Full Service & Lights from Cottesloe Bikes Cudo Deal

This was a deal that I myself did not redeem but someone else I know did. The deal from Cudo was for $42:

• It’s a full bike service and light set from Carine Cycles or Cottesloe Cycles!
• Your service includes a thorough strip down, and both front and rear wheel bearings as well as crank bearings will be cleaned and re-greased
• Plus the bike will be cleaned, oiled and polished!
• You’ll also get a brand new front and rear light set from Torch
• Choose from two locations – Duncraig or Cottesloe!
• Trust your bike to the experts with a cumulative 62 years in the bicycle service industry!
• Six months to redeem the voucher

There were no issues redeeming the full bike service from Cottesloe Bikes. They answered the phone to take the booking and the bike was serviced in good time. The bike light was forgotten about but after being prompted, they took an extra 15 minutes to install the bike lights. From a layman's point of view, it seems like the bike was serviced properly as there were some wheel initially. I think we can put this down to another successful group buy redemption.

Cudo Promises Satisfaction or Money Back

Spreets and Cudo have been talking recently of establishing a code of conduct across the group buying industry. Cudo currently has a money back guarantee on their website that says the following: 

When you purchase any offer with us, if you're not 100% satisfied that either a) the offer you received was the same as we described it to you; or b) your expectations are not met when you redeem the offer, we’ll leave no stone unturned until we get things perfect! Just like we said we would!

And if we don't make you happy, then we'll refund your money, in full, no questions asked! (Well, maybe one or two questions, but you know what we mean!)  Because when you're happy, we're happy! And if you’re not, then rest assured we'll do everything possible to remedy it straight away!

That's our promise to all our customers! That's the Cudo Promise! And that means shopping with Cudo just got a whole lot happier!

Have you had any experiences with Cudo where you had to test out their moneyback guarantee?

Warnings for Buying Second Hand Group Buy Vouchers

Every day, thousands more vouchers are being bought from the big group buy vendors such as Scoopon and Spreets. As a result, a second hand market for vouchers has started to appear on websites such as Gumtree and Ebay. I feel that this warrants a timely warning regarding buying vouchers second hand.

Group buy vouchers could be sold to multiple buyers. Whilst a seller may hand over a physical copy of the voucher, there is no guarantee that the same email print out has also been sold to other buyers. For example, a lady meeting you at the train station to sell you a tyrepower voucher could also print the same voucher and sell it to four other people who responds to her Gumtree ad. Once someone else redeems that voucher, yours is useless. Also, there is no guarantee that the group buy voucher may have been used by the seller!

How to protect yourself

1. One way to protect yourself with this is to check with the vendor to see if the voucher has been redeemed and then once you buy it, use the voucher ASAP. 
2. Arrange for the person selling the coupon to you to meet at the shop where the voucher can be redeemed so that once it is possible to redeem, you can hand over your money for the voucher. 
3. Never buy vouchers where the seller has carelessly shown the world the scoopon number (see this example) 
4. Don't buy second hand group buy vouchers

Have you got any tips to share?

The View Restaurant in Fremantle from Scoopon

The View has been one of the restaurants I have always wanted to check out so the time came when Scoopon was offering a $140 voucher for only $49. After having some initial problems getting through, I managed to secure a Wednesday night booking without any resistance. Well that was one hurdle cleared.

We arrived at 6pm and managed to get an excellent table for two by the window overlooking the Indian Ocean. The View sits on what used to be a childhood favourite McDonalds Fremantle which has finally succumbed to poor sales coupled by Fremantle's ridiculous pay-parking regime and packed up. They had no problem with the Scoopon voucher and were happy to replace the $30 wine with two non-alcoholic drinks.

We ordered the oyster entree which was fantastic, very fresh probably from across the road, Kailis. We ordered the King Prawn and Crab tagliatelle which tasted pretty good but as with many dishes with crab, the flavour gets a little lost. The other mains we had was the Sirloin and Garlic Prawns which was pretty satisfactory. That was normally $45 so I was pretty happy that I had the Scoopon with me :) The ambience of the restaurant was very pleasant, with Buble kickin tunes in the background and a seeming disregard to the quietness downstairs where Dome as well as Wagamama have also packed up.

Dessert was a delicious chocolate fudge brownie with butterscotch sauce and vanilla ice-cream. When I went to pay, the final price was completely covered by the Scoopon voucher, fully optimised with only $1 to spare. The great attitude of the staff and attentiveness to our needs certainly made it a very memorable night out. Pictures coming soon.