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Rip-off Britain.

31 posts · Started by Dr F · 06 Nov 2007

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Post 1 by Dr F,

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I fancied a new helmet, but because I will only put my precious turnip in an Arai RX-7 I was sulking a bit, £500!!!! I could have got one of the older designes and saved about £80, but the one I wanted was a new design and full price. A quick look on ebay found the same helmet in the U.S. for $500!!! HALF PRICE FFS!!! So including shipping that came to £271, a £229 saving . Ordered it Friday, turned up today, Tuesday, no VAT, no tax (asked to send as a gift, although helmets are zero vat anyway) Result Saved enough money to buy a new pair of Alpinestars Supertech boots, christmas has come early to Dr F!


P.S. I didn't buy one, but black visors for the same are only £22, £45 if you buy them here!

Post 2 by rigga,

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About the sizing DrF...... i thought Arai did three shell shapes to cater for the differing head shapes for the jap,euro and the american market.....

Whats the fit like you tight git..........



Damm good saving though,just goes to show they charge us what they think we will pay for goods

Post 3 by DMNTD,

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Got a link for the auction or the store for the lid Mr F?????

MOz

Post 4 by DMNTD,

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Cos they think you will put up with it,,,,you have no gun? what can ye do?

Piss and moan is all ye can do, my wifey gets pissed she threatens to blow up

their building, I have taught her well?


Holy War Is ON.........joe

Post 5 by baggieman,

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Bloody hell,HUGE freaking saving
We get shafted even worse down the low end of the planet mainly due to the far smaller market down here. With a population of 4.2 million you tend to get screwed over mighty hard...and not in a good way.

Only way to get the deals is to do what you've done. Onya mate

Post 6 by Dr F,

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It's not just helmets...I was in the UK last month, and everything cost 2 -2.5X as much as in the US! As if paying more wasn't enough, the food generally was pretty bland - it should have all been gourmet for those prices.

Post 7 by Dr F,

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Mushy peas?

Post 8 by Dr F,

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I was told that the dollar is shit in the world market is that true?

Post 9 by rigga,

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Post 10 by rigga,

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Do they cut special holes to put your horns through though

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Post 12 by rigga,

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Look, I know you dudes are smart cos I like ya,,,,,I can't stand a dumbass,

But my point is your head sizes are small, in uk size AGV I wear a XXL and

the sob is still tighter that a fookin balloon, but in the usa size helmet I wear a

XL, so does that tell you something about the size of me brain?


joe

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Post 14 by overthetop.ca,

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Post 15 by DMNTD,

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Post 18 by Dr F,

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Post 19 by DMNTD,

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Funny you should say that...I'm prob. hitting Rudy's for lunch w/ the local Porsche Club!

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Post 21 by topendz,

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Post 22 by Dr F,

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Has anyone gone from Shoei to Arai? Do the compare in sizes?

The prices on Ebay are really low, especially with the $ exchange rate

Post 23 by Dr F,

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I Have done that and the Arai rus 1 size smaller than the shoei, This is MHO,

Post 24 by rigga,

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Post 25 by Bodge,

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You want a deal check out these new OGK FF-5 Pearl White screams. $450.00 Canadian and I'll ship to the UK for $89.00 Canadian Expresspost International.

Image

You can order here:

http://www.topendz.com/mm5/merchant.mvc ... _Code=FF-5

Simon

Post 26 by Skavitch,

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That's near enough what I paid for my RX-7. With all due respect, there's no contest really.

Post 27 by Dr F,

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Watch out, I do not want to anger the northern crowd ?

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Post 29 by Sinex,

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Post 30 by Dr F,

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I've heard this urban myth before, and I guess there is some truth to it, but have you ever heard of this happening, in the weekly rag or magazines? Me neither, they would have to prove that the helmet was not 'fit for use', which I think would be a tough one for them.

Post 31 by rigga,

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Again hard to prove,the snell testing that us spec helmets have to endure to pass does seem more stringent that what we have over here in the uk... plus with the acu handing out gold standard stickers like sweeties didnt help matters.......
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