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It's worth noting these loses are from BEFORE the rebrand and rebuild problems.
Used to use them all the time but my ancient Mac doesn’t like the new site so that pretty much put an end to that (unless someone posts up a turbo PSA, then I have a look at work).
It’s worth noting these loses are from BEFORE the rebrand and rebuild problems.
So it is highly likely that there will be even bigger losses if all the negativity about the sites on here is felt everywhere...
I'd discovered that I can't type search word into CRC on mobile... try to type "Kryptotal" - it takes the "K", then the "K" disappears when I type "R"
It's staggering how bad it all is.
I used to use Wiggle/CRC quite a lot, but the last couple of years i've been buying more and more from Merlin or Sigma Sport.
The recent 'redesign + re-brand' of Wiggles website has made it all but unusable for me so i'll only be going back if i know exactly what i want.
Search Nano and CRC just gives me the budget non tubeless model
Using your browser? I just tried that on both CRC and Wiggle and got the Dual versions too.
Haven't used wiggle/crc since the website was redesign, it's absolutely garbage. R2bike was my go to site for most things.
Conversely to almost everyone else posting on here I use them quite a bit, still have Wiggle+ and always get parcels the next day when ordered before 3pm on a normal mid-week day.
Yeah the website is a bit shit, but finding what I'm after usually isn't an issue, the discounts on the Vitus stuff recently have been as as I'm partial to that brand of bikes for me and the kids.
I just Google a product I need and buy it from the cheapest place, if that happens to be CRC then they get my business. They're definitely not the default cheapest as much as they used to be.
Not being able to sort by discount is probably intentional on their part.
Is that really such an issue? I mean, who buys something just on virtue of how much its been discounted?
Sounds very much like the Starbucks business strategy where they undercut local competition at a loss until there is no competition.
You're thinking of Walmart etc, not sure Starbucks undercut anyone, have you seen their prices?
Not being able to sort by discount is probably intentional on their part.
Is that really such an issue? I mean, who buys something just on virtue of how much its been discounted?
DFS seem to do well enough.
Because good quality kit with a big discount often means getting better stuff for the price of tat I’d imagine?
But the discount in no way tells you that it's quality kit, just that it's got a high rrp and more and more rrps (esp. on cycling) kit seem massively inflated and to only exist to allow large discount.
Even then, if you've got £100 to spend, just sort by price and see what's in budget?
^yeah that was my line of thinking.
it went massively downhill since the takeover. i still use it but its not my default go to any more
living in Northern Ireland, it used to be great to go to the warehouse and they had EVERYTHING! i could go home with it there and then, no matter what! a tiny shop with a massive warehouse out back!
then the company was sold and they closed the warehouse and kept the showroom in belfast. i was never a fan of the showroom, and its just went downhill since the takeover.
pay for next day and it takes a week to turn up. chose free shipping and it sometimes appears next day...its just completely random