Trick Fairing Solutions Ltd?

[mynameis]

Hey Guys,

Just wondering if anyone from here has dealt with these guys and what your experience was like.

Just been browsing through their website, they seem to have a comprehensive range of products, ABS Fairings, Carbon Fibre Parts, Windscreens ect ect.

http://trickfairings.co.nz/index.php

Any feedback would be good.

Thanks.

[mxracer_nz]

well it`d be good except they`re a complete rip off. you can land any of those fairing sets off ebay for $7-900 nzd incl shipping. they are probly dealing direct with hong kong so wouldnt be surprised if they`re getting them for 200ish +ship a set

[mynameis]

well it`d be good except they`re a complete rip off. you can land any of those fairing sets off ebay for $7-900 nzd incl shipping. they are probly dealing direct with hong kong so wouldnt be surprised if they`re getting them for 200ish +ship a set

Yes you are right, but then again they are running a business and have to have a margin to make profits.

Some people aren't on ebay, in fact I'd say majority internet users in NZ would not be for their own reasons.

Some like to deal with NZ based companies so I guess for them these guys would be ideal.

[Rotor]

Imdying's right, any body can get ripped off. at lest dealing with a KIWI firm you just order/pay and pick up. If its wrong/broken they fix it (you hope) and you help our country

[mxracer_nz]

No, a rip off is buying a $900 set of fairings off of ebay and they never arrive. Or they arrive and they're the wrong ones, or for the wrong bike... or something fell on them in shipping and the seller won't answer your emails. Not everyone has love for ebay.

and has any of these happened to you? ive bought 3 sets now with out any drama except once when i wanted an extra windscreen which he forgot to include, he then sent it and gave me free frame sliders which arrived a week later. Anyway if any thing gets damaged or lost theres this thing called INSURANCE which all the guys on ebay include in the shipping price. (for expensive fairings anyway) And thats way theres feedback for re replying to emails. if he has shit feedback you dont buy from him its simple.

[mynameis]

No, a rip off is buying a $900 set of fairings off of ebay and they never arrive. Or they arrive and they're the wrong ones, or for the wrong bike... or something fell on them in shipping and the seller won't answer your emails. Not everyone has love for ebay.


Imdying's right, any body can get ripped off. at lest dealing with a KIWI firm you just order/pay and pick up. If its wrong/broken they fix it (you hope) and you help our country

Right and right, thanks for getting into detail on something which I just touched on.


and has any of these happened to you? ive bought 3 sets now with out any drama except once when i wanted an extra windscreen which he forgot to include, he then sent it and gave me free frame sliders which arrived a week later. Anyway if any thing gets damaged or lost theres this thing called INSURANCE which all the guys on ebay include in the shipping price. (for expensive fairings anyway) And thats way theres feedback for re replying to emails. if he has shit feedback you dont buy from him its simple.

Wrong, it's not as simple as you make it sound. There are some people (read most) who cannot really be assed going through all that shit to save few hundred dollars and I am of them. So the reason not to use eBay or other overseas online based stores.

And there are some online eBay stores who have more than 20,000 feedback with more than 99% positive feedback which still means they have hundreds of negative feedback. Get my drift fella?

[mxracer_nz]

Right and right, thanks for getting into detail on something which I just touched on.



Wrong, it's not as simple as you make it sound. There are some people (read most) who cannot really be assed going through all that shit to save few hundred dollars and I am of them. So the reason not to use eBay or other overseas online based stores.

And there are some online eBay stores who have more than 20,000 feedback with more than 99% positive feedback which still means they have hundreds of negative feedback. Get my drift fella?


it is as simple as i make it sound unless your obviously retarded like your self. i now have 94 feedback on my ebay account, all of which have been bike parts and ALL of which have been exactly as described, and have turned up within 2 weeks of buying, not a single hassle with ANY transaction. You obviously havent used ebay and are just running off sum 1 elses 1 in 100 problem. And its not savig a few hundred with these fairings, its THOUSANDS, the last set of gsxr fairings i bought i could buy 3 SETS and have $250 cash left over after buying 1 SET from trick fairings. 3 sets $250 > 1 set.

[R6_kid]

No, a rip off is buying a $900 set of fairings off of ebay and they never arrive. Or they arrive and they're the wrong ones, or for the wrong bike... or something fell on them in shipping and the seller won't answer your emails. Not everyone has love for ebay.

Or my mate (chrislost) bought some and they worked perfectly fine until he crashed, in which case they probably held up better than the OEM ones.

