The Boffer.co.uk Thread

K-9

I've bought twice and no problems! Happy with the dsecription.

psicic

Personally I think that yes, sometimes, Boffer failed to give enough consideration to the Irish consumer(e.g. the first BoC where the Irish customers really did get the emptyings of the black bin-liners) - BUT there's never any question of them not refunding money (to me so far, at least) if anything does go wrong and the majority of 'free' stuff that I've boffered I've got (in fact, all but the packet of batteries).

Fact is, to me, Boffer remains value sometimes. This is the first 'free' boffer that has failed to arrive for me - the way boffer is set up (one offer a day), it did not lead to any impulse buys from me and I am not out of pocket. I'm not going to sweat it too much.

In my opinion, if the sum total reason to try and stop the 'promotion' of boffer is a few packets of missing AA batteries that cost the punter nothing... I don't think it should even be a realistic consideration.

alastair_doom

*bump*

Just a reminder that the boffer sell off starting tonight at 11.59

Ghost Train

damn, looks like I missed the ipod dock

Crash

Ditto.

_Whimsical_

I got the ipod dock.£17.99 incl delivery to Ireland.
I am happy:)

Rowley Birkin QC

chilly wrote: »

I got the ipod dock.£17.99 incl delivery to Ireland.
I am happy:)

Got one aswell. That £5 surcharge takes some of the sheen of it though.

Still don't think I am going to use it all that much. Unless the remote controls the ipod as well as the speaker volume.

suppafly

i bought one of the york heart rate monitors. Most of the other stuff is a bit crap though. I'd ay there will be only one or 2 more before they put up something really crap that no one buys so they can leave it for the night. Thats what they usually do

Crash

Headphones are apparently the all nighter. Just picked them up, handy enough.

rco2000

MUST ADMIT, BOFFER IS STEADILY GOING DOWNHILL. YOU'D THINK WITH ALL THE LIQUIDATED STOCK AROUND THESE DAYS THAT IT WOULD BE RICH PICKINGS FOR THEM?

A2LUE42

My 'Philips FWM185/05 Mini Hi-Fi System with USB Direct Play' ordered on the 21st of Jan arrived this morning, great service.

K-9

Ordered a PC and a DVD player of them, delivered within a week.

There is some bargains but they are easily missed.

alastair_doom

The other night they had a refurb GPS for £49, but it was selling new on pixmania for £39.

Some bargains, yes, but you really have to be careful dealing with boffer.

rco2000

BUMP

K-9

alastair_doom wrote: »

The other night they had a refurb GPS for £49, but it was selling new on pixmania for £39.

Some bargains, yes, but you really have to be careful dealing with boffer.

True, definitely worth googling before that impulse buy and remeber the £5 shipping.

The sterling rate does make them competitive though.

mawk

did anyone go for the BOC last night? or is it all once bitten twice shy?

nava

mawk wrote: »

did anyone go for the BOC last night? or is it all once bitten twice shy?

I ordered, decided to give a 2nd chance, hope is better than last time

mawk

yeah i figured after all the abuse they got from irish people last time they might make a better effort.

this will be my 3rd internet bag of crap, and so far im pretty much two for two winning. my ibood was better but at least boffer gave me a spool of 100 blank dvds

Basq

Just got the following press-release from Lauren at Boffer:

BOFFER TO GIVE MEMBERS FREE ANTI-HACKER SOFTWARE

Discount e-tailer Boffer.co.uk is set to give away a free copy of AS Anti-Hacker software to each of its 75,000 members.

American-based Availasoft has launched the promotion with Boffer as part of its strategy to raise the profile and Brand Awareness of its award-winning product in the UK.

The software retails in the USA at $59.99 and is designed for home and business users to comprehensively protect their important internet activities including internet banking, online transactions, e-mail applications, file transfers and data communications.

The complete solution includes Active Protect, Insecure Website Detection Loop, Password Entry Protection Gate, Computer Cleaning, Quick System Scan, Full System Scan, Auto-Update and Security Tools.

IT entrepreneur Shaf Rasul, who invested in Boffer to support the owners’ growth objectives, said: “Avialasoft approached the owners of boffer because they wanted a fun and hip ecommerce company to help them launch its product in the UK.
“We are delighted to be able to partner with them in this exciting product promotion which will protect our members and give them greater security when shopping and working online.”

Boffer sells only one product a day, which is sourced from bankrupt and excess stock, at a bargain price. The offer goes live at midnight and remains on the website till all stock is sold or until 23.59 the following evening.

Products regularly sold on the popular site – which is now the 1500th busiest in the UK and receives 30,000 hits every night – include laptops, iPods, digital cameras and LCD televisions.

