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NEWSPAPER SUMMARY - Thursday 3rd May

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quoia
quoia Posts: 14,496 Forumite
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Good Morning All,

Thursday 3rd May

Please post here if you get any of today's newspapers or have the chance to look through one.
Please tell us if any of them contain coupons or freebies or vouchers OR NOT !

Important details are:
The cost of the newspaper
Whether it's a regional edition
Page number
Expiry date of the voucher
Whether it's store specific and has a barcode

Remember if you go shopping look in as many newspapers as you can.
Post even if you don't see any coupons, and mention any offers that you see.

Below you'll find a list of the abbreviations and how to interpret them.

MOC - Money Off Coupon
Bc - Barcode, good chance of universal scan
bc - only selected stores scan
Xwrd - Crossword
PUZ - Puzzle
T#3 - Token 3
T2collect - Token 2 Collect (generally you have to collect numerous tokens to get the offer)

Lets hope todays a good one for coupons

Link to yesterday's thread - Wednesday 2nd May :

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=442131

Weekday newspaper pricing details:

Sun 35p / Star 35p / Mirror 40p / Express 40p / Mail 45p
Times 65p / Guardian 70p / Independent 70p / Telegraph 70p

AND Don't forget .... IF YOU ARE COLLECTING .... with today's ......

TIMES - Buy it at WHSmith (LAST DAY TODAY - Thursday 3rd May) and you can also buy the 8th in a series of 20 books for 99p - This week it is "BERTIE, MAY & Mrs FISH" by XANDRA BINGLEY

MIRROR - Coupon for CD - #12 of 13 "LEGENDS" collection - BUDDY HOLLY - redeem at Somerfields

INDEPENDENT - #4 of 4 - Glossy map detailing wild bird locations in the UK
There are 10 types of people in the world. ‹(•¿•)›
‹(•¿•)› Those that understand binary and those that do not!

Veni, Vidi, VISA ! ................. I came, I saw, I PURCHASED
(11)A104.28S94.98O112.46N86.73D101.02(12)J130.63F126.76M134.38A200.98M156.30J95.56J102.85A175.93
S LOWER CASE OMEGA;6.59 so far ..
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  • barneydog
    barneydog Posts: 2,796 Forumite
    Daily Mirror - no MOCs
    Don't take life too seriously, no one gets out alive
  • compmad1
    compmad1 Posts: 995 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    £1.20 off Glamour mag p54 exp.May 6th
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    The Times
    Important details are
    :
    The cost of the newspaper - 65p
    Whether it's a regional edition - dunno
    Page number - 89
    Expiry date of the voucher - 9th May
    Whether it's store specific and has a barcode - it has a barcode

    Much more important detail: it's worth £1.99

    Off Esquire magazine
  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    Quentin wrote: »
    The Times

    :
    The cost of the newspaper - 65p
    Whether it's a regional edition - dunno
    Page number - 89
    Expiry date of the voucher - 9th May
    Whether it's store specific and has a barcode - it has a barcode

    Much more important detail: it's worth £1.99

    Off Esquire magazine

    what is the bar code, does it start 99?
    Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
    Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
  • LittleBill
    LittleBill Posts: 1,543 Forumite
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    littlejaffa wrote: »
    what is the bar code, does it start 99?

    Some people are never happy .... :rotfl: ....

    Many Thanks Quentin for your informative post ... ;)

    I am sure littlejaffa that the barcode will be scan as they have on many other occasions ... the times coupons are normally very reliable ...
    LittleBill ... "The riches of a man can be measured by what he can do without"
  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    LittleBill wrote: »
    Some people are never happy .... :rotfl: ....
    I am sure littlejaffa that the barcode will be scan as they have on many other occasions ... the times coupons are normally very reliable ...

    like so many other posts on here and so many other people, i'd like to know if it scans before buying the paper, there is nothing in the post to tell me the times are known for being reliable, i had no idea, it's a valid question.
    Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
    Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    littlejaffa wrote: »
    what is the bar code, does it start 99?

    It's hard enough to comply with Quoia's strict requirements for "his" thread without having to give this sort of detail.

    You get given the page number - flick through a copy and look it up yourself if it's so important you lazy so and so :confused:

    PS yes it does start 99.
  • jubarnes26
    jubarnes26 Posts: 429 Forumite
    Pants - just been to tesco's & not got any papers cos my computer was done this morn - will have to go again now to get times & mail.

    However - interesting thing whilst paying for all my toiletries & johnsons I realised i had 2 book tokens that expired on Monday in my purse, handed them over and they WORKED !!!!. worth knowing for those of us that buy loads and then cant get to tesco's quite enough times before they expire .
    The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow, For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
    So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep. I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.


  • zippybungle
    zippybungle Posts: 2,641 Forumite
    littlejaffa wrote: »
    what is the bar code, does it start 99?

    The same voucher was in the Times on Monday and Tuesday and yes they scan fine.

    zippy x
    :p Busy working Mum of 3 :wave:
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    littlejaffa wrote: »
    like so many other posts on here and so many other people, i'd like to know if it scans before buying the paper, there is nothing in the post to tell me the times are known for being reliable, i had no idea, it's a valid question.

    The Times is a most reliable organ - don't quite get the question you are asking.

    If a coupon won't "scan" then get the assistant to enter it manually.

    No-one can guarantee a barcode will scan - you might get a slight misprinted copy of the paper etc, but this coupon is genuine and any retailer should accept it.
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