Bargain buys thread

[moorey]

Never said you'd want it.......

Don’t tell me what I don’t want!

 

[moorey]

Pushys have free shipping...and cheap brake pads.

 

[creaky]

Pushys have free shipping...and cheap brake pads.
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I see the cheap ones at $464 sold out already !

 

[Minlak]

Pushys have free shipping...and cheap brake pads.
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$20 / pair seems ok to me

 

[moorey]

I see the cheap ones at $464 sold out already !

Typical

 

[creaky]

$20 / pair seems ok to me

Damn for reading the fine print

 

[Tubbsy]

Damn for reading the fine print

Make sure to read the fine print on @Minlak profile

 

[moorey]

Damn for reading the fine print

Don’t make me find my glasses!

 

[Minlak]

Make sure to read the fine print on @Minlak profile

With the amount of money I just spent I might need to double the volume or the price

 

[dirtdad]

Speaking of bargains... How do people track prices/availability on various sites? Manually?

Anyone built a scraper to pull availability and pricing from crc/merlin/pushys/mtbdirect/etc.

 

[moorey]

Speaking of bargains... How do people track prices/availability on various sites? Manually?

Anyone built a scraper to pull availability and pricing from crc/merlin/pushys/mtbdirect/etc.

There used to be one...something like bikebike.com, but it died.

 

[creaky]

With the amount of money I just spent I might need to double the volume or the price

25 hobos for an Pushys brake pad order to last a lifetime?

 

[kbekus]

Frugal Rouleur used to work, it's not responding at the moment though

 

[Mr Crudley]

Pushys have free shipping...and cheap brake pads.

Damn, XTR gets more expensive every year.

 

[Calvin27]

25 hobos for an Pushys brake pad order to last a lifetime?

They are due to change brake standards next year, probably have 4% stiffer brake pads and 3% more aero.

 

[dirtdad]

Frugal Rouleur used to work, it's not responding at the moment though

Kinda not surprising. I've found web scrapers pretty hard to configure. They work for a while, then stop when the site redesigns something.
Maybe I'll get bored enough searching for parts that I'll give it a crack.

 

[yuley95]

Kinda not surprising. I've found web scrapers pretty hard to configure. They work for a while, then stop when the site redesigns something.
Maybe I'll get bored enough searching for parts that I'll give it a crack.

I think the other hard part for mth parts is the variation in naming protocol makes it hard to return all relevant products

 

[Minlak]

Speaking of bargains... How do people track prices/availability on various sites? Manually?

Anyone built a scraper to pull availability and pricing from crc/merlin/pushys/mtbdirect/etc.

For the most part there is only 3 or 4 sites to check for variations - then I just google the actual part and see if something happens to pop up.

I also tend to find shop "A" is dearer on part 1 but cheaper on part 2 so I tend to look at the whole package.
I also prefer to order from the big ones feels more like I will get my stuff.

 

[HamboCairns]

Every time there's free shipping, I can't remember the small things I want to buy.

Chain checker? Chain? Brake pads? Nah it'll be fine..

 

[Minlak]

Every time there's free shipping, I can't remember the small things I want to buy.

Chain checker? Chain? Brake pads? Nah it'll be fine..

Its always free ship over $99 just buy enough - not hard to get to $99