Firebox June Birthday Bonanza

Red_Lozzer

Hi

Just received an email from firebox saying that each day in June they will be selling one of their items half price for 24 hours only or until they run out of stock.

http://www.firebox.com/competitions/birthday_bonanza_2008

Might be worth keeping an eye on :j

laticsforlife

I saw that insect helicopter in Selfridges at the Trafford Centre (so definitely not the cheapest place on earth) and it was £19 or so; this half price deal isn't that good.

£16.42 inc postage, Ebay price is £16.24 same item.

Red_Lozzer

laticsforlife wrote: »

I saw that insect helicopter in Selfridges at the Trafford Centre (so definitely not the cheapest place on earth) and it was £19 or so; this half price deal isn't that good.

£16.42 inc postage, Ebay price is £16.24 same item.

Yep, todays isnt the greatest saving but during the rest of the month you never know. And if you have one of their £5 off vouchers that they gave away recently there could be a nice bargain to be had during the month

jamiex

Red_Lozzer wrote: »

Yep, todays isnt the greatest saving but during the rest of the month you never know. And if you have one of their £5 off vouchers that they gave away recently there could be a nice bargain to be had during the month

I think delivery always costs £3.95 and if you use one of those £5 vouchers (which you can still get almost anywhere) then you'll end up getting £1.05 off the price of the item.

colinstevens

A small hint of whats to come?

By changing the image URL from:
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_01a.gif

to
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_02a.gif
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_03a.gif

etc etc... up to 07a - gives a hint of what is coming but without the price?

ianonline

laticsforlife wrote: »

I saw that insect helicopter in Selfridges at the Trafford Centre (so definitely not the cheapest place on earth) and it was £19 or so; this half price deal isn't that good.

£16.42 inc postage, Ebay price is £16.24 same item.

Yeah, looks like this could just be a clever bit of marketing - don't be duped into automatically thinking you're getting a bargain just because something's advertised as half price. :think:

Today's offer is "Mr Soccer Robot Football" for £14.97 - supposedly half price, but I only paid £14.95 (+P&P) when I bought it from Firebox just before Christmas (the same price as it was featured on The Gadget Show).

Just be on your guard if you're thinking of taking advantage of these "incredible offers". :rolleyes:

xadoc

colinstevens wrote: »

A small hint of whats to come?

By changing the image URL from:
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_01a.gif

to
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_02a.gif
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_03a.gif

etc etc... up to 07a - gives a hint of what is coming but without the price?

Thanks for that - looks like there ain't much worth buying... for the first 7 at least...:rolleyes:

Rajesh

colinstevens wrote: »

A small hint of whats to come?

By changing the image URL from:
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_01a.gif

to
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_02a.gif
http://www.firebox.com/i/birthday_bonanza/calendar_day_03a.gif

etc etc... up to 07a - gives a hint of what is coming but without the price?

Calendar day 4: Weekend Hotel Kit
Calendar day 5: Sonic Grenade
Calendar day 6: i-cy Penguin
Calendar day 7: Wash-O-Matic (Quirky Birdhouses)

bs7

firebox obviously didn't like the of people being able to tell what's coming up and changed the urls for the images accordingly.

HOWEVER, they didn't change things quite enough and i've managed to figure out enough to predict the next week's worth of items (although not the days):

• Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber
• Money Maze
• Speeding Grandads
• Money Monster
• The Hold Up
• Wild Hibiscus Flowers
• iFly Vamp

colinstevens

bs7 wrote: »

HOWEVER, they didn't change things quite enough and i've managed to figure out enough to predict the next week's worth of items (although not the days):

Ohhh... how did you work that out!

colinstevens

colinstevens wrote: »

Ohhh... how did you work that out!

Actually.. best not say... they might change it again!