The Milton Keynes Money Savers Thread - Mark 3

Redbedhead

indiegirl wrote:

This has been moved this year from Queens' Court to the edges of Midsummer place - where you walk across from between Beaverbrooks and the Suit Co.

I saw those stalls but just assumed they were in addition to Queens Court? Wonder why they moved it?

indiegirl_2

I was confused as well. There definitely seems to be less stalls, and Queens Court remains, well, quite empty. As you walk on the McDonald's side of Queens Court, there's a notice on the window (I'm so bored when I'm up the centre I look for anything and everything to distract me) saying how the stalls have been relocated this year.

Mind you, I was up the centre at 10.15 on Sunday morning, before most of the shops were open for browsing...

If I'm right in thinking, everything's open until 8pm weeknights this week, and 9pm weeknights next week. Someone else might be able to confirm this for definite.

MadCowMan

Yeah they usually have late night opening on the week before Christmas.

Will they impose a ban on people suddenly stopping in the middle of the main avenue , so I dont have to walk into them quite so often

Louisa_Jane_2

Is it just me, or is everyone else fed up with being accosted by those damn salespeople at Draw and Glo, by Father Christmas in Middleton Hall - I tell them to !!!!!! off if they come within 3ft of me!! - Complain to Security!

Louisa_Jane_2

Louisa_Jane wrote:

Is it just me, or is everyone else fed up with being accosted by those damn salespeople at Draw and Glo, by Father Christmas in Middleton Hall - I tell them to !!!!!! off if they come within 3ft of me!! - Complain to Security!

I'm just rereading this and am struck by the thought that I am full of the joys of the season - Happy Christmas everyone and Goodwill to all men (except the Draw and Glo people!)

$17mma

Hello fellow Keynsians...

Can anyone recommend a good mobile carpet cleaner?

Thanks

Redbedhead

MadCowMan wrote:

Yeah they usually have late night opening on the week before Christmas.

Will they impose a ban on people suddenly stopping in the middle of the main avenue , so I dont have to walk into them quite so often

I do hope so - drives me nuts! I work up there and often pop over at lunchtime and the number of times this happens in an hour is frightening!

MadCowMan

Redbedhead wrote:

I do hope so - drives me nuts! I work up there and often pop over at lunchtime and the number of times this happens in an hour is frightening!

Theres only one thing for it..... where can I get cattle prods ?

meeps

and a slightly more odd request for info from me today, I got some xmas money from my dad, and am thinking of getting a tattoo with it, I don't know of any places to get it done in mk, anyone got any reccomendations??!

festive thoughts and mk bargains to you all. just off to look in b&q to see if the xmas decs are reduced as I want more naff lights!!

indiegirl_2

Can't help with the carpet cleaner I'm afraid $17mma - I have a steam cleaner and use that. You could hire a machine - there's a place opposite (the re-renamed) Black Horse pub at Linford, others please correct me if I'm wrong but I think they hire equipment out (otherwise, check the Yellow Pages)

As for the centre - I wish they would implement a 'walk up' policy on the left and a 'walk down' on the right of both malls - with the middle bits for crossover points. That, or provide 'stop and dither' spots...

The Draw and Glo people arebad, but not as bad as the nail people who used to be by Sports Soccer - "can I have a look at your nails?". Every time my answer is the same: "no, I bite them, I'm embarrassed by them, I don't want anything doing to them" (it gets rid of them)

Rant over...