Rasul added: “Consumers trends show that people are now avoiding the high street and doing their shopping online in a bid to tackle the effects of the credit crunch.
“Since its launch in September Boffer has captured the imagination of the online consumers through its diverse product range and knock-down bargain prices.
“We offer high-street products at a fraction of the high-street price and people looking for a better deal should make Boffer their number one online shopping site.”
The promotion will be available to anyone who is a registered member before 11.59 February 14th 2009.

The Free software will be available to all registered boffer members at 11.59pm on Friday 14th February.No Purchase necessary.

Anyone use AS Anti-Hacker? Is it worth getting?

fdevine

Did I read somewhere on boffer that you have to have a kudos of at least 10 to get the free software??

Worth noting for any boardsies who need to up their kudos.

Rowley Birkin QC

Would it adequately replace my recently expired AVG Pro?

AlmightyCushion

bigkev49 wrote: »

Would it adequately replace my recently expired AVG Pro?

No as the anti hacker doesn't have an anti virus.

Rowley Birkin QC

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

No as the anti hacker doesn't have an anti virus.

Cheers AC.


Has anyone received their docking station from last weeks sell off?

eirebhoy

Will we have to bid for this anti hacker software?

jaffa20

eirebhoy wrote: »

Will we have to bid for this anti hacker software?

It's free. I guess they will have a limited amount (probably 2:P) and you just buy it as a free boffer until they are all out. First come first served basis.

mawk

just got my BOC.. titsology.

ipod voice recorder (not an ipod fan)
8ball poker set (i have plenty of sets as is)
and a bratz karaoke set. (expensive ive no doubt.. buuuuut)

fdevine

Bratz you say?? LOL

I got a Bratz Ice Champions Remote Control Ice Skating Rink. Useless and unsellable. Even charity shop would probably turn their noses up at it.

I thought that was all I got until I noticed that they had stuffed an iPod recorder and a stainless steel flask inside.

The iPod thing looks like its for a 4th gen iPod - certainly wont fit my iPod Video.

The flask is emblazoned with the 'designer' name 'GFF-GianFrancoFerrer' or some such sh1t.

mawk

fdevine wrote: »

Bratz you say?? LOL

I got a Bratz Ice Champions Remote Control Ice Skating Rink. Useless and unsellable. Even charity shop would probably turn their noses up at it.

I thought that was all I got until I noticed that they had stuffed an iPod recorder and a stainless steel flask inside.

The iPod thing looks like its for a 4th gen iPod - certainly wont fit my iPod Video.

The flask is emblazoned with the 'designer' name 'GFF-GianFrancoFerrer' or some such sh1t.

i like the sound of the ice skating remote control thing better.. at least you could scrap that for pieces and make something cool. ice cool..and remote controlled.

Rowley Birkin QC

On a positive note I got my speaker set yesterday and it is indeed fantastic, both in terms of value and quality.

Redpunto

Anyone seen todays boffer

http://www.boffer.co.uk

ATMT MP150 2-Play 2GB Black MP3 Player and Teddy Bear Speakers Bundle
£10.99


Is it a piece of crap - was thinking of buying a couple of bdays and my little pink one??

Basq

Could be good..

BOFFER SUPPLY DEAL TO BOOST NEXT SELL-OFF

We all know the story of a famous High Street retailer whose name begins with a "W" who has been on the brink of administration for a number of years; they finally succumbed and closed its doors to the public a few weeks ago. Thousands lost their jobs over night as administrators stepped in to manage the liquidation of the retail chain. But what happened to the tens of millions of pounds worth of stock that was on order from manufacturers importers and distributers that was winging its way to them by container ship, train, airplane and lorry. Stock which in the current climate no other retailer wants to buy.

It seems our friends at Churchill Palmer Mackenzie Asset management acquired it. They have just taken delivery of Several Hundred Lorries worth of stock which they are storing in 24 distribution depots across the country. CPM has chosen Boffer as their preferred ecommerce partner to liquidate part of the stock the stock.

CPM has already trialed several products on Boffer on behalf of an unnamed high-street retailer and has been blown away by the volume of stock that the site has been able to sell in the space of 24 hours.
Boffer creator Oli Shields said "We are extremely excited to be working with CPM Asset Management. The business has a wide range of clients that will give us access to a significantly larger product range and bring greater value to our 75,000 registered members.

"This agreement will also allow us to provide a more extended range during our regular sell-offs which include home ware, games, toys, gardening equipment, DVD movies and sports and electronic equipment."

CPM Asset Management managing director Alfi Ariff added: "Boffer is a fantastic website that offers our clients the opportunity to dispose of vast amounts of valuable excess stocks quickly and effectively and discreetly.

