Flubit (New site for buying online)

donnacha · 08-04-2013 10:10PM

Purchased the attached earlier this evening. Loving this site.

brightkane · 09-04-2013 07:36AM

anyone not use parcel motel and just use your irish paypal address and get away with it?

MoodeRator · 09-04-2013 09:55AM

brightkane wrote: »

anyone not use parcel motel and just use your irish paypal address and get away with it?

Yes

Received my first item this morning by just using the BT1 1AA post code. 320gb for the Xbox Slim for £30.55 delivered:)

Basq · 09-04-2013 10:14AM

brightkane wrote: »

anyone not use parcel motel and just use your irish paypal address and get away with it?

It can be hit and miss tbh..

.. ordered a SD Card from Play.com using that trick and it got here, and then ordered a mug from Play.com using the same trick a few weeks later.. and that never got here.

They refunded me the cost.. but if it keeps happen, surely they'll be getting suspicious.

snubbleste · 09-04-2013 10:41AM

Was that through Flubit?

Kenny Logins · 09-04-2013 11:04AM

Why risk pissing them off? Why not use Parcel Motel?

donnacha · 09-04-2013 11:12AM

brightkane wrote: »

anyone not use parcel motel and just use your irish paypal address and get away with it?

I'd guess it depends on who Flubit are buying the product from...

i.e. if its an amazon direct product and over £25 then the free super saver would apply to Ireland anyway so I'm guessing you could use an Irish address for delivery via the paypal confirmation screen.

So far in the offers I've requested its always been clear to me when they are purchasing off Amazon as the postage cost offered has been £0. Mind you there are other UK online sellers that don't charge for UK postage so could be a risk.

MoodeRator · 09-04-2013 02:09PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Was that through Flubit?

If you are asking me, then my answer is YES

If you are asking Basq, then my answer is

Basq · 09-04-2013 02:26PM

MoodeRator wrote: »

If you are asking me, then my answer is YES
If you are asking Basq, then my answer is

No.. it was through Play.com but surely the same logic applies.

Depending on who you get sorting your post, it'll be either accepted (and forwarded to you) or rejected (sent back / discarded).

Simple as this - two items ordered from same company using that track - one arrived, one didn't.

bromley52 · 09-04-2013 04:48PM

MoodeRator wrote: »

Yes Received my first item this morning by just using the BT1 1AA post code. 320gb for the Xbox Slim for £30.55 delivered:)

I am using the BT11AA trick with Amazon all the time and as long as delivery is with Royal Mail you will get it. I must have ordered 20-30 items using it and get each one within about 2 weeks. Mostly I only use this for small items with boxes no bigger than a shoe box.
I have also used it to order from Asda, Sainsbury, Tesco direct and some of their ebay outlets, again with 100% success. The most expensive item I purchased was a Raspberry Pi from Element14 for about €35 but this was before I knew about Parcel Motel. Again for all the above I made sure that Royal Mail was being used.

snubbleste · 09-04-2013 07:22PM

Basq wrote: »

No.. it was through Play.com but surely the same logic applies.
Depending on who you get sorting your post, it'll be either accepted (and forwarded to you) or rejected (sent back / discarded).
Simple as this - two items ordered from same company using that track - one arrived, one didn't.

It won't work with Flubit. Because you are buying through them, they'll ensure you have a UK postal address. They've even updated their website to remind ROI residents to use ParcelMotel.

uck51js9zml2yt · 09-04-2013 07:45PM

I sent them a link to amazon for headphones and they rejected it saying it was a spurious supplier.

the mind boggles

Mimikyu · 09-04-2013 09:01PM

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Kenny Logins · 09-04-2013 09:08PM

Kimber Rhythmic Pantsuit wrote: »

I sent them a link to amazon for headphones and they rejected it saying it was a spurious supplier.

the mind boggles

When I sent them a link to third party supplier they ignored it and gave me a deal on the Amazon price.

uck51js9zml2yt · 09-04-2013 09:18PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

When I sent them a link to third party supplier they ignored it and gave me a deal on the Amazon price.

Its now out of stock..:mad: It was a BA on headphones

eamonnq · 09-04-2013 09:41PM

Esel wrote: »

When you see a very low-priced bargain, why bother waiting for a reply from Flubit (to save 58p..) and risk the item being sold out?

People should bear this in mind.

