Bike to work

Platini But they are still making their mark-up on the parts they sell, to people who go down the self-assembly route. I can't see it as a matter of right or wrong, especially if they are happy to oblige...

I think we are agreeing here? Yeah they still make their mark up, as they should, I just disagree with making their standard profit and then charging more for being paid by cyclescheme. I know that they have to pay a percentage of the voucher price to the scheme to be part of it but I would not have spent as much as I did had it not been for the scheme, so they benefit from me paying like that in the end. OK they could have sold the stuff to someone else for more profit, if they paid cash, but that is not how the scheme is sold to the shops, it's all about bigger total spend per customer. Condor are charging 10% on top of the bike price to use the scheme with them, depsite the fact that the people using it would probably not be there if it weren't for the scheme. I guess they just don't need the custom.

To be clear, Putney just sold me the bits at the standard price, depsite paying using CS.

Anyway Viva La Scheme!