|   GREAT deal on the Yakima trailer | VTMike
Jan 8, 2004 4:23 PM | | If you're looking for a nice trailer at a decent price, GearPro.com, has the Yakima Naked Big Tow for $49. That's over $200 off!!! |
| Wow, I thought the price at Nashbar was good. | tl1
Jan 8, 2004 8:08 PM | | Great find! They are $170 at Nashbar. They have the Yakima bag and cargo net @ Nashbar for $25 and $13 each at Nashbar but I didn't see them at gearpro.com. |
| Geeze, that's crazy-cheap. Nice find. nm | Tscheezy
Jan 9, 2004 10:45 AM | | |
| paging Martin Bellamy from UK | phil..
Jan 9, 2004 12:51 PM | | Some reason I got an email showing your invoice. I contacted gearpro.com abou this problem. If you are in fact scamming me, I've stopped payment on my CC.
e-me at thlateshow AT yahoo dot com |
| "scamming" I don't think so... | daveIT
Jan 10, 2004 12:09 AM | | When I was trying to order online it had some guy named "Phillip Marsh" for a billing address. I think it is something wrong with their ordering software.
I just e-mailed them and Ed provided a phone number and was very helpful in taking my order. |
| "scamming" I don't think so... | phil..
Jan 10, 2004 8:28 AM | | I called up gearpro and apparently it was a glitch with their system. Some reason I had 3 people in my addressbook and an order that was not mine on my order history. Gearpro has apparently straightened this out, but Ed told me that the order to Martin Bellamy was not going to be sent out. I posted here so that Martin could e-me and I could tell him to call up ED and make sure his order was going to be sent out. Gearpro told me the first two and last two CC #'s on that order just to make sure someone else was using my CC and it wasn't mine.
I also talked to Rob their computer guy and he said he was updating the site most of the day which probably caused this problem, my account was deleted that had the order on it (so martin you might want to call or email gearpro w/ you invoice # to make sure you order is still in their system).
Sorry if I came across sounding harsh about the scamming in my first post, I was just a little freaked out about having another order on my account. I was guessing it was a system glitch since the order was for a big tow and I imagine alot of ppl followed this post and either put one in a cart or bought one. |
| I know what you mean | daveIT
Jan 10, 2004 10:28 AM | | With all this ebay scamming and stuff going on it's hard to trust people. After I e-mailed Ed and took a look at the site I felt pretty comfortable. It's an awesome score. I knew I checked this site everyday for some reason!
Enjoy your trailer...I won't get to use mine until I move back to the US in Jun 05. |
| Real reason why it's so cheap | nobodyspecial
Jan 9, 2004 6:18 PM | | It's a great price. HOWEVER, the reason why it's so cheap is because you'll never find a replacement skewer if you need one - Yakima discontinued them (oops, I guess Yakima forgot to mention that *rolls eyes*). But at that price, what the heck, I might just get the trailer. |
| What skewer? | daveIT
Jan 10, 2004 12:11 AM | | Can't you just use a regular skewer or a longer tandem skewer? Regardless, I'll find something that works for $49. |
| What skewer? | nobodyspecial
Jan 11, 2004 2:06 AM | | The trailer requires an extra long skewer that has the trailer attachments, much like the BOB trailer (different skewer design though, or else you could just use the BOB's instead). Yakima has said that they will no longer produce these skewers. In other words, they're basically dumping the Big Tow. But that price is too good to resist. Excuse me while I hit that "purchase" button. |
| Check this guy out | tl1
Jan 10, 2004 2:26 PM | | He wants to sell you a link to the gearpro.com site for $8.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3652130548&category=42315 |
| Holy cow! Must be desperate if he needs $8 that bad | Blacksheep
Jan 10, 2004 4:36 PM | | What a jerk. |
| Anyone get one? I just got this email cancelling my order. | tl1
Jan 12, 2004 5:23 PM | | Just wondering because I ordered one, minutes after reading this post at around 7pm pst and the site showed it being in stock at the time.
"The comments for your order are
Your order was cancelled because we are now out of the Big Tow.
Sincerely,
Rob
Gear Pro
Your order has been updated to the following status.
New status: Cancelled
Please reply to this email if you have any questions." |
| Mine's already on the Fedex truck this way | phil..
Jan 13, 2004 7:04 AM | | I placed my order Friday afternoon and it was shipped on from their store on Saturday. Expected delivery time is Wednesday. I couldn't believe the price when I saw this post, I figured it was a misprint, but then I went to their site and it said "over $200 off retail". I gave the store a call since I had never heard of them before and I didn't find any store reviews on bizrate. They seemed like a regular outdoors store that also does some online business. I decided to order 2 at that price (and shipping was only $7 for two of the trailers!!!). When I called them up, I asked them if they had any more still in stock, he said "We've got a whole pile of them". At the same time I was thinking to myself "I better order quick before everyone else on MTBR orders, they're going to sell out for sure".
According some some people Yakima is not making these any more or replacement parts, so I'll have a spare of parts or maybe BOB skewers will work.
Oh, you can still buy a Yak Big Tow from www.nashbar.com, but you'll pay $160-170 plus shipping. Not quite the screaming deal that $49.00 was. |
| Yeah, well it sucks because I ordered on Thursday evening | tl1
Jan 13, 2004 4:17 PM | | The guy there Rob, is trying to say I didn't fill out my address completely which is complete B.S. I registered with all my info. and filled everything out completely. Oh well. |
| Straightened out now | tl1
Jan 14, 2004 6:12 PM | | Thank you very much Rob.
The comments for your order are
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> Tom,
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> Thank you for shopping with Gear Pro. Sorry about all the trouble. Your order shipped via Fed Ex. Your tracking number for this item is xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
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> Sincerely,
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> Rob
> Gear Pro |
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