£35+PP for a sachet of yeast?

[klaus]

I was browsing through Google and hitting the shopping option for Fermentis yeast, amongst many normal priced offers there's one for c.£35 + shipping for an 11g sachet!
Not a brewing related site though.
Is this Google AI setting the price?

https://www.ninelife.uk/products/fe...ith-north-mountain-supply-freshness-guarantee

 

[Guzzie]

Their wine kit prices are even more ott - and this is with a discount !!

 

[chopps]

Bonkers. They're in Pennsylvania so there's a bit of a trip plus duty and fees I'd guess.
Personally I'll stick with Crossmyloof a bit over a quid a pack.
I don't pay £35 for 500g packs at the brewery!

 

[klaus]

Bonkers. They're in Pennsylvania so there's a bit of a trip plus duty and fees I'd guess.
Personally I'll stick with Crossmyloof a bit over a quid a pack.
I don't pay £35 for 500g packs at the brewery!

This was really a bit of aimless browsing ... I certainly wouldn't consider it!

 

[Northern_Brewer]

These kind of scams are everywhere on Amazon, not just in brewing. They rely on catching :

a)people who don't read carefully and assume that since it's on Amazon it will be a fair price

b)shopping bots who just automatically buy the "cheapest" available on Amazon without thinking what a fair price would look like, when other places are out of stock - so it works better with the more obscure stuff like BE-134 that may not be in stock in other places

c)really rich people who see the price and just don't care

No they won't sell very many - but they don't care. Say a "normal" retailer is selling yeast at £5/pack but it costs £3 to buy and takes 10 minutes of staff time @£10/hour = £1.67 to process each order (from ordering from the manufacturer/wholesaler, unpacking the bulk stock, packing it up and labelling it to send to the customer and all the overheads of sorting out VAT returns etc). So 33p profit per pack of yeast.

Or you could sell 1 pack at £35 and make £30.33, as much profit as from selling 91 packs at normal price - and with a whole lot less hassle.

 

[aamcle]

Some times it's out of stock but rather than take the item down and put it back later they put up a huge price. Expecting no sales

 

[Chippy_Tea]

A £351 saving whats not to like

 

[The Baron]

Some times it's out of stock but rather than take the item down and put it back later they put up a huge price. Expecting no sales

Common practice by some Fleabay sellers when not in stock

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Common practice by some Fleabay sellers when not in stock

Its a bit of a dumb trick if i saw a hugely inflated price for an item i would never go back.