay and I've spoken to him. It is a bit too much of a gamble though.

Although how much cover do you get through ebay and paypal?

Matt


 
Posted : 30/04/2021 7:33 am
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Bike shortages are likely to reel some desperate buyers. Wouldn’t touch that site with a barge pole !!


 
Posted : 30/04/2021 7:44 am

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