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Free Bottled Water (Free Is Better) - MELB ONLY

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brilliances on 28/10/2014 - 16:59 freeisbetter.com.au (2201 clicks)
Last edited 28/10/2014 - 17:31 by 1 other user

Hi All,

I've been getting a free bottle of water from my usual cafe and surprised to not find this already on ozbargain (apologies if this is a duplicate!)…

"We are the world’s first brand of FREE water.

Australians spend over 710 million dollars every year on bottled water. Let’s put it in perspective, as consumers we pay >up to five times more per litre for bottled water than we do for petrol.

The ever-growing industry is positioned to surpass soft drinks sales by 2018, perhaps we’ve forgotten that water is a >free commodity.

We’ve established a brand to change the consumer requirement to pay for bottled water. We provide the same convenience >and great taste without charging a single cent."

List of all stockists:
http://www.freeisbetter.com.au/#find-us

Looks like it is only available in and around Melbourne at the moment

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  • Headphones on 28/10/2014 - 17:03
    +4

    Yes water is a free commodity if you don't have to pay water bills.

    • rhangman on 28/10/2014 - 18:52
      +1

      Unmetered here. Still have to pay storm water, etc. fees, but 0L or 1,000,000L = same price.

      • Fobsessive on 29/10/2014 - 01:12
        +1

        "here" where?

  • elitistphoenix on 28/10/2014 - 17:04
    +9

    So no one else has to search. The put advertising on the bottles.
    "That’s not even the best part, each edition of our bottle labels have exclusive messages from our sponsor brands that speak to you. This advertising on our labels helps alleviate the cost of the bottles ensuring that you receive them for free!"

  • spychiatrist on 28/10/2014 - 17:09

    Saw this on tv a while back.

    • ozzybee on 28/10/2014 - 17:50
      +11

      You should be getting any essential compounds (that your body doesn't make itself) from your diet. Not bottled water. There is no medical requirement for bottled water. You are a crank and people know it because you're being down voted.

    • Brouw3r on 28/10/2014 - 18:02
      -1

      Bottled water can have higher concentrations of magnesium, calcium, bicarbonate, etc because they are from a spring and have literally dissolved rocks to get them in there. They are 100% not added.

      • effgee on 28/10/2014 - 20:50
        -1

        yes, and it normally does also have higher concentrations of bacteria etc.

  • cornbeef on 28/10/2014 - 17:29

    It's pretty funny I reckon. Melbourne as a city has some of the best water on the planet that comes 'free' out of the tap, with no need for plastic packaging.

    Yet you only need to travel a short distance from Melbourne and you will find people living in houses without potable water, septics instead of sewerage, and also paying water bills for services that were built and paid for a long time ago. I'm sure they would love free drinkable water even available from a tap!

    Free is only free in the existential consumer sense in that the world exists for the individual to consume.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 18:53
      +4

      It's not "free" environmentally in any sense. Bottle manufacture, transport, unnecessarily raiding our depleting groundwater stock. There's a place for bottled water - preferably "tap water" from our existing infrastructure.

    • kristo on 29/10/2014 - 13:56

      Far from the case, in fact — Melbourne's water supply adequate, but the high levels of chlorination in most parts of Melbourne put it well below what would be considered clean or palatable. You don't have to look far to find countless studies on tap water quality around the world,
      eg. http://sustain-earth.com/2014/05/water-quality-top-10-countr…
      Melburnians have been told for generations that our water is the best, but it is consistently rated as average even on taste and quality, when compared to other capitals, let alone regional areas (ie. those with a town water supply basin). We have better water than most developing countries, of course, but the idea that we have great quality water is simply not true. Also, the smell and taste is just what we are used to after living with it for our lifetime, but visitors will always dispute that.

  • Coal Fact0R on 28/10/2014 - 18:04
    +1

    Must upvote this post since Free is ALWAYS Better!

  • skazclaw on 28/10/2014 - 18:31

    is it bottled tap water?

    • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 18:48

      No, "spring" water.

  • [Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 18:45

    We brought together the team with one goal, to fight back against the ridiculous industry by making a free bottled water brand of our own. And so, Free Is Better was born.

    Call me a hard nosed cynic but what a crock, like most bottled water pushers you aren't in it for charity.

    After approximately 10 years, you’re left with only natural compounds, no more dangerous bottles.

    Wow, just 10 years of being swallowed by larger marine creatures it breaks down to smaller bits so the smaller animals can get their share. BYO refillables, drink from a glass or a tap, buy only when you have to.

    Don't Call Us Another Water Company

    You're just another water company, albeit one with a new marketing angle. Leave our groundwater alone, we've built the infrastructure to supply water to the masses, let's use it.

    Oh yes - thanks for highlighting the ludicrous cost of bottled water in this country.

    Yes - the promotion of bottled water, particularly "spring water", and the attempted inculcation of it into our psyche, is a pet hate.

  • auna on 28/10/2014 - 20:26

    I am not convinced. There is spiel about how they wanted water for free and that it is free. Not spring water obviously. I

  • Jekyll on 28/10/2014 - 21:36

    Free is better? Free is best!

  • mousie on 28/10/2014 - 21:36

    Can we get someone to start up a free doob company

  • massafiri on 28/10/2014 - 23:24

    When something is free, you are the product.

  • Madic74 on 28/10/2014 - 23:45
    +2

    Why spend money, time and resources endeavouring to get "free" water to a first world nation?

    • [Deactivated] on 29/10/2014 - 00:09
      +2

      Profit? Surely not, they're doing it for US because of all those other nasty bottled water companies.

      Here's the reality from the company Marketing Director him/herself:
      http://anthillonline.com/how-free-is-better-plans-to-offer-f…

      I could forgive them except the "altruism" pasted across the website is nothing more than an attempt to get a competitive edge. Had they been upfront and simply said we're giving you "free" bottled water in return for your attention to our labels I'd be more accommodating. Even moreso if they used tap water.

  • riley94 on 29/10/2014 - 11:33

    I hate this.

    People are recognizing the importance of reducing waste and starting new initiatives to try and help the environment. In some places, you need to pay to get a bag (5c or something small) to encourage mindful consumption. This is a huge step backwards.

    • [Deactivated] on 29/10/2014 - 11:58

      Agree. I forgot to add what I wrote on their website feedback - that if they were as environmentally responsible as they imply via their 10 year breakdown bottle (lol) then they'd not only not use "spring" water, they'd put a 10c+ deposit on the bottles and be agitating for all drink containers to have the same deposit fee.

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