Boots loophole! Spend 99p on vitamins, get £2 back

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Boots is offering Advantage Card holders 200 points ( worth £2) when you buy any vitamins in store. The cheapest cost 99p, so you'll be £1 in profit, effectively making them free!

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Just pop your card in the Advantage machine before 16 Feb in store and print away. You're only allowed three vouchers per customer but some MoneySavers have reported getting more than that. Read the thread below for feedback.

Advantage card machines are 'Extra Offers Kiosks' that looks like a cash machine, where you slot in your Advantage Card and get a variety of printable coupons. (See Boots Treasure Trove for full info).

Only one voucher can be used per transaction though.

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The vouchers can be used on all vitamins, but if you get some for less than £2, they're effectively free, and you can even make a profit! Here's a some of the vitamins under £2:

• Boots Multivitamin tablets (30 capsules) 99p
• Boots Essential Evening Primrose Oil 300mg (60 capsules) 99p
• Boots 498mg Cod Liver Oil Capsules (30) £1.99
• Boots Vitamin B Complex Tablets (60) £1.99
• Boots Essentials Garlic Oil 2mg (90) £1.99
• Boots Multivitamins, Minerals & Iron Tablets (30) £1.99
• Boots Multivitamins Vegetarian Tablets (30) £1.99
• Boots Complete A-Z Vitamins (30) £1.99

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Any restrictions?

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The offer is on until 16 Feb '10 and is available in all stores.

It's also worth knowing there's a 3 for 2 offer on vitamins on as well, which you can use in conjunction with the coupons. Yet you can only use one voucher with that - whereas if you bought the goods in separate transactions while it means less outlay you get less points.

For tips and tricks on saving at Boots read the Boots Treasure Trove.

P.S. Thanks to crazy_girl below for the top spot.

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crazy_girl

in the ac machine theres a voucher for 200 points when you buy any vitamins, the essentials 30 multivits is 99p so you get 101 points profit! the machine let me print out 2.

also, 17 make up is on 342, i got one mascara for £4.49 and two eyeliners for £2.49 each, so the total was £6.98. both the ac machine 100 wys £5 on 17 make-up and the magazine 100 points when you buy 17 mascara scanned no problems.

updated as im a complete moron

you_wicked_gay

Thanks for the vitamins note I saw this voucher on the ac yesterday and overlooked it..

The_Old_Bag

I just went into store and printed out all the vouchers from the ac machine - NO vitamin one for me....boo hoo.

I went in specially as everyone was saying the mega reductions start today - but everything still marked half price.
Took a couple of items to the till thinking maybe they hadn't altered the sels, but all went through at half price.
Now got to make another trip to take them back !:doh:

pippaaaaaaa

thanks for this, i always forget to check the machine when i go in boots! will try and nab this whilst it's on if i can

rsykes2000

crazy_girl wrote: »

in the ac machine theres a voucher for 200 points when you buy any vitamins, the essentials 30 multivits is 99p so you get 111 points profit! the machine let me print out 2.

Your maths is a little out

stef240377

Some stores also have a free gift available if you spend £6 or more on no17. I got it for my daughter last week, in the gift you get the mascara (£4.99), a silver eyeshadow (£2.99) and nail varnish purple in colour (2.49).

clairewop

stef240377 wrote: »

Some stores also have a free gift available if you spend £6 or more on no17. I got it for my daughter last week, in the gift you get the mascara (£4.99), a silver eyeshadow (£2.99) and nail varnish purple in colour (2.49).

I had that gift when i ordered before christmas its lovely

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

I can't remember whether I saw this offer in the machine today or not...um I'll just have to pop along tomorrow to see!

crazy_girl

rsykes2000 wrote: »

Your maths is a little out

oh sorry, im a complete dullard! stupid girl! stupid girl!

tara747

The_Old_Bag wrote: »

I just went into store and printed out all the vouchers from the ac machine - NO vitamin one for me....boo hoo.

I went in specially as everyone was saying the mega reductions start today - but everything still marked half price.
Took a couple of items to the till thinking maybe they hadn't altered the sels, but all went through at half price.
Now got to make another trip to take them back !:doh:

Next time this happens just reach into your bag, look surprised and tell them that you've forgotten your purse and will have to leave the items... that's what I do when an anticipated glitch/misprice goes wrong!

HTH.