The first of the stock supplied to boffer by CPM will be included in our sell off starting at 11.59pm on Sunday 15th of February.

Davy

basquille wrote: »

Could be good..

Could be great if they removed the paddy surcharge!!

Washout

Can i boffer a number of items and then checkout?

its sill boffering 1 item for 20 quid and then paying 7 quid shipping

Basq

Washout wrote: »

Can i boffer a number of items and then checkout?

its sill boffering 1 item for 20 quid and then paying 7 quid shipping

Nope.. fraid not!

EDIT: Sorry, I may have mis-understood the question. Do you mean can you buy a number of items across a sell-off and then pay for them at the end (with one shipping charge), or do you mean can you change the quantity of a a product to more than one?

Basq

Another sell-off starting Monday night..!

Lauren from Boffer e-mailed me asking to give ye a heads-up and also an offer for us boardsies, entering 'boards.ie' in the discount code box will give us free delivery on the 'Bit On The Side' for the duration of the sell-off.

Just to clarify.. from 11.59pm on Monday night, entering 'boards.ie' as a discount code will give us free delivery (presumably still will be liable to the £5 surcharge though) for the 'Bit On The Side' section. This discount code will be valid for the duration of the sell-off (which will probably last about 72 hours or so).

alastair_doom

Just got this email from boffer.

Subject: Boffer freebie worth £23.00 tonite at 11.59pm Sunday 12th April

Hi
It`s Lauren here, Just a quick note to tell you tonite`s boffer is a freebie.
That`s right it`s totally free all you have to do is pay the postage.
BUT more importantly the next boffer sell off is on Sunday 19th April at 11.59pm.
If you would like a free delivery code for the next sell off all you have to do is
follow me on twitter and I will send you the free delivery code a day before the
sell off starts.

To find out more about Twitter, or to follow my tweets visit the
link below:

http://twitter.com/boffer

To claim today`s freebie worth £23.00 be on boffer at 11.59pm today - Sunday 12th April

Lauren sent her spam crap to me too.....twice in fact :mad:

alastair_doom

BELKIN 14 Inch Notebook Sleeve Case (Jet / Cabernet) £2.99 delivered.

paid €3.41 via paypal. Seems fairly decent if you have a use for it.

Mmcd

What postcode do people use to sign up to this.
Obviously dont have one - do you have to use belfast one?

Davy

Mmcd wrote: »

What postcode do people use to sign up to this.
Obviously dont have one - do you have to use belfast one?

No, use your county or Dublin 1 etc. The free boffer is sold out now though.

Mmcd

Yeh but by the sounds of it theres gonna be freebies for the rest of the week and Ive free postage through twitter and the boards discount!

alastair_doom

Mmcd wrote: »

Ive free postage through twitter and the boards discount!

Boards discount? free delivery?

Only thing i can find about free delivery is only for during the sell-off. And what is the boards discount?

For anyone not following twitter, the boffer freebie tonight is an MP3 player.

Mmcd

alastair_doom wrote: »

Boards discount? free delivery?

Only thing i can find about free delivery is only for during the sell-off. And what is the boards discount?

For anyone not following twitter, the boffer freebie tonight is an MP3 player.

Yeh - read it wrong - is only during the selloff
As for boards discount all I know is what written 7 posts up!

alastair_doom

As for boards discount all I know is what written 7 posts up!

basquille wrote: »

Lauren from Boffer e-mailed me asking to give ye a heads-up and also an offer for us boardsies, entering 'boards.ie' in the discount code box will give us free delivery on the 'Bit On The Side' for the duration of the sell-off.

If this is the one you're talking about, I'm afraid that was last month and only for the duration of the last sell-off.

Mmcd

alastair_doom wrote: »

If this is the one you're talking about, I'm afraid that was last month and only for the duration of the last sell-off.

Oh
To be honest all about boffer really confuses me - is anything but straightforward!

_Whimsical_

Does their "free postage" cover the entire price of delivery to Ireland (delivery charge of 2.99 and £5 surcharge for heavy items) or does it just cover the £2.99?

Basq

chilly wrote: »

Does their "free postage" cover the entire price of delivery to Ireland (delivery charge of 2.99 and £5 surcharge for heavy items) or does it just cover the £2.99?

Presumably just the £2.99.

dmcg90

If you folow Boffer.co.uk they usually give out a few free delivery codes sometimes.

alastair_doom

According to twitter, tonights freebie ( + ~€3.50 p&p ) is 3x USB Pen drives.

alastair_doom

Tonights boffer freebie is 10x SD/MMC cards, no mention of sizes.