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Soap pods

niccatw
niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
in Green & ethical MoneySaving
Hi
Does any-one konw the best place to get a big load of soap pods for a good price?

The shop I usually use only gives me a 200g for about £5 and I'm sure I can do better :)

Thanks
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  • gibby
    gibby Posts: 426 Forumite
    if your willing to buy in bulk you can bring the prices way down

    There is a firm called Suma who will supply to the public if your order is £250 + vat, this includes free delivery to most fo the UK

    You can buy soap pods in larger bags too - Im sure there is a 1kg bag.
    We used to buy ours from Alt Stores but im sure they have just stopped doing them.


    G
    never take advice from broke or unsuccessful people

    Jim Rohn
  • niccatw
    niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thanks Gibby. It's just me so, although I'm sure I could find years worth of Suma supplies for £250 :D, paying for and storing it in the short term might prove a problem! ;)

    If I find anywhere that does 1kg bags, I'll let you know :)
    Jan10: 28,315.81 Jan11: 18,015.32 Jan12: 7,682.58 Jan13: 2,987.73 Current debt: 1,225.55
    HFC [STRIKE]1896.10. [/STRIKE] 225.55 SLC2 [STRIKE]5123.34[/STRIKE] 0 Others [STRIKE]2085[/STRIKE] 1000 Bcard [STRIKE]1172.60[/STRIKE] 0

    Mike's Mob
  • gibby
    gibby Posts: 426 Forumite
    you can get it trade elsewhere but they will charge you for delivery unless you can piggy back on someone elses order.
    Lots of little buying coops are starting up in the UK to get costs down on ethical, organic & fair trade goods.

    G
    never take advice from broke or unsuccessful people

    Jim Rohn
  • niccatw
    niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Excellent, thanks. I'll look into it. There's bound to be a few in and around the Glasgow area then!
    Jan10: 28,315.81 Jan11: 18,015.32 Jan12: 7,682.58 Jan13: 2,987.73 Current debt: 1,225.55
    HFC [STRIKE]1896.10. [/STRIKE] 225.55 SLC2 [STRIKE]5123.34[/STRIKE] 0 Others [STRIKE]2085[/STRIKE] 1000 Bcard [STRIKE]1172.60[/STRIKE] 0

    Mike's Mob
  • Rolandtheroadie
    Rolandtheroadie Posts: 5,102 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 15 February 2010 at 8:39AM
    Have you thought of ebay?
  • more_money_for_me
    more_money_for_me Posts: 260 Forumite
    niccatw wrote: »
    Excellent, thanks. I'll look into it. There's bound to be a few in and around the Glasgow area then!


    This is worth a look http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/
  • niccatw
    niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    scotsman4th wrote: »
    Have you thought of ebay?
    Never occurred to me - which is bizarre as it's usually the first place I look for things! Cheers!

    Found this site http://www.summernaturals.co.uk/ (Think it was mentioned on another thread here.) Got 1kg of soap nuts, 5litres of vinegar and 5kg of bicarb on their way! Hopefull that'll last me quite some time :D
    Jan10: 28,315.81 Jan11: 18,015.32 Jan12: 7,682.58 Jan13: 2,987.73 Current debt: 1,225.55
    HFC [STRIKE]1896.10. [/STRIKE] 225.55 SLC2 [STRIKE]5123.34[/STRIKE] 0 Others [STRIKE]2085[/STRIKE] 1000 Bcard [STRIKE]1172.60[/STRIKE] 0

    Mike's Mob
  • Rolandtheroadie
    Rolandtheroadie Posts: 5,102 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Remember and look for soap nuts. Soap pods seems more of a brand name for (probably)the same thing.
  • lexa34
    lexa34 Posts: 588 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    gibby wrote: »
    you can get it trade elsewhere but they will charge you for delivery unless you can piggy back on someone elses order.
    Lots of little buying coops are starting up in the UK to get costs down on ethical, organic & fair trade goods.

    G[/QUOTE

    Can you advise how to find these coops?

    Thanks

    Ps Don't forget cashback on ebay!!
    Green and minimal chemicals is the new black- I know a fair old bit about sustainability, specially energy and transport stuff. If I can help- please ask!
  • more_money_for_me
    more_money_for_me Posts: 260 Forumite
    lexa34 wrote: »
    gibby wrote: »
    you can get it trade elsewhere but they will charge you for delivery unless you can piggy back on someone elses order.
    Lots of little buying coops are starting up in the UK to get costs down on ethical, organic & fair trade goods.

    G[/QUOTE

    Can you advise how to find these coops?

    Thanks

    Ps Don't forget cashback on ebay!!


    There you go:

    http://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/
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