Boots Grabbit Bargains Part 7..Read first post for current bargains

System · 10 February 2006 at 7:39PM

bedshaped wrote:

Bought 11 packs of Bodyform - 99p each
Total cost £10.89
Paid with £1 bodyform vouchers x 10 and the balance of 89p in cash.

Got another 11 x £1 Bodyform vouchers, 43 points and £5 / skincare choccies voucher which I have saved for when I find the Avene bags :A

It seems that manufacturers coupons are treated as cash when you redeem them in Boots, so when the total spend coupons for £10 are back they should also work

If you had a 99p Chocs voucher ready to use, wouldn't this be better and involve absolute minimum cash outlay:

Buy 10 packs of Bodyform - 99p each
plus Lindor chocs at £3.49

Sub-total = £13.39
less chocs voucher - £2.50
Sub-total = £10.89
less Bodyform vouchers x 10 = -£10.00
Total cost = £0.89

So still paying just 89p, but you're getting the chocs included in the transaction too - and you were going to buy those chocs anyway weren't you?

And you've still gone over the £10, so you'll get another skincare/chocs voucher.

Wouldn't have the nerve to go and buy loads of Bodyform myself, but this is a great way to get extra vouchers.

Bristolfarmer · 10 February 2006 at 7:47PM

Wouldn't have the nerve to go and buy loads of Bodyform myself, but this is a great way to get extra vouchers.[/QUOTE]
I bought 10 packs today with the vouchers on and got some very strange looks - the girl on the till kept looking for the catch I think!! Too busy staring at the bodyform she didn't notice the cheap Hard Candy stuff!!

emujuice · 10 February 2006 at 7:52PM

There's always little wicker baskets in poundland, sometimes more than one for a pound. could make gift baskets, just tie some ribbon round in a bow...?
Dunelm mill have a great set of baskets if you want some bigger ones for your home. they have a large 1 and half foot x 1 foot one, with a a 1x1 and a 2 smaller (gift size ones) for £5. really nice and sturdy and cotton lined

glitter_2 · 10 February 2006 at 7:54PM

hi does anyone have a picture of the Soltan kids protection packes that everyone isdiscussing please??

thanks

System · 10 February 2006 at 7:58PM

shallowpockets wrote:

Hi I went to Boots today and was told that the Avene bag could only be purchased if you brought an Avene item, I said no my sister had already brought some items (botanics) and the till had accepted the transaction, anyway she tried it and it went through the till but the SA wandered off and must have got chatting to someone and came back and just got awkward and asked me to show her the sign, I thought forget this I really don't want to stand here arguing with her as to be fair I really didn't need the bag and just walked away.

Hi shallowpockets - when you say "it went thru the till" was the transaction completed? Because after the sale has been made - which IIRC is the second they accept your payment, there's nothing they can do about a pricing error or query.

knitwit · 10 February 2006 at 7:59PM

:hello: Does anyone know if there's a AC machine at Horncastle or Louth Boots?

Thanks in advance.

System · 10 February 2006 at 8:06PM

cheepskate wrote:

HI aLL

aS I AM A NEWBIE, AND GET A GREAT BUZZ OUT OF THE FREEBIE / CHEAP ITEMS i am getting , just wondering what happens after the year, ie deo, soap, shampoo etc are still stacked in cupboard , is it just a continuous cicle of filling my cupboards up, there must come a time when there is too much , ?

Sorry for being so nieve but never got bargains on this scale before

Based on a couple of years experience of Boots bargains (on and off) I'd say don't go too mad on one offer as there's usually something equally good that'll turn up the following month or later in the year. (Which is also good because even if you miss out totally on an offer, you'll pick up something another day.)

If you've got 108 bottles of one product, no matter how good it is, you'll be sick of seeing it (never mind using it!) eventually and will want a change.

Oh and give generously to friends & family and share the goodies.

angel · 10 February 2006 at 8:08PM

I haven't seen any of the Avene bags or the Soltan kids packs in Croydon. It's so annoying as it's quite a large Boots. Also, no TS going cheap ... grrr.

mich_city · 10 February 2006 at 8:18PM

Had a rubbish Bootsing day today... made a trip into Manchester to try the Market St store for the Avene bags.. no luck, they had been cleared out of them.. nevermind I think, I'll get the AC voucher for the Lynx 'click'.. agggh!!.. no vouchers for me in the AC machine either... so all in all paid £5.20 parking and got a bottle of water

Liverbird, weren't you going this weekend..? might not restock the Avene bags?!

Tried the Manchester Fort branch on way home (Cheetham Hill).. lots of bits reduced.. there were loads of TD face masks reduced to £3, quite a bit of Hard Candy stuff.. *but a sign above the HC stand states which brands are on offer, and that reduced items are excluded from the £5 off 2 items.. so didnt try my luck with the reduced..

Bought a few items, wanted to pay in 2 transactions to get the choccies and voucher.. first one went thru, went to pay... NO AC CARD :eek: turns out I'd left it in the machine.. a nice man got it back for me... phew!!!.. put second lot thru (No.7) got my freebie bag.. paid with AC card, no voucher as I'd paid in points... could have put them all thru together and used the 150 points off a £20 spend... doh!

ps.. if anyone got the reduced hair sets (Mark Hill, Trevor Sorbie) the bags from them are ideal to use for making up TD gift sets.. I had a few Lee Stafford bags (daughter used the products).. they are perfect for a cleanser, toner and face wash..

ecm09 wrote:

Thanks for the tip - It worked!!

good to hear.. well done!

Liverbird · 10 February 2006 at 8:32PM

glitter wrote:

hi does anyone have a picture of the Soltan kids protection packes that everyone isdiscussing please??

thanks

Sorry about the camera flash on the plastic...can't get rid of it!

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