focus diy sale

swanny65

ry111 wrote: »

Hi, i got the brunswick range for my mum, was 60% off in the sale range shown as in the sale booklet and we got a 20% off then a furture 30% off so in total got about 13 units side panels and 3 cornice for about under £900

We needed to refit our utility kitchen and had been looking unsuccessfully for a cheap kitchen on e-bay for weeks.
Picked up 12 Manhattan Units off the shelf at Beccles for £620.00 at the weekend. Beccles had far more kitchen units than nearby in Lowestoft.
We also got 20% then 30% off which works out about 42% off the shelf price.
The kitchens are made by Gower using a different range name. You should be able to source any bits and pieces eg end panels, cornice etc from a Gower stockist.
http://www.gower-furniture.co.uk/

Finally the staff at Beccles were all really helpful even though none of then will have a job in a few weeks. Good luck to all of them.

mymerrywidow

if anyone lives nearny and is interested, the hailsham store had a delivery yesterday, i know this as i nearly crashed into thier lorry!!

manda1205

swanny65 wrote: »

We needed to refit our utility kitchen and had been looking unsuccessfully for a cheap kitchen on e-bay for weeks.
Picked up 12 Manhattan Units off the shelf at Beccles for £620.00 at the weekend. Beccles had far more kitchen units than nearby in Lowestoft.
We also got 20% then 30% off which works out about 42% off the shelf price.
The kitchens are made by Gower using a different range name. You should be able to source any bits and pieces eg end panels, cornice etc from a Gower stockist.
http://www.gower-furniture.co.uk/

Finally the staff at Beccles were all really helpful even though none of then will have a job in a few weeks. Good luck to all of them.

We over heard a man in Beccles, he'd been making offers to the manager. He got one of the display kitchens, with cooker and loads of extra's for £500. Bit late for you now, but manager said they were stock taking Monday so he wanted stuff gone. Then when we went in again on Sunday, all the kitchens and bathrooms had gone. Bit dissapointed we hadnt just gone for it on Friday now (we wanted a cooker).
Agree with you though, staff were good though.

shykins

stores may well get deliveries over the next few days as my understanding is that central warehouse has to be emptied by the end of this week so they want it all out in the stores

HTH

ry111

manda1205 wrote: »

We over heard a man in Beccles, he'd been making offers to the manager. He got one of the display kitchens, with cooker and loads of extra's for £500. Bit late for you now, but manager said they were stock taking Monday so he wanted stuff gone. Then when we went in again on Sunday, all the kitchens and bathrooms had gone. Bit dissapointed we hadnt just gone for it on Friday now (we wanted a cooker).
Agree with you though, staff were good though.

I asked about the kitchens and bathrooms on display, i was told that focis does not own the displays but other companies do and they do not have any instruction to what to do with the displays

aallank

mymerrywidow wrote: »

if anyone lives nearny and is interested, the hailsham store had a delivery yesterday, i know this as i nearly crashed into thier lorry!!

thanks for letting us know hun, anything exciting delivered do you know?
Were you trying to look into the lorry to see what they had delivered rather than where you were going, lol :p
(only joking, hope your ok!!)

parapusher

I have just got home from the Fishponds, Bristol store. Yesterday I bought a roll of insulation for 30% off, decided if I got 4 more, I could do the loft. Went back today and they are now 50% off, as I found out from my till receipt ! Although it still says 30% in the store. Other items are more reduced than marked too. Stack & store containers 40% off, Roller blinds 40% off, Command stick on hooks 50% off and Command stick on All season Decorating clips (for christmas lights etc) are 70% off. These are the things I purchased, most of these were marked as 30% off in the store, although I can't remember exactly.

Hope this helps someone.

mymerrywidow

aallank wrote: »

thanks for letting us know hun, anything exciting delivered do you know?
Were you trying to look into the lorry to see what they had delivered rather than where you were going, lol :p
(only joking, hope your ok!!)

yes i am fine, i forgot that when lorries reverse the driver cant see you. i was trying to sneak around the lorry, i only have a baby car, but the driver didnt see me and carrired on reversing. my fault totally.

will remember next time, but i did wonder if i ever would see another focus lorry. a bit sad really.

manda1205

ry111 wrote: »

I asked about the kitchens and bathrooms on display, i was told that focis does not own the displays but other companies do and they do not have any instruction to what to do with the displays

Strange, they told us Sunday the were all sold to people. The manager said they'd got to take them by monday though, as he didnt want them going through stock check. So maybe manager earning some cash out of it???

jetty

I'm sorry, i know it's sad that they are closing, but ours will be a wickes which will probably keep all the staff on anyway, but i can't believe how rude the workers are being! I went to get a storage box for my son and there weren't any price tickets for it, we found someone down the next aisle and asked how much it was only to be told to either go to the till or look at the price ticket on the shelf (rudely!) We wouldn't have asked if there was a damn ticket!!!! And when we asked the woman at the till how much it was, she just grunted the price at us. What happened to customer service and a smile?? It's not the customer's fault!! Oh, and i see staff have reserved things in store, is this for when the price drops?