EXPIRED Boots Vitamins Discount Error

NuffinisFree

[QUOTE=jtz;50194833
But I did notice that the shots say not suitable for vegetarians.

HTH[/QUOTE]


Would someone be so kind and post a list of ingredients? Would be interesting to see whats in them. Cant possible think what meat product could be in this.

BTW - Not planning on buying any as my local doesnt stock them, just curious

sally06

caz2703 wrote: »

Having done the calcs below, I think you were just lucky in getting 5. If you'd gotten 7 shots with only 3 vitamins for example the 7th shot wouldn't have been free. It might make more financial sense to only buy the cheap 3 of the cheap vitamins if that's all they have (some stores are running low on stock from what I've seen & heard) so rather than buy expensive vitamins you could get the shots free anyway and not have the outlay of the vitamins.

If you buy 5 shots you get:

Vit1 > -1.99
Vit2 > -1.99
Vit3 > -1.99
3for2 > -1.99
Multi-save > -1.99
Result = All free

And if you get 6 shots with only 3 vits you get:

Vit1 > -1.99
Vit2 > -1.99
Vit3 > -1.99
3for2 > -1.99
3for2 > -1.99
Multi-save > -1.99
Result = All free

And if you get 6 shots with 6 vits you get:

Vit1 > -1.99
Vit2 > -1.99
Vit3 > -1.99
Vit4 > -1.99
Vit5 > -1.99
Vit6 > -1.99
3for2 > -1.99
3for2 > -1.99
Multi-save > -1.99
Result = All free plus £5.97 towards your shopping

Finally this glitch is making sense!

caz, how are you getting £5.97? the most I have got off my shopping is just under £4 and that's with a £1 off HC voucher. This is when buying 6 vits and 6 shots.

sillymeeee

It's £5.97 then you minus the cost of the vitamins and what you have left is towards the rest of your shopping

caz2703

sally06 wrote: »

caz, how are you getting £5.97? the most I have got off my shopping is just under £4 and that's with a £1 off HC voucher. This is when buying 6 vits and 6 shots.

Exactly as sillymeeee has said. This gives people an idea of what they have to play with. So if someone gets 6 shots & 6 vitamins, as long as the vitamins don't come to £5.97 AFTER the 3 for 2 kicks in, there will be money towards your shopping.

jtz

sally06 wrote: »

I was amazed to find so many shots in central london today, especially after seeing an advert for the free shots in the sun newspaper, lol
I got some bubble bath, handwash etc and the ricola sweets. I love the sweets:)

jtz, did your 250pointer ACM voucher scan ok? TIA:) I bought mouthwash the other day and the pointer beeped. Till said deal not met!

It would be fab if the glitch lasts until the offer ends in feb:)

Yep, used on 81p mouthwash boots brand, second time round didn't work as used a different advantage card to the name on the voucher, only realised when I got home that it didn't go through.:o

Cocobear

This glitch is confusing me lol. Could anyone offer any advice? Do I have to buy the same number of shots as I do of vitamins? The reason I ask is that I get specific WellWoman vitamins that are £9.39 a packet in Boots (don't even go there with the price of these!!). Could I buy 3 of these, and then, for example, 7 or 9 shots for it still work, or is it 1 shot per 1 pack of vitamins? I want to get the best possible discount but there is no point (other than saving money on other spend) getting a load of vitamins that we won't use, or not for a long time anyway, neither do I want to spend +/-£40 in 1 hit getting 6 packets of the vitamins that I use. I hope that makes sense! TIA :-)

caz2703

Cocobear wrote: »

This glitch is confusing me lol. Could anyone offer any advice? Do I have to buy the same number of shots as I do of vitamins? The reason I ask is that I get specific WellWoman vitamins that are £9.39 a packet in Boots (don't even go there with the price of these!!). Could I buy 3 of these, and then, for example, 7 or 9 shots for it still work, or is it 1 shot per 1 pack of vitamins? I want to get the best possible discount but there is no point (other than saving money on other spend) getting a load of vitamins that we won't use, or not for a long time anyway, neither do I want to spend +/-£40 in 1 hit getting 6 packets of the vitamins that I use. I hope that makes sense! TIA :-)

I'll try my best here:

3 vitamins & 6 shots:

Outlay = 3 * £9.39 + 6 * £1.99 = £40.11

Multi-save = £1.99
3for2 = £9.39 + £1.99 + £1.99 = £13.37
Link save = £1.99 + £1.99 + £1.99 = £5.97
Total savings = £21.33
Final cost = £18.78
Cost per vit pack = £6.26 (no better than just getting 3 packs of vits on 3 for 2)

6 vitamins & 6 shots:

Outlay = 6 * £9.39 + 6 * £1.99 = £68.28

Multi-save = £1.99
3for2 = £9.39 + £9.39 + £1.99 + £1.99 = £22.76
Link save = 6 * £1.99 = £11.94
Total savings = £36.69
Final cost = £31.59
Cost per vit pack = £5.27

I think this is right but I'll check again later when my head isn't so pickled!

Cocobear

Thank you so much Caz. Very kind of you to work it out. Long and the short of it, prob better off getting the cheap vitamins. I would use them (eventually) and my mum uses B complex so can get her some of them too, but had wondered if it saved me anything on what I actually buy.

sillymeeee

I think the cheapest option is if you bought 6 shots and 3 x 79p vitimins and 3 x WellWoman then it would cost about £15.97. Or if you can have self scan or brave enough to get in one go with SA then 12 shots 9 x 79p vitimins and 3 x Well Woman. Then the cost would be about £13.26. (sorry no pen to hand so doing it in my head so price is approx) I think if you buy extra shots without vitimins you just get the shots free but no money off the rest of your shopping.

ella2002

anybody know if you can return vits SA after half an hours fidlling gave me shots without putting through till and then put vits through