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Archives for January 2005

dewalt cordless drill bargain
i dropped lucky on this one - whilst shopping around both on the phone and the net for a dewalt 18v combi drill i came across this sale offer:dewalt dc988ka 18v drill at £235.00. i managed to save 50.00 compared to other local shops. purchased from hire and sales co in sheffield.
INPUT Required - The Money Diet
Click Here to vote on whether or not Martin should start selling the book directly from the website. POLL OPTIONS 1. NO - I'm happy to search the internet in order to find The Money Diet. 2. YES "UNSIGNED" - I would be happy to purchase from the website, cost wouldn't be an issue 3. YES "SIGNED" - It would be great to own…
50 clubcard points for used inkjet cartridges
Tesco will give you 50 clubcard points and make a donation of 50p to Help The Hospices, if you hand in your used inkjet cartridges. Envelopes are available instore from customer services.
Looking for a Apple ?
Refurbished apple computers up to 45% off worth a look but you have to wait till Wednesday..http://promo.euro.apple.com/promo/refurb/uk/
stembuck.com Very (Too?) cheap DVDs
Has anyone had any dealings with this outfit? I did a search on the chat forums but didn't come up with anything. At $5 per DVD they seem very cheap. Are they copies maybe?
toyrus £4.99 and under games!!
been to teesside park toyrus today, some bargains still left: - ps2 mission impossible operation suma £4.99 ps2 jet ion £4.99 ps2 beyond good & evil £4.99 gamecube monster jam £4.99 gamecube dark summit £4.99 gamecube universal studios theme park £4.99 GBA medal of honour £4.99 pc games dark vengerence .49p pc sonic 3d…
E:unknown Olympus 512MB xd-Picture Card £37.22
Just found the Olympus xd-picture card for for £37.22 delivered at PC Nextday. Never used them before but it looks a good deal. http://!!!!!!.com/5ls69
Cheap DVD/VCR TV
Went to Chester today, by train, noticed that Boots had a TV/DVD & Video player combo reduced to £58. Don't know much about them, but I'm sure thats very cheap, although it was a make I'd never heard of. Had enough advantage points tp buy it, but unfortunatly couldn't carry it back to railway station!
Mega reduced clothes in sainsurys
Went to Sainsburys in Lincoln today...lots of bargains.Black top reduced from a tenner to £3.00 lots left plus lots of other clothes bargains.
Clarks shoes - kids Chesterfield
I know this will only apply to some shops, but I went to Chesterfield Clarks shoe shop (the one near the market outside) and managed to get 118.00 worth of kids shoes for 25.00 I got 2 x school shoes reduced to 5.00 each size 6 2 x trainers 1 x 5.00 1 x 15.00 size 6 They have loads of larger sizes 6,7, even 8s at 5.00 each…
E:Unknown - Olympus 128MB xD Picture Card £12.99
7dayshop.com have these on special offer at the moment. The same item from Amazon is £21.49! Plenty in stock so grab a bargain now.
Sendit DVD Clearance - All £4.99
Sendit.com have got a large selection (100s) of DVD titles that they have reduced to £4.99 each. Most are cheap titles anyway but there are some bargains in there as well. http://www.sendit.com/video/promotion/dvd_clearance_499 They also have a video clearance - all titles £2.99…
Cheltenham Gold Cup Tickets 18 Mar 05
Yip there are still tickets available at reasonable prices and not ebay prices. http://www.lastminute.com/lmn/pso/catalog/Product.jhtml?POSITION=1&PRODID=399019970&CATID=91811
Club Football Games
Hi, Dont think this has been posted before but you can get the club football games for as little as £3 to £0.47 http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0539042216.1106995694@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckadddjjmdgdlcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=ProductList&category_oid=-22034&fm=9&sm=1&tm=2&show_all=true
Tv/dvd combo
Hope this hasn't been posted yet had a quick look but didn't find anything. On the boots website they have a techsonic tv/dvd combo for £59.00 and as it is double points this seems a good bargin and i'm sure their is a 10% discount code kicking round somewhere.…
U2 Tickets
U2 Tickets http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=24383
U2 Tickets
Don't know if this really belongs here. There are still some of these kicking around for reasonable prices. I just got 4 for glasgow £66.50 each. They are restricted to a maximum of 4 per person. http://www.lastminute.com/lmn/pso/catalog/Product.jhtml?CATID=94229&PRODID=407019318
Cheap or Free Music
Follow this link to EasyMusic (part of the easyjet group) http://copyright.easymusic.com/AdvanceSearch.aspx enter 25p or less in the price box and leave the rest of the form unchanged. this will give you all the tracks currently available for 25p or free.
Tesco Honeybar - 9p! (E:Unknown)
The Tesco Extra at Weston Favell (Northampton) have reduced Natural Trail Mix Honeybars from 79p for a 40g bar, down to just 9p a bar Ingredients: peanuts, honey, almonds, raisins, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, cashews At that price we can afford to try them out, and see if they're as tasty as they sound ;)
Posting On The Shop But Dont Drop Board
Here are a few pointers for posting on the Shop But Dont Drop Board. This board is for all your shopping and bargain tips. If it is a short lived offer please post it on the Quick Grab It Board Follow up posts to grab it offers should be placed in the new sub forum It's Gone - but was it any good . No follow up discussions…

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