Chocomaniac Convention (Mini-eggs.co.uk)

Member Name: Plumptious

Product:	Mini-eggs.co.uk
Date:	19/03/01 (503 review reads)
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Advantages: Miniscule chance of winning a soft toy parrot, maybe a 10p money off voucher in the uncertain future.

Disadvantages: You meekly deliver your personal information for them to use as a lever to manipulate you.

Order, please. The latest session of the Chocomaniac Club is about to convene.

I have one word for you.
www.mini-eggs.co.uk

It is so one word. A URL counts as a single word, doesn't it?
Arguments in the commentaries section, please.

Now, unfortunately, they're not giving away chocolates. No, no, please don't go - hear me out.

What they are giving away are Cadbury's parrots. Simply visit the site, register and enter the competition. All they want you to do is to find out what the barcode of a packet on Cadbury's Mini Eggs is.

The site also features other normal attractions such as wallpaper, games, quizzes and activities. The reason why I'm interested in joining is that I'll get put on Cadbury's mailing list. Now, it's not often that I actually want to be put on a mailing list, but how can I expect to be taken seriously as a bone fide chocoholic, if I'm not on the Cadbury's list?

I rest my case.


I'm off now, to do some very worthwhile research.

The barcodes will be posted on this opinion when the research is completed.



~~~ Update 04.04.01 ~~~

Right. I'm lying here with a computer in front of me, a snoozing cat beside me, stuffing myself with mini eggs.

I've been hunting hard. Both Makro and Asda only seem to do an Easter Egg package which contains one big normal chocolate egg and a few mini eggs. The barcode for that is
5 (chomp) 000 201 (scoff) 488 282.

I haven't been able to locate any little packets or tubes of mini eggs which I used to see about the place.

I thought I had another barcode to disclose after purchasing this packet of mini eggs, but on closer examination, it's turned a packet of NESTLE Mini Eggs, not CADBURY. I'm not so sure about them - they don't have little white speckles on them. Mini eggs should be speckled.
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Oh well, can't let them go to waste...


~~~ Update 12.04.01 ~~~

I'm back. This time Plumptious Catticus is in front of me, lying on one of my arms. It's actually fairly difficult to type.

I've been working hard on the research, and am now surrounded by the fruits of my labour. Down to business:

Mini Egg Cardboard Tube 120g - 5 000201 487995.

Mini Egg Plastic Dispenser 45g - 5 000201 495976.

Mini Egg Packet 115g (15% free) - 5 000301 491428.

Mini Egg Plastic Egg 230g - 5 034660 500483.


Go forth and chocolatify!


~~~ Update 26.04.01 ~~~

I’ve now finished the mini eggs contained in the plastic egg. And now a complaint.

The plastic egg is moulded so that it has a hollow bottom. This gives the overall egg the appearance of containing a greater volume of mini eggs than it actually does.

I object to this practice for several reasons, the first being that it’s rather disappointing to reach the end of a chocolate supply sooner than expected because the container has a falsely raised bottom.

The second is that it’s a really annoying design. Because the bottom is hollow, the centre of gravity of the plastic egg is raised. This makes it more prone to being tipped over than an “honest egg”, which would be completely filled at the bottom, giving it a heavier base.

It’s things like this that manufacturers do to give us the illusion that we’re buying more than we actually are that really annoy me. And seeing as I’d already started describing this particular product on DooYoo, it seemed really appropriate to point out this particular con here.


Consumers unite!
Avoid the Plastic Mini Egg!

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