Flubit (New site for buying online)

Tar.Aldarion · 28-03-2013 11:31am

mp3ireland2 wrote: »

Have you just been using your Irish address or parcel motel? or do you live in UK

Parcel motel.

MoodeRator · 28-03-2013 11:33am

I just had an email from Agne who was VERY helpful. I explained the BT1 1AA post code scenario and my amended delivery address was accepted! I must say I am VERY impressed with their prompt and efficient Customer Service. That alone ensures I will be using them a lot more in future!

nava · 28-03-2013 11:58am

MoodeRator wrote: »

I just had an email from Agne who was VERY helpful. I explained the BT1 1AA post code scenario and my amended delivery address was accepted! I must say I am VERY impressed with their prompt and efficient Customer Service. That alone ensures I will be using them a lot more in future!

So did you use an Irish address with the BT1 1AA postal code?

Soarer · 28-03-2013 12:04pm

I used "n / a" as my postcode and got all the way through to payment with Paypal.

Maybe I just got lucky with my order shipping to Ireland?!

MoodeRator · 28-03-2013 12:21pm

nava wrote: »

So did you use an Irish address with the BT1 1AA postal code?

Yes, I just gavde my normal IRISH delivery address, but added in the BT1 1AA postcode. Hopefully all goes well now!

kilkennykitten · 28-03-2013 12:22pm

Batman: Arkham City for Xbox 360 €9.12

Amazon €10.95

Not much difference as the price is low but nice all the same.

nava · 28-03-2013 12:24pm

MoodeRator wrote: »

Yes, I just gavde my normal IRISH delivery address, but added in the BT1 1AA postcode. Hopefully all goes well now!

It won't work if they are using a courier company for shipping as it will be return back as the address is incorrect for that post code, if using Royal Mail you might or might not get it as some items with that code are been sent back to sender specially if they need signature. I wonder if they will give you a refund if you do not get it as the address is incorrect.

Atomic Pineapple · 28-03-2013 2:36pm

For the laugh I went to see what they could do on a set of alloys and they actually gave me a price on them! 3% saving only mind so not really worth it when you don't know where they're coming from but still fair play to them didn't expect them to be able to do that.

balfe1990 · 28-03-2013 8:05pm

Got a text off Parcel Motel last night out of the blue to say my package was waiting for me at the lockers. Battled through a blizzard to get there. V. quick delivery, only ordered on Saturday.

Funny thing was, I only got the dispatch email from Flubit this morning(which I read on my lovely new phone that they had just sent me).

Will definitely be using this crowd again anyway.

Trhiggy83 · 28-03-2013 9:23pm

balfe1990 wrote: »

Got a text off Parcel Motel last night out of the blue to say my package was waiting for me at the lockers. Battled through a blizzard to get there. V. quick delivery, only ordered on Saturday.

Funny thing was, I only got the dispatch email from Flubit this morning(which I read on my lovely new phone that they had just sent me).

Will definitely be using this crowd again anyway.

How did you get it delivered to parcel motel. It says that the delivery address needs to be verified against a credit card. How did you get around this ?

Fizman · 28-03-2013 10:09pm

I put in a request at lunchtime for an IPod Mini that is £261 on Amazon. Minutes ago I got a reply, quoting me the same model for £249.

Tar.Aldarion · 28-03-2013 10:15pm

What was it a nexus? Balfe

Tar.Aldarion · 28-03-2013 10:16pm

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

How did you get it delivered to parcel motel. It says that the delivery address needs to be verified against a credit card. How did you get around this ?

It works fine, don't have to do anything

balfe1990 · 28-03-2013 10:20pm

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

How did you get it delivered to parcel motel. It says that the delivery address needs to be verified against a credit card. How did you get around this ?

Not sure what you mean. Are you talkig about PM or Flubit?

It wasn't my first time using Parcel Motel, and I just used my regular PayPal account which already had a credit card attached. There wasn't any verification process.

balfe1990 · 28-03-2013 10:21pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

What was it a nexus? Balfe

HTC 8X. Got it for €395, sim-free, would be looking at paying up to €529 in Carphone Warehouse under certain carriers.

Trhiggy83 · 28-03-2013 11:04pm

balfe1990 wrote: »

Not sure what you mean. Are you talkig about PM or Flubit?

It wasn't my first time using Parcel Motel, and I just used my regular PayPal account which already had a credit card attached. There wasn't any verification process.

My question was how did you get it delivered to Parcel motel through Flubit if they are looking for a verified address. I think you answered my question though

balfe1990 · 28-03-2013 11:17pm

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

My question was how did you get it delivered to Parcel motel through Flubit if they are looking for a verified address. I think you answered my question though

Yeah, they never looked for a verified address. I assume they asked you?
Also, I had already added the Parcel Motel address to my PayPal account if that's any use to you.

