Giant Cod

[Chequered Flag Racing]

no not the fish but a popular UK online store

might not selling Hobbywing products in the near future

post on rctech

Originally Posted by COBRARACING

He wont be around soon either as our product is being undervalued by his website

Originally Posted by COBRARACING

How much hobbywing product do you see in uk hobbyshops. Maybe 2 stores? for 5% margins the stores will not take the product thus causing us a real headache for promotion in the UK .
The answer for racing in exile he sells to stores and is finding it hard to get the product into the store as most wont even get out of bed for 5% while we have online stores prostituting the price the product will not grow in the UK. Plus if you sell hobbywing support the warranty dont send it to stuart cheeryblost for warranty do you get my drift alot of these online stores want to sell product but not support the customer when something goes wrong.

[dodgydiy]

take the product from him and people will just buy it in hong kong for the same price, why shouldnt giantcod be able to sell hobbywing stuff at that price if he wants to. i would prefer to buy from the uk but if forced to, like many others will just turn to ebay

[bigchris]

these s the guys at my club - speedo' are selling like hotcakes to guys at my club - mainly from giant cod ....

[Monkeys Punk]

I wouldnt worry too much. Angelo (cobra) sold me a speedo for twice what I got it from from Giant cod about a year ago, When I confronted him about it he said he would stop Rob (Giant cod) from selling Hobbywing. That was a year ago and there still going. Angelo just wants to up the price off it.

[ch!3f]

to be honest i wont be buying from giant cod again shocking service took nearly 2months to get a refund on a faulty item and for the price id rather save a few quid even if it does take 2-3weeks to come from hk.probably get a quicker return service too!lol

[RogerM]

Why not buy from the official UK importer http://www.racersinexile.org.uk/ ?

When I e-mailed HobbyWing to enquire about their products they pointed me towards Stuart @ Racers In Exile as their approved UK agent and he has been nothing but helpful and the products are great. The prices are good too, £100 for a ExRun 120A V2.1 which is about £60 cheaper than the equivelent Speed Passion unit.

Stuart will happily deal with an issues you have and although I've had nothing but perfect service from my units I know of one that went back and was replaced by return of post.

Ok his website "live stock" isn't quite as live as it could be some times and there may be a small delay in replying to mails (but they always return phone calls quickly) but that is not unusual for a number of companies.

If you want HobbyWing from a UK source Racers In Exile is the place to go!

Hope that helps people find what they need.

[RobW]

What am I missing here?

I've got three Xtreme Stock hobbywing speedos which are amazingly good value and have been faultless to date. Bought one from Giant Cod and the other 2 from Racers in Exile. Giant Cod was cheaper but did not have them in stock when I wanted to get more when I realised what good speedos they were.

Is the issue that Racers in Exile are the "official" UK distributers and Giant Cod have sourced them elsewhere? From my perspective they were both UK based websites so I thought I was doing the "right thing" by buying in the UK. Now it turns out I should be checking where people get their stock from

Not had a problem with any of mine so cannot comment on support/warranty.

Rob

[SlowOne]

What's the point of this thread?

The original post is taken completely out of context, and it has spawned a number of other posts that miss the point of the RCTech thread by couple of counties. Since the original post there has been other information added on RCTech, and some of us are inside the conversation and wondering what the hell this thread is all about!! If it were my forum to moderate, it would be best served by deleting the whole thread before someone looks at it and wonders if these posts aren't libelous...

[beale]

Just what I was thinking, I have just recommended the extreme stock ESC from Giant Cod for a mate as I can't fault them for the money.

[RobW]

Guess it's about the potential loss of an outlet for hobbywing speedos.

Originally Posted by SlowOne

What's the point of this thread?

[jimmy]

If you can tell me what's libelous that'd be a start?

[damselfly]

Originally Posted by ch!3f

to be honest i wont be buying from giant cod again shocking service took nearly 2months to get a refund on a faulty item and for the price id rather save a few quid even if it does take 2-3weeks to come from hk.probably get a quicker return service too!lol

I've never bought from Him, but i've heard some horror stories by researching via Google.

His return policy is an absolute piss take to put it mildly, which indicates He knows absolutely toss all about retail and the way in which Paypal will completely override His policy should you buy a faulty product from Him.

In Irish lingo or Scottish lingo ( can't remember which ), Giant cod apparently means big joke.

[damselfly]

Originally Posted by jimmy

If you can tell me what's libelous that'd be a start?

+1
There's nothing that's untrue in this thread whatsoever.

[dodgydiy]

looking at racers in exile site, it doesnt even look like they stock the sensorless ezrun speedo's that i use, so for them giantcod wouldnt even be competition as they dont sell the budget kit anyway, so why should they be allowed to try and stop them sellling them

[big air]

Originally Posted by damselfly

I've never bought from Him, but i've heard some horror stories by researching via Google.

His return policy is an absolute piss take to put it mildly, which indicates He knows absolutely fuck all about retail and the way in which Paypal will completely override His policy should you buy a faulty product from Him.

In Irish lingo or Scottish lingo ( can't remember which ), Giant cod apparently means big joke.

I've bought a good few thing from Cod and never had a problem and always got it the next day, Never had a warranty claim though.

[Monkeys Punk]

Originally Posted by SlowOne

What's the point of this thread?

The original post is taken completely out of context, and it has spawned a number of other posts that miss the point of the RCTech thread by couple of counties. Since the original post there has been other information added on RCTech, and some of us are inside the conversation and wondering what the hell this thread is all about!! If it were my forum to moderate, it would be best served by deleting the whole thread before someone looks at it and wonders if these posts aren't libelous...

Sorry but I also have to ask what libelous ? To me it's just a thread relating to a outlet/retailer.
Maybe exsplane your posts better if you are trying to get some sort of point across.

[colmo]

Two issues here:

1) Grey importer v official stockist

2) Adherence to UK trading laws, including Sale of Goods Act and Distance Selling Regulations.

As far as 1 is concerned, I've tended to side with the grey importer, mainly because official importers are trying to set an artificially high price. Welcome to the global market!

For 2, I've always supported our relatively customer-oriented laws, even when I was the retailer. They're a great big stick to beat sloppy retailers with, so use it!

As for UK price v HK price, I think as long as UK price = HK price + VAT + a wee bit, it's fair. Regardless where you buy, the Xeruns are far better value than any of the other brands.

[dibble34]

I have used this site several times and had good service. They way i read the site is that there is not much of a returns policy, however they are cheap. Sounds fair enough to me, if you don't want to risk it go and pay a higher price elsewhere. It is all there and explained on the site.

[SlowOne]

Perhaps I exaggerate for effect, but post #12 falls into that category. I just wonder if any posts such as that would be said to the people's faces over a drink in a pub. My experience is that they wouldn't, so why would I put up with them on here?

Maybe I'm just too old-fashioned. (Is there an emoticon for "shrugs shoulders"?)

[damselfly]

Originally Posted by SlowOne

Perhaps I exaggerate for effect, but post #12 falls into that category. I just wonder if any posts such as that would be said to the people's faces over a drink in a pub. My experience is that they wouldn't, so why would I put up with them on here?

Maybe I'm just too old-fashioned. (Is there an emoticon for "shrugs shoulders"?)

Without checking the definition for libelous, I was under the impression it means untrue, malicious, ETC..
Nothing in my post is untrue as far as i'm concerned.
His return policy is pathetic and this is plain to see by reading the sites terms and conditions. Then by briefly Googling " Giant cod service " my results reaped a good few bad reviews.
Before I purchase anything I like to do my research when possible.