Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Free Shipping?

Today I received the quote to have a bicycle shipped from Sweden to Australia - and the charges are more than the bike itself. Question is do I want the bike that bad or should I be looking for a cheaper alternative?

Sommer in Black (top) and Maya (bottom) by Papillionaire

I saw a lady riding this bike at the West End Markets last Saturday. It's from Papillionaire, an Australian based company who design affordable, Euro-style bicycles. Papillionaire have an on-line store where you can customise your bicycle and have it delivered to your door. It will cost half the price of the other one.

On another subject - we received a second cost estimate for the house. It was still a little high, but much more reasonable than the first one, so based on that we can now move forward onto design development.

2 comments:

  1. Cattle and Cushions23 August 2012 at 12:54

    I love the look of that bike!

    So sad that the shipping costs more - isn't that always the way.

    The original bike looks like the Kitchenaid of bikes! So many colours to choose from. Good luck.

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  2. Bungalowgirl24 August 2012 at 19:59

    Go the local version. What if you ship out and there are problems or needs repairs. Could end up being like the Saab of bikes. melx

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