Trhiggy83 · 28-03-2013 11:42pm

balfe1990 wrote: »

Yeah, they never looked for a verified address. I assume they asked you?
Also, I had already added the Parcel Motel address to my PayPal account if that's any use to you.

That might do the trick alright, cheers

god's toy · 28-03-2013 11:43pm

Received my Nexus 4 from Flubit today! Well happy!

wayhey · 29-03-2013 12:18pm

god's toy wrote: »

Received my Nexus 4 from Flubit today! Well happy!

Still haven't gotten mine unfortunately, Hopefully not long to wait if you have yours.

god's toy · 29-03-2013 5:10pm

wayhey wrote: »

Still haven't gotten mine unfortunately, Hopefully not long to wait if you have yours.

I would say the snow up the north slowed things down a little, Saturday is the day if you ordered around the same time as me (19th March)

Funny thing is they come from Dublin anyhow!

balfe1990 · 30-03-2013 1:05am

god's toy wrote: »

I would say the snow up the north slowed things down a little, Saturday is the day if you ordered around the same time as me (19th March)

Funny thing is they come from Dublin anyhow!

It took you that long? I ordered on the Saturday just gone and it arrived on Wednesday, three working days in total.

god's toy · 30-03-2013 1:50am

balfe1990 wrote: »

It took you that long? I ordered on the Saturday just gone and it arrived on Wednesday, three working days in total.

Yep a mixup in the shipping address and tracking number suppose didn't much help things. also told had a load going out late as google were delaying...

Dublinstiofán · 30-03-2013 3:26am

balfe1990 wrote: »

It took you that long? I ordered on the Saturday just gone and it arrived on Wednesday, three working days in total.

You get yours from Flubit or Google?

I'm still waiting and ordered mine on Flubit on the 20th. Still hasn't shipped yet.

balfe1990 · 30-03-2013 9:39am

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

You get yours from Flubit or Google?

I'm still waiting and ordered mine on Flubit on the 20th. Still hasn't shipped yet.

It was a Windows Phone, with a demand created through an Amazon listing. It arrived in a fairly anonymous looking package though, so I can't say where it shipped from. No invoice was included either.

gerryk · 30-03-2013 10:56am

Ordered 1x 320GB 7200 RPM hard drive... saving shown of ~£7, or 14ish%

Received 2x 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive

Edit:

Neither of which work, as it turns out. Also, the packaging was terrible... the HDDs were in their little antistatic bags, and just packed in a jiffybag. Whenever I have bought from more mainstream suppliers, they are double boxed and packaged in layers of foam and bubblewrap.

CombatCow · 31-03-2013 12:06am

This 3TB seagate drive ( http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B006KCX0UE ) was £98 on amazon, I asked for a quote from Flubit during which time the amazon price fell to £89, Flubit quoted me £82 inc delivery. Should get it via parcel motel over the next day or two.

Esel · 31-03-2013 3:26am

CombatCow wrote: »

This 3TB seagate drive ( http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B006KCX0UE ) was £98 on amazon, I asked for a quote from Flubit during which time the amazon price fell to £89, Flubit quoted me £82 inc delivery. Should get it via parcel motel over the next day or two.

Tbh, I don't think saving €4.80 (based on XE exchange rates, and including €3.50 PM charge) is worth it - personally, I would prefer to be dealing directly with Amazon if/when any problems arise.

Lu Tze · 31-03-2013 11:42am

I've put up a fair few demands over the last few days, and some of the stuff has come up fairly cheap - ordered a monitor arm through them (16% saving). The demands i created since i tried to get the cheapest price through the google price comparison uk website https://www.google.co.uk/shopping and they have beaten it everytime. The minimum was 6% in an intel quad core processor. The highest was this bitfenix case

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BitFenix-Prodigy-Mini-ITX-Geh%C3%A4use-Netzteil/dp/B008BZYJ6W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1364726373&sr=8-2

£72 on amazon and they came back with ~£47. I started with a link from a different store though(£53, i have no idea whether its legit) which is why i have held off buying.

CombatCow · 31-03-2013 11:54am

Esel wrote: »

Tbh, I don't think saving €4.80 (based on XE exchange rates, and including €3.50 PM charge) is worth it - personally, I would prefer to be dealing directly with Amazon if/when any problems arise.

I know yeah, I just wanted to give flubit a try more then anything

mik_da_man · 31-03-2013 12:22pm

CombatCow wrote: »

This 3TB seagate drive ( http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B006KCX0UE ) was £98 on amazon, I asked for a quote from Flubit during which time the amazon price fell to £89, Flubit quoted me £82 inc delivery. Should get it via parcel motel over the next day or two.

I did something similar with a demand I had, they bet the original price by 9%,, the amazon price dropped close to their offer, so I rejected it and created another demand using the lower amazon price, they then bet that price by 16%!.
I bought that demand as it was far cheaper than anywhere else.

