Tesco acknowledge their bikes are rubbish

[Chris S]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...rd-store-under-fire-10450843#ICID=FB-MEN-main

 

[Drago]

I'm no accountant, but unless they chucked a box with £3800 cash in it into the skip with the bikes there's no way they're worth £4k.

 

[Dec66]

I'm with the agency bloke on this one... Even if the bikes aren't up to much, one would still bring a smile to the face of some poor, impoverished kiddie at Christmas.

Probably some accountant said "well, we can't sell them, the bits to fix them up would cost more than they are worth, bin them". No thought about maybe doing a bit of good, and a nice bit of PR; just the P&L account.

Mind you, compared to the millions of tons of perfectly good food which supermarkets see fit to send to landfill when there's millions of people starving, I suppose this is a drop in the ocean.

I honestly think the human race is set to exterminate itself, very soon.

 

[Lonestar]

I'm with the agency bloke on this one... Even if the bikes aren't up to much, one would still bring a smile to the face of some poor, impoverished kiddie at Christmas.

Not if they really are junk and fall apart.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Probably a good move. People who ride supermarket bikes tend to ride without lights or on the pavement! Also they don't wear helmets or high viz which makes them even more anti social!

 

[Accy cyclist]

In the skip with your low grade trolling.

Lighten up and take note of the Adrian. I was having a laugh.

 

[FrankCrank]

....worst BSO's I saw back there were in Sports-Direct. Sure, everyone's got a right to sell BSO's, but that's really taking the Michael........

 

[Brandane]

Lighten up and take note of the Adrian. I was having a laugh.

He's from SCP, where they are very mature and serious, and don't approve of yellow faces .

 

[Accy cyclist]

He's from SCP, where they are very mature and serious, and don't approve of yellow faces .

Too right!

 

[Accy cyclist]

....worst BSO's I saw back there were in Sports-Direct. Sure, everyone's got a right to sell BSO's, but that's really taking the Michael........

They've upgraded a bit since then. http://www.sportsdirect.com/muddyfo...yBRDwuYf3qNyXmW4SJACX9-fXoEHuNxi5uocxnMgLaZIJ Though it's 12kg in weight.

 

[Milkfloat]

The article is quite funny for it's outrage. They make it sound like a crime against humanity. They are Tesco's BSOs, so they can do what they like with them, sure it would have been nice to give them to charity, but if it is like the charities around here that is usually far more hassle than it is worth, even if you are lucky enough to find one who will take them.

 

[FrankCrank]

They've upgraded a bit since then. http://www.sportsdirect.com/muddyfo...yBRDwuYf3qNyXmW4SJACX9-fXoEHuNxi5uocxnMgLaZIJ Though it's 12kg in weight.

.....the ones I saw were on display in the Reading branch, just before you got on the escalator. MTB's with full suspension for about 80 quid as I recall. Nice of them to place them near the escalator ..............to quickly whisk you away..........lest you were tempted to buy

 

[Tin Pot]

I've had a BSO for three years, it's fine. I think.

Those BSOs should've gone to charity.

 

[subaqua]

He's from SCP, where they are very mature and serious, and don't approve of yellow faces .

it would seem that there are far more there who don't like brown faces .

 

[Globalti]

A pal of mine once bought his girlfriend a £99 BSO "just to mess around on" then asked me to look at the brakes. I'm quite an experienced fettler of knackered bikes but after an hour trying to get these brakes set right I had to admit defeat and leave them only half-working. They simply couldn't be adjusted to work right.