[R6_kid]

it is as simple as i make it sound unless your obviously retarded like your self. i now have 94 feedback on my ebay account, all of which have been bike parts and ALL of which have been exactly as described, and have turned up within 2 weeks of buying, not a single hassle with ANY transaction. You obviously havent used ebay and are just running off sum 1 elses 1 in 100 problem. And its not savig a few hundred with these fairings, its THOUSANDS, the last set of gsxr fairings i bought i could buy 3 SETS and have $250 cash left over after buying 1 SET from trick fairings. 3 sets $250 > 1 set.

best price in NZ for Yoshimura Stainless tri-oval for an 07 Yamaha FZ1 = $1150 and two weeks wait time.

landed from ebay in two weeks for $636 + customs charge = mint deal.

and for the record I haven't had any trouble buying anything from ebay - just ask your questions before you buy, i've bought fairings, exhasts, car parts, watches and the list goes on, all with no trouble - compared to Trademe where i've been dicked around, had buyers pull out, or things being not as described. I'd say i've bought as much from ebay as I have from trademe, if not more. It's actually very simple.

[mxracer_nz]

best price in NZ for Yoshimura Stainless tri-oval for an 07 Yamaha FZ1 = $1150 and two weeks wait time.

landed from ebay in two weeks for $636 + customs charge = mint deal.

and for the record I haven't had any trouble buying anything from ebay - just ask your questions before you buy, i've bought fairings, exhasts, car parts, watches and the list goes on, all with no trouble - compared to Trademe where i've been dicked around, had buyers pull out, or things being not as described. I'd say i've bought as much from ebay as I have from trademe, if not more. It's actually very simple.


thats because on trademe your dealing with muppets like the 3 guys posting above. you dont have to pay customs most the time eitha, just ask them to write a lower value on the invoice and it goes straight through

[HenryDorsetCase]

thats because on trademe your dealing with muppets like the 3 guys posting above. you dont have to pay customs most the time eitha, just ask them to write a lower value on the invoice and it goes straight through

this is a really bad idea.


and particularly in the US, most reputable companies wont even do it. (Its called "wire fraud" in the states and is a federal crime carrying very severe penalties: it comes under their anti-terror and anti-money laundering laws).

Check out getting stuff from the UK, often the shipping is comparable cost, the time delay is LESS, and because they dont charge VAT (equivalent of GST but charged at 17.5%) then the landed cost can be worthwhile. Check the exchange rate though, and how much your credit card company will bone you as well.



the fact is that Customs wont bother to collect the duty if the duty to be collected is <$50, so up to $400 in value you are OK.

Over that, budget to pay GST, bonus if it slips thru.

[Skunk]

Wow. So many replies but none on topic... Not even this one.

[PeeJay]

thats because on trademe your dealing with muppets like the 3 guys posting above. you dont have to pay customs most the time eitha, just ask them to write a lower value on the invoice and it goes straight through
yep those customs guys are real stupid and easy to fool. It has never occurred to them that tricky people might use falsified documents.

[breakaway]

People need to use paypal buyer protection.

[Biggles08]

...and you help our country

Well not really actually...you would if you were comparing 'made in NZ' vs 'imported' but in this case, if these are the same fairings then its really just a money changing hands transaction and no extra 'real' value has been added (apart from the obvious benefits of dealing with a local company should things go tits up). The point is, you pay another NZ company money and they still purchase goods from overseas so the money is still going offshore which does not 'help our country' as you describe, in essence.

For the record, I have no problem with companies doing this and they serve a market as has been described, but don't get confused about what the money chain is, thats all.

[mynameis]

it is as simple as i make it sound unless your obviously retarded like your self. i now have 94 feedback on my ebay account, all of which have been bike parts and ALL of which have been exactly as described, and have turned up within 2 weeks of buying, not a single hassle with ANY transaction. You obviously havent used ebay and are just running off sum 1 elses 1 in 100 problem. And its not savig a few hundred with these fairings, its THOUSANDS, the last set of gsxr fairings i bought i could buy 3 SETS and have $250 cash left over after buying 1 SET from trick fairings. 3 sets $250 > 1 set.


thats because on trademe your dealing with muppets like the 3 guys posting above. you dont have to pay customs most the time eitha, just ask them to write a lower value on the invoice and it goes straight through

Hey Mr n0o0o0b and know it all, thanks for coming on here and talking shit all over the place and calling me a retard. Whilst I understand the point you're making not everyone is in the same boat as you are. If someone wishes to pay $1000 for something which can be purchased for $250 via eBay than it's THEIR CHOICE. YOU'RE IN NO POSITION TO CALL SOMEONE A RETARD IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR REASONS. IT'S CALLED PERSONAL CHOICE A CONCEPT YOU WILL TAKE TIME TO UNDERSTAND.

