http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Vulpine sample sale now on but website flaky en Tue, 19 May 2026 07:58:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-346775 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:57:55 +0000 gembo 346775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Foxy founder Nick Hussey is now trying to flog me wax cotton cagoules on facebook from his base in Somerset. Road.cc did allow him to rebut some of the wilder claims of the people who lost money in the two crowdcube funders but still a grey Fox. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-251247 Fri, 26 May 2017 20:47:17 +0000 chdot 251247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's alright! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-251244 Fri, 26 May 2017 20:42:14 +0000 jules878 251244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry. Duplicated the above. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-251240 Fri, 26 May 2017 19:53:17 +0000 chdot 251240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/vulpine-rescued-by-mango-bikes/021332" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/vulpine-rescued-by-mango-bikes/021332</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-250260 Tue, 16 May 2017 13:51:30 +0000 jonty 250260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've always thought it's just a way of getting very cheap capital at very little extra personal or institutional risk to the crowdfundee. Saying "give us another six months" to a bank is quite hard, whereas on a crowdfunder it's just a case of writing an apologetic blog post. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-250255 Tue, 16 May 2017 13:38:26 +0000 steveo 250255@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've always been wary of crowd funding seems like all of the risk for very little of the benefit. Having been burned by Pebble folding before even finishing its Kickstarter commitments I'm now sworn off it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-250251 Tue, 16 May 2017 13:18:04 +0000 Nelly 250251@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have read a few of the blogs and the Bikebiz piece.</p> <p>If you were kind you might say Hussey was a dreamer who got it wrong.</p> <p>If you were unkind - or one of those stiffed in the Crowdcube fundraising - you might be calling him a fraud sho lined his own pockets while the company failed.</p> <p>Sadly, in the case of crowdfunding, it appears to be caveat emptor........</p> <p>Real shame, I liked (and own) a fair bit of their stuff. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-250247 Tue, 16 May 2017 12:35:52 +0000 SRD 250247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>also: <a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/what-the-hell-happened-at-vulpine/021275" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/what-the-hell-happened-at-vulpine/021275</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-249989 Fri, 12 May 2017 22:36:50 +0000 gembo 249989@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik, looks pretty certain there was funding from people you would not want to be funded by who came and took their money back the day before the firm went into administration. Leaving 588 small investors out of pocket.</p> <p>I had a nice email exchange with Nick. However, he tried to do a second crowd sourcing after the successful first one when he knew he was in bother...</p> <p>The editor of road.cc wades into the comments of the Portland based fixie girl but that poster did seem to know what she or he was talking about whereas the rest of us were more gullible? I was emailed to see if I would invest but that is not my scene </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-249954 Fri, 12 May 2017 16:17:02 +0000 kaputnik 249954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>See pages 3 and 4 of the comments<br /> </em><br /> I did. I met Nick a few times back before there was any real money in (or not in, as the case may be) the company. He was a genuinely nice guy and totally obsessive about cycling and design. He bought us dinner and drinks. I sent him a few prints of his favourite cyclists in lieu of payment. At that point they were all hugely enthusiastic and running the company mainly on their own money, goodwill, favours and a wing and a prayer.</p> <p>I bought 1 pair of lycra-free shorts which promptly fell to pieces and a merino top that I'm still wearing 5 years later.</p> <p>Nick used to be a nightclub promoter on the Manchester scene, he said he got out of that business when the heavies came knocking and looking for their cut. I really hope he doesn't find himself in a situation like that again. Businesses come and go, many just don't make it despite all the efforts of their founders. It would be very sad if the rumours on those sites were remotely true. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-249951 Fri, 12 May 2017 16:04:03 +0000 gembo 249951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>dearie me </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=3#post-249942 Fri, 12 May 2017 15:31:29 +0000 paddyirish 249942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like there is quite a story <a href="http://road.cc/content/news/222147-cycle-clothing-brand-vulpine-insolvent-and-enters-administration">here</a> (allegedly). </p> <p>See pages 3 and 4 of the comments </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249144 Fri, 05 May 2017 20:54:14 +0000 Osmond Walls 249144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a shame I like their stuff (when on sale), maybe if someone can come in and spend on a website instead of hols to Spain then it'll be a goer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249122 Fri, 05 May 2017 19:38:41 +0000 gembo 249122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin, good point. They all went on holiday recently to Sevilla and had a nice time judging by the photos </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249117 Fri, 05 May 2017 19:34:18 +0000 stiltskin 249117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the buoyant nature of the market they were aiming for: If they couldn't make a success of the company, then they must've been doing something majorly wrong. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249104 Fri, 05 May 2017 18:35:38 +0000 gembo 249104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@klaxon, the had my money for four weeks. Without reimbursing for non.