Parker International

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Do their (Parker Int'l) prices include VAT? For the
collection of bits and pieces I'm looking for (Ultegra
chainset and seatpin; 105 BB and headseat; HG93 chain;
splined BB tool) they are about £30 cheaper than Wiggle
and about £75 cheaper than SJS.

From the "Questions" page on their www site:-

" Our advertised prices are in Pounds Sterling and
include VAT "

Simonb said:

Do their (Parker Int'l) prices include VAT? For the
collection of bits and pieces I'm looking for (Ultegra
chainset and seatpin; 105 BB and headseat; HG93 chain;
splined BB tool) they are about £30 cheaper than Wiggle
and about £75 cheaper than SJS.

Congratulations on discovering this excellent supplier
(their prices are 4 real and inc VAT, and service is
excellent). I use their website as my default price list for
all roadie equipment.

I think they can sell Shimano and Campag so cheaply because
they buy it direct from the manufacturers. Can anyone
confirm this? They buy in large bulk anyway.

By the way, check Mike Dysaon's for a splined Shimano-
compatible BB tool (if a basic type without any
bolts/handles) is acceptable.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Simonb said:

Do their (Parker Int'l) prices include VAT? For the
collection of bits and pieces I'm looking for (Ultegra
chainset and seatpin; 105 BB and headseat; HG93 chain;
splined BB tool) they are about £30 cheaper than Wiggle
and about £75 cheaper than SJS.

Congratulations on discovering this excellent supplier
(their prices are 4 real and inc VAT, and service is
excellent). I use their website as my default price list
for all roadie equipment.

<snip> ~PB

Not just you. I have been in more than one shop where, when
I asked for a price they got out the Parker Ad and based
their price on that.

Stan Cox

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Quoted message said:

Pete Biggs said:

Simonb said:

Do their (Parker Int'l) prices include VAT? For the
collection of bits and pieces I'm looking for (Ultegra
chainset and seatpin; 105 BB and headseat; HG93 chain;
splined BB tool) they are about £30 cheaper than Wiggle
and about £75 cheaper than SJS.

Congratulations on discovering this excellent supplier
(their prices are 4 real and inc VAT, and service is
excellent). I use their website as my default price list
for all roadie equipment.

<snip> ~PB

Not just you. I have been in more than one shop where,
when I asked for a price they got out the Parker Ad and
based their price on that.

Stan Cox

Ditto for my LBS.
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volume. Some settling of contents may have occurred during
transmission

Pete Biggs said:

Simonb said:

Do their (Parker Int'l) prices include VAT? For the
collection of bits and pieces I'm looking for (Ultegra
chainset and seatpin; 105 BB and headseat; HG93 chain;
splined BB tool) they are about £30 cheaper than Wiggle
and about £75 cheaper than SJS.

Congratulations on discovering this excellent supplier
(their prices are 4 real and inc VAT, and service is
excellent). I use their website as my default price list
for all roadie equipment.

Me too, the chaps I have spoken too when I need to
discuss something rather than simply place an order have
been very helpful.

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I think they can sell Shimano and Campag so cheaply
because they buy it direct from the manufacturers. Can
anyone confirm this?

Sounds very likely to me; Spa Cycles in Harrogate offer good
prices on Stronglight stuff because they order direct from
the factory. However, this does make things difficult in the
summer when the company shuts down for France's big national
holiday :-(

David E. Belcher