Poundland bargains (and ones to avoid!) thread!

KittyKate

Most people have Poundlands near them (not to be confused with Poundstretcher which I find only moderately priced!) and obviously everything in them is priced at £1.

Most Poundlands I've been in have sold pretty much the same stock but it might be an idea to post where you got your bargain and also, anything to avoid, as they can sell things that are a bit shoddy from time to time!

Here's my list:

Buy:
Palmolive Milk and Honey Shampoo/Conditioner (large bottle)
Mr Muscle cleaning spray (blue bottle) - this is £2-3 everywhere else and it's great!
Makeup brush sets (great quality brushes, would make a nice present)
Stick on nail jewel sets (I do my own acrylics and these sets go for £7 on ebay!!)
Simpsons socks (father's day!)
Multipacks of wrigley's chewing gum (works out a bargain!)

Avoid:
Anti snoring nose clips (OH bought one and it was missing a magnet and didn't work!!)
Flash wall eraser (says safe to use on painted surfaces on the packaging and took off half the paint on my bedroom wall! Not Poundland's fault but not exactly a bargain if you have to lay out for paint!)
Also I find the hair bobbles there snap, so I get mine from Primark - £1 for 30 and excellent quality!

caverncity

If you ever see anything in poundland that you think would make money on ebay, remember this, there was someone there before you who had the same idea.
It amuses me that when I see something in this store I will go home and see how many there is on ebay, even the anti snore clips made their presence and swift exit when they didnt sell.

Browntoa

avoid things like chisels, you could jump on them and not cut yourself

good for tools you know you only want once though, bought a bough saw to cut up a tree that fell down in the garden and was fine and a long drill bit to drill through a wall and that was fine

showman36

KittyKate wrote:

Most people have Poundlands near them (not to be confused with Poundstretcher which I find only moderately priced!) and obviously everything in them is priced at £1.

Most Poundlands I've been in have sold pretty much the same stock but it might be an idea to post where you got your bargain and also, anything to avoid, as they can sell things that are a bit shoddy from time to time!

Here's my list:

Buy:
Palmolive Milk and Honey Shampoo/Conditioner (large bottle)
Mr Muscle cleaning spray (blue bottle) - this is £2-3 everywhere else and it's great!
Makeup brush sets (great quality brushes, would make a nice present)
Stick on nail jewel sets (I do my own acrylics and these sets go for £7 on ebay!!)
Simpsons socks (father's day!)
Multipacks of wrigley's chewing gum (works out a bargain!)

Avoid:
Anti snoring nose clips (OH bought one and it was missing a magnet and didn't work!!)
Flash wall eraser (says safe to use on painted surfaces on the packaging and took off half the paint on my bedroom wall! Not Poundland's fault but not exactly a bargain if you have to lay out for paint!)
Also I find the hair bobbles there snap, so I get mine from Primark - £1 for 30 and excellent quality!

I`m surprised you had any wall left after using a wall eraser!

caverncity

teflon style sheets that go in the oven etc. and are wipe clean,
these are well worth a pound as the genuine teflon ones are about £5 and they are exactly the same apart from the colour.

withabix

KittyKate wrote:

Avoid:
Anti snoring nose clips (OH bought one and it was missing a magnet and didn't work!!)

They wouldn't work even if they'd been complete!!! Were they next to the bottles of Snake Oil??

circuit

cd jiffy bags - ten for £1 - seem really good.

TokochickUK

the lights that go on dustcaps on push bikes A pair for £1 so expensive most other places! also yellow safety bib, great for cycling or for those of you that are working or have partners working with lorrys and safety , and decorating overals only £1 they last for ages and great value x saves on washing x

leona71

My bargains were a set of quality paintbushes and a pregnancy kit.

Great shop with lots of gardening stuff, i kind of know the things to aviod thou!! There's lots that scream cheap tatt.

barjam_2

i thought the packets of photo printing paper was pretty good too. a4 or 6x4 packs also the laminating sheets were not bad

suziewuzie

Do they have a website as I want to find out if there is one near me - I think there must be, but where? Anybody know? I live between Crewe And Stoke.