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They all make no money - including Wiggle/CRC. A splendid race to the bottom. The smart companies are dressing their wounds. Or never got involved at all.
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No tracking number or shipping confirmation yet.
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Don't buy something you need quickly. Give it a few weeks or so as a buffer.
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it seems like Jensenusa also has some really good prices. as others have said, ribble takes a couple of weeks and no tracking no. while I've not had any problems with them and most of the time, I don't need it right away.
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yeah, I'm not in a rush for the bars and stem. No one in the States could get close to the pricing. I saved about $150 by ordering from them.
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Some MO/interweb places based in the US are legit, not distributors selling on both sides of the street. BUT they are tied directly to the high volume/low margin model. Volume goes down and they are almost instantly in trouble(Circuit City, etc), as examples.
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Just woke up to a shipping notification.
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any info to back that up? I've been using (well my 1x a year chain or cassette or tire buy) Chain reaction, who just bought someone (?Merlin maybe?).. Can't believe they're not making money.
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I've ordered a ton of stuff from Ribble over the years ( mostly DEDA and Campy) and never had a problem. I think I got my shamals for about $630 or something crazy. Some of the things were OEM but it's true, many came in proper boxes.
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me too!..Ribble's pricing has gone up and their brand restrictions have made it almost impossible ...where they were once my number 1 go to site, I've replaced my bookmark with Merlin, in fact I'm currently awaiting an order, their shipping times are faster than Ribble's used to be and their tracking is better!
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Still waiting.
Last tracking info was January 5 - "exported from the UK" |
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I ordered something from Merlin in mid-december, didn't get it until about a week ago. Thats the longest I've ever waited for a pack from the UK. But, to their credit, I can see on the package that they did in fact ship it right after I placed the order. It was like yours, showed as exported, then after like 3 weeks it suddenly updated again as arriving in destination country. Sometimes the mail is slow I guess! |
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As already discussed, these sites (Ribble, Merlin) are great, just have to wait.
My Merlin orders seem to ship from Spain (maybe a warehouse is there?) then they go to UK and soon enough they are in the states. Not as quick as ordering from Japan (sometimes I get parts in 3 days) but quick. |
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Eurobikeparts, out of Chicago, is now my go-to. For groups, they can pretty much match Ribble.
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