Flubit (New site for buying online)

blastman · 13-03-2013 11:38AM

Speak of the devil....Audio Technica ATH M50s headphones, £124 on Amazon, offered for £115 with Flubit (both prices include delivery, 7% saving). Now to decide whether to pull the trigger or not...

snubbleste · 13-03-2013 11:44AM

blastman wrote: »

Speak of the devil....Audio Technica ATH M50s headphones, £124 on Amazon, offered for £115 with Flubit (both prices include delivery, 7% saving). Now to decide whether to pull the trigger or not...

Meh, amazon were selling it for £99.00 three months ago

blastman · 13-03-2013 12:04PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Meh, amazon were selling it for £99.00 three months ago

Unless they're also selling a DeLorean complete with flux capacitor, that's not much use to me now, is it?

Ardennes1944 · 13-03-2013 12:37PM

came back today and said they couldnt give me a price cos the site i linked wasnt in the uk? it was a lens sold by amazon.co.uk on amazon.co.uk? douches

Kenny Logins · 13-03-2013 12:39PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

came back today and said they couldnt give me a price cos the site i linked wasnt in the uk? it was a lens sold by amazon.co.uk on amazon.co.uk? douches

Link?

Ardennes1944 · 13-03-2013 01:35PM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sigma-30mm-Digital-Canon-Mount/dp/B0007U0GZM/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

TomCo · 13-03-2013 01:46PM

TomCo wrote: »

Wrong copy paste,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiwifotos-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Olympus/dp/B003V00C72/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363093079&sr=8-3

Got a quote back with the exact item for 17.99.

Answers my question about whether they look for cheaper forms of the same type of item, or the exact item down to the brand.

ChriisM · 13-03-2013 02:44PM

Wonder if i sent them a link to a groupon deal( HDD ) in the UK would they beat the price on its already low price hmmm

Kenny Logins · 13-03-2013 02:58PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sigma-30mm-Digital-Canon-Mount/dp/B0007U0GZM/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Maybe they meant not in stock?

Johnny_Fontane · 13-03-2013 10:59PM

blastman wrote: »

Speak of the devil....Audio Technica ATH M50s headphones, £124 on Amazon, offered for £115 with Flubit (both prices include delivery, 7% saving). Now to decide whether to pull the trigger or not...

Great headphones....you'll get them for $99 in the states if you know anyone heading over....

StaticNoise · 13-03-2013 11:55PM

I don't know what to say. Two days ago I asked for official MacBook Pro suitable RAM, from Crucial (a leading supplier), for the fun of it, to see if they refused.

It was worth £99. Today, they replied with 10% off. They are offering me the identical RAM, brand new, from a company called 'Fireworks Wholesale'. I'm spilt between being very confused, and being very impressed.

I don't know how they do it.

Squeaky the Squirrel · 14-03-2013 02:53AM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Great headphones

http://www.gizmag.com/neurowear-mico-headphones/26627/

TrustedApple · 14-03-2013 08:12AM

Sent in a price there a few days back for a Seagate 1TB HD form amazon was £52 on amazon got a price for £47.58 like i save 9% like you work in parcel motel to get the HD it really does not work out that much cheaper

Its a great idea for the UK but not here as you need to use parcel motel to get any items

garion · 14-03-2013 10:26AM

Saved 16% on colour ink for my HP All-In-One printer. Decided to give them a try to see. I'll probably be using it as a last step in hunting for a cheaper price. Find the rock bottom price for something on Amazon or wherever, and then see if Flubit can beat it by 10% or more .

I would also be interested to hear about their returns process though. Amazon's is so hassle free you'd probably pay the extra for it.

blastman · 14-03-2013 10:53AM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Great headphones....you'll get them for $99 in the states if you know anyone heading over....

Where can you get them for that price, that might actually be a possibility?

Headshot · 14-03-2013 03:07PM

I asked about the RAZR i and was quoted a price of 288.29. A saving of £11.70 over amazon

Not worth it for me tbh. I'll stick with amazon

bmaxi · 14-03-2013 03:48PM

Was looking for an internet radio and got a price of 23 pounds under Amazon's price. I didn't use an Amazon URL but an independent dealer which was already cheaper than Amazon, so obviously, get the cheapest price you can before using this site.
I don't like the fact that you can't see the identity of the dealer before you order, can anyone confirm whether you can see who the dealer is before you finalize the order? It could be someone you've had hassle with before.

