'I shopped in a mystery tech bundle that rivals Wowcher and got £99 earphones for less'
From a speedy Ninja airfryer to make cooking less of a hassle, a Nintendo Switch console, to a 65-inch TV, these are just some of the products shoppers could get from as little as £9.99 in the latest Tech Mystery deal from Wowcher, for those unfamiliar with it it's notoriously a pot-luck sale. While it's not guaranteed what items shoppers will walk away with, the raffle-style tickets see some shoppers get huge items for less than a tenner.
This deal is divided into two categories - Standard and Premium both of which offer shoppers different options for their money. In the cheapest bundle items on the list include the Amazon Echo Show 5, Apple Watch Series 6, while one of the most offered items is a laptop sleeve.
On the more expensive £19.99 bundle, items like a Nintendo Switch and Apple MacBook Air 7th Gen are up for grabs. The retailer has become a go-to for shoppers looking to take their chances at bagging a multi-hundred-pound device for less than £20, but it's not the only retailer.
Another standout deal is the Discount Experts Ultimate Mystery Electronic Deal, which includes very similar items to Wowcher. Starting from a similar £9.99 entry rate and products like Beats headphones, LG TV, an Amazon Echo and De'Longhi Coffee Machines.
Like Wowcher, it also reserves the bigger ticket items for its £19.99 package - prices which many will spot are the same price as the fellow money-saving deals site. This is where the 55-inch LG TV is up for grabs, but in contrast to Wowcher, Discount Experts highlight how many shoppers will win each product, which is just one shopper for the TV whereas 750 customers will get a Veho Bluetooth speaker.
While I've not taken part in Wowcher's Mystery tech sale before, I can speak for what the Discount Experts mystery tech bundles are like, as I've done one before - I only paid £21.99 at the time, much higher than the current £19.99 Gold price, and got headphones - a pair which at the time I said rivalled Apple.
Covering my experience for The Manchester Evening News I said: "Having seen the growing interest surrounding the mystery boxes I decided to test it out, pushed by my inquisitiveness I wanted to see if shoppers really were getting a 'bargain of the century' or simply paying an extortionate price for a bit of tech you could get in the pound store.
"About a week later I got a thin parcel envelope through my letterbox with my mystery Black Friday product inside, it wasn't an iPad but an Apple dupe I was perfectly happy with. Inside the mystery envelope (NOT BOX) was a pair of Candi London i16 Wireless Earphones, which, according to Discount Experts cost £99.
"One downside of the process was the questionable emails after purchasing the tier - instead of emailing to say 'your item is on the way' or 'thank you for your order', each email update had lots of misleading deals."
It's worth noting that if you spot an item in the Wowcher Mystery Sale and really want it, many are featured in other sales - although this obviously means paying considerably more for them with the assurance you'll actually receive it.
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