Boots Grabbit Bargains Thread part 5 - post your finds here

money_mad_2

beachlou wrote:

Did another 641 today and am a bit angry. I bought various suncreams, with the most being £12. they all went through the till and it came to £14. Used the £5 voucher, so £9 in total, I was expecting it to be £12. SO checked my receipt and they took the cheapest item (£9.50) off twice-I only bought one! really annoying!!

And they didn't give me another voucher. Reckon I can email and complain about this?

I think I know why this is. Although we've all been calling this a 6 for 1, it isn't quite that simple. What the till does is arrange your items in price order,(regardless of how you put them through). Let's call the most expensive item No 1 and the cheapest item No 6.

For the BOGOF what the till does is give you every second item free - items 2,4 and 6.

For the 3 for 2 offer the till gives you every third item free - items 3 and 6.

Hence you get the cheapest item refunded twice, and don't get the 5th item refunded at all. Most people haven't noticed this, because they have been buying items of similar prices, or buying pairs of items.

However if you buy (for example) two items at 11.00, two at 9.50, one at 7.50 and one at 5.50, you would end up being charged £13 (ie £2 more than you expect). This is because the £7.50 item is NOT refunded, but the £5.50 one is refunded twice)

This probably sounds loads more complicated than it is, but all you need to remember is make sure your cheapest two items are the same price.

And remember- don't forget to rummage in that big white drawer under the No 7 stand if you can't find what you want on the shelves!

Also I noticed today that every sales assistant was trying hard to split my 6 items into two lots ("you can get two vouchers that way" - yeah and pay loads more I thought :rolleyes: ) - I'm sure they must have been told to do it. Another incident that gave me LOADs of pleasure was when two No 7 SAs looked in my basket and gave me a really dirty look (I was off to pay at another till!) and I heard one say "never mind, only another few days of this to go"!!!!!!

leeyaa_2

beachlou wrote:

same happened to me today, but wasn't sure if emailing customer services would work. shall we give it a go? do you know the address?

i rang cs up and they put 500 points on my boots card

hels102

I've just come back from Merthyr, the shelves were full none of the NO7 Stuff had been touched, of course I left leaving the shelves nearly bare!!
I also bought 2 of the suncare items at £11.50 then bought the Foundation for £13.50, had a voucher from the AC Machine for 200points when buying that foundation and a free box of No7 Goodies, total spend £8.50 with £2.00 back on my card!

Pebojuno was there much in Swansea? went on Monday and they didn't have much, was also amazed to find they were promoting the 641 offer!

tee_pee_2

thanks Sonee 2405 the question is how do I return this without looking dodgy. Would I be better off just returning the 3 sunless gift bags ? I thought I had had read on here about gift bags but must have got muddled up.

daviedude

Boots.com seems to have had some reduced SALE items added recently, and they have 10% off £35 spend or more this weekend (26 - 29 January)

Lynx, FCUK and Adidas shower gel/deodorant boxes are the biggest bargains I noticed.

I've just bought about £100 of bits and pieces for £33, including free delivery.

beachlou

hels102 wrote:

I've just come back from Merthyr, the shelves were full none of the NO7 Stuff had been touched, of course I left leaving the shelves nearly bare!!
I also bought 2 of the suncare items at £11.50 then bought the Foundation for £13.50, had a voucher from the AC Machine for 200points when buying that foundation and a free box of No7 Goodies, total spend £8.50 with £2.00 back on my card!

Pebojuno was there much in Swansea? went on Monday and they didn't have much, was also amazed to find they were promoting the 641 offer!

I went to Merthyr last week and did the 641- it was just so nice and quiet. am back up in that neck of the woods again next week but wasn't sure what would be left

hels102

beachlou wrote:

I went to Merthyr last week and did the 641- it was just so nice and quiet. am back up in that neck of the woods again next week but wasn't sure what would be left

Ah glad it's not just me then! I was so shocked to find so much stuff there!
I called there last weekend and bought quite a few of the suncare items and they have re-stocked the shelves since then!

They also have loads of the purple bags left to.:T

deb

anybody been to fosse park? any bargains to be found there?

loopylass

tee_pee wrote:

hiya tried the 641 and can't understand the receipt but I have spent £21.00 If I list my receipt can you let me knoe where I went wrong.

Thanks
no7 sunless tanning starter kits.
1 no 7 pre holiday condition face serum
1 no7 aftersun cooling facial balm

Got the botanics , that worked ok but not sure where the 641 went wrong

Any advice would be great.

the tanning stuff is not BOGOF
so you need to buy sun products which is bogof then you take 6 go to the till use your £5 off voucher and points one (if you have one)
6 x £5.50 use £5 voucher pay 50p or 6x £12.00 use £5 voucher pay £7 get another voucher

tee_pee_2

f I take the 3 no 7 sunless tanning starter kits back am I right in thinking I will get a £12 refund?
There's always one isn't there who who cocks it up and this week it is me!!!!!!!!!!!!!