Bike shop allegedly offering "spouse receipt"

What I spend my money on is my business, if she don't like it, tough shit.

I sense that if this is common place that HMRC might start to take an interest soon.

Oh dear! I have no excuse as it is my partner who is the eyewatering amounts on bike equipment. I just get a clean them or collect them after servicing.

Really, is this serious?

"So if you paid £1000, why are you insuring the new bike for £3000?"

"So if you paid £1000, why are you insuring the new bike for £3000?"

My local shop has offered this in the past (not that I need it), I'd have thought it was fairly common?

My wife once emailed me asking what I'd like for my birthday. Jokingly, I emailed her back with a link to a titanium frame. She ordered it there and then.

My wife has wised up to this sort of trickery. Every time I bring home some clothing her first question before I even open the bag is "is it Assos?"

If you'd like to buy a new bike from Planet X I'm sure we'd be only too happy to accommodate whatever requirement you have for a reduced value receipt or other similar marriage saving scam. Frankly though, the bikes are such good value anywhere how could your Mrs possibly complain?

I think wives/partners have been at this for years, how many of you have any clue how much your better half is blowing on shoes, clothing or even hairdressing. I believe a little n+1 activity is only playing catchup

I fear that when I die, my wife will sell my bikes for what I've told her they're worth......

I don't think I'll ever have this problem, my girlfriend spends an eye watering amount on her horse every month!

What about spouse trade-ins?

A shiny new bike ...... for less cash

So which VAT bill do they pay the HMRC every quarter, the real one one the "spouse" one

If your wife is pissed off at your spending, you only have yourself to blame for not agreeing the ground rules in the first place.

My local bike shop offers 'ladies servicing' which includes the opportunity to rub chamois cream into the thighs of the local road sprint champion, twenty minutes 'round the back' with the head mechanic and all the cake you can eat. They issue a husband's receipt for it too, using the code words 'pink cycle top'.
I have of course made this up, but it is a much better story.

Sounds like there are a lot of men out there who need to grow some balls, and a lot of whives that need to get hobbies of their own... (swap genders as you please).

About as good an idea as calling a pub "The Office"

Full disclosure of bike-related expenditure to my wife is what keeps me just about on the right side of the line. If I have to justify the spending using logic and proper reasons and stuff I am much less likely to spend over the odds on gear I probably don't actually really need. It mostly works quite well.

The same works for computing equipment, although the relative lack of knowledge on her part in that particular field makes the job a little easier for me

On a related topic, someone needs to re-work the saw you coming sketch set in a bike shop.

having worked in a bike shop I can confirm that this sort of shenanigans is common place.

a riding acquaintance of mine is rolling on an S-Works SL4 with Dura-ace throughout - all for the princely sum of £2,500.....

I seem to remember story about planet-x shipping some bloke his new bike with a letter saying he'd won it in a competition.
now that is freaking genius (if true)

Reminds me of the …

My biggest fear is that when I die my wife sells my bikes for what I told her they were worth

… meme.

Sensitive little buttercups getting so easily offended. They might very well do "husband" receipts too. And so what if they don't? It's a bit of fun.

People accepting these spouse receipts should probably question if they're in a happy and trusting marriage.

So rather than getting a deal they can boast about they will pretend to get a good deal. SAPS

To paraphrase:

Wives and bike shop sales-people; may they never meet!

(Note: not being sexist, just specific to my gender - the terms 'wives' and 'husbands' may be freely exchanged for preference)