What Is It With Catalogues And Free Gifts?

[Caran]

Had two catalogues in the post today, one offering a free handbag with any order. The other one is offering:-
Kenwood juicer £24.99
Kenwood kettle £30.99
Kenwood toaster £49.99
Kenwood coffee maker £79.99
This is a total of £185.96. All this for any order. How can they afford this?
There must be something fishy, if everyone orders a £10 T shirt what kind of profit can they be making. Has anyone order this yet?

[sandyRoe]

It might be a loss leader. They're willing to lay out that £185 in order to attract new customers.

[Caran]

Sandy they are not doing it get new customers, they say this is a thankyou to existing customers, along with entry into £50,000 draw and £1000 draw.
Just seems too good to be true.

[Zacs-Master]

What catalogue is it caran?

[Caran]

It's Damart.

[Ann]

I regularly get Damart catalogues but have never ever ordered from them. Gosh that sounds too good to be true! Typical I haven't received a catalogue this time, but maybe I will soon.

[jno]

they've got a big sale on on their website at the moment, so maybe they're just clearing their shelves of older stock

http://www.damart.co.uk/C-70459-sale

[saxy_jag]

I've had that one too. Not the handbag, but the free juicer/kettle/toaster etc. You're right - it is fishy. Why? Read carefully. The Kenwood stuff is something you 'could' win in their prize draw - 'Free Kenwood 4-piece Breakfast Kitchen set PRIZE DRAW ENTRY'! It is NOT the 'multi-piece breakfast set' that you're going to get as a free gift. I've looked right through all the inserts and can't find a picture of that anywhere, but my guess is it's probably a few plastic egg-cups and a toast rack.

[Caran]

I have ordered twice from them, once I sent something back but you have to pay your own return postage. I have looked through the catalogue but cannot find anything I want to order, but it seems such a waste to pass up on nearly £200 of freebies even though I don't need any of them and they would end up in the loft. Annoyingly though I just bought daughter a coffee maker for Christmas.

[Caran]

I have looked again at this and I think you are right saxy jag. In the prize list it says :- FREE GIFT multi-piece breakfast set
free £50000 prize draw entry
free £1000 prize draw entry
Free Kenwood 4 piece breakfast kitchen set prize draw entry.
So as you say 1st option could be 4 eggcups!! So glad, talked myself out of it.

[Buenchico]

NOW you tell us, Carandrog! AFTER we've all just ordered 50 pairs of thermal long johns from Damart!!!

[Caran]

Chris keep you nice and warm with the long cold, wet winter we have in store.
It's amazing how you get sucked in with these kind of offers though.

[askyourgran]

I got that one too caran but I didn't have time to read what I would really get if I bought some of their sexy thermals. I got a catalogue last year I think it had one right hand leather glove. If I bought something frim the catalogue I would get the left hand one free. I often wonder how many people claimed the left one or what they did with the surplus left handers.

[Caran]

I've got a feeling it was the same catalogue that offered a free food processor, photo looked fantastic. I ordered a jacket that was fine. The processor was a plastic one, not electric but a windy handle to make it go round, pathetic.

[Hopkirk]

Looks like they have got Michael Owen modelling for them

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nnyvCkap6U0/UKO3O8CgRlI/AAAAAAAAA_c/wW-hxzekIwc/s1600/11253_W12A1-03.jpg

[grumpy01]

Did he have that terrible moustache that he grew?

[kat-kin]

No such thing as a "Free Gift". Since when did anyone have to pay for a gift?

[Dee Sa]

I only once ordered something I did not want, to get a free winter coat, I later got a letter back to say "due to high demand " they had run out of the coats and they were very sorry, so I sent the item back.
Once bitten twice shy never bothered again.