Boots OOTW-Until Xmas, Its obvious!

jazzconfused

I think we should all boycot buying their big gifts entirely and force MR B to have them all in the 75% off sale lol!!!! Ok, ok......I can dream lol!!![/QUOTE]

i managed to get one last year 75% off!!! was really pleased with it as i missed ootw. so im hoping it will be a repeat this year *wink

victory

BlueCow1975 wrote: »

It seems to me that boots are very clever and artificially "inflate" the price of some of these gift items, knowing full well that they are worth nowhere near the RRP and then attempt to create a hyped up buying frenzy with their "super deals". Great value when they used to be on 3 for 2 as well as OOTW but sadly this is no longer the case in recent years. I love S&G, but there is no way on earth that tote is worth £60 on its own. You could pick up most of the items way cheaper individually on the 3 for 2 offer.

I think we should all boycot buying their big gifts entirely and force MR B to have them all in the 75% off sale lol!!!! Ok, ok......I can dream lol!!!

You are so right because on the 342 all the stuff in the S&g tote bag you can buy for a lot less than £60, I looked in it the other day as the lid was off and lurking at the very bottom of the massive tote bag is a 10 items, one being a huge shower sponge worth pennies and 9 other items, I wrote them all down on a piece of paper, went over to the other side of boots on the 342 and priced it up, it was nowhere near £60:eek:

fadedpages

The hat boxes definitely weren't on 3 for 2 last year, I got up early to get 4 of them in my local Boots for me and my bridesmaids.

pinkladymel

If you want to know you're getting a true 'bargain' then you need to work it out in percentages. I can understand where Boots Logic is coming from, but it doesn't quite add up.

In Boots logic, if I was already buying nappies but I used my extra points to get them, then that's £12 in my bank, so a whole £12 saving. However, I had to spend the £50 at a Boots night in the first place to receive them, so the £12 is not free with a 50 spend.. it's actually a £62 spend in total.

If you're buying 3 totes at a Boots night (Are they 60 each?)

3 x 60 (3 FOR 2 KICKS IN) = £120

Points = 2480 (2 x 1000 points then 120 x 4 for usual points)

So once points are used, you have spent £148.80 in total and received £24.80 of this for free. This is 16%

Now you can work out the true cost of each tote. 60-16% = (60-9.60) = £50.40 x 2 = 100.80

And the best bit, you bought 3 not 2, so divide this total by 3 = £33.60

A good deal I think And there is nothing stopping you from contacting customer services (and Boots, in my experience, have the BEST customer service) and venting your grief when they go half price and possibly receiving a goodwill gesture?

HTH
Thank goodness for windows calculator!!

Mel x

Caffola

Out of curiosity, I did the math lol

Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel, 500 ml £5.00
The Righteous Butter Body Butter, 300 ml £9.79
Flake Away Body Scrub, 300ml £6.50
Girligo Scented Body Moisturising Mist, 100 ml £6.25
Glad Hair Day Ultra-Shine Super-Shampoo, 250 ml £5.11
The Breakfast Scrub Body Smoother, 300 ml (Scrub em and Leave em? £7.25)
Hand Food Hydrating Hand Cream, 125 ml £4.75
Scrub Your Nose In It Face Scrub And Mask, 125 ml £7.25
Super Colour Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Gloss in ‘Pink Apricot,’ 7 ml £8.25
Off Your Face Cleansing Wipes, 25 wipes £4.00
Giant Super Sudsy Shower Puff

Normal Price: £64.15

Lowest 3 for 2 price: £45.90

ootw is still a great deal obviously

lolly_896

Caffola wrote: »

Out of curiosity, I did the math lol

Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel, 500 ml £5.00
The Righteous Butter Body Butter, 300 ml £9.79
Flake Away Body Scrub, 300ml £6.50
Girligo Scented Body Moisturising Mist, 100 ml £6.25
Glad Hair Day Ultra-Shine Super-Shampoo, 250 ml £5.11
The Breakfast Scrub Body Smoother, 300 ml (Scrub em and Leave em? £7.25)
Hand Food Hydrating Hand Cream, 125 ml £4.75
Scrub Your Nose In It Face Scrub And Mask, 125 ml £7.25
Super Colour Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Gloss in ‘Pink Apricot,’ 7 ml £8.25
Off Your Face Cleansing Wipes, 25 wipes £4.00
Giant Super Sudsy Shower Puff

Normal Price: £64.15

Lowest 3 for 2 price: £45.90

ootw is still a great deal obviously

Not sure if it is the same this year but the "Glad hair day" (which was disgusting) was a travel sized, as was the hand food

skibster

lolly_896 wrote: »

Not sure if it is the same this year but the "Glad hair day" (which was disgusting) was a travel sized, as was the hand food

Glad Hair Day wasn't in a giftset last year as it's a new product this year -- it's a shampoo, you're probably thinking of the hair mask called Hair Supply (which I like, but I know some don't). And it looks like a full size shampoo in this year's s&g tote, and full size hand food.

becky81

whats OOTW mean please?

fazeypie

becky81 wrote: »

whats OOTW mean please?

Offer Of The Week

victory

Caffola wrote: »

Out of curiosity, I did the math lol

Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel, 500 ml £5.00
The Righteous Butter Body Butter, 300 ml £9.79
Flake Away Body Scrub, 300ml £6.50
Girligo Scented Body Moisturising Mist, 100 ml £6.25
Glad Hair Day Ultra-Shine Super-Shampoo, 250 ml £5.11
The Breakfast Scrub Body Smoother, 300 ml (Scrub em and Leave em? £7.25)
Hand Food Hydrating Hand Cream, 125 ml £4.75
Scrub Your Nose In It Face Scrub And Mask, 125 ml £7.25
Super Colour Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Gloss in ‘Pink Apricot,’ 7 ml £8.25
Off Your Face Cleansing Wipes, 25 wipes £4.00
Giant Super Sudsy Shower Puff

Normal Price: £64.15

Lowest 3 for 2 price: £45.90

ootw is still a great deal obviously

I did that stood there with my pen and paper and did it item by item and it just did not add up that it cost ever £60:D def can't wait until the 17th december if that is going to be on OOTW:D