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Tell us what you would like to see on Mumsnet Co-Buying

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KatieBMumsnet · 27/02/2012 17:20

Mumsnet Co-Buying has launched this week. It works as follows: say lots of Mumsnetters want the same product - could be chocolate or cosmetics, could be gadgets or sports gear - then with Mumsnet Co-Buying the more of you who buy it, the cheaper the price becomes. In partnership with BuyaPowa, we'll feature different products each week. There will be a limited number of each product and each offer will last for a limited amount of time. For more information click here.
So we'd like to know what you'd like to see featured on Mumsnet Co-Buying.
Tell us here and we'll do our best to get the products you want.

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QED · 29/02/2012 13:48

Saw about this on fb and searched here to find out what it was, and hearing that it will be £3 whatever is tempting me to do it :) Currently 39 people have signed up - shall I be the 40th?

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 29/02/2012 13:07

Katie, i think this was asked upthread but can you sticky this (and future deals) to suck in lots of mners so we achieve lowest price

DottyDot · 29/02/2012 12:56

Thanks Katie - I kind of inadvertently ended up buying the chocolate obviously I would have bought it anyway as I clicked on 'sign up' or something, filled in my details and was then told I'd bought it - I thought I was just signing up to the website, not the actual deal! So it was slightly unclear - but then this explanation probably is and I'm very glad we'll get the chocolate for £3 Grin

It's put me off clicking just for info though on any other deals, in case I find myself signed up for something not calorie related else...

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 29/02/2012 12:51

If you click on the co buy details it tells you this one is p&p free via royal mail. You can choose to not have your details appear on leaderboard.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 29/02/2012 12:49

Suggestions for items:

Ecloths
Method cleaning products

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RatDesPaquerettes · 29/02/2012 12:35

Thanks, KatieB. I think it is a good move to make the rules more prominent, so that people are fully aware what they are signing up to.

Now... good news about the special one-off deal for G&B chocolate. That should hopefully trigger more interest in that particular deal.

MNHQ
KatieBMumsnet · 29/02/2012 12:08

Thanks for your feedback so far. RatDesPaquerettes we will work to make the rules more prominent so everyone can see what they're signing up to. The principle behind this is, like any kind of bulk buying, the more a retailer sells, the cheaper they can afford to make a product. But we have spoken to Buyapowa and agreed that as a special one off on this first co-buy only, even if it doesn't get to 100 buyers we'll make the price £3 for everyone anyway. We are really keen to use this to get Mumsnetters great deals on products they want - so please do keep telling us what you'd like us to look into featuring in future.

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RatDesPaquerettes · 28/02/2012 21:57

Actually, isn't Groupon with all its flaws better as at least, you know which price you are definitely getting your product or service at?

RatDesPaquerettes · 28/02/2012 21:26

I have now read the rules in detail. I suppose it is my own fault for not paying more attention the first time.

Basically, the best price is only achieved if 100 people take up the offer. However, you are still contracted to buy the product at whatever current price is achieved depending on the number of people who are purchasing the product.

In this case, the starting price was £6 (which is pretty much a shit price, as established by AgentProvocateur).

At the moment, it is still £6 and will remain so until at least 25 people decide to purchase the chocolate. It will then drop to £5. Another 25 people later and it drops to £4. Another 25 people and it drops to £3, which makes it a total of 75 people. I don't quite understand why it then seems to need 100 people but that is probably me being thick.

In summary, my view is that this co-buy and any that follows the same rules are NOT a good deal.

(I fully appreciate that I am shooting myself in the foot here as ideally, I should be aiming to enrol more people on the deal. I am pretty annoyed with myself for falling for it though!).

RatDesPaquerettes · 28/02/2012 20:01

I have ordered the G&B chocolate. However, the 'rules' seem ambiguous to me and I am even wondering if this is a bit of a con.

My confirmation email stated: 'Current price £6' and 'Best price £3'.

I am happy to pay £3 for the chocolate. At £6, particularly in the light of AgentProvocateur's comment, I do not want it.

Can anybody from MNHQ clarify the exact rules of a co-buy deal?

MNHQ
Tech · 28/02/2012 17:48

Hi ItsAllGoingToBeFine, Sorry about that. The link wasn't working from the mobile site. It should work now, though the page it links to is not mobile-optimized, so you might have to do a bit of scrolling. You shouldn't get an error though.

AgentProvocateur · 28/02/2012 16:14

The G&B isn't that much of a saving - Tesco and Sainsbury's both have 2 bars for £3 at the moment, and I don't think I've ever seen a bar priced at £2.58, which is the RRP, according to BuyaPowa Hmm

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 28/02/2012 16:13

Nooo, MNHQ fix the link! I need cheap chocolate esp if it's Green & Blacks!

poorbuthappy · 28/02/2012 16:06

Why can't I use links to other bits if the site when on app?

SweetestThing · 28/02/2012 16:03

Based on the number of times I have seen them mentioned on MN:

Oven Pride
Lakeland heated clothes airer
Shred DVD

:)

Blu · 28/02/2012 15:58

Icey Tek coolboxes!

MNHQ
KatieBMumsnet · 28/02/2012 15:53

Sorry about the link - we're looking into it :)

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DottyDot · 28/02/2012 15:42

Sadly, the link works for me (just ordered the Green and Black's chocolate Blush).

LoonyRationalist · 28/02/2012 15:41

Link doesn't work for me either, get the same as Itsallgoingtobefine. Also on mobile site.

ilovebabytv · 28/02/2012 15:35

is this a bit like groupon/wowcher?

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 28/02/2012 15:33

Maybe just the mobile site then? Error message follows...

VelocityViewServlet : Error processing a template for path '/co-buy'
Unable to find resource 'mobile/co_buy/index.html'
org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource 'mobile/co_buy/index.html'
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:483)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Parse.render(Parse.java:198)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.performMerge(VelocityViewServlet.java:805)
at com.mumsnet.baseservlets.CommonBaseServlet.performMerge(CommonBaseServlet.java:509)
at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.mergeTemplate(VelocityViewServlet.java:762)
at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.doRequest(VelocityViewServlet.java:555)
at org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet.VelocityViewServlet.doGet(VelocityViewServlet.java:509)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:114)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:91)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:103)
at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:178)
at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:241)
at com.caucho.server.hmux.HmuxRequest.handleRequest(HmuxRequest.java:435)
at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:586)
at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool$Item.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:690)
at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool$Item.run(ThreadPool.java:612)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Tee2072 · 28/02/2012 15:32

Linky work for me!