Rose Bikes - Cyclescheme?

[BristolMS]

Just wondering if anyone knows if Rose accept cyclescheme vouchers? I am quite taken with the Xeon Team GF/CGF range, but I suspect that, as a German manufacturer, they would not take the vouchers (I ruled out the Canyon Endurace for that reason too).

I've dropped them a mail, but no response yet, so thought to ask the PH massive....

[anonymous-user]

No they dont, general consensus is cyclescheme is a bit st for retailers so they dont tend to include discounted bikes in it etc, something about them losing a % as part of the deal?

[BristolMS]

Thanks Pablo, much appreciated. Yes, I heard that some retailers charge 10% extra for accepting cyclescheme vouchers, which makes sense on tight margins.

[anonymous-user]

Halfords/Evans etc let you buy sale bikes via the schemes, no dodgy 'admin' fees too...

[thepawbroon]

I bought mine from Planet X, they accept Cyclescheme vouchers, do charge a 10% admin fee and allow discount bikes to be purchased.

The 10% fee covers the admin time of someone to process the voucher, in what is otherwise a fairly automated purchasing process. I thought it was pretty reasonable.

Still needed up being a good deal, as my bike was 20% discounted.