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Posted 4 April 2013
FLUBIT (get a discount on Amazon products & avoid postage costs) *NO REFERRALS*
flubit.com/
Simply copy & paste the link of a product page on the homepage and flubit will get back to you within 48 hours (normally 24 hours or less) with a better deal. You can also use accumulated points to speed up this process.
Unfortunately, Flubit only allows the use of Amazon UK product listings now - you can still get a discount but it's not nearly as useful as it was before this change
** Now that Amazon are charging delivery fees for items under £10, Flubit is a good option to avoid the extra cost and save on the final price.
** Flubit have recently announced that they will be changing their service to only allow demands for products sold on the Amazon website. This is disappointing to say the least, to contact them and request them not to restrict users in this way, please email - talktous@flubit.com - as a few of us have already done. Hopefully they will consider altering this decision. Thanks. **
** Unfortunately, the Paypal payment option has been removed now too.
Simply copy & paste the link of a product page on the homepage and flubit will get back to you within 48 hours (normally 24 hours or less) with a better deal. You can also use accumulated points to speed up this process.
Unfortunately, Flubit only allows the use of Amazon UK product listings now - you can still get a discount but it's not nearly as useful as it was before this change
** Now that Amazon are charging delivery fees for items under £10, Flubit is a good option to avoid the extra cost and save on the final price.
** Flubit have recently announced that they will be changing their service to only allow demands for products sold on the Amazon website. This is disappointing to say the least, to contact them and request them not to restrict users in this way, please email - talktous@flubit.com - as a few of us have already done. Hopefully they will consider altering this decision. Thanks. **
** Unfortunately, the Paypal payment option has been removed now too.
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I don't believe that to be the case. I had been keeping the following info to myself while I enjoyed the discounts, but now it doesn't look like I'll be using them again, so...
Disclosure: I work for a well-known online retailer (not Amazon), who most of you will have heard of but I'm not allowed to mention by name. A few weeks ago we had a really good offer on a hard drive, it got quite a bit of heat on here, and I needed a new hard drive myself so I thought I'd put Flubit to the test before ordering it from ourselves (we don't get staff discounts). Flubit's offer came back even lower than our cost price, so I went ahead and ordered it through them, half wondering if I was buying some sort of grey import.
The order arrived a few days later, in our packaging! Flubit had ordered it from us after all, but there were no prices on the delivery note. Intrigued, I went on our internal system to look at the order details. Flubit had paid us exactly the amount that was on our website, but charged me considerably less. So where was the discount coming from? According to our product manager for storage products and our business account manager, we have no special relationship with Flubit, so my theory is that most of the discounts we've all been getting have been funded by the venture capitalists. Perhaps it was their way of creating a bit of a buzz about the company, and now the VC cash has run out?
To clarify the above with some made-up figures - let's say normal average price for my hard drive is £110, we had it on at £100, and our cost price is £95. Flubit offered me it for £90, but they actually paid us the full price of £100, and they don't get any kickbacks or special discounts from us.
They don't, it's a secret organisation which is funded by The Jimmy Saville Foundation.
referral link (for invites) -
flubit.com/Ref…efc
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Received the game this weekend, delighted and very happy with the £5 saving!
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Bit of info on how they make their money
If the seller is selling fake products, Flubit won't know. They never see the product before it is sent out. When I have contacted them via their support pages, they have gone away to investigate. They usually come back with responses like 'the seller sent the wrong item', then refund me. Doesn't sounds very plausible to me, does the seller keep both real and fake items in stock? Also the seller was unable to replace, only refund, so I had pend even more time replacing the items.
Oh course, you will have exactly the same problem though Amazon, they often use the same suppliers. But once you'd order something fro Flubit, which usually takes days longer, then waited for them to investigate, then gone to the trouble of finding another and re-order, you are probably a week or more down in time by this point.
If it's something time sensitive like a child's birthday present, unless you are ordering months in advance I really wouldn't bother with them.
x) ok, I'll try n tone it down a bit... just saving money and trying to help others to do so too by bringing this to their attention.
Jas10 hasn't posted in this thread for over 2 weeks.
I've heard a fair bit about them now too... Am I affiliated?
Also, he's posted almost 1500 deals, clearly he's a good bargain hunter. Why wouldn't he share this info? I'm glad he did.
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With prime delivery and only a pound or so difference for the last few demands think I'll just order direct through Amazon
Not sure if posted previously but interesting none the less. Merchants provide a pricing list for their items to Flubit.
I can only assume that by forcing an amazon URL they are ensuring the product exists on their list of products. Therefore they have an instant price list for the URL and can respond with no human involvement. But equally, it allows them to always beat the amazon price as these sellers on Flubit can just drop their % against the static rate that amazon are charging for selling the same item.
