This is my first deal, so please don't be too rude!
I was looking for a good price on some Fusion blades, and this was the best I could find, especially as it's available online.
The blades work out at £1.77 each which isn't too bad.
The 8 blade packs work out slightly cheaper at £1.72 per blade if you buy 24 blades. 12 blades will last me a year.
The 3 for 2 offer is available on most Gillette blades.
Whilst in relative terms it's a hot deal (heat added) at £1.77 per blade, this is still extortionate on Gillette's part as the real cost of manufacturing these blades is around 10p or let's be generous and increase this 20p. As with printer cartridge exploitation, we as the consumer should not be tolerating this. For this reason I will be sticking to supermarket brands.
Latest comments (20)
asc91
28 Jan 17#20
mach 3 blades are on this deal. works out £16 for 12 blades. I had 20% student discount too so less than £13 for 12 isn't bad!
mcek
23 Jan 17#16
A ridiculous price for plastic landfill.
I'll stick with DE, shave and save.
Meathotukdeals to mcek
24 Jan 17#19
People can get months with their multi blades. I get about 3 good shaves with a feather - then landfill.
kalico
24 Jan 17#18
Where's the best place to buy a Fusion handle? I've had a load of blades for years but cannot find the handle, which seems an odd fitting.
Dolphin01
23 Jan 17#17
Have to agree you may lose the lubrication strip ( but that goes anyway ..and it aint all that) but you will get a tleast a couple of weeks use out of each blade. Ensure you you this every day before you shave.
cgap
22 Jan 171#10
20% student discount in-store too. think you have to register for a superdrug student card to get discount but well worth it. would make 12 blades £16.94 if my maths is correct?
Guardianangel to cgap
23 Jan 171#15
All you need to flash is your NUS card
zoso1313
23 Jan 17#14
at least someone knows their accounting onions.
TheHun6
22 Jan 173#4
Whilst in relative terms it's a hot deal (heat added) at £1.77 per blade, this is still extortionate on Gillette's part as the real cost of manufacturing these blades is around 10p or let's be generous and increase this 20p. As with printer cartridge exploitation, we as the consumer should not be tolerating this. For this reason I will be sticking to supermarket brands.
p-e-t-e to TheHun6
22 Jan 172#9
Whilst your sentiment is probably correct, just comparing the cost of manufacturing the product is not very indicative of the TOTAL cost as this is only a very small part of the total. You need to include everything associated with getting the product researched, developed, marketed etc etc etc.
zoso1313 to TheHun6
23 Jan 17#13
i bet you're fun at parties
rossington
23 Jan 17#12
Yep, I used to do the same, also if you're wearing jeans then running it along them 3 or 4 times also works really well.
Blades are a very expensive item that people will spends hundreds of pounds on over the course of time yet not many people realise that you can drastically increase the lifespan of them with an incredibly minimal amount of effort. I only discovered the arm trick about 4 years ago, the jeans trick shortly after, and invested in the razorpit last year. Blades last so long now that I can't even remember the last time I bought a new pack.
Gollywood
23 Jan 17#11
For those interested,
Gillette Sensor 3 Disposable available in Wilko for half price
Sensitive - 4 pack for £2.50 (63p each)
& Non-Sensitive 8 pack for £4.95 (62p each)
philhib1964
22 Jan 17#8
Good find OP.
k4mmy
22 Jan 172#7
I just run the blade up my arm (opposite direction to shaving) several times and it does the trick too.
Smoking HOT! Bought Mach3 after using Fusion for years & no Match :disappointed: nice find Op
mousey
22 Jan 17#2
Great find, just ordered Gillette Sensor Excel - thanks! Quidco 2.2%
Nujol
22 Jan 17#1
Thanks OP well done on posting your first deal :smiley:
They can usually be found somewhere for about £2/blade so it's a little cheaper. If you are canny and have a few already, look out for when they change packaging/pack sizes etc. especially at ASDA where they will half-price them with no special SEL to clear them out. Had a few lots at below £1/blade that way.
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Opening post
I was looking for a good price on some Fusion blades, and this was the best I could find, especially as it's available online.
The blades work out at £1.77 each which isn't too bad.
The 8 blade packs work out slightly cheaper at £1.72 per blade if you buy 24 blades. 12 blades will last me a year.
The 3 for 2 offer is available on most Gillette blades.
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I'll stick with DE, shave and save.
Have to agree you may lose the lubrication strip ( but that goes anyway ..and it aint all that) but you will get a tleast a couple of weeks use out of each blade. Ensure you you this every day before you shave.
Blades are a very expensive item that people will spends hundreds of pounds on over the course of time yet not many people realise that you can drastically increase the lifespan of them with an incredibly minimal amount of effort. I only discovered the arm trick about 4 years ago, the jeans trick shortly after, and invested in the razorpit last year. Blades last so long now that I can't even remember the last time I bought a new pack.
Gillette Sensor 3 Disposable available in Wilko for half price
Sensitive - 4 pack for £2.50 (63p each)
& Non-Sensitive 8 pack for £4.95 (62p each)
They can usually be found somewhere for about £2/blade so it's a little cheaper. If you are canny and have a few already, look out for when they change packaging/pack sizes etc. especially at ASDA where they will half-price them with no special SEL to clear them out. Had a few lots at below £1/blade that way.