Boots Grabbit Bargains Thread part 5 - post your finds here

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idnotfree wrote:

Please excuse me if this is a stupid question. Are the £5 and £3 No7 vouchers are still valid? Aren't they suppose to work only till 30th Jan? I have got some but it says valid until 30th.

Thanks

Just checked my solitary £3 voucher and its 2nd Feb

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bunny-zoe

sammyc wrote:

Thanks to everyone for these brilliants tips

I suppose this question isn't technically related to Boots but I just wondered where you get your baskets, etc from that you put all your Boots goodies in to give as presents?

Thanks

Hi Sammyc, Do you have a Dunelm Mills near you as they do some nice baskets which are lined with fabric starting at £1.99. You could also get some plain or patterened cellophane from the florist to give your gift a professional touch. Normally about 50p per metre.

rockyrose

C00kie wrote:

I scan all the stacks of baskets by the doors ever since I was heading out of the store and found a discarded voucher in one of them... i wonder how crazy i'd look if i saw one trapped right in the bottom basket and insisted on taking each out in turn until I reached it :rotfl:

Cookie-we re mad anyway so id go for it. i spent 15 minutes wandering round holding a bottle of shampoo made a bloke whose name i cant pronounce let alone spell with the bottle looking like it was something id just bought for the "weekend" from ann summers just so i could use up a voucher id found under a box of tissues on the counter!!!!!!! I wasn sane to start with but my link with the real world has well and truly been severed now!!!!

loobylou36

sammyc wrote:

Thanks to everyone for these brilliants tips

I suppose this question isn't technically related to Boots but I just wondered where you get your baskets, etc from that you put all your Boots goodies in to give as presents?

Thanks

Just been having a look on ebay as I was thinking of doing the same thing and found these baskets, could but some pretty coloured tissue in and wrap in cellophane and tie with some ribbon and a bow

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8-5-inch-Eared-Wicker-Basket_W0QQitemZ290078194444QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3097QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

sonee2405

hiya everyone.I've had a pleasant trip to boots today.went in armed with a stack of ac machine vouchers and lots of haircare as i have used up the no7 vouchers already and have 2 wraps & a pallete.
1st transaction- 3 smile toothpastes so 342 at 59p and 100 points
umberto giannis gloss mists(sorry i had the last 2) free 100 points
pillow mist from essentail aromatherapy -99p +100 points
Sanctuary menthol scrub £3.25 in clearance so 75p with voucher+200point
total-£1.92 = 500 points

2nd transaction-haircolor £3.98
umberto gloss mist again free 100 points
sanctuary peeling mask-clearance £3.25 with voucher 75p +200 points
bottle of coke 89p=£5.62-free voucher so got rosemary+mint mask for free-already had it in basket!
so spent £7.54 and got over 800 points
Sa was so nice and efficient that i praised her very loudly in front of a big q-she went red and patted me on the arm with thanks!

I went in today with just £20 in points now i have £28.08 and need a bit more to get stella rose absolute- does anybody else feel reluctant to spend all their points-i feel very poor without mine!

C00kie_2

I want the glyco peel thing-a-me-jig.... will it work just buying that one item and the wrap, or is that too suspicious for any SA's knowing the £15 spend rule?

Funkyfarmgirl

Well im a newby, my daughter Cerenia comes on here and i carried her basket teh other day while she filled it and i was shocked hopw much she got so ordered the AC and carnt wait to start hitting boots !! for bargins.

p.s wish this forum wasnt so addicted ive loved reading about all your buys!!

UltraCheap_2

Thanks everyone for all of the great information. I have just returned, exhausted, with a bag full of goodies.

Transaction 1:
No7 Face After sun x2 BOGOF £7.50 + No7 giftbag wrap - £5 No7 voucher = £2.50 (I think that this is the best giftbag in ages as the bag and contents are really nice). A Troll SA followed me around the store and said to me that when I wanted to purchase the No7 products and free bag that I would need to go through her till 'to make sure that the free gift went through'. So I put the items through the till but she refused to scan the giftbag until I purchased another £7.50 worth of No 7. I told her that I would think about it and put all the items back into my basket ... and then went to a till on the other side of the store in pharmacy! So - be warned, stay clear of the No7 counters when trying this one!

Transaction 2, 3 and 4:
Umberto Dazzling Shine £3.99 - £3 hair voucher + 100 points from machine = 99p (thanks to everyone that wrote in about this deal)

Transaction 5, 6:
Tony and Guy Hair Glue on reduction at £1.49 each, so £2.98 - £3 hair voucher + 300 points from machine!! (I surprised myself today when I sort of figured out this glitch on my own. Perhaps I am finally getting the hang of this!)

So, spent £4.50 (from a giftcard) and got 900 points and a lot of stuff! ... Now I just need to hide it all before my OH gets home from work

C00kie_2

Welcome to the madhouse funkyfarmgirl!

*starts gibbering*

pingua

loobylou36 wrote:

Just been having a look on ebay as I was thinking of doing the same thing and found these baskets, could but some pretty coloured tissue in and wrap in cellophane and tie with some ribbon and a bow

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8-5-inch-Eared-Wicker-Basket_W0QQitemZ290078194444QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3097QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Bought one exactly like that in a pound shop not so long ago.