-existent jacket which then did reappear about a year later (I.e. They had no idea what stock they had). I think incompetent rather than dishonest. I used their semi-dishonesty to negotiate 50 per cent off an excellent Jacket and also asked that they throw in a free cap which they did. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249086 Fri, 05 May 2017 17:09:19 +0000 Klaxon 249086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I put them down as a dishonest and/or incompetent company after trying to buy something during the sale of the original post, had the same 'website issues' everyone else had, but then they took down the sale and minutes later everything worked again <em>perfectly</em>.</p> <p>Sorry, lost your chance guys. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249082 Fri, 05 May 2017 16:55:02 +0000 gembo 249082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shame, he had been trying to float the idea of me investing in the company (not just me anyone on his mailing list). Crowdsourcing. THe last Rapha survey did ask you if you shopped with them so they were on the radar.</p> <p>THeir kit is good.</p> <p>Maybe some bargains Vultures circle on Vulpine etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-249079 Fri, 05 May 2017 16:50:08 +0000 paddyirish 249079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/222147-clothing-brand-vulpine-insolvent-and-enters-administration">Not really surprising given terrible website and poor cust service.</a></p> <p>Liked some of their products though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-243235 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:54:38 +0000 gembo 243235@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My jacket is a medium, only small left but I have a jacket. I have quite a few of their three pound caps. Their kit is good. Hope it fits </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-243206 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:48:03 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 243206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks, I've ordered a M jacket, S+M gilets and S top. Will see what they send and how they fit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-243201 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:36:31 +0000 gembo 243201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>unless they specify race cut they are on size . I have a merino long sleeve poloshirt from their sale. Maybe a little neat in the medium aince I washed it but large would have been too big I think. I am 38/39 inch chest and go Large in Rapha but small in Boden (if that helps)</p> <p>There will be a PY meet up this Friday I could bring the jacket and you could try it? I think it is medium and fits fine but I cannot sWEAR ON THIS AT THE moment </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-243191 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:16:42 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 243191@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How does the sizing come up with vulpine? I'm normally S or M for most. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-234048 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:07:50 +0000 Nelly 234048@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am currently wearing my merino hoodie - its very warm but I think I would have been displeased to have paid full price for it.</p> <p>Hoodie not yet tested but feels cozy on this autumnal day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-234046 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:30:44 +0000 gembo 234046@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have refund, somewhat more generous discount than offered previously with Xmas day cut off. I am pretending that if they throw in the three quid bunnet I will order (I will order any away as jacket maybe within same price range now as sample, well a bit dearer) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-234044 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:36:26 +0000 jules878 234044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Part of my order fulfilled. Refund received for the rest (no jacket, no merino).</p> <p>Very happy with items which arrived this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-233581 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:29:18 +0000 Frenchy 233581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sent a second email at the weekend, then left an answer phone message this morning - got an email reply half an hour later. </p> <p>Jersey and shorts both out of stock, will be refunded. Other items being sent today.</p> <p>Ach well. Trip to EBC will be necessary before the weekend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-233429 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:36:55 +0000 chdot 233429@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I think the systems have been overwhelmed and have accepted orders they should never have touched."</p> <p>Sounds like the ordering system didn't have an accurate record of the actual stock.</p> <p><em>Presumably</em> this is a mess that will get sorted, and lessions will be learned - and maybe some suitable apologies and perhaps vouchers which some people will want to use.</p> <p>I remember when a famous Edinburgh bookshop had a half-price sale which was an attempt to generate cashflow to fix a real financial problem (it didn't work). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-233428 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 06:39:55 +0000 Nelly 233428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I know someone who placed order with the 25% discount. Her order was processed promptly and arrived last week.</p> <p>Sound like these might be getting priority over the "sample sale" orders!"</p> <p>Not the case, I ordered from the sample sale and received my order within 2 days.</p> <p>I was clearly just lucky, but I don't think they are deselecting sample sale customers.</p> <p>I think the systems have been overwhelmed and have accepted orders they should never have touched. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16890&page=2#post-233427 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:16 +0000 jules878 233427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know someone who placed order with the 25% discount. Her order was processed promptly and arrived last week. </p> <p>Sound like these might be getting priority over the "sample sale" orders! </p>