BGW Closing down.

[nick76]

BGW is closing down this Sunday.
Its $900 to enter,to carry out what you can for the first 50 people....and the entry price will go down from there,as,obviously all the good shit will go first,exhausts etc.
Website is down currently,but check it for more info this arvo when its back up and running,for all the details.

[BANDITROD]

i hate living so far away from this shit

[wackyrider]

There isn't one in Melbourne. Damn

[Jed]

Is there one in Brissy?

[EVLZX]

It's in sydney that's it.
They say they have 2.2M worth of stock, it's probably closer to 1M.
BGW = Mladin Imports

[EVLZX]

I was selling there stuff, it was nice to get a heads up.
Not.
Anyway the way they valued items on their website was to make it appear you were getting a better deal when you were just paying rrp.
They were the official Joe Rocket importer.

[nick76]

More info for those interested....

Dear reader, just as you probably expected to never hear from us again we are back. Not with a newsletter but with an offer. An offer like no other. You could call it the mother of all offers!

The situation is this: we have closed our door but we have $2.2 million dollar in stock that we want to sell. $2.2M of exhausts, motorbike jackets, pants, gloves, boots, sprockets, chains, screens is a LOT of inventory but we only have one day to sell it.

We are going to do something that has never been done before. Rather than charging per item we will charge an entry fee. By paying the entry fee you get entry to our 30,000sq ft warehouse and you can take whatever you can carry!

That's right. Pay an entry fee and you can take whatever you can carry. No bags or trolleys allowed, only what you naturally can carry. If you can carry 30 jackets then good for you!!

THIS IS FOR ONE DAY ONY. IT STARTS ON 11AM ON SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER UNTIL ALL STOCK IS GONE!

We will send out more details tomorrow but this is how it will work:

* All you can eat, although in this case it is all you can carry.
* Entry for the first 50 is $900 for 1 hour of exclusive shopping.
* No bags, trolleys of any kind. Only what you can carry naturally with your arms.
* No holding of stock of any kind. Once stock is not presonally held someone else can take it.
* Next entry is $500 for the next 100 people for 45 minutes shopping.
* All entry is $350 thereafter will unlimited shopping.
* 2 exhausts per visit maximum.
* Entry fee is for one visit only. A second visit will incur a second entry fee.
* There is very limited staff available for technical questions so do your research beforehand.
* CASH ONLY!

[ALBI]

woohooo just told my mate duggie and hes going there tomoz for work related reasons and said hes gunna suss it out for his and my size and he is gunna line up early sat lolfor the first wave .
we is going halfs

[Aido]

The Industry in Aus is stuffed...imploded from greed.
Brighton Kawasaki, Sunbury Yamaha / Honda gone from Melb. More and more are following. Internet shopping killing the retail sector blah blah.

[EVLZX]

I wouldn't blame internet shopping, it is what it is now and if you want to survive you must remain competitive. There's nothing stopping these shops competing in the online world.
Tires for instance, offering them at RRP with free fitting is hardly what you would call competitive.
Was at the Yamaha shop one day asked how much for some powers he had on show "they're sold"... Not I can order some in for $X. Got a tire put on there one day wouldn't even give me a quote for fitting then proceeded to take an hour and fuck up the hex nut so I had to hammer a key in next time.
The markups don't have to be 100% +, if they offer better deals they'll sell more and it is a growing market.

[EVLZX]

In the past shops have quite simply ripped us off.
The internet has made that rather transparent.

Of course this doesn't apply to all shops.

[Large]

More often than not, it's not the shops but the importers/wholesalers that set the prices.

If you don't believe me.... BGW was a good example with Pazzo levers. BGW got the import rights, but insisted that US sellers couldn't sell to Aus, so eGay stores actually specified they couldn't sell to Australian buyers.

(BGW also pissed off so many stores buy selling struff at prices less than the store could buy from them and make a profit on)


Whoever imports KTM parts has wrapped up a similar deal with no imports to Aus from the US..

MotoMummy advertised tyres recently but when an Aussie went to buy them, he was told his order had been refused cause they couldn't ship tro Australia.

What's the answer?


Maybe we could get US shipping addresses?

Maybe we pay a bit more for local service...people like Mono are doing the right thing to get your custom.


Maybe we take a leaf out of the Baby Elephant's* book and stop drinking and slacking off and work in her mines for $2.50 an hour like the gooks are prepared to do.


meh







*Our Gina. A true Aussie battler hero. Prolly 10 billion poorer in the last coupla months but still doing her bit for all Australians!!

[xa-mont]

More often than not, it's not the shops but the importers/wholesalers that set the prices.

If you don't believe me.... BGW was a good example with Pazzo levers. BGW got the import rights, but insisted that US sellers couldn't sell to Aus, so eGay stores actually specified they couldn't sell to Australian buyers.

(BGW also pissed off so many stores buy selling struff at prices less than the store could buy from them and make a profit on)


Whoever imports KTM parts has wrapped up a similar deal with no imports to Aus from the US..

MotoMummy advertised tyres recently but when an Aussie went to buy them, he was told his order had been refused cause they couldn't ship tro Australia.

What's the answer?


Maybe we could get US shipping addresses?

Maybe we pay a bit more for local service...people like Mono are doing the right thing to get your custom.


Maybe we take a leaf out of the Baby Elephant's* book and stop drinking and slacking off and work in her mines for $2.50 an hour like the gooks are prepared to do.


meh







*Our Gina. A true Aussie battler hero. Prolly 10 billion poorer in the last coupla months but still doing her bit for all Australians!!

OR.... just continue to buy shit from overseas so these overcharging cunts close down... simple.

[Large]

As for the BGW sale, they've been selling a lot of stuff cheap for a while now.

I wonder how much good stuff they have left...?

