Half Price Brand New Grainfather
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nice. I doubt they will ship. but if they do let us know!
although I am somewhat dubious of these auto Brew things...
Saisonator
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I have one already, but would have given it a punt if I didn’t.
I think it’s a mistake thinking about it.
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nice way to get a quick injection of cash into a business over a weekend before emptying the accounts once funds have cleared perhaps? but i have always been a tad cynical.. the stock 'engineer pics' on the about-us page of the site dont scream 'hombrewers' to me either..
BREWERS DROOP
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Just gone through the order process to see what actually happens, it wont let you purchase it, one of their customer service team will contact you to confirm the price??? dodgy or what.
Sadfield
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Not really dodgy if they take no payment.
Yeah but why advertise a great price...!
BREWERS DROOP
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i will re phrase, it mis leading information, and if its advertised at this price, legally they have to offer it at this price.
But because i have not paid for it, because it wont let me ,it most definitely wont be £300 that's the catch
But because i have not paid for it, because it wont let me ,it most definitely wont be £300 that's the catch
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Sadfield
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The optimist in me, wonders if they are just verifying that the buyers will use it and not resell for profit, given that they have apparently been offering the deal around homebrew groups.
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If you read the product description it says that the product is £524.75 excl VAT.
If you stick in the VAT it comes in around £644.
I imagine the price highlighted is the wholesale price they bought it in for.
If you stick in the VAT it comes in around £644.
I imagine the price highlighted is the wholesale price they bought it in for.
Whether or not they will go through the sale I can confirm they are definitely not a scam company. I have collected grain from them and they have a proper bricks and mortar warehouse, full of pallets of grain etc. They are nice people too, even carried my 2sacks of very cheap (£13) grain to the car. Furthermore, a quick look on the companies house website confirms that they are a subsidiary of Grain corp, an Aussie company listed on the ASX with a market cap of AUS 1.8bn.
could be bulk buying price. I kind of dealt with these guys as I was looking to get a decent amount of grain and their grain prices were cheap, but after having to go through their rep etc it ended up being expensive to get it sent to the highlands where I live.
they did sound like a real company though. although their stocks are not very extensive. I note they don't have prices for hops either.
Re pricing....they CAN offer at this price but CAN refuse to sell it...
Oh god it's the grain mill all over again...
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I reckon the guy uploading the stock onto the site entered the wholesale price from the invoice rather than the selling price.
When you add the VAT to the price in the description you get the same price that thehomebrewcompany sells them in Ireland
When you add the VAT to the price in the description you get the same price that thehomebrewcompany sells them in Ireland
We'll see tomorrow.
I very much doubt that's their buying price as internet companies would have a much lower selling price. That would be a massive mark up.
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I very much doubt that's their buying price as internet companies would have a much lower selling price. That would be a massive mark up.
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They are a legitimate company, they supply breweries etc with grain and other supplies, I help out at a microbrewery and have come accross them when looking into setting up my own brewing business. As above I suspect it is just an error with whoever set up the desription on the webstore entering the wrong price as the description includes the likely correct price.
