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[ali-s]

Do Omlet ever have or sell Eglu "seconds"?

 

Surely every Eglu they produce can't be perfect and I wondered what happened to the Eglus which don't make the grade

[TAJ]

They sell reconditioned/ex show stock - ring them for availability/colours - from memory it is £40 off the normal price (with or without chickens) & they always come with all the bits you get as new such as guide, egg boxes, etc and always with new roosting bars and shade.

 

Tracy

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I got a reconditioned blue eglu . And yes, it was £40 less. It looked almost brand new and all the extras, run etc, were brand new.

[ali-s]

My green Eglu is a recondititoned one and I got it for £40 less, but then I had to pay £20 more for delivery up here So the saving wasn't that great

 

By seconds I meant that something went wrong during its making. I am trying to find a way of buying another Eglu A not quite perfect Eglu would do me fine I can't think of what might go wrong when they are being made Maybe the colouring is not even, or the plastic is lumpy, or the ventilations holes are not perfect.

 

Just thinking aloud

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I see what you mean . Hmm, that's a thought . I wouldn't have minded a wonky eglu (a weglu?) if the price was right .

[Tina C]

I suspect that omlet would not want a 'sub-standard' product finding its way onto the market?

 

The material the eglu is made from can be ground up and recycled - I don't know if that means if one went wrong they could mash it up and start again but it does mean the material would not be wasted.

 

I suppose the only way to find out would be to ask....

[TAJ]

I guess the other thing is that it is made of several different parts - so I cannot imagine they would ever get to a 'whole' Eglu state - they would just s"Ooops, word censored!" one part if needed?

 

Tracy

[Stevie]

When blow moulded plastic products are deformed or in any way considered a reject-the entire thing is ground up into pellets and remoulded.I (very!) briefly used to work at a plastic factory years ago which made waterbutts etc which is how i know! The plastic used in producing an Eglu is the same type as in waterbutts and emergency traffic lights of all things!

 

It wouldnt be in Omlets intrest to sell seconds because people out there would try to pass them off as firsts on Ebay perhaps-which would give them a bad reputation if there were serious faults.Besides,i doubt if Omlet actually manufacture the Eglus themselves because this is a specialist job which needs expensive equipment and is far easier to put the contract out to a company who has already bought the neccessary machinery.

[Lesley]

When blow moulded plastic products are deformed or in any way considered a reject-the entire thing is ground up into pellets and remoulded.I (very!) briefly used to work at a plastic factory years ago which made waterbutts etc which is how i know! The plastic used in producing an Eglu is the same type as in waterbutts and emergency traffic lights of all things!

 

It wouldnt be in Omlets intrest to sell seconds because people out there would try to pass them off as firsts on Ebay perhaps-which would give them a bad reputation if there were serious faults.Besides,i doubt if Omlet actually manufacture the Eglus themselves because this is a specialist job which needs expensive equipment and is far easier to put the contract out to a company who has already bought the neccessary machinery.

 

I think this is absolutely right, so the route to go would be Recon.

You may have seen me mention a Seconds as one of ours...........it was in the very early days and we had had our new Eglu for only a week or so...... we went to but one more hen..... bought two and then panicked!

 

This was in the days before the forum.........and we thought we'd better have another Eglu. I phoned Omlet in a state of panic and as we live locally, we did have a Second, the plastic has odd colouring..... I think it was probably the only one as the plastic is just re-used to make new ones. Our others were re-cons. or second-hand.

[WitchHazel]

Apparently there is a looooong waiting list for reconditioned Eglus at the moment. I emailed a couple fo weeks ago as I'm looking for one to use to introduce new birds etc.