Boots Grabbit Bargains Part 39 - Post your finds here

Nuninge

Hello Everyone,

I've been a 'lurker' on here since just before the double till spit fiasco this summer and have to say a big thank you to everyone on here for all the beautiful and very cheap products that now fill my bottom drawer!

I'm 8 months pregnant and have just gone on maternity leave so these products now fill the space where all my lovely clothes used to be! (These by the way have been sent to the attic until I can actually see my feet again!)

I just wanted to post about a fab purchase I made today. I spotted some Roc retinox day and night gift packs reduced to £5. Beneath them were some still at the original price of £34.99! This was because the box had a 'best before' date on the bottom of 10/08. I bought 3 packs anyway and the 3 for 2 kicked in so got all that for £10. Anyway, opened the boxes when I got home and they contain a boxed 30ml day cream (£24.99 on .com) and a boxed 30ml night cream (also £24.99 on .com). Anyway, my point is that the individual items contain different dates to the gift box! One pack had items dated till 11/08 which I'll keep for myself and the other boxes had items dated 01/09 and 03/09! That's 2 birthday presents for girlfriends sorted and they'll think I've spent a fortune!!!

So, if you see these boxes reduced, bear in mind the items inside may have a longer shelf life than the outer box suggests!

dotchas

Oh Dear,

I have just discovered why my .com order was so cheap,the JK brush sets were missing,Just had a dispatch email but the mini No7 sets are OOS so I am getting the No7 blusher brush free!:j
All I really wanted was the the JK brush set and the mini NO7 brush set:mad:

It was really weird when I logged in again the brush sets were still in my basket

I AM SO DISAPOINTED

Does anyone have a spare JK brush set they would swap? (or sell)

I have on offer
Purple no7 GWP (LATEST)
Lancome pink bag (shopper/beach)
JK Make up box
JK make up bag
Or just ask I may have something you want

MRS_TO_BE_2

bebebelle

Unsolicited Items

Under the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971, (as amended) it is an offence to demand payment for goods known to be unsolicited, in other words, they were sent to a person without any prior request made by them or on their behalf.

Someone who receives goods in these circumstances may retain them as an unconditional gift, and does not have to pay for or return any unwanted goods. Anyone who receives a demand for payment for unsolicited goods should report the matter to their local Trading Standards Department.
However, in the case of unsolicited goods received before 1 November 2000, the recipient is required to give notice to the sender to collect them within 30 days, or otherwise to wait for 6 months, before being able to treat the goods as their own property.

linky http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/consumers/buying-selling/unsolicited/index.html

c-101

hi everyone, just got confirmation that my order has been dispatched but minus the sharpners!
also off topic but i thought you might like to have a look at this
http://www.rimmellondon.com/UK/promotions.aspx?id=318
chance for free £5.49 rimmel lipstick.

sophie131

Quick question
I placed my first boots order a couple of days ago, had 2 of those bottle pumps for £2 in there that you got 750 points back on. My order has now been dispatched without them - but the total of points i'm getting at the bottom of my order form still states the original amount. Will the 750 be taken away or will they be nice and leave them on?!
Thanks

Tiara_2

Hmmmm, interesting. I placed an order yesterday and have just had an email to say it's been partially dispatched. All of the washing bits- (3 x washing up liquid, 3 x clothes washing liquid) are out of stock and will not be sent
They have been deducted from my total, but have brought my order down to under £40 now. Luckily I have not been charged for delivery, but have lost the 500 bonus points for spending over £40 :rolleyes:

It's just annoying as they are heavy to carry and I walk to and from Boots *ahem* I mean work for about an hour each way, so would have been really handy to have got them delivered to my doorstep. Ho hum, can't win them all.

Bit odd really, as it is saying I get normal points plus 166 bonus points only bought small P&P (couldn't get hold of sister who had asked for P&P so decided to order the small ones as didn't want to end up with credit card bill for £99 if she'd changed her mind. Sister finally returned my call just as glitch had been busted saying she defo wanted the big size :rolleyes: ), 3 x mini jemma kidd eye shadow applicator brushes, the laundry stuff, plus tissues and toothpaste- definitely no bonus point items

But anyway, they have deducted my bonus points- how did you manage to keep yours? If they are on the dispatch email then I guess you will get to keep them :T

sophie131 wrote: »

Quick question
I placed my first boots order a couple of days ago, had 2 of those bottle pumps for £2 in there that you got 750 points back on. My order has now been dispatched without them - but the total of points i'm getting at the bottom of my order form still states the original amount. Will the 750 be taken away or will they be nice and leave them on?!
Thanks

skibster

Boots at the Oracle in Reading now has self-serve tills!!!

I just saw them today and gave them a spin. They are located next to the main bank of tills and there were three employees hovering (I'm pretty sure that will drop to one once the bugs etc are worked out). I got a clearance item and the till asked me to call for help. They have to be entered manually by an employee. I also got 3 of the top to toe body washes for 1p and was a bit mortified as the till loudly proclaimed "1 penny, 1 penny, 1 penny"! I know they are on clearance, but the sel said 99p and I know some folks have been denied them by SAs.

Anyhow, it was interesting, but I don't think these would be grand for glitches in their location and with an employee lurking. The darn thing also decided I had placed something in a bag when I hadn't and wouldn't go forward until it was removed. And how do you remove something that's not there? And I didn't have any coupons to try, either.

emujuice

also off topic but i thought you might like to have a look at this
http://www.rimmellondon.com/UK/promotions.aspx?id=318
chance for free £5.49 rimmel lipstick.[/quote]
tried it but didn't give confirmation. but did enter for 1 of 10.000 foundations, which did confirm my entry..odd
but thanks!

skibster

I'm getting a bit worried, as I placed an order yesterday morning too and mine hasn't been sent yet.

sophie131

I do really hope I get the points! It defiinitely says 2470 points have been awarded with this order - so I hope I get them all!!! :D