Either case if you were smart enough you'd stick to the topic, I didn't open this thread to talk crap about eBay and TradeMe but to get some feedback from people who have dealt with Trick Fairings. And I did not specify weather I am buying thousands of dollars worth of fairings from them or just spending a few hundred dollars but you were quick to jump to that. Re read the initial post.

[TrickFairings]

Thanks for your support of us. We have been on a National tour of New Zealand inclduing Paeroa for Battle of the Streets, so hence the late reply.

You're right, there are a lot of people who don't have a computer or feel comfortable dealing on Ebay, especially if there are problems. And you have piece of mind dealing locally and supporting locally. We plan to be here for the long haul, so we have to price accordingly.

Companies on Ebay, such as Auctmarts in most cases don't make a profit. They work on a numbers basis, selling hundreds of sets a week all over the world. You'll see lots of sets sell for a few cents or dollars. When they do have a fixed price such as $250 they're still not breaking even. Their goal is to start a price war and vet everyone else out of the market. However, Auctmarts supplier is the one losing out, and has decided to start contracting with people in each country in a bid to get rid of Auctmart when their contract is up.

[mxracer_nz]

Thanks for your support of us. We have been on a National tour of New Zealand inclduing Paeroa for Battle of the Streets, so hence the late reply.

You're right, there are a lot of people who don't have a computer or feel comfortable dealing on Ebay, especially if there are problems. And you have piece of mind dealing locally and supporting locally. We plan to be here for the long haul, so we have to price accordingly.

Companies on Ebay, such as Auctmarts in most cases don't make a profit. They work on a numbers basis, selling hundreds of sets a week all over the world. You'll see lots of sets sell for a few cents or dollars. When they do have a fixed price such as $250 they're still not breaking even. Their goal is to start a price war and vet everyone else out of the market. However, Auctmarts supplier is the one losing out, and has decided to start contracting with people in each country in a bid to get rid of Auctmart when their contract is up.


so how is the auctmarts supplier losing out? the supplier`s not going to sell to auctmarts at a loss , they`d sell to everyone at the same price making the same profit, what auctmarts is doing would be helping them as they`re moving a shitload of fairings, i dont see why they`d remove there contract when its only going to hurt the supplier themselves

[TrickFairings]

so how is the auctmarts supplier losing out? the supplier`s not going to sell to auctmarts at a loss , they`d sell to everyone at the same price making the same profit, what auctmarts is doing would be helping them as they`re moving a shitload of fairings, i dont see why they`d remove there contract when its only going to hurt the supplier themselves

Your right they are moving a lot of stock, but from my understanding the supplier said it's hurting them because Auctmarts have a monopoly, others have shut up shop and because Auctmarts is the only one left they are pushing the price down with the supplier, because they have no one left to sell their products. It means, they have to cut cut corners and fire expert painters for untrained painters who cost less. In the end the consumer loses with a bad product and bad paint job. But, hey you get what you pay for.

[R6_kid]

I was quite impressed with the pricing on the carbon fibre bits these guys are offering.

If it came down to needing a full set of fairings i'd probably still buy via ebay as I am comfortable to do so, but if I was in a hurry i'd say that trickfairings would be the best bet.

[CHOPPA]

haha i was walking into boyd honda, this is before i knew these guys were importing the fairings and i saw them showing them off. I walked up and said oh sweet i have been wanting to see those fairings off ebay in person wow haha it wasnt till i saw there ads popping up i realised why they didnt seem that stoked with me!:whistle:

[CHOPPA]

I think it is a great idea btw! I dont mind using ebay but im really impatient so i generally end up payin extra to have it now...

[pzkpfw]

For what it's worth, I just got a new screen from these folk.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=189601735

(None of their web sites seem to be working, but this TM seller is from the same town as them, and the screen came with a little draw-string bag/backpack with the trick/fairingsolutions logos on it...)

Not too bad, but the mounting lugs are flush with the screen, so when mounted the screen is not flush with the fairing. Doesn't look too bad, but might be an interesting water trap-and-sprayer... will have to see how it goes in the rain.

(I don't think it's about using the ZX10R screen on the Z750S...)