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  • 07-04-2008 8:43pm
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    RasTa
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    Can anyone explain this to me. For example I was looking at the Trek Pilot 5.0 that the dude from Galway was selling here. I found mostly American site reviews saying they paid between $1300 and $1600 for 06 and 07' models of the bike. Whilst over here he stated that he handed over almost €3k for the thing, do brands like Trek and Specialized employ the same market strategy as Apple or are our sellers getting greedy?


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    Freddy687
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    I have heard that trek take a dim view of below cost selling of their bikes.
    €3k for a trek 5.0 is about right for the age of the bike in question. Its sucessor the trek madone 5.2 is selling at €3700 in the dealers.


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    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Freddy687 wrote: »
    I have heard that trek take a dim view of below cost selling of their bikes.
    €3k for a trek 5.0 is about right for the age of the bike in question. Its sucessor the trek madone 5.2 is selling at €3700 in the dealers.

    It's a Pilot, not a Madone yer man had. If he had a Madone he might have gotten the crazy price he was looking for.


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    Galwaywheeler08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Galwaywheeler08


    Paid Cyclesuperstore €2865

    Call them and ask if you don't believe me


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    Freddy687
    Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭Freddy687


    True, I forgot that it was not a madone.
    Oh well he can bring it to New Zealand with him using one of the carriers mentioned in the "Bike on a plane" thread:D


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    blorg
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    Bike prices in Ireland are criminal. It's unfortunate as I'd like to support the local bike shops more.


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    RasTa
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    So If I was to buy that Pilot 5.0. Which he paid $4500 for over here and can be bought in the states for $1600 leaving $2900 which say take out $900 for flights and I'd have $2k left over to play with. I'm in the wrong business ffs!


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    Needabike
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭Needabike


    Bike prices have always been way less in the US than in Europe.
    No fresh news here


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    Bambaata
    Registered Users Posts: 4,096 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    yup get an old bike box and head on over for a holiday and still save some money


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