I did have a small issue with the delivery address as they forgot my pmid but the customer service was excellent and responded very quickly.

wayhey · 31-03-2013 8:40pm

god's toy wrote: »

Yep a mixup in the shipping address and tracking number suppose didn't much help things. also told had a load going out late as google were delaying...

Can I ask how there was a mix-up with delivery? I put my surname as the middle name on my order and my PMID as the surname. If it took yours 10 days average then I hope I'll have mine by Wednesday.

god's toy · 01-04-2013 1:51am

wayhey wrote: »

Can I ask how there was a mix-up with delivery? I put my surname as the middle name on my order and my PMID as the surname. If it took yours 10 days average then I hope I'll have mine by Wednesday.

Sure, when I put in my NI address on paypal I left out a key part of it and had to send an email to get Flubit to update.
Also they gave me a tracking number but it was an old one from 6 months ago for some bloke in London... Had to send an email to get that sorted out but the same day they responded I received the phone so it was all fine in the end.

its Google who are sending out phones as all the paperwork is from them not Flubit.

evolutionqy7 · 01-04-2013 2:50am

gerryk wrote: »

Ordered 1x 320GB 7200 RPM hard drive... saving shown of ~£7, or 14ish%

Received 2x 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive

Edit:

Neither of which work, as it turns out. Also, the packaging was terrible... the HDDs were in their little antistatic bags, and just packed in a jiffybag. Whenever I have bought from more mainstream suppliers, they are double boxed and packaged in layers of foam and bubblewrap.

It will be interesting to see how they fix this for you. I love shopping on amazon cause if I've got a problem with anything there's no hassle returning it. They even cover the return postage cost if you email them the receipt.

Wonder how Flub it stands in that category.

gerryk · 01-04-2013 10:22am

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

It will be interesting to see how they fix this for you. I love shopping on amazon cause if I've got a problem with anything there's no hassle returning it. They even cover the return postage cost if you email them the receipt.

Wonder how Flub it stands in that category.

I logged a case through the form on the site, and had an email from the retailer within 24 hours offering a replacement/refund. Ok, fair enough, but from my standpoint, this is how things look:

1. I did not get what I ordered.
2. I got 2 of what I did not order, and I had to pay Parcelmotel for the privilege of receiving both. (+3.50)
3. Replacement or refund will cost me return postage (+7.50 each)
4. I will have to pay Parcelmotel again for the replacement (+3.50 x 2)

By that estimation, I am out of pocket a minimum of €25, for a supposed saving of €8, and it will take another week before the project I am working on is complete.

Also, I ordered 2GB SODIMM for a Macbook, and so far, I have seen the "Restart your Mac" screen 3 times, and this morning found that instead of going to sleep when the screen was closed last night, it had hung, and that by the time I got to it, was scorching hot with the fans running top speed.

Pretty unhappy with the whole experience.

I understand that this is not the fault of Flubit, per-se, but when you choose the cheapest supplier out there, something has to give, IMO.

kevovek · 01-04-2013 2:43pm

Not sure if this has been asked before but my order dispatched this morning and on my flubit account they have given me a tracking number but I'm not sure what courier company its for? Can anyone shed any light on this for me please?

snubbleste · 01-04-2013 2:44pm

kevovek wrote: »

Not sure if this has been asked before but my order dispatched this morning and on my flubit account they have given me a tracking number but I'm not sure what courier company its for? Can anyone shed any light on this for me please?

They can't ship it to you in Ireland.

kevovek · 01-04-2013 2:56pm

Im using parcel motel so its being shipped to them in belfast 1st. Im just wondering has anyone else tracked a purchase using the tracking number provided by flubit?

Never mind Ive found out which company the tracking number is for.

pissed · 01-04-2013 4:08pm

Having problems trying to submit for a quote. I have received a quote before but even though I am saying just visiting to get around the Irish location problem when I click to submit my link I get the following "Error
We love the Irish, our social media guy is Irish, but for now sadly we can only deliver to the UK"

Have things changed in the past few days?

Tar.Aldarion · 01-04-2013 4:45pm

Still works fine here for me.

pissed · 01-04-2013 9:25pm

Seems it was the link I was posting for a quote. I was on pixmania.ie. The request went through using the .co.uk address

CombatCow · 02-04-2013 10:33am

4200 MS points Flubit quoted me £29.68, a 15% saving, not bad at all.

evolutionqy7 · 02-04-2013 10:45am

CombatCow wrote: »

4200 MS points Flubit quoted me £29.68, a 15% saving, not bad at all.

http://www.electronicfirst.com/cheap-microsoft-points/buy-cheap-microsoft-4200-points/

30.99 and you get them straight away. Don't have to wait for the box

mp3ireland2 · 02-04-2013 10:46am

Received this alarm clock today from flubbit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brass-Traditional-Double-Alarm-Clock/dp/B0046ZJIDA/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1364895704&sr=8-6

£9.69 on amazon

£8.30 delivered

Admitiedly I am in the uk so it's handy for me. All packaged very well.

