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Old 01-25-13 | 11:57 AM
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This website is from a seller out of indonesia and is really cheap...anyone on here had any experience with them? If so please tell me your thoughts...

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why dont you try em out, and let us all know how it goes
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Old 01-25-13 | 12:24 PM
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pcb09 I was hoping someone else had tried them out and would let me know... haha
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Great deals if they are legit. Here's one site with a risk assessment: https://www.scamadviser.com/is-goo-bikes.com-safe.html
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pcb09 I was hoping someone else had tried them out and would let me know... haha
I'd be happy to try them out with your credit card.
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Below is the Bank Account's information sir :
- Beneficiary Name / Account Name : Toni
- Beneficiary Number / Account Number : 021-580-9698
- Bank Name : PT. Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk
- SWIFT CODE : BNINIDJA
- Bank Address :Jl. Jend Sudirman Kav. 1 Jakarta 10220
- Country : INDONESIA

Seems legit to me
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The question has been asked before about various other retailers.

The bike manufacturers don't just give bikes away in one market or another. If someone's got 'em for sale really cheap, it's probably a scam.

A number of manufacturers don't allow mail-order sales of their bikes, period, so if you see those brands being sold via internet, you know it's a scam.

Another big tell-tale sign: If that retailer "sells" Brand X, and you go to the Brand X website, look up authorized dealers for that area, and they don't list that retailer, it's a pretty good sign a scam of some sort is going on.

If they sell EVERY bicycle out there, that's not really a good sign. Real retailers are limited by warehouse space and agreements with manufacturers as to what they stock and what they sell. A scammer can list every model of bike in the universe on their website, doesn't cost them anything.

It can sometimes be illuminating to look up the contact info for a retailer. Most legitimate businesses will have a street address, a mailing address, a phone number, a fax number, etc.- they WANT you to contact them any way you can manage. If the only contact is via the internet or email, thats a bad sign.

Consider also the complications that arise if you have problems with a retailer. You can't just run down to the small-claims court to take care of it- you're pretty well stuck if you have a problem.
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I appreciated all the responses and I agree that this sounds too good to be true. I was hoping that someone had used them with good results, I guess if the results were that good everyone would be using them. Good luck all and stay safe.
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love the name, though....
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This comes up a lot. Maybe we need a sticky.
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This comes up a lot. Maybe we need a sticky.
Nice choice of words.
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