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What's the strangest "substitute" item you've been offered on your home delivery?
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Thankfully not had anything out of the ordinary on my subs but this thread is interesting lol0
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I ordered a bag of those strawberry foam mushroom sweets and got a tin of button mushrooms instead
, not much use for munching in front of the telly :rolleyes: Mortgage Total: £50,250/ £75,000
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excellent thread!
out of interest, how often does this happen?! i'm considering doing my shopping online as i'm working longer hours & finishing later these days - but don't want the hassle of this happening every time!Debt @ LBM 29/12/08 - £49044! Now £44684.Fat loss 29/85lbs // £100 into £10k £243.07/£10kHSBC Loan 9658 // HSBC CC 3484 // HSBC CC 1464 // DP's 779 // Car 0% 4851 // Halifax OD 1348 // HSBC OD 1.5k // HSBC OD 1k // Barclays OD 400 // IOMOM 4400 // S Loan 15k // Cap1 £8000 -
I used to get one sub per Tesco delivery on average (approx £50 order). Given up ordering online as I hate Tesco fruit n veg and Asda are in my town but don't deliver so I'm doing my shopping the old fashioned way again. never had anything too weird - just caffine free coke instead of diet coke with almond type of thing. You can opt for no substitutes but then you just don't get your item!
loving this thread!
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I usually use tesco or sainsburys and suppose i have been fairly lucky. I only usually get similar/yet more expensive substitutions
Thinking of starting shopping at asda for abit of a giggle
Love the tampax/twix post ...thats a classicfurrypig says:my name is Choccy and I am addicted to nose free stamps as I want to save them all and give them noses!!!:rotfl:
About me. Im Choccy or Chocolate orange depending on where i am.Yes occasionally i am a total looon who spends too long online,but no where near as much £ as her spendy elves do ..:D0 -
I ordered lemon squash and got a bottle of lemon washing-up liquid.0
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Yes, I demanded a detergent investigation.;)0
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Tesco's are good with substitutions, Asda (on the rare occasion I use them) use the computer so have had some strange ones.
They sent Wotsits instead of Persil - my whites have never been the same since :rotfl:0 -
at least you didnt get a bottle of old spice!GirlySquare wrote: »I once had mixed spice substituted with allspice.
once i ordered a copy of FHM and got a Balamory comic...0
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