I recently stumbled on a few bike shops that offer PayPal purchase and international shipping. Of course I was skeptical from the start. Just want to get an idea if anyone else has had experience with the shops?
Indonesia Bike Shops
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Nope.
Do some reading about Indonesian Bike Shops, there's been plenty of victims to these scammers over the years.
https://www.google.com/#q=indonesian+bike+shop+scams
https://www.google.com/#q=site:forums.mtbr.com+indonesian+bike+shop+scams
* Paypal might be listed as a payment method on these scam websites but the 'seller' will always have some problem with paypal and will want a bank deposit or some other unsafe payment method.
* Most of the brands they claim to sell don't allow online sales of their bikes, you will never find these so called shops listed as dealers by the bike manufacturers.
https://www.google.com/#q=indonesian+bike+shop+scams
https://www.google.com/#q=site:forums.mtbr.com+indonesian+bike+shop+scams
* Paypal might be listed as a payment method on these scam websites but the 'seller' will always have some problem with paypal and will want a bank deposit or some other unsafe payment method.
* Most of the brands they claim to sell don't allow online sales of their bikes, you will never find these so called shops listed as dealers by the bike manufacturers.
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I wouldn't even buy a twinkie from Indonesia.
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Why would you want to buy a Twinkie from Indonesia? The postage alone would render the venture uneconomic.
Hang on, why would you want to buy a Twinkie? :0( One of the most disgusting confections I've ever had the misfortune to taste.
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I remember Twinkies being better when I was a kid. That was pretty long ago and I imagine the recipe and process has changed.
No dirty talk allowed here boss.
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Sure it's not as tasty as ho-hos, ding dongs or fruit pies but if it's good enough for a post apocalyptic cockroach...
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Hostess (or at least the Twinkie, Ho-Ho, Ding Dong division) briefly went out of business a few years ago. They were then bought out by a Hedge fund or private investment group (i think) and brought back to life. However the twinkie recipe was tweaked a bit. They definitely taste different now and I prefer the original recipe.
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I ordered a $5 phone pouch from China and they ship free to Canada. It may take 5 weeks but I always get what I order.
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They could hardly be worse. They taste like plastic.
Bicycletoworld.com is a con - not in Bali, not part of Novabikes- it is closed
Well I got conned ordered a bike first Paypal Ok then because of COVID they claimed bank wire, then when the wire arrived arrived they wanted more money. So I checked them out, should have done it before. The address they use is for a bike shop in Bali called Novabikes which is permanently closed, the moto on the top left is from a bike shop in Wako Texas called Bicycle World. The images are from both shops and individuals names ? an alias or possibly for real called Ainun Meritha and the other Yudi Sunarno are scam artists. Buyer beware!
My first order on fleabay aka ebay was a $0.99 ipad pen with free shipping. It took a month on the slow boat from China, but it did arrive.
They beg you to give a good review, like every single youtuber begging for a like or subscribe.
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ouch. Don't need to tell you that a deal that is too good to be true will definitely be so.
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