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[Closed] Has anyone done a 30 day test ride with Wiggle?

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I am currently considering getting a CX bike. To be honest, where I am living at the moment it is probably the only bike I would need. The thing is I am not 100% sure so was going to take advantage of Wiggles 30 day trial on a [url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/focus-mares-ax-20-105-2011/?&source=MaxiFeed&id=5360054512 ]Focus Mares AX 3.0 105[/url].
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Has anyone done this with Wiggle and returned the bike if it didn't work out? And is it really as painless as they make out?

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Posted : 20/01/2011 10:02 pm
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Met the sales chap at the catton park race last year, he said just pay for it , get it delivered and ride and enjoy it, if you dont like it send it back , we will pick it up free he said, and give you a refund, seemed a really good offer, and weirdly just been reading up about the scheme tonight and its as he said.

Pity i cant have another bike due to a tory cash flow crisis.


 
Posted : 20/01/2011 10:08 pm
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Ok, cheers for that. Was just worried it might be like trying to get a deposit back on a flat from a shifty landlord, if you decided the bike wasn't for you.


 
Posted : 21/01/2011 9:03 am
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I bought an ex demo bike from Wiggle.
I don't think they do demo bikes in the conventional sense, so I assumed it was one that someone else had returned within 30 days, like the 38 bikes here. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ex-demo-bikes
Going by the condition of the bike and the way it was packaged, if they had told me it was brand new, I wouldn't have doubted them.

Considering the number of times you hear people complaining about having to pay for a test ride at an LBS, I'm surprised more people don't take advantage of Wiggle's offer of a free 30 day test ride.
Maybe people assume there's a catch. Is there ? I'd be interested to hear if returning a bike really is that simple too.


 
Posted : 21/01/2011 10:01 am
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Well...going to pull the trigger at some point today. Bit of a bind tho, as they have a ex-demo of the bike I want, in the size I want. But, as it has more than 15% discount, if I decided it was not for me then I cannot return it under the 30 day test ride.

Bah.


 
Posted : 21/01/2011 10:15 am
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What's to stop someone buying a new bike, returning it for a full refund after 29 days, waiting for it to turn up as ex demo at 30% off, then buying it back again ?

I'm not suggesting anyone should do it, but with some bikes there at over £2000, I'm sure some people would try a scam like that.


 
Posted : 21/01/2011 10:42 am
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theres nothing stopping you i suppose. infact sounds like a plan. thanks for the heads up.


 
Posted : 21/01/2011 12:30 pm