Ordered a shower motor which I'm still waiting on, no dipsatch email yet and it was ordered before the clock so maybe has a longer route to come.

Fair play OP for finding this, they wouldn't let me post it on hukd as it's not a vetted supplier I was told, at least bargain alerts let you share it!

Markjsca1 · 02-04-2013 3:33pm

Just got this Nespresso U machine through flubit:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Krups-Nespresso-XN250A40-Coffee-Machine/dp/B008YD7V8O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1364912519&sr=8-2 (£108)

I found the cheapest place for it through shopping.google.co.uk which was here: http://www.pots-and-pans.co.uk/krups-nespresso-u-pulse-coffee-machine-taupe#.UVrpNpMqbjt (£36.74 + £15.99 Postage to Dublin or Parcel Motel) I had originally placed the order with this crowd however got an email saying the item would take a week to come back into stock, so cancelled and tried flubit.

Sent that pots and pans product link onto flubit yesterday and just got offered £30.94 (free postage to Parcel Motel in NI) so I went with that.

Also able to apply to get a €50 voucher for coffee from nespresso.com here once the machine arrives:
http://www.nespresso.com/promo_spring_2013/IE_en/yep/pixie/?icid=IEen_lesite_Mar13_Int_MGMTRADESPRING_homepage

If you want the Aerocino, you could try flubit with this link:
http://www.pots-and-pans.co.uk/krups-nespresso-u-pulse-coffee-machine-aeroccino-taupe#.UVrtuZMqbjs

stimpson · 03-04-2013 11:10am

So I received my WD Red hard drive today. After the reports of faulty/wrong drives being supplied, I was a bit worried. It arrived in a factory sealed WD anti static bag. It was packed in a padded envelope which was packed in a box with thelarge bubble wrap dealies. Good and snug too. Works perfectly.

Delighted with it, especially considering the price!

witnessmenow · 03-04-2013 2:17pm

mp3ireland2 wrote: »

Received this alarm clock today from flubbit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brass-Traditional-Double-Alarm-Clock/dp/B0046ZJIDA/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1364895704&sr=8-6

£9.69 on amazon

£8.30 delivered

Admitiedly I am in the uk so it's handy for me. All packaged very well.

Ordered a shower motor which I'm still waiting on, no dipsatch email yet and it was ordered before the clock so maybe has a longer route to come.

Fair play OP for finding this, they wouldn't let me post it on hukd as it's not a vetted supplier I was told, at least bargain alerts let you share it!

I think that translates to "they dont give us a cut"

rm212 · 04-04-2013 1:29pm

I'm looking to build a new gaming PC rig for my game review website soon, so, I've been getting prices of parts through Flubit to give me an idea of how much discount I can get and whether choosing what the item is for (ie. "Gift" "Treat for me" etc) will give you different discounts.

I found the cheapest UK site with the new Kingston Hyper-X Black 16GB (2x8GB) RAM pack, which is Amazon at £68 - the next cheapest (according to Google Shopping) is £81, so, Amazon is the cheapest by far. Flubit came back with an offer of £60.89, an excellent 12% discount. The interesting bit is that the supplier for this item is "Market Monkey", so, I checked out their website and found that they are selling this RAM from their own site at nearly £95!

(http://www.marketmonkey.co.uk/kingston-hyperx-blu-black-series-pc-memory-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr3-1600-pc3-12800-khx16c10b1bk2-16x.html)

So, Flubit has managed to get RAM for less than £60.89 (because they have to make their own profit) from a site that is selling the RAM directly to consumers for £95. Very interesting that both Flubit was able to get that much off from Market Monkey and that Market Monkey are tacking on such a heavy extra profit on the RAM when selling directly to consumers.

gerryk · 04-04-2013 1:44pm

stimpson wrote: »

So I received my WD Red hard drive today. After the reports of faulty/wrong drives being supplied, I was a bit worried. It arrived in a factory sealed WD anti static bag. It was packed in a padded envelope which was packed in a box with thelarge bubble wrap dealies. Good and snug too. Works perfectly.

Delighted with it, especially considering the price!

Good to hear it.

I will say this, however... Flubit have really been going above and beyond to make sure I get sorted with my issues. I have an email chain of >25 emails with their support staff making sure that all my issues are resolved. They even refunded my Parcel Motel charges!

Tar.Aldarion · 04-04-2013 2:10pm

I saw somebody got a nexus 4 quote, then another 50 percent off, was told they had gotten a golden offer. Nice!

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