CombatCow · 11-04-2013 10:04AM

https://twitter.com/flubitweet/status/322287019093000192

Flubit
‏@flubitweet
Hello http://www.flubit.ie

Lima Golf · 11-04-2013 04:25PM

I just used flubit for the first time and I'm very impressed. I tried on a pair of hunter adjustable wellies in the north at the weekend. They were £90. Found them online for £75 and flubit came back with £66. So I started looking at the hunter fleece socks for my new wellies, which are £17 in store. Found them for £11 online and flubit came back with a price of £8. So if I'd bought the wellies and socks in store it would have been £107, instead I paid £74, £33 in my pocket thank you very much!!! Plus I have never used parcel motel so I have my 2 free stays

flyguy · 11-04-2013 05:03PM

Well flubit really only saved you £12, if you go by the online prices, but still;-)
Also wonder if you could have added the socks as accessories and got them shipped together, would have saved a stay. Know it doesn't matter for you but maybe other boardies...

balfe1990 · 11-04-2013 07:09PM

CombatCow wrote: »

https://twitter.com/flubitweet/status/322287019093000192

Flubit
‏@flubitweet
Hello http://www.flubit.ie

So essentially, for now, it's the exact same thing except the URL has a different top-level domain?

I also think it's very cool that Flubit has embraced the fact that the Irish are using them too. They even recommend that Irish customers use Parcel Motel on their website. Could be the start of a beautiful relationship between the two....

snubbleste · 11-04-2013 07:14PM

It's more of a Flubit-ParcelMotel love-in

flyguy · 11-04-2013 07:44PM

Just ordered my first item through flubit, saved only £6.36 (on a £120 item) but good savings compared to what I would have pay for it in ROI (even online). Luckily my PayPal account already has the PM address setup 'cause although flubit said I could change it before checkout it didn't actually give me the option (PayPal address was automatically used). I was expecting some final check-out page? All well for me, just to give you the heads-up, or did I miss something?

balfe1990 · 11-04-2013 08:11PM

flyguy wrote: »

Just ordered my first item through flubit, saved only £6.36 (on a £120 item) but good savings compared to what I would have pay for it in ROI (even online). Luckily my PayPal account already has the PM address setup 'cause although flubit said I could change it before checkout it didn't actually give me the option (PayPal address was automatically used). I was expecting some final check-out page? All well for me, just to give you the heads-up, or did I miss something?

I was able to select one of my two addys at the PP checkout screen.

flyguy · 11-04-2013 08:18PM

It gave me that option too, but I have quite a few on my PayPal account and never really check 'cause usually after the PP payment it gives you the option to change it (like on eBay, dx and others). Flubit just take the address and after PP pop-up the order is complete. Nothing wrong with that, just not what I was expecting/used to.

ecomac · 11-04-2013 09:40PM

flyguy wrote: »

Just ordered my first item through flubit, saved only £6.36 (on a £120 item)

Really lads, I don't get it - 6 pounds of 120 pound price? I agree you can save SOME money in SOME cases, but not in every case. I tried myself to quote NSA320 with flubit and got 8% savings below Amazon's price. Not too bad, isn't it? Well, let's see. Roughly 60 pounds minus 8% gives less than 5 pounds, equals 6 euros. I'd have to pay 3.50 for Parcell motel, I'd have to drive to get it from the locker (probably another fiver or more plus the lost time) and in case of any problems, the return wouldn't be as easy as pie, like in Amazon's case. So the bottom line is - in this particular case I'd have to pay MORE and pray that this equipment wouldn't fail. Personally I'd rather spent another fiver or even tenner more and get it from Amazon directly to my door. But this is only my opinion. I'm only a poor man and I can't affort buying from flubit in every case

And I know I'll be eaten alive for what I just said. Cheers.

flyguy · 11-04-2013 10:20PM

Can't say I disagree. I'm surprised as well with the small discount and still go through the trouble, but wanted to try for future reference and not in a hurry for it. Also wouldn't be surprised if the product arrives from amazon. Have put in a few request with flubit and never got an amazing offer...
One good thing is that often you can actually save more as flubit just looks at UK shipping price (which is often free) but some sites only deliver free to UK mainland and charge for NI, so you can add that to your savings...

mik_da_man · 12-04-2013 12:14AM

I have received some good offers and some not so good ones.
The ones I took advantage were 11% on a €200 item which I would have had to buy through parcel motel anyway.
And 18% on a €100 item which again I would have to used PM for a reasonable shipping cost.

So while some people cannot see the value yet, (and to be fair on some products the discount may simply not be available), if you are not in a huge rush for an item it's no harm to stick up a demand for it.
You may not save much on everything, you may save a decent bit on some items, but you definitely will not loose any money by trying.

god's toy · 12-04-2013 05:50AM

While I agree that in some cases the savings it's not really worth jumping up and down about but for me at least the reason why I would use them is they take paypal meaning I don't have to give my CC card number to yet another store that could be hacked.

DK224 · 12-04-2013 07:54AM

Very impressed with their service, purchased a Sunspel Polo. Between shipping from the Sunspel website (€12!!) and a discount off the polo itself (€11) made a nice saving.

Ordered last Friday and was in my Parcel Motel yesterday morning (Thurs) so they come highly recommended from me.

sweetie · 12-04-2013 08:40AM

found a good deal on hotdealsuk for a xbox controller and wirless pc adapter for 26.99 and flubit came to 22.61 so happy with my first purchase. Both prices ex delivery

Flubit (New site for buying online)

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