Free water bottle offer (kind of)

novajoe · 25 Nov 2009 at 11:52

Just found this offer, might be interesting to any cyclists out there... They’re giving water bottles away for just the price of the postage here of £1.95. Only one per order but well worth the effort I reckon!

http://cyclingweekly.ipcshop.co.uk/shop/accessories/water-bottles/cycling-active-water-bottle-offer

(hope this isn't breaking any rules, if it is sorry and please delete!)

jamief · 25 Nov 2009 at 11:53

.....

Didn't see the "1 per customer"

arknor · 25 Nov 2009 at 11:53

pound shop > freebottle + shipping

Sinque · 25 Nov 2009 at 12:43

A free water bottle which costs £2, erm...

namnoc · 26 Nov 2009 at 14:59

Well to make they must cost nearly 5p.......

jamief · 26 Nov 2009 at 15:04

namnoc said:
Well to make they must cost nearly 5p.......

And how many businesses sell things at cost?

remy87 · 26 Nov 2009 at 15:06

Probably taste plastic once you put in water in it.

Greenlizard0 · 26 Nov 2009 at 15:09

namnoc said:
Well to make they must cost nearly 5p.......

Oh come on man, like drugs and electronics, think of the years of research involved.

Stuff · 26 Nov 2009 at 15:12

Greenlizard0 said:
Oh come on man, like drugs and electronics, think of the years of research involved.

Agreed, water bottles are at the peak of technological advances.

Robbo · 26 Nov 2009 at 15:19

Change the thread title to "Water bottle offer"

Zefan · 26 Nov 2009 at 16:51

I've had a few of those, but they didn't have the fancy logo.

Broke very quickly, tasted like ****.

namnoc · 26 Nov 2009 at 23:20

jamief said:
And how many businesses sell things at cost?

ihave no problem with people making any amount of margin. Just p*****d off at all the attempts to mislead. If the bottle is really free they should ship at cost.

Hamster · 26 Nov 2009 at 23:22

Cheap water bottles are usually crap. After a while they leak from the top unless they are kept upright. This kind of thing is probably less than £2 in millets or tesco.

Biohazard · 26 Nov 2009 at 23:22

Camelpaw said:
Agreed, water bottles are at the peak of technological advances.

lol

PhillyDee · 27 Nov 2009 at 00:03

namnoc said:
ihave no problem with people making any amount of margin. Just p*****d off at all the attempts to mislead. If the bottle is really free they should ship at cost.

It is free! The shipping costs . . . .
How else do you think it will reach your house?
RM, probably £1.08 (Packet up to 100g) postage, then you have to pay for the box, probably around 10-15p, labels and the labour to pack it.

Anyway, I bet they cost quite a bit more than 5p. Bottles are more expensive than you think.

whitecrook · 27 Nov 2009 at 00:15

In other news, mobile phone companies provide FREE minutes for a monthly fee. Oh wait..

PardonTheWait · 27 Nov 2009 at 00:21

It's been a while since I've bought a bike water bottle but aren't they only about £2 or £3 anyway?

Biohazard · 27 Nov 2009 at 00:32

It won't fit through your letter box either, meaning travel for collection normally!

Kristoph · 27 Nov 2009 at 02:03

I think people are missing the point. It's something to add to an order you're already making, i.e. Glucose Powders etc. You're going to pay the postage anyway, just add the bottle on if you'd like one.

meghatronic · 27 Nov 2009 at 02:06

whitecrook said:
In other news, mobile phone companies provide FREE minutes for a monthly fee. Oh wait..

You fail at analogies.