Great Cross Cut Shredder Hunt

corriefan

I just bought the Woolworths cross cut shredder today for £14.99 (It's marked as half price down from £29.99)

Details:
5 sheet shredding at a time
shreds credit cards
cuts into 4mm x 38mm pieces, security level 3
228mm (9") wide slot
14 litre bin, nice slimline design with a window to see when full

pick one up this morning from woolies stockport they were just being put on
shelf

pingu

i bought one from woolies and they should be in stock soon as we are sending them out

buffers

Checked in Woolworth's, Wellington, Somerset, and they are £29.99. Anybody know if there is a promotion on the way?

nickinoo

Just received Makro mail & they have a Sigma crosscut shredder for £12.99, typical that I bought a Fellowes desktop crosscut shredder for £19.99 (down from £24.99) today.

timread

I've been looking for a reasonably priced cross cut shredder for a month or two now. Last week I checked out some in Rymans and they all had quoted figures for On/Off times e.g. 2 mins On, 20 mins Off. The more expensive ones had longer on times and shorter off times e.g. 2 on/5 off

I've never seen these figures quoted before (unless I missed something in this thread!) and it concerned me that the cheaper ones will burn out if you run them for too long without cooling periods. Has anyone else bought a cross cut shredder that quoted these times, and what's the best price/performance cross cut shredder based on On/Off times?

squeaky

nickinoo wrote:

Just received Makro mail & they have a Sigma crosscut shredder for £12.99, typical that I bought a Fellowes desktop crosscut shredder for £19.99 (down from £24.99) today.

Can you tell me how I'd set about ordering the shredder from Makro please?

Poppy9

The boy on the checkout warned me about burnout times as I was buying as he said they get loads back. He said don't run continuously for more than 2 mins and leave for 5 on any shredder under £50

quoia

nickinoo wrote:

Just received Makro mail & they have a Sigma crosscut shredder for £12.99, ...........

Remember that is PLUS VAT so actually £15.26

pingu

buffers wrote:

Checked in Woolworth's, Wellington, Somerset, and they are £29.99. Anybody know if there is a promotion on the way?

when i bought mine from Aston store it was marked £29.99 i took 1 to the checkout and asked to check the price it came up at £14.99.

nickinoo

rwsteele wrote:

Can you tell me how I'd set about ordering the shredder from Makro please?

I'm afraid you have to have a Makro card (it's a trade card supposedly only for business users but easy to get one if you have a friend with their own business or you work for the right type of company). They don't do mail order.