Exante FREE POSTAGE + 50% Discount Offer - Not so free

[NatW]

Just received an email from Exante advertising their new offer, namely free postage on 4-wks bumper packs. Free postage offer valid until Sat evening only.

Only problem is I just went on their site and was surprised to see that the price of the Bumper Pack has gone up from 89 GBP to 99 GBP. I am 100% sure that the price of the bumper pack was still 89 GBP on Monday as I was contemplating placing an order.

Anyhow, it looks like the free postage is not so free after all as they have just increased their prices to cover for it!

A disgruntled Nat

 

[mummyofthreegirls]

I received that email to! i thought it was great that it was under the £90!.
I know i will not be able to order before the 13th.

Not very impressed either!.

 

[iwannabeayummymummy]

i saw that before i thought it was a bit of a fix.. lol

 

[honey-dd]

its a con and not a very good one lol .. as its the price you could buy them for with postage before that offer

so they just put the price up to cover there postage and classed it as an offer .

 

[Miss Demeanour]

sadly, it's a classic marketing tactic. Then when the 'offer' ends, I bet the pack price will still be a tenner dearer.

It's an attempt to squeak the prices up without anyone noticing - effectively a fiver at a time...

 

[margarino]

It's more than what i paid yesterday with postage!

 

[Poppysparkle]

Yup, I agree...I had decided to do it all sensibly when I get back from hols in Egypt, as in eat sensibly and exercise, then I thought, oooh, an offer, I might do another month. I then realised that it was one big con as it is more than I have paid for box of Exante since before
Xmas...in fact, the last pack I bought last week with postage was cheaper. I think they've now lost a customer in me, because I don't really take kindly to that. I know it's not much money different, but it's the principle!!

 

[peony]

Agree. I soon need to buy my last packs to get me to goal- approx a month's worth plus rtm. This has caused me to start looking at alternatives. They must think we're daft- fat and daft lol!

 

[Linda1971]

I got the email too. Not happy at all. Shame as I like the packs but not those tactics

 

[tamz]

I hadn't ordered since way before Christmas, so I think it's quite a good offer. 50% discount is still really good. I hope they don't take the offer off completely, as this is a much better deal than I was paying last year!

Hope everyone is doing well. I've ordered my BP today and hopefully I'll get back onto the WS easily. I'll keep you updated

Tamz
xx

 

[yummy101]

I don't know what everyone is getting so upset about. Yes, it's a marketing ploy, but probably more for the newbies/ returners rather than existing customers. Yes it is obvious that it is not cheaper than the previous offer, but it is still cheap and discounted and a hell of a difference to LL. Need to look at the bigger picture. They are a company trying to make money in a very difficult market therefore, they need to try different strategies to tempt people to buy their product.

It isn't enough of an reduction in discount to put me off - it is still s huge discount!!

I've stop rambling now.....sorry!

 

[Miss Demeanour]

It isn't enough of an reduction in discount to put me off - it is still s huge discount!!

Actually, I quite agree. Every company has to put their prices up occasionally, And for a diet company it makes business sense for them to do it in feb. I was just explaining their rationale for the 'free P&P offer'. If they had just put their pack price up by a tenner without some sort of temporary buffer, then there'll be even more of an uproar!

I consider myself quite fortunate to have got one order in before the price change, but the extra £2.50 a week won't put me off ordering any more. From what I've read, the similarly priced competition are nothing to write home about, anyway.