Apologies if there is already a thread on this but I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.
I was wondering which online climbing stores people tend to find the best deals on?
I tend to use Rock + Run and V12 quite a lot but like to shop around as prices vary quite a bit. Where else is usually worth checking out?
theoutdoorshop.com and urbanrock.com have good deals, and most outdoor shops have deals if you know the codes, e.g Cotswold will do 20% with the right discount code.
Thanks for the advice, actually ended up buying stuff from both TheOutdoorShop and NeedleSports.
Aonach06 Feb 2014
In reply to nickinscottishmountains:
Why are you so obsessed with using discount codes that have been allocated to other people? A 20% code is likely to be for MR or a local Scout/DofE group and you're encouraging people to abuse it.
Strange what folks will do for a few quid - I guess you'd use a MR discount card that you might find in the street too?
I'd give V12 a huge thumbs up ...I ordered a harness from them online and when it turned out to be out of stock one of their guys went up to DMM and picked one up for me, it arrived in the post the next day. Excellent service!
Unless it has recently changed they (and others like REI) can't ship much of the nice shiny stuff to the UK. Only boring things like groundsheets and water bottles.
Where'd you get the £270 figure from? I've paid import on stuff from America that's only totaled £35, although I know you're talking about a different country I didn't think the sending country mattered when it came to paying import duty.
Best does not mean cheapest in my opinion. First class customer service, friendly knowledgable staff, not impossible to ring with a query, fast dispatch of mail order items and a good range offered with good stock levels equals the best climbing shop. Or there are cheap shops.
Needlesports, JB's, Outdoor and V12, R&R all qualify with my markers.
In reply to jasonpather:
They have an "about us" page that says nothing about them, and a "contact us" page with no contact details on.
Personally, I want to know who I'm buying from and where they're based. As it stands I wouldn't buy anything from them regardless of price. I doubt I'm the only one, so it'd probably be a good idea for them to fix that.
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