If they say it’s in stock it should bloody well be IN STOCK. Otherwise its fraud and I dont use them again. And I’m a reasonable guy btw! Of course there will be the odd error / shoplifting discrepancy etc, but some online shops are just plain dishonest.
I appreciate some stuff is special order etc – and happy to order on that basis and wait. But in 2012 – “in stock” means “I can despatch as soon as I can get someone to get their asses down to aisle 3b and stuff it in an evelope”.
I’d agree that UKbikestore and JEJames are crap. I’d go so far as to say they dont carry one single item in stock (IME) – everthing has to get shipped to them first and then wait around in some lockup before they find it and send it out snail mail.