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Son got a shock when he opened his lynx gift set...

Bought my son a lynx washbag giftset from tesco for 1 of his cheaper crimbo presents (I should point out he's only 11). He opened it today and inside the zip was a pack of 3 jls condoms :eek:. My son was a mixture of shocked and embrassed and my jls mad daughter was excited as she thought santa had left her an extra gift and mistakenly put it in sons pile (shes only 9 and presumed they were sweets)!

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  • Nicki
    Nicki Posts: 8,166 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Glad to know this though as my DS is also 11 with a birthday in a few weeks, so we could have had the same issue!
  • Gillyx
    Gillyx Posts: 6,847 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :rotfl: did it have no mention of it on the outside? :eek:
    The frontier is never somewhere else. And no stockades can keep the midnight out.
  • teabag29
    teabag29 Posts: 1,898 Forumite
    I spoke to the manager and he said he will tell staff to make sure they check all the gift sets when they scan them at the til, he seems to think another shopper mistakenly put them in there.....how do you mistakenly open a zip, put a pack of 3 in there and then do it back up? my hubby seems to think perhaps it was a shop lifter putting them in and only paying for the gift set but got put off and just stuck it back on the shelf
  • Tropez
    Tropez Posts: 3,696 Forumite
    JLS condoms?

    That's enough to put you right off....
  • Gillyx
    Gillyx Posts: 6,847 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Would depend, Boots were selling those condoms off before Christmas for about £1 a pack :rotfl:

    Pity it wasn't something you'd actually use, it does seem like a sensible suggestion though, I've worked in a supermarket and the things customers do would astound you :rotfl: I've had people trying to put 12 cooked chicken legs into a bag that only holds 6! :eek: to try and get out of paying for them all.
    The frontier is never somewhere else. And no stockades can keep the midnight out.
  • Nottoobadyet
    Nottoobadyet Posts: 1,754 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Good god, can you imagine getting into bed with a new fella and discovering that he has procured you a handful of JLS condoms? I may have nightmares.
    Mortgage free by 30:eek:: £28,000/£100,000
    :DDebt free as of 1 October, 2010:D
    Taking my frugal life on the road!
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