Esel · 14-03-2013 06:14PM

Yeah, the saving on the item I checked v Amazon (price c. €40) was just about equal to the Parcel Motel charge.

Might be worth it for very expensive items, but in general I think I'd prefer to have a direct relationship with the vendor.

fergm · 15-03-2013 09:04AM

Saving off £11.45 8gb Nexus 4.

I really don't have a clue how they can beat the google price. They must also be making a bit of a margin for themselves so would love to know where they are buying it from.

Kenny Logins · 15-03-2013 09:27AM

fergm wrote: »

Saving off £11.45 8gb Nexus 4.

I really don't have a clue how they can beat the google price. They must also be making a bit of a margin for themselves so would love to know where they are buying it from.

Good call.

davidom2513 · 15-03-2013 05:01PM

I requested the Nexus 4 8Gb last week on Flubit, and never got a response from them

nephster · 15-03-2013 10:08PM

Just collected my first order, from the Parcel Motel down the road.
Saw boots on Dr Martens website at £X.
Got quote from Flubit of £X-£8.58. Pulled trigger, then worried a bit about getting wrong size and how the hell to return them.
Dispatched next day. Arrived day after (today). Delivered from Belfast same day.

Turns out sent directly from Dr Martens and the invoice inside is for the full amount, £X. But credit card only charged the smaller amount, as promised, via PayPal.

Really have no idea how they are doing this and making a profit. Sorcery perhaps?

Kenny Logins · 15-03-2013 10:38PM

Interesting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/business/youth-business-enterprise/9881128/Online-shopping-offers-discount.html

mik_da_man · 15-03-2013 11:22PM

Very interesting - the nexus is a particularly good idea.

MOH · 16-03-2013 10:00AM

nephster wrote: »

Really have no idea how they are doing this and making a profit. Sorcery perhaps?

I assume they're providing the marketing information from the questions they ask to the retailer in exchange for the discount. Retailer gets a load of demographic info about buying intentions for every "demand", and only has to give the discount to the 30% or so who actually buy. In a lot of cases, they'd probably be giving similar discounts anyway through their own loyalty programs, discount vouchers, etc. Presumably Flubit get a tiny percentage for themselves.

Clever idea. Only thing that would worry some people is that the retailer is getting a lot more info on you than they normally would (and even if Flubit aren't passing your info on directly, if you're the only one buying the item at that price it'll be easy to link the two). On the other hand, there's nothing forcing you to answer the questions honestly.

garion · 19-03-2013 01:14PM

garion wrote: »

Saved 16% on colour ink for my HP All-In-One printer. Decided to give them a try to see. I'll probably be using it as a last step in hunting for a cheaper price. Find the rock bottom price for something on Amazon or wherever, and then see if Flubit can beat it by 10% or more .

I would also be interested to hear about their returns process though. Amazon's is so hassle free you'd probably pay the extra for it.

Just a quick update on my purchase. Picked up my package from ParcelMotel today and invoice inside is from Viking to Bertie Stephens at Fireworks Merchant Limited (Flubit's supplier). All in all happy with my purchase although would probably still choose Amazon if there was less than 10% in the difference.

snubbleste · 19-03-2013 06:14PM

Is 18% the average discount people are getting? Tried it out on two different value items. Offers came back at ~18% off the nominated price.

ChriisM · 19-03-2013 06:41PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Is 18% the average discount people are getting? Tried it out on two different value items. Offers came back at ~18% off the nominated price.

It depends on what you want a quote for, i got one of 16% and one of 8% but the 8% actually took 25Pound of the original so was prity pleased.(amazed)

Mr. Manager · 19-03-2013 08:05PM

Anybody else get a similar message -

You're from our favourite country of them all, Malta!

We love where you're from, the people, the ground, the sky, the buidings. The weather where you're from is just how we like it too! We love the fact that you're currently here. Where you're from is amazing!

However we are traditionalists, which means we want to leave the best until last. Therefore we are not going to be creating better offers on the products you want until we have gone to a few more not so great places.

If however you are just visiting where you're from or on holiday (you have great taste by the way) you can still enter the website and use us. Just remember, we can't deliver any products to where you are!

MOH · 19-03-2013 08:21PM

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Anybody else get a similar message -

I presume everyone did - they seem to be UK only for now (or Parcel Motel).

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