[nick76]

The FINAL BGW Warehouse Clearance

Sunday 9th September


Dear reader and subscriber. We have attached an inventory list. Our system reports on all items even if stock level is 0 so it is a long report. We have also included some photos of what is currently in it. There is also a LOT in bulk that will be brought down throughout the day.
To summarise what you will find in the warehouse on the day:

More than 2,000 jackets of which around 400 are leather jackets.
More than 5,000 pairs of gloves of which 3,000 are leather gloves.
More than $500,000 in casual apparel and clearance items (this is in addition to the jackets and gloves above).
More than $475,000 of MSR jerseys, pants, gloves, boots, helmets, youth and adult.
Over $160,000 worth of Yoshimura exhausts and spare parts.
Over $14,000 in BUB and $58,000 in Jardine exhausts and spare parts.
Over 90,000 in Galfer pads, rotors and brake lines.
Over $70,000 in Vortex products.
Over $55,000 in OnGoard security products (chains and locks).
Over $55,000 in HotBodies products.
Over $20,000 in Driven products.
Over $20,000 in Rumble products.
Over $20,000 in remaining brands including Factory Pro, CRG, Roaring Toyz, Cox and others).
Plus whatever we will find on the day!
Stay tuned on our Facebook page as we will provide picture updates throughout the day of boxes as we open them.
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[JDinOZ]

Sucks I don't live in Sydney for this sale. I would think it would be a good business opportunity for someone in a shady line of work to make off with all the cash earned in that day, so they better have some epic security. haha

[nick76]

Sorry bout the pics,dont know why they turned out that way.....

[BANDITROD]

i would fill my arms with exhausts and rearsets and then i would start putting on jackets and pants and a pair of boots 1 person could easily walk out of there with 4-5 grand worth of shit

[wackyrider]

Do you have any idea of how many people are going to try and do the exact same thing. Good luck getting in the door

[nick76]

It'll be 50 people paying the full $900 only,for one hour,then $500 for the next 100 people for 45min,so it shouldn't be that hectic.
It is a 30000sq foot warehouse.
Even if you went at the end of the day,you'll probably get in for $50 and walk out with afew jackets and what not.

[wackyrider]

I think I might head up actually. Any other Mexican thinking of going??

[BANDITROD]

its a bit of a gamble jules driving all that way only to find out your 300th in line or something like that if you were gunna go i would plan to be there way early to ensure a front row seat

[wackyrider]

Yeah, still up in the air. If I do go, I'll camp out overnight out the front to make sure

[hooligan]

no need to drive up. Most of what gets sold will be on ebay the next day, anyway.

[BANDITROD]

hahaha you p[rob right chris and yeah jules thats what i would do mate

[nick76]

The FINAL BGW Warehouse ClearanceDETAILSOFFER
Sunday 9th September 11am til everythign is gone!

Below is a summary inventory list of what will be available in the possibly LARGEST sale in Australia ever of motorcycles apparel, parts and accessories. More than $2M to be sold in ONE DAY ONLY!
72a Topham Rd, Smeaton Grange, NSW, 2567.
NOTE. $2M is our cost, retail value is between $3-4M.
DON'T MISS OUT!!!

First 50 buyers pays $900 each (cash only) for as much as they can carry with them out of the warehouse.
Next 100 buys pays $500 each (cash only) for as much as they can carry with them out of the warehouse.
Remnaining buyers pays $350 each (cash only) for as much as they can carry with them out of the warehouse.
See conditions of sale at the end of this email.
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CONDITIONS OF SALE
* All you can eat, although in this case it is all you can carry.
* Entry for the first 50 is $900 for 1 hour of exclusive shopping.
* No bags, trolleys or carrying devices of any kind. Only what you can carry naturally with your arms and in normal pockets.
* No holding of stock of any kind. Once stock is not personally held someone else can take it.
* Next entry is $500 for the next 100 people for 45 minutes shopping.
* All entry is $350 thereafter will unlimited shopping.
* 2 exhausts per visit maximum.
* Entry fee is for one visit only. A second visit will incur a second entry fee.
* There is very limited staff available for technical questions so do your research beforehand.
* CASH ONLY!

[nick76]

Did anyone end up going and get a good deal??

[wackyrider]

Nah, didn't end up going in the end

[K6Thou]

Did anyone end up going and get a good deal??If the photo's BGW posted on FB are anything to go by quite a few people made it out with a heap of gear. There was a pic of the first bloke out if I remember correctly they said he had 9k worth of gear.....

[nick76]

Im not facey buddies with BGW.
I was wondering if it would be abit of a shambles,or if it was run well??
Lucky fella...9K for $900!! Half will probably end up on eGay!! lol

[BANDITROD]

i saw some of the pics on fagbook fuck i wish i had of went there some peeps score big time and apparently they are doing it again next weekend as there is still stuff left over

[nick76]

apparently they are doing it again next weekend as there is still stuff left over
I guess only the shit and odd sizes is left over....it might only be $50-$100 entry??

[StuNVA]

Odd sizes...........fuck I should go have a look.

[K6Thou]

I guess only the shit and odd sizes is left over....it might only be $50-$100 entry??It's a flat $500 for either day, apparently they still have 1.5m worth of gear. Two thirds of their yoshi stock is still there !!

[nick76]

Two thirds of their yoshi stock is still there !!
Really?? I guess the exhausts would be gone.....maybe they had a hell of alot of Yoshi bar ends in stock???

[Weaselman]

All the clothes went. I was at Pie in the sky on Sun and a bunch of dudes rocked up and were selling the gear they got out the back of their car.

[RevHead]

who really cares ,to far from me to worry ,but then again ,we,l have lebbos up here soon flogging this crap! for 5x times what they paid for it,i look forward to telling them to fuck off.