Poundland Bargain Thread -

Rosa_Damascena

Good to see you back, @LouLou . The same Rimmel product was hoiked up to a massive £5 in my local store.

Something I noticed on my last visit was a pair of cleaning pads in a bamboo bag for £2. I think they are a me-too of Face Halo but the pack made no such claims.

LouLou

Some chocolate from Trongate, Glasgow Poundland, just before 2pm:

Ritter Sport 100g (Rum, Raisins, Hazelnut/Marizpan/Salted Caramel/Chocolate & Mint/Cornflakes), £1

(Just before the till area) Nestle Dolca Milk Chocolate 100g, 75p

I should stress that the 75p item has pretty good dates - BBE 01/2023. Same Best Before date as the Ritter Sport Salted Caramel I bought, it turns out, just checked!

Rosa_Damascena

Poundland has turned from a go-to store into a big disappointment. No longer is it pleasantly thrilling in its surprise factor, the only surprise these days is just how expensive everything is. I'll still look there before anywhere else if I need anything practical, I'm just no longer enamoured with the prices.

Coffeekup

Rosa_Damascena said:

Poundland has turned from a go-to store into a big disappointment. No longer is it pleasantly thrilling in its surprise factor, the only surprise these days is just how expensive everything is. I'll still look there before anywhere else if I need anything practical, I'm just no longer enamoured with the prices.

I agree it's been going down hill for around 5-6 year's, I started noticing price differences about 6-12 months after they went on the stock market.
Prices going up along with shrink-flation made me shop less and less in there. For someone like me who is on a low income I went from doing 20% of my weekly shop there to nothing about 3 year's ago. 
The one in the town center used to have queues where you would wait 3 or so minutes to get served with 2-3 staff on. I've been to visit the same one 3 times this year and walked out with nothing and there has been one person manning the till with no customer's to serve.

I know I can get more for my money in home bargains, saver's and Iceland.

fatbelly

I still have a weekly look round Poundland but it's more out of habit than anything else. I normally walk out with nothing, then on to Iceland where I get 10% discount.

(Over 60s on a Tuesday)

Doc_N

Maybe too many other competitors these days, including online, buying up what goods used to be available? Leaving less for Poundland.

Or £1 simply being too low a price to sell anything worth buying at? 

Might seem counterintuitive,  but maybe Fiverland would bring the fun back? The pound's only worth a third now of its value when Poundland started, and not that long before it's just a fifth 

quoia

fatbelly said:

I still have a weekly look round Poundland but it's more out of habit than anything else. I normally walk out with nothing, then on to Iceland where I get 10% discount.

(Over 60s on a Tuesday)

And I presume you pay with topped up (in multiples of £20) Iceland Bonus Card to make it 15% discount? 

Rosa_Damascena

Bargains at Poundland are few and far between, but can be found. I have bought some L'Oreal lipsticks for £1 recently, a 2-pack of vivid lipsticks (think the exact opposite of "nude") for £1 and this also for just £1:


The colour match is not brilliant but it works as a tint when a drop is mixed into another shade I have, and then diluted with moisturiser. Gives me a slightly "tanned" appearance which works well with a vibrant lip

wondercollie

Rosa_Damascena said:

Bargains at Poundland are few and far between, but can be found. I have bought some L'Oreal lipsticks for £1 recently, a 2-pack of vivid lipsticks (think the exact opposite of "nude") for £1 and this also for just £1:


The colour match is not brilliant but it works as a tint when a drop is mixed into another shade I have, and then diluted with moisturiser. Gives me a slightly "tanned" appearance which works well with a vibrant lip

I loathe that form of packaging.   It's quite popular here in Canada for some reason.  Neutrogenia and Marcelle use it.   There is no tube attached to the pump and the tube can be hard to use when you are half way through it.   It's also really hard to remove the pump bit from the tube to decant the product into a small jar for easier use.

fatbelly

quoia said:

fatbelly said:

I still have a weekly look round Poundland but it's more out of habit than anything else. I normally walk out with nothing, then on to Iceland where I get 10% discount.

(Over 60s on a Tuesday)

And I presume you pay with topped up (in multiples of £20) Iceland Bonus Card to make it 15% discount? 

I do indeed