Urge to spend a little - any ideas?

ic.

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687468#p19687468]London-Red[/url] wrote:

http://www.leadersjersey.com *No interest

**SPOILER ALERT - Box contents listed**

OK, so did anyone else order the Leaders Jersey £20 box?

I did, on a whim. Thought I'd give it a go for £20.

So the website promised - "One constant is a bad ass t-shirt designed by a local artist and screen printed by us. By hand. There will also be stuff to eat, stuff to fix your bike and stuff to wear while riding"

The site also said "We can guarantee that this box will contain a hand printed t-shirt. But we can always guarantee that. The rest of the box will contain £50+ rrp of biking products. We will include some big names, as well as emerging brands and start-ups"

Well, the box arrived so I thought I would post up what was included and my thoughts, in case anyone else was interested in the idea.

Box contents:
1. a T Shirt - Yellow cotton with the Leaders Jersey logo in black, I wouldn't really describe it as bad ass, but maybe I'm not best placed to judge that
2. An unbranded multi tool - Quite a few tools including chain breaker, but VERY heavy.
3. OTE flap jack, bottle, gel and drink powder and 25% off voucher
4. Pouch of Old Spike Roaster coffee

And that's it.

Tbh, I can't see £20 of value in the contents, let alone the promised £50rrp. The contents seem more typical of a goody bag at the end of a sportive or marathon. And to be fair, I've had better goody bags from 10k races with £5 entry fees

Maybe it will get better in time if the customer numbers pick up and they have more buying power for the contents, but as a first box it's pretty poor. Cleverly, they offered the November box for £15 before the 1st box hand been delivered - so I took a chance on that too. Oh well

captain_kirk

I ordered one too but have not yet seen the contents. I was quietly hopeful that it contained something good. I guess I'm going to be disappointed!

ic.

Sorry, should have put spoiler alert

ic.

And it turns out the coffee is coffee beans, so totally useless to me and most other people. So I guess out of the box for £20, I'll try the flapjack. And I sold the multi tool for £3. So that's a £17 flap jack. Better be nice

captain_kirk

Urgh, and mines been delivered to the post office as no one was in, so I now have to go out of my way to get it (OK, it's only about 1 mile, but that's not the point).
What a let down (assuming mine is the same as yours - it may be pot luck!)

itboffin

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719034#p19719034]IC.[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687468#p19687468]London-Red[/url] wrote:

http://www.leadersjersey.com *No interest

**SPOILER ALERT - Box contents listed**

OK, so did anyone else order the Leaders Jersey £20 box?

I did, on a whim. Thought I'd give it a go for £20.

So the website promised - "One constant is a bad ass t-shirt designed by a local artist and screen printed by us. By hand. There will also be stuff to eat, stuff to fix your bike and stuff to wear while riding"

The site also said "We can guarantee that this box will contain a hand printed t-shirt. But we can always guarantee that. The rest of the box will contain £50+ rrp of biking products. We will include some big names, as well as emerging brands and start-ups"

Well, the box arrived so I thought I would post up what was included and my thoughts, in case anyone else was interested in the idea.

Box contents:
1. a T Shirt - Yellow cotton with the Leaders Jersey logo in black, I wouldn't really describe it as bad ass, but maybe I'm not best placed to judge that
2. An unbranded multi tool - Quite a few tools including chain breaker, but VERY heavy.
3. OTE flap jack, bottle, gel and drink powder and 25% off voucher
4. Pouch of Old Spike Roaster coffee

And that's it.

Tbh, I can't see £20 of value in the contents, let alone the promised £50rrp. The contents seem more typical of a goody bag at the end of a sportive or marathon. And to be fair, I've had better goody bags from 10k races with £5 entry fees

Maybe it will get better in time if the customer numbers pick up and they have more buying power for the contents, but as a first box it's pretty poor. Cleverly, they offered the November box for £15 before the 1st box hand been delivered - so I took a chance on that too. Oh well

Fuck me dude you're just the fella I've been looking for I have this amazing once in a lifetime offer of a pouch with at least 5 "magic" beans and if you buy now you can have two for the price of two.

ic.

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719317#p19719317]itboffin[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719034#p19719034]IC.[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19687468#p19687468]London-Red[/url] wrote:

http://www.leadersjersey.com *No interest

**SPOILER ALERT - Box contents listed**

OK, so did anyone else order the Leaders Jersey £20 box?

I did, on a whim. Thought I'd give it a go for £20.

So the website promised - "One constant is a bad ass t-shirt designed by a local artist and screen printed by us. By hand. There will also be stuff to eat, stuff to fix your bike and stuff to wear while riding"

The site also said "We can guarantee that this box will contain a hand printed t-shirt. But we can always guarantee that. The rest of the box will contain £50+ rrp of biking products. We will include some big names, as well as emerging brands and start-ups"

Well, the box arrived so I thought I would post up what was included and my thoughts, in case anyone else was interested in the idea.

Box contents:
1. a T Shirt - Yellow cotton with the Leaders Jersey logo in black, I wouldn't really describe it as bad ass, but maybe I'm not best placed to judge that
2. An unbranded multi tool - Quite a few tools including chain breaker, but VERY heavy.
3. OTE flap jack, bottle, gel and drink powder and 25% off voucher
4. Pouch of Old Spike Roaster coffee

And that's it.

Tbh, I can't see £20 of value in the contents, let alone the promised £50rrp. The contents seem more typical of a goody bag at the end of a sportive or marathon. And to be fair, I've had better goody bags from 10k races with £5 entry fees

Maybe it will get better in time if the customer numbers pick up and they have more buying power for the contents, but as a first box it's pretty poor. Cleverly, they offered the November box for £15 before the 1st box hand been delivered - so I took a chance on that too. Oh well

fark me dude you're just the fella I've been looking for I have this amazing once in a lifetime offer of a pouch with at least 5 "magic" beans and if you buy now you can have two for the price of two.

I'm in, where do I sign? Hope they're better than the last lot of magic beans

nick-gti

haven't read it all couldn't be bothered, but what about some decent mud guards? or a waterproof backpack so your work clothes aren't wet once at work

iPete

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719575#p19719575]nick-gti[/url] wrote:

haven't read it all couldn't be bothered, but what about some decent mud guards? or a waterproof backpack so your work clothes aren't wet once at work

for what bike?

ic.

You think I'm a mug? There are people on Twitter celebrating the "great" contents of the box and looking forward to the next one, WTF. See, there's your customer base. People you can rip off without them knowing it

veronese68

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719711#p19719711]IC.[/url] wrote:

You think I'm a mug? There are people on Twitter celebrating the "great" contents of the box and looking forward to the next one, WTF. See, there's your customer base. People you can rip off without them knowing it

Maybe they were lucky and got 2 flapjacks. Was Captain Kirk as disappointed as you?

captain_kirk

Yes, yes I was!
Coffee I can't use, a t-shirt I haven't tried on yet, a multi-tool that will probably get recycled into a christmas present for a less enthusiastic cyclist, a money off voucher or 2 that are already in the recycle bin, drink powder, gel.
The flapjack was actually quite nice. Only 1 though.

I resisted the temptation to go for the next box at a discount. IC. - let us know if it is any better!