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Old 09-16-06, 03:54 PM
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First let me state that i have no affiliation with the company at all.

This past monday i took advantage of their 30% off of campagnolo parts to build an old colnago frame that i had been using as a fixed gear. I had been planning to do this for awhile but campy parts are expensive. I started by buying a crankset on ebay about 4 years ago and i thought it would be best to start the project again. i was planning to buy all veloce but by this time many of the veloce parts were gone. I ordered veloce rd, mirage fd, mirage/xenon bb and xenon brakeset all for a little of $100 usd. I thought it was a good mix of parts to get the bike up and running This brings us to today. After a morning of shopping at Target with the wife I arrive home to see that I had a package waiting for me. In less than a week the delivered my parts . Like a kid on christmas i ripped open the package and what falls out but a 10 speed chorus rd. It seems that they ran out of veloce and as an "alternative sent" the chorus one. Everthing else was what i ordered but what a suprise.
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Man, you got hit by the luck train!
They have amazing delivery speed, and prices too.
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Great, now if the Look Keo Carbon Ti pedals I ordered from Probikekit turn out not to be upgraded to the HM version I'll be crestfallen.
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Originally Posted by brooklyn
First let me state that i have no affiliation with the company at all.

This past monday i took advantage of their 30% off of campagnolo parts to build an old colnago frame that i had been using as a fixed gear. I had been planning to do this for awhile but campy parts are expensive. I started by buying a crankset on ebay about 4 years ago and i thought it would be best to start the project again. i was planning to buy all veloce but by this time many of the veloce parts were gone. I ordered veloce rd, mirage fd, mirage/xenon bb and xenon brakeset all for a little of $100 usd. I thought it was a good mix of parts to get the bike up and running This brings us to today. After a morning of shopping at Target with the wife I arrive home to see that I had a package waiting for me. In less than a week the delivered my parts . Like a kid on christmas i ripped open the package and what falls out but a 10 speed chorus rd. It seems that they ran out of veloce and as an "alternative sent" the chorus one. Everthing else was what i ordered but what a suprise.

When did you order the parts? I placed an order with them on the 8th and still have not received it. I checked with them for a tracking # but they said they use a courier that doesnt supply tracking #'s. Seems odd to me that an international shipment would be sent without tracking....
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When did you order the parts? I placed an order with them on the 8th and still have not received it. I checked with them for a tracking # but they said they use a courier that doesnt supply tracking #'s. Seems odd to me that an international shipment would be sent without tracking....
Sounds like someone was too lazy to give you a number. There is no way they would ship international without tracking....what keeps the buyer from saying "I never got it" and getting their credit card company to refuse payment to the seller?
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Originally Posted by Miller2
When did you order the parts? I placed an order with them on the 8th and still have not received it. I checked with them for a tracking # but they said they use a courier that doesnt supply tracking #'s. Seems odd to me that an international shipment would be sent without tracking....
I'd imagine it would be any day now, unless something went wrong during shipping.
They never use a tracking number. They send it via Royal Mail...I'd assume it's not a big company like UPS or FedEx.
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I must have gotten some of those Veloce parts .
When I ordered, there were only 8 brifters left in stock. only 3 derailleurs with the medium cage also.
I ordered on Sept 5, and got it last monday (11th)
But I got a brand new veloce derailleur, both shifters, and brand new in the box campy cable set. All for 131 dollars.
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Originally Posted by Nashville Man
Sounds like someone was too lazy to give you a number. There is no way they would ship international without tracking....what keeps the buyer from saying "I never got it" and getting their credit card company to refuse payment to the seller?
Probikekit ship to Australia using Royal Mail, which is the UK postal service, I have just checked the packaging on the most recent parcel and there is no tracking number. I would assume they ship the same way to the US.
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Great surprise! I saw the 30% off on Campy and ordered a bunch as well. I goofed around too long though and when I made the order the Record shifters were gone.

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Don't sweat it, I've had it take up to 10 business days to get stuff from PBK. Since you ordered on the 8th there's a good chance your order didn't ship until Monday (they are 6 or so hours ahead of us). I ordered on the 9th and my card was not charged until Monday (the 11th). I was hoping to get it today, but no such luck.
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Are the Campy stuff out of stock?
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Originally Posted by shakeNbake
Are the Campy stuff out of stock?
I think Mirage shifters might be in stock, but last time I checked everything else was gone.
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Originally Posted by shakeNbake
Are the Campy stuff out of stock?
Nope. Search the site for "campagnolo 30% off" and you'll see that some are still available.
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Wow, they still have stuff in stock. NO shifters anymore though
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shifters were the big thing to go first. reading the shipping label they shipped on the 9/13 in the am and i got them today 9/16.
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shifters were the big thing to go first. reading the shipping label they shipped on the 9/13 in the am and i got them today 9/16.
Darn you port city dwellers!!!
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I placed an order on the 11th for a couple of tires and haven't gotten them yet. Hopefully they'll be out of my tires and just send me some Boras instead.
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