This is effectively "Hotwire"/ "Priceline"/"TopSecretHotels" for stock with the only difference being that the supplier does not lose money for the equivalent of empty rooms.
I loved paypal, it was quick and they sent to my default address, made it really easy.
But, as you can guess, they were probably fed up of paypal fees!
At least they could have honestly sent an email telling everyone!
flubit.com/!Referral-Scheme/Share/key=7fe828f5ccaa6d145f924dcf6f29ee6b
Had to be the £10 lego set and not the £85 bread maker though didn't it!
I've missed out on a few decent offers now because of this.
You're better off going straight to Amazon for anything that gets reduced in price, don't bother even using Flubit.
David (The Flubit Help Clinic)
Sep 12 13:16
Arnie,
We constantly monitor the performance of our sellers and the percentage of cancellations.
Your feedback is important to us so we can monitor their performance.
I have added 250 points to your account so you can fast track demands in the future
Best regards
David
Me:
So you would advise I avoid Flubit for any offers on Amazon because the
seller is just allowed to cancel the second the price goes up on Amazon?
Thank you,
David (The Flubit Help Clinic)
Sep 06 11:44
Arnie
Thank you I am sorry to hear that you have had some of your orders cancelled.
We are continually working with our merchants to ensure the orders are fulfilled, and as we grow and develop our network of merchants the occurance of orders being cancelled due to stock issues will decline.
Thank you for your support in using Flubit
Best regards
David
ME:
Hi,
Are sellers allowed to just cancel orders after the amazon price rises?
It's happened to me a couple of times (and others that I know) and I'm
starting to see a pattern now; it looks like it's in my best interest to
just bypass Flubit all together when Amazon has an offer on.
It looks like the seller just cancel any orders made when the price has
gone up on amazon, knowing that the buyer would benefit from the original
flubit price and they might take a hit.
Would you advise me to just use Amazon instead now? It looks like I
probably should.
Regards,
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Won't get a reply, didn't even ask for the points to begin with.
Left a bad review on trust pilot now.
Good luck, I'll keep my fingers crossed they don't cancel on you
Pro tip, delay the grinning till you have the item in your hand it they cancel, it will probably be a couple of days after you've paid. Pleased for you though
It might be okay. 50% of my orders arrived, 50% were cancelled. Just better to know the odds before hand so your not disappointed.
Chill out man.
I just sent them this... I'm not really expecting much
In my experience, these dates are often VERY conservative. I've often had items show up in 2 days after being told it would take at least a week, and even some that have shown up before being 'despatched'. To be fair though, I haven't used them for pre-orders.
Remember the item isn't posted by flubit, but by whoever they've negotiated the price with.
Just arrived, delivered by DPD.
Can't fault this service, just created a couple more demands for some books.
Cheers for the heads up OP.
Tough call I guess. All payments go through paypal though, so you've got a bit of protection there at least.
All I can suggest is emailing flubit and asking, hopefully they'll provide the info you're after. They've been very helpful in answering any queries I had.
I used Flubit on an Asda direct link.
Got a decent offer through.
Don't worry about it! More people need to know about Flubit, I've saved so much on video games lately X)
Me too Just need the time to get round to playing them now!
How were the delivery times
Some are astonishing quick, for example, they've used Amazon Prime, others less so but nothing ridiculous. Had a couple of things go out of stock which can be a little annoying and one order was a slightly different model. However the pros, in savings and customer service, currently outweigh the cons.
Their delivery service is decent, how long an item takes to arrive also depends on the original supplier (the store whose link was originally provided) as that's where the item comes from . I have had some items arrive within 2 days, the only one that I had to wait a while for was Lego City Undercover but that was oos at the time at most places. Preordered Injustice Wii U game and that arrived on/close to the release date . Ordered a washing machine and that arrived within 3 days. Personally, I've been very happy with flubit and saved a lot of money
Well hello there Mr. Cynical! Honestly, someone just tries to help out and share something good/beneficial but ppl like you have always got to have a problem with something, complain and make ridiculous accusations. You need to chill out. Thanks to ppl like you, sometimes I wish I'd just keep the good deals and info to myself. And if saying a phrase once or twice is wearing thin on you, then you've got a real problem. I've tried to provide as much helpful info as possible here and am glad some ppl and benefitted and appreciated it. It's hardly promotional.
How long did Injustice take to deliver from dispatch date to the day it arrived?[/quote]
It was a pre-order so hadn't yet been released when I placed the order. Came either on or a day after the official release date.
The only item that took a while was Lego City for me. Last order was Wii U controllers and that came 2 days after it was ordered. Hope that helps. Just contact either flubit by email or use the online portal to directly contact the supplier if you ever have any questions or problems.