Do/have you tried motorcycle clothing (including helmets) on in a shop only to go and get it for less online?

[monkey]

Anonymous poll time ladies.

Following on from the recent almost-demise of Hein Gericke and a post I just read I'm just curious how many people do this.

Answers in the age old forum poll.

No spamming or derailling please (and no fighting!)

[DJ123]

What about 'no, i prefer to buy it instore'

[monkey]

Hmmmmn. I see what I've done there (thanks).

Maybe a passing mod will hear my weedy sobbing and change option 4 to: "No- I buy soley online" and add an option 5: "No- I buy soley instore".

[Fallout]

I did for my current jacket, but I bought my helmet and trousers from the same store. So definitely not always. I think it depends on my feelings for the staff at the time. If I feel like they're mugging me off, I won't have any loyalty until someone makes me feel good about the place again.

[Dabteacake]

I do if the shop doesnt do forces discount or seem like chimps. I was told my head size by the guy in store when trying helmets and he said my head was 3cm smaller than it is.

I know the size as my head dress at work is sized in cm lol

[Milky Bar Kid]

I've bought online but definately didn't try the stuff on in a shop first. I think if we were all to do that then it wouldn't be long until there were no shops for us to do this.

[davepreston]

first purchase of kit, in shop, replacements online
apart from lids always instore

[Spank86]

I wouldnt buy a helmet that I didnt know fit me andI wouldn't abuse a store by testing fit there and then buying online UNLESS that store was massively inflating the prices. I'm not poor enough that I can't afford a few quid for the priveledge of checking fit.

[timwilky]

I am learning from the wife and haggle. Try it on and then when they think i am hooked ask what they are going to knock off. Tell them what you can get it for elsewhere.

If they are not prepared to price match (or near it), they don't deserve the sale.

[Woogie]

Will always buy gear in store, So so so so much easier to return defective gear if you can just pop into the store and get it sent for repair/replacement/refund there and then.... but this doesn't mean I will be loyal to any particular store, where ever gives me the best customer service, cost and treats me like a person rather than another sale gets my custom every time.

[Spanner Man]

I am learning from the wife and haggle. Try it on and then when they think i am hooked ask what they are going to knock off. Tell them what you can get it for elsewhere.

If they are not prepared to price match (or near it), they don't deserve the sale.


I bet your Mrs doesn't try to haggle in Tesco's :D

Haggling over prices seems to be a way of life these days. We get it all the time. It pi55es me right off! Methinks the country is turning into a Persian Bazaar.

It's one thing to compare prices, but to try on clothing, in one business, & purchase it elsewhere is downright rude.

We get customers booking a service, & then they turn up with a box of (often substandard) service parts that they've bought online. We wont fit crappy parts. If the parts they have a are ok, they either pay 'corkage' or bugger off elsewhere.


Cheers.


Oh, & I love it when one of the parts they've bought online lets them down.

[timwilky]

I bet your Mrs doesn't try to haggle in Tesco's :D

Haggling over prices seems to be a way of life these days. We get it all the time. It pi55es me right off! Methinks the country is turning into a Persian Bazaar.

It's one thing to compare prices, but to try on clothing, in one business, & purchase it elsewhere is downright rude.

We get customers booking a service, & then they turn up with a box of (often substandard) service parts that they've bought online. We wont fit crappy parts. If the parts they have a are ok, they either pay 'corkage' or bugger off elsewhere.

What is more annoying is when you go into a shop that also retails online and see a mark up in the shop. There I have insisted they match their on line price.


Cheers.


Oh, & I love it when one of the parts they've bought online lets them down.

Wrong
She bought two 26" TVs in Tesco home at the capital centre near Preston. for the guest bedrooms. She then asked what she could have off for buying two. The sales assistant did a deal where we got the mounting brackets thrown in, A saving of about 50 quid.

As for parts, I agree with you. I fit what I am willing to guarantee my work with. I tend to add 10% for parts and can still be cheaper than retail so why should a customer supply their own. they wouldn't do it with a main dealer so why would they do it with an independent.

As for main dealers, they asked the daughter why she had not had her car serviced with them but with an independent. She said cost. They told her they would price match. No haggling she had not gone into a dutch auction. A simple offer to win back future work.

[Bibio]

yes i have been guilty of trying but not buying but mostly buy. my new lid was £260 with free pinlock, genuine dark visor, oxford helmet bag and muck-off cleaning kit from an on-line (bricks'n'clicks) retailer which included postage. same lid in local bike shop was £290 without a goodie bag with no scope for haggling. i don't mind the odd few ££ but £30 is a day out on the bike for free. i try to buy in shops as much as possible as without them life is harder.

as for taking service item's to a garage, well that's just plain rude and besides the garage usually get parts cheaper (not that i use garages as i don't trust mechanics but that's me)

[TheRamJam]

I bought my Shoei from lids direct as they were doing some free stuff worth an extra £100 compared to the shops and the price of the lid was cheaper than any shop. I hadn't tried it on in any shops beforehand.

I bought my textiles from HG after trying them on in the shop. Same goes for my gloves. I also bought my Dainese leathers after trying them on in the shop.

I bought my Sidi's from a motorcycle shop after trying them on in store first.

I bought my back protector in a bike shop after trying it on in store with the help of an assistant.

The only stuff i buy online really are parts for the bike and other stuff like oil and cleaning products etc.

[andrewsmith]

Helmets, crossed my mind as of late- but no! Rather not take the courier chimp risk. Have bought visors etc... online when spares came non existent for Xlites few years back.

Boots- Have bought cheap paddock boots from ghostbikes in the past for daily use.
Gear- Nope rather have given HG, or the local dealers the cash

*on point derail*
I buy service spares online, but not on ebay. OEM parts I just go order them at the dealers. Most of the spares I've bought in the past have been pattern brake and fork seals (won't buy pattern fork ones again).
Ebay spares have seen a horror story with brake seals courtesy of a friend, they were shocking and lasted 1500 miles (he's never made that mistake again)

[dizzyblonde]

Yes, sometimes. If I think they are over priced for the items I am interested in, I will go home and compare online. If I can get it cheaper, I will buy online, if not, I will go back to the store.....or another store if Ive seen it cheaper within local range.

[Mauler]

The only time I've done that was when I was trying on lids for the first time; no HJCs fitted my dreadlocked noggin so I asked them to order in a Caberg that I liked the look of. That was a smidge too tight in an XL too (which was the biggest size) but I tried on a £260 AGV Stealth SV in a colour that I didn't like that was almost twice my budget at the time. The fit was perfect but as the shop couldn't drop below £200 for the lid I couldn't buy it.

When I got home I had a look online to see what I could get them for and found a place flogging them in the colour I wanted for £130 as they were last year's stock. Score! 50% off is a no-brainer but it's not something that I'd make a habit of.

[Balky001]

I tend to use local stores for everything where practical. For bike gear they are not always the cheapests but I know things will fit correctly and I could take them back if there are any problems and almost all negotiate to some degree.

I like having local retailers, people owning their own busines or franchise. Trying then buying online only works if a minority do it so I don't unless really stuck. I can't say I do it 100% but as close as I can.

Parts and accessories are a different matter. I'll buy local if I have time, but order online otherwise.

[Sir Trev]

I am learning from the wife and haggle. Try it on and then when they think i am hooked ask what they are going to knock off. Tell them what you can get it for elsewhere.

If they are not prepared to price match (or near it), they don't deserve the sale.

This.