'Should I buy three Magnums and throw one away?' blog discussion 16 April 2007 at 4:10PM in Martin's blogs & appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the news 42 replies 5.3K views

Former_MSE_Lawrence

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spook

Surely the answer would be to buy three and then give one away!

reehsetin

spook wrote: »

Surely the answer would be to buy three and then give one away!

exactly whatd i'd say

Idiophreak

yeah, me also.
Someone will want it
(maybe the checkout lad will be due a break)

edit: or maybe you could haggle and get 20p for it

RobN_2

Eat two!

I dunno - you TV types ... too worried about your figure?


Or as previously suggested, give one away - I'm sure you'd find plenty of willing recipients in Oxford.


If you were being really tight you could auction it.

mini

What did you do?
I'd have eaten 2 no problem, let me know if you want an ice cream eater - I do it so well

Elainer

Yeah give one away. Or you could try and find someone on there own that just wanted one, then you could have split the whole price three ways.

jpjp_2

Option 1 - Take the third one near an ice-cream seller (to get near a potential market) and then undercut him a little. So, let's say they're 1.00 each from the seller, or 1.90 for two. Sell third one for, say, 90p thus you get two for £1.00. Winner = you, Loser = ice cream seller, for loss of profit, Evens = supermarket as they sell at their standard price anyway

Option 2 - Buy two from the ice cream seller. Using same figures, you pay 2.00 for two. Winner = ice cream seller, who makes his profit. Lose a little = you as it cost you 2.00 instead of 1.00 from Option 1. Loser = supermarket because you bought elsewhere.

My preference is Option 2 because I HATE supermarkets with a vengeance. I'm much happier to give the little guy my business, have my eggs and naturally-odd-shaped veg delivered to my house without it being washed in Poland first, than pour more money into the supermarket drain. Topical, as Tesco announced profits of $2.55 BILLION this morning, and one pound in every SEVEN spent on the high street is now theirs. When will people learn?

full-time-mum

I would go for option 1a - supermarket and giving away the third.

Winners:
Sainsburys - I know the hate bit but if you don't buy that pack then someone else will
Stranger - got a free lolly
You - cheaper than vendor, nectar points, warm glow (ice lolly aside) from being generous and making someones day.

Loser - vendor but then you haven't found him yet, he isn't standing outside sainsbury and you are plus there are plenty of other tourists for him to rip off.

Fritha_2

Or there's another option: do you really need a Magnum Martin? ;-)

newleaf

Go to Lidl next time, theirs are cheaper (and IMO nicer) than Magnums. You'd still get a box of 3 though, so I'd say either share the 'spare' or give it away. But never, never ever throw it away!