discountbikespares - closed down

[A100man]

Anyone know what happened? Prices were good on genuine parts.
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750, SL1000

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600, Skorpion

[MarJay]

[Ste]

"It's not the competition that's the problem. It's the time that it takes to run our business. We spends hours and hours on the stock control side of the business and we are exhausted with working 6 / 7 days a week."

"We take pride in providing good service and are really pleased when people get things quickly but that comes at a price.... which usually means dean and I working until 10 - 11 pm on a Sunday night!"

[A100man]

[redeem ouzzer]

Most of my X5 bits came from there.

It’s now much harder to find NOS stuff with Dean closing.
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Be a REAL MAN!

[Polarbear]

I suppose we are getting used to on line being available 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.

It's one thing for Amazon to work like that but completely different for a 1/2 man operation.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[Ste]

[EazyDuz]

And they couldnt just hire more staff?
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To shreds you say? Tss tss tss

[redeem ouzzer]

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

Boom, don't hold back there Blau.
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[recman]

One or two people to work part time to alleviate the pressure/stress wouldn't have broke the bank, would it?
Its hardly what I'd call expansion.

[iooi]

[weasley]

[Bhud]

People who run small businesses do often work very long hours. The reason they do it is because it's the most profitable use of their time and the resources they invested into that business. If some more profitable opportunity comes along, i.e. a better use of their time and investment, then they will close that business.

I was able to find annual accounts for this company for the years 2015-2017 on the Companies House website. It was a husband-and-wife business. The accounts are interesting. They reported a rolling debt (from a family member?) of £50K year on year. Their assets very closely matched their liabilities, leaving very little taxable. From this, I assume that the accounts were made-up professionally, and they were doing pretty well up to 2017. No accounts filed in 2018 can be seen, but the wife was added as a director that year. With the wife on the books, it probably wasn't possible to add employees.

[EazyDuz]

[Rob Fzs]

Shame, probably paid for a few of deans holidays with bits i bought from there
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'00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30> Yamaha RD350 YPVS F2 > Kawasaki ZZR 600 D1 > Yamaha TZR 250 2MA >Suzuki TL1000R > Yamaha TDR250 > Honda 929 blade > Suzuki SV1000 > Honda H100
Mod 2 Passed 09/06/2011

[recman]