Certified Legendary Thread Chrisco Hampers - who in their right mind buys them ?

[bruceharmes]

As Christmas approaches and bogans all across the country await their hard earned chrisco christmas hamper it begs the question why ?

The hamper contains readily available products from any supermarket for at least 3 times the price and you run the risk of it not arriving.

Do you know anyone who purchases these "deals" and why would they ??

 

[Jentleman Geff]

I always remember the woman on this ad being hideously ugly.

 

[raskolnikov]

My sister. Oh sorry, you said right mind. Carry on.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

I always thought people bouht them because they worked out cheaper. If the are more expensive, then I have no idea

 

[Ed_Gein]

They seem like the sort of thing pensioners would buy.

 

[checkraiseulite]

The same people I guess that rent electrical and white goods and have their second-hand cars on dealer finance.

Total *s.

 

[Igloo]

My ex-girlfriends family. But they were odd people, so I suppose not in their right mind.

 

[checkraiseulite]

I always thought people bouht them because they worked out cheaper. If the are more expensive, then I have no idea

The whole idea of it is to break it down into a weekly payment which sounds cheap, but when it's multiplied by 52 and administration fees etc are added in, it's actually much more expensive.

 

[bruceharmes]

I always thought people bouht them because they worked out cheaper. If the are more expensive, then I have no idea

Definitely not cheaper - just browsed their excellent publication "The Catalogue" - 1 example is the 'beer sampler', whereby you pay $2 a week for 52 weeks - ie. $104 for 32 beers. Beers that dan murphys regularly sells for $30 a slab or $90 for 72 beers - great value that and the hassle of setting up a direct debit for $2 a week - WHY ???????????????

 

[JuddsABlue]

Props to the bloke who thought of it though, what a hussle.

 

[Quivorir]

because 2 bucks a week sounds a s**t tonne cheaper than 30/90 bucks. People just don't thing. Its like people who see $199 and don't click that its actually 200 bucks.

 

[bruceharmes]

It must be why the poor stay poor.

One reason some do it is because they say the shops are busy at christmas - WTF - your on the dole what else will you be doing after your trip to centrelink ?

 

[Smoooothy]

the wife talked about getting them for years, thankfully managed to talk her out of it

 

[d0gs]

I just dont understand why on the commercials you see kids cheering and stuff when they receive a hamper of supermarket goods, for Christmas???

Only supermarket goods I would want for Christmas would be Beers or socks and jocks.

 

[moses]

Definitely not cheaper - just browsed their excellent publication "The Catalogue" - 1 example is the 'beer sampler', whereby you pay $2 a week for 52 weeks - ie. $104 for 32 beers. Beers that dan murphys regularly sells for $30 a slab or $90 for 72 beers - great value that and the hassle of setting up a direct debit for $2 a week - WHY ???????????????

This - if you put $2 in a jar every week for a year, you can head to the pub and buy a couple of premium slabs. As mentioned, Chrisco is no different from preditory rent to buy financing.

 

[manureid]

I thought those were the TV version of a Nigerian money laundering scam? They real?? Who knew!

 

[bunsen burner]

Crisco Hampers - who in their right mind buys them?

Poor kents.

 

[dales.girl38]

My grandparents did it pretty much since it started until last year - midway through last year my granddad passed away and nanny moved into a nursing home with provided meals, so we ended up with their 8 giant boxes of stuff (mum had taken over the payments and gave nanny what she wanted etc.). I kid you not, we had 4 giant jars of vegemite and about 6 of smooth peanut butter, at least 20 boxes of cereal and just a bunch of stuff that we would never buy.

It's a terrible idea for people who are able to budget moderately well. People say it's convenient to just have automatic payments, but I don't see why they can't automatically transfer money to a separate account (or just save some cash each week) and then have the money to go and buy stuff that you actually want.

 

[PP34]

Just another example of how idiotic Australian consumers hear the word "save" or "bargain" and waste their hard earned money on crap.

 

[BILC]

The wife actually looks like a Pig that should be snuffling around in the dirt for truffles.

 

[Upgrayedd]

People buy these things?

 

[Igloo]

My grandparents did it pretty much since it started until last year - midway through last year my granddad passed away and nanny moved into a nursing home with provided meals, so we ended up with their 8 giant boxes of stuff (mum had taken over the payments and gave nanny what she wanted etc.). I kid you not, we had 4 giant jars of vegemite and about 6 of smooth peanut butter, at least 20 boxes of cereal and just a bunch of stuff that we would never buy.

Insanity.

 

[Upgrayedd]

http://www.chrisco.com.au/FlippingBook.aspx?Q=Hamper&BU=Chrisco

One of them has like 8 cans of tin spaghetti, and 6 packets of 2 minute noodles What kind of christmas meal is that?

Man being poor would suck, I imagine this is what those thin African children eat on christmas

 

[moses]

http://www.chrisco.com.au/FlippingBook.aspx?Q=Hamper&BU=Chrisco

One of them has like 8 cans of tin spaghetti, and 6 packets of 2 minute noodles What kind of christmas meal is that?

Man being poor would suck, I imagine this is what those thin African children eat on christmas

I would hate to think what the poor folks who resort to Chrisco are eating day to day!

 

[brucetiki]

It's a terrible idea for people who are able to budget moderately well. People say it's convenient to just have automatic payments, but I don't see why they can't automatically transfer money to a separate account (or just save some cash each week) and then have the money to go and buy stuff that you actually want.

Another alternative is some shops offer a Christmas Club where you put a few bucks away with them each week and at Christmas time you spend that money on what you need from their store. More flexible than Chrisco and you're not paying a massive markup on stuff.

Also, I think some banks offer Christmas Club-style accounts, which is even better for those budgeting.

Seriously, there are so many better options than Chriso/Hamper King etc if people actually did their research.