MooreLarge (Forme / Tern / Lake shoes / others distributor) into Administration
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IanSmithCSE
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Good morning,
As these are 24" demand may be low, great if useful to you.
Overall they seem to be have shifted most of the bikes and are offering a lot of spares, tyres, tubes, wheels, shoes and clothing over the weekend at least.
It seems that a lot of the traders are fully stocked up on the non/weak branded stuff and end users have got bored with the auction so there are some good value "commuter" grade items available, especially if you want a dozen or so.
Bye
Ian
As these are 24" demand may be low, great if useful to you.
Overall they seem to be have shifted most of the bikes and are offering a lot of spares, tyres, tubes, wheels, shoes and clothing over the weekend at least.
It seems that a lot of the traders are fully stocked up on the non/weak branded stuff and end users have got bored with the auction so there are some good value "commuter" grade items available, especially if you want a dozen or so.
Bye
Ian
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IanSmithCSE
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- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good morning,
There are quite a few of these available on Monday
There is only one caveat, I "won" a similar listing and they sent me two front wheels without skewers and the rims were different to the ones in the picture. They wouldn't respond to emails or call me back and someone on live chat said the two front wheels fufilled the order.
So I ended up doing a card charge back. I told them I was considering a charge back, Last chance before a chargeback, I have made a charge back request; no reply. So I can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth the effort to argue.
I don't see how two front wheels matches the description so I suspect that it was someone being stroppy over a mislisting and often auction houses like to bluster "it was an auction, that's what you are getting, tough"
If the front wheels I received are part of the same wheelset then these are very basic wheels so don't go overboard! I wanted them for a 10plus year old Carrera Vanquish so my requirments were quite low. There is a £32 bid on one set already, that's £54 delivered which is as high as I would go and even then it wouldn't be a bargain, just a good deal.
I did ask the online chat and they said they didn't know but may be able to request a photo of the item.
Bye
Ian
There are quite a few of these available on Monday
There is only one caveat, I "won" a similar listing and they sent me two front wheels without skewers and the rims were different to the ones in the picture. They wouldn't respond to emails or call me back and someone on live chat said the two front wheels fufilled the order.
So I ended up doing a card charge back. I told them I was considering a charge back, Last chance before a chargeback, I have made a charge back request; no reply. So I can only assume that they decided it wasn't worth the effort to argue.
I don't see how two front wheels matches the description so I suspect that it was someone being stroppy over a mislisting and often auction houses like to bluster "it was an auction, that's what you are getting, tough"
If the front wheels I received are part of the same wheelset then these are very basic wheels so don't go overboard! I wanted them for a 10plus year old Carrera Vanquish so my requirments were quite low. There is a £32 bid on one set already, that's £54 delivered which is as high as I would go and even then it wouldn't be a bargain, just a good deal.
I did ask the online chat and they said they didn't know but may be able to request a photo of the item.
Bye
Ian
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IanSmithCSE
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- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good morning,
If I see something that I think seems likely to interest people here I put up a post, if you are looking for a bike then you would probably be checking the auction yourself. But some cheap shoes, a kid's racer or some cheap wheels for the commuter....
....... or even 3 pairs of bib shorts for £20 (ohps!) or 5xInner tubes with the wrong valves (drat) or a third pair of those etc shoes (just in case it rains a lot).
Bye
Ian
The simple answer is yes, there are normally about 50 web pages which span two or three days.
If I see something that I think seems likely to interest people here I put up a post, if you are looking for a bike then you would probably be checking the auction yourself. But some cheap shoes, a kid's racer or some cheap wheels for the commuter....
....... or even 3 pairs of bib shorts for £20 (ohps!) or 5xInner tubes with the wrong valves (drat) or a third pair of those etc shoes (just in case it rains a lot).
Bye
Ian
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
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Now they've had a break-in, with some of what's left being taken: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/thieves-raid-major-distributors-warehouse-make-off-with-bikes
There can't be that much 'decent' stuff left to take?
There can't be that much 'decent' stuff left to take?
Squirrel Chaser
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Insurance money tops up the coffers especially when the alarm monitoring subscription is not being paid
IanSmithCSE
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Good morning,
So all in all a reasonable choice for a shortish commute but not for a "go faster one".
The problem is who would manage it?
If you were cynical you might suggest the whole insolvency process seems to be based around maximising fees for those involved in managing the wind up rather that maximizing the value of what remains of the business for the benefit of creditors. So think what a precedent you would be setting if you employed a single temp on £20 per hour to manage the whole ebay auction and it only lasted a month?
https://despair.com/products/consulting
As mentioned on another thread I can't bid anymore.
Bye
Ian
I looked at a few reviews of Tannus tyres (solid tyres) and it appears that they take something like an hour to fit and that was by an expert and at a 200 watt output they consumed something like an extra 20 watts over a normal fastish tyre to overcome rolling resistance.
So all in all a reasonable choice for a shortish commute but not for a "go faster one".
That seems to be where a huge chunk of it is ending up anyway.
The problem is who would manage it?
If you were cynical you might suggest the whole insolvency process seems to be based around maximising fees for those involved in managing the wind up rather that maximizing the value of what remains of the business for the benefit of creditors. So think what a precedent you would be setting if you employed a single temp on £20 per hour to manage the whole ebay auction and it only lasted a month?
https://despair.com/products/consulting
As mentioned on another thread I can't bid anymore.
Bye
Ian
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T4tomo
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Some 65 new(?) Orbea bikes including ebikes. Don't think this is M & L but perhaps another LBS / Distributor going belly up. Have my eye on a couple of models. Warning though - sometimes you'll see *bid fever* on this site so if you are bidding, keep to your limit.
https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Browse?FullTextQuery=orbea
https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Browse?FullTextQuery=orbea
IanSmithCSE
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- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good evening,
I have absolutely no need for one of these
but it is strangely aluring.
ORBEA KERAM SUV 30, an SUV bike!
Bye
Ian
I have absolutely no need for one of these
but it is strangely aluring.
ORBEA KERAM SUV 30, an SUV bike!
Bye
Ian
IanSmithCSE
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- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good morning,
Is it worth it taking a chance on the battery being included? Around £600 if you have to buy one.
https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/E...ORBEA-VIBE-H30-S-BIKE-ACCESSORIES-LOCATION-A1
Bye
Ian
Is it worth it taking a chance on the battery being included? Around £600 if you have to buy one.
https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/E...ORBEA-VIBE-H30-S-BIKE-ACCESSORIES-LOCATION-A1
Bye
Ian
