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Thank you! I’m local to Birmingham but the Birmingham one isn’t until May & I’m due in May 😅
I was looking at doing the Birmingham one. It does say online you get better deals than anywhere else etc. I’ve had an icandy before. Loved it but I’m having babyno3 now and I want one that folds with the seat unit on as it took up a lot of boot space and time (school runs on the rain etc)
I went to the Excel one, albeit 5 years ago now, it’s not worth it. The “deals” actually aren’t that great and you can get much better offers online once you add in discount codes etc. There was so much stuff there that a quick search on Amazon and Google meant I just ordered it online after trying the item out there. I think we only purchased 1 item there as the pop-up stand didn’t have an online shop and it was a personalised piece. Also what a pisstake you have to pay for tickets, it used to be free entry!! If you want to try out buggies etc go for the free John Lewis baby appointment. You can try all sorts for free, no pressure or hard sell and their prices are usually quite good. Even if you were looking for a deal on the iCandy, let’s say it was £100 cheaper than elsewhere, don’t forget to factor in how much your train tickets/petrol was, parking/hotel stay, cost of food:drink whilst in London, ticket price to the show and I guarantee that will all come to more than £100!
@Neena my husband was shocked at the pricing of tickets to be fair
@Leah yes it’s disgusting how companies these days just want to grab every last damn penny! Not even like they’re charging something small like £5 nominal fee, it’s damn near £40 for two people and they’re charging for an e-ticket too! Proper pisstake!! 🤣 OMG just seen they’re also charging £6 for the ‘goody bag’! That shit used to be given FREE as well when you went in 😩 Their target audience is first time parents as they know they’ll want to buy everything. If you are a first time mum Incog, or anyone else reading this, save yourself hundreds if not thousands, and go on FB Marketplace and Vinted and buy second hand. It’s practically new anyway. Don’t get sucked into the marketing hype!
Also my friend has the iCandy peach 7, it’s a beast! 🤣 Her son is 7m now and she said if she could have a do over she would get a smaller buggy. She has a Vauxhall Mocha and said it takes up almost all of her boot space too. If you go to John Lewis, you are allowed to see how the buggy folds up in your boot space which is really handy. Don’t forget mamas and papas also do the iCandy range and usually have good deals in the sales (Easter coming up). There’s a shop that’s on Facebook, they have great discounted buggy deals. Let me see if I still have them added…..
@Neena agreed it does take up a lot of boots space if your car isn’t big! 😅 but it’s a good sturdy buggy! We did also get a Bugaboo dragonfly when he got a bit older he’s 2.5 now and loves it still. We’ll probably keep the icandy for another 2 years or so and then we’ll sell it on. My sister has a Bugaboo butterfly and it’s a great buggy folds to a decent size
I went to the Birmingham one last year as the London one was when I was only about 10 weeks but I’d definitely recommend it as you get an insight to what’s on the market even if you find it cheaper elsewhere but It’s very overwhelming in there so definitely go in with an idea of what you want to look at as there’s SO many stalls. I got my travel system from there for about £300 cheaper than retail price xx
I went to the excel one last year… very overwhelming!! Lots of stalls that want to grab your attention. We went purely to try out some pushchairs which was helpful. We settled on an I candy however the ‘price deals’ they offer are the same as literally online so before you buy check the website! We found it cheaper on Mamas and Papas funnily enough x
2 years ago we web to the one in Birmingham as we missed the London one ! Highly recommend ! We actually got that very same buggy that day with a car seat as a bundle probably saved ourselves about £500/£600 in ordering it there. We ordered from Baby Planet. Would definitely recommend the buggy itself it has a 5 year warranty so we’re able to use it again for our little one who is due in 5 weeks