Buying v20 in Europe
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Gromit
Guru
Gabriel Mensi at Cycles Bentoline was very helpful when I bought a Cruzbike T50 frameset from him in May 2020.
The transaction was all done via email, in English.
I paid in euro via IBAN international bank payment. My bank did not charge a fee and they seemed to use a fair exchange rate from euro to GBP.
Gabriel will also take PayPal but he has to pass on the 35€ fee to the buyer. I've no clue how good or bad PayPal's € to £ exchange rate is.
The T50 frameset was shipped to the UK via La Poste / Colissimo. The French equivalent of Royal Mail / Parcelforce. The carriage took longer than I would normally have expected for a package coming from the EU. Though maybe the delay was due to Covid-19 and Brexit?
The transaction was all done via email, in English.
I paid in euro via IBAN international bank payment. My bank did not charge a fee and they seemed to use a fair exchange rate from euro to GBP.
Gabriel will also take PayPal but he has to pass on the 35€ fee to the buyer. I've no clue how good or bad PayPal's € to £ exchange rate is.
The T50 frameset was shipped to the UK via La Poste / Colissimo. The French equivalent of Royal Mail / Parcelforce. The carriage took longer than I would normally have expected for a package coming from the EU. Though maybe the delay was due to Covid-19 and Brexit?
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Gromit
Guru
I guessed that you had found a Cruzbike from your avatar!
dule0911
Active Member
My experience with Cycles Bentoline: they didn't even reply to me last year when I tried to aquire a Q45. I bought it straight from Cruzbike in the end, since although in Europe, I'm not in the EU, so it was the same if I ordered it from USA as from the EU.
It's a shame since I planned to pick the bike up myself and make a roadtrip out of it. Maybe some other time, when the Q45 & S40 get boring. Hopefully that will not be so soon, my wallet can't take it anymore, I've spent a more on bikes in the last few years then I've spent on cars.
It's a shame since I planned to pick the bike up myself and make a roadtrip out of it. Maybe some other time, when the Q45 & S40 get boring. Hopefully that will not be so soon, my wallet can't take it anymore, I've spent a more on bikes in the last few years then I've spent on cars.
benphyr
Guru-me-not
As it should be. Now if I could convince my wife of that I might be able to get a used s30 or s40. Last vehicle purchase that wasn’t for parts was $4000 CAD
bladderhead
Zen MBB Master
They ask me how much it cost and I tell them. They say "Blimey, you could have got a car for that money!"
Damn. If only I had known.
Damn. If only I had known.
Gert Lunenborg / Maia
New Member
We are happy to announce our dealership!
Maia Mobiliteit is a (longtime, est 1999) recumbent dealer in the Netherlands (Dordrecht, near Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp (Belgium) and Brussels (Belgium). We are happy to join the Cruzbike family. We will have all models in our shop, so test-riding and hassle-free ordering is at your service. This means that within a few hours drive Cruzbike enthousiasts (from the Netherland, Belgium, Germany and the Northern part of France) will find their Cruzbike near home. Please drop us a line if you need something we need to order with our first shipment.
Best regards
Gert Lunenborg
+31 78 6166302
Maia Mobiliteit is a (longtime, est 1999) recumbent dealer in the Netherlands (Dordrecht, near Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp (Belgium) and Brussels (Belgium). We are happy to join the Cruzbike family. We will have all models in our shop, so test-riding and hassle-free ordering is at your service. This means that within a few hours drive Cruzbike enthousiasts (from the Netherland, Belgium, Germany and the Northern part of France) will find their Cruzbike near home. Please drop us a line if you need something we need to order with our first shipment.
Best regards
Gert Lunenborg
+31 78 6166302
Gromit
Guru
Hi Gert
Don't forget to ask Cruzbike to add your details to their dealers list in the "International" section.
