Boots Grabbit Bargains Part 36 - Post your finds here

**Patty**

*skips in*:D


I got lacoste pink shower gel this morning for £4 and just happened to be passing:rolleyes: as the Hilary Duff perfumes were put on clearance......£7.50 for the 30ml :T

Will put that away for DD for christmas.

Paid with points though:( so i hope they restock the single lonely JK file soon:rotfl:



My nice perfume lady (she's about the only nice SA in that store:rotfl: ) told me Boots are no longer stocking the Hilary Duff, so if anyone else likes it/wants some/Has to have some.....best be quick!

cousinjack_2

cazzieb30 wrote: »

Is your OH close enough to pop them home?

I know how you feel i am stuck in meetings and appointments all day and OH has demanded i go straight home tonight as he wants to take me out for a meal (desperately want to say sorry i am late love the traffic was terrible... but its not often we go out lol) .....the withdrawl symptoms are becoming unbearable last itme i felt like this was when i was giving up smoking :eek:

he is close enough but not answering his mobile!!! :mad: is he doing this on purpose to keep me away from boots..........:rolleyes:

mrsw

Has Boots online changed its website address?? When I go to boots.com I keep getting redirected to the US site http://bootsus.bri-global.com/

cazzieb30

cousinjack wrote: »

he is close enough but not answering his mobile!!! :mad: is he doing this on purpose to keep me away from boots..........:rolleyes:

Oo little so and so lol i guess its a case of sit tight n hope he returns ya call ASAP or decides he will bring them back lol

dotchas

mrsbluebear wrote: »

just sent a very long and lengthy complaint email to boots.....don't know if this was the right thing to do, but am so fed up, i thought why not

Mrsbb

What a waste of space CS were!
I can't belive they told you to go back and argue with SA!

I had a similar problem with a No7 GWP a while ago but CS were very good.
My argument is that as a regular customer with a Ad Card why should I not get the gift that any other customer can have just because I am paying with points hard earned by spend lots of money in Boots!

(OK using TD mag coupons and buying JK nailfiles LOL!)

I hope your email works !

Schnoogleboo

dotchas wrote: »

Mrsbb

What a waste of space CS were!
I can't belive they told you to go back and argue with SA!

I had a similar problem with a No7 GWP a while ago but CS were very good.
My argument is that as a regular customer with a Ad Card why should I not get the gift that any other customer can have just because I am paying with points hard earned by spend lots of money in Boots!

(OK using TD mag coupons and buying JK nailfiles LOL!)

I hope your email works !

I just felt like 'why is it my responsibility to reprimand your staff?' ya know? Fine if they wanna go back and argue with her...but I'm not :rolleyes:


Will let you all know if anything comes of it

neffy58

Morning All !

Can anyone please tell me if MrB will accept return of a MF mascara ?
It is sealed in packet, I have the receipt and I'd like the money back as I discovered I still have several unused Av*n ones in my drawer!!(wouldn't be stating that as my reason, though!)

Have a Happy Bootsing Day everyone:D

One last thing, anyone know of any stores in North/West Kent area with stocks of Olay handcream to 'buy' with skincare spit?

ceebeeby

I stumbled across a bargain yesterday in a large Boots store yesterday.

Their No 7 sun protection range was reduced to half price, but was also buy one get one free - effectively making it a quarter of the price.

However, you can also use the No 7 voucher off against it AND get a free make-up bag gift (think it says worth £31) if you spend over £20 against the pre BOGOF price.

Basically managed to get about £40 worth of sun protection (which I intended to buy anyway), plus a free gift (£31), plus a toothbrush, plus a pack of face-wipes (free on skincare voucher) for £12!

Was quite astonished that it worked, as I thought it might have been incorrectly marked on the shelf!

I'm not very good with extra points coupons etc. but I'm sure there's some that could be used ...

Oh, and I got another £5 and £5 voucher!!

passion8

mrsbluebear wrote: »

just sent a very long and lengthy complaint email to boots.....don't know if this was the right thing to do, but am so fed up, i thought why not

Morning peeps

mrsbluebear

It's obvious that there's been a lack of customer care shown towards you imo and as a last resort I'd snail mail Boots. You shouldn't have to 'challenge' a SA (what the hell - who wants to do that? I certainly wouldn't). I'm only suggesting snail mail as I seem to recall one poster at least who seemed to gain more headway by doing it that way rather than emailing or phoning.

When I first started Bootsing in earnest it was a manic time as it was just after Christmas and during a time when there was a similar situation as there is now - till splits that everyone was using and I knew that some of the stores' staff were harrassed by people asking what these splits could be used on. Myself and OH were shocked at the way a couple (or more) members of staff were actually raising their voices at the customers, but when it happened to my OH the red mist descended.

I waited until my blood pressure had lowered itself and sat down to type a very long email listing everything that we'd witnessed and every occasion that we'd had bad service, when it had happened, where it happened, but didn't name the SA's involved - I figured that if they wanted to they could figure it out for themselves just by looking at the history of my transactions.

I also mentioned that to get to their stores it was a 30 mile round trip in some cases, and that the parking charges were always a minimum of £1.80

At the time there were a few posters who were just as disgruntled as myself and my OH, and many were awarded points - a lot of points in some cases. There seemed to be an influx of posters who were complaining and posting about how many points they'd been awarded and my own interpretation of this was that some people were complaining just to gain points.

Because of this, and because I really was livid about the poor service I thought we'd received, I mentioned in my email that I wasn't looking for any form of compensation, an apology would have been sufficient or even a reassurance that the staff should be reminded that good manners costs nothing. I think Sod's Law in reverse happened as I received a considerable amount of points as compensation.

Please don't think I'm suggesting that you're looking for compensation because that's the furthest thing from my mind, but it's obvious to me that you've received poor service on at least two occasions, which, in my opinion, is two too many. It's bad enough when sales assistants let you down, but it's even worse when Customer Services don't seem to care either - something else that has been noticed by a few other posters in recent months. So for that reason alone, I'd put pen to paper and write it all down. (I seem to recall that one of the posters knew the best address to send any written complaints to. I can't recall who it was at the time but I'm sure someone will know).

Sorry for the long post and for being slightly off topic, but poor service is totally unacceptable and a sure way for Boots to lose customers and S*perdrug to gain them.

Good luck x

Be back later to read all of the shopping lists

clare+3

glidergirluk wrote: »

I also got Guerlain Insolence purse spray and refil (so 40 ml of perfume) for £4.25!

Hiya! I think you are quite local to me - were all your fantastic perfume bargains from one of the Cheltenham stores?

TIA,
Clare