Poundland Bargain Thread - post your finds here!

Channard

Given that there's a Home Bargains thread but not a Poundland bargains thread I thought it was time to start one. There's a load of excellent stuff to be had there, dirt cheap. Here are some of the things I've seen for a measly quid:

Computer Stuff:

USB cables
Ethernet cables
Firewire cables
USB SD card reader/pen drive
4-Port non-powered USB hubs.
EDIT: Yeah, duh.. I forgot about the hubs. They're great for putting on the back USB port on an X-Box 360.

Misc
'Robot Transformers' toys - knock offs of the Transformers Robot Masters series.
Multivitamin tablets
12 tubes of Superglue
4 Lizard-Shaped in-car air fresheners.

Anyone care to add their picks?

kenr

Local one has 25 sheets of 4x6" sticky backed photo paper, not sure what I am going to use it for but I bought a pack ;-)

star1_2

poundland IT bits are good value for a quid - including headphone/mike - great for skpe, messenger etc ....

Never seen the USB SD reader adaptor? - which branch did you find this in? (I could do with one!!) - thanks !! :j

Dack

Wireless phone handsfree kit saw yesterday - works by transmitting audio to car radio much like the Belkin Tunecast thing for MP3 players. Fixed frequency though, check pack for value.

rdwarr

kenr wrote:

Local one has 25 sheets of 4x6" sticky backed photo paper, not sure what I am going to use it for but I bought a pack ;-)

Don't use it for printing photos on - we've tried with many different settings and concluded it's a waste of ink

Kilty_2

If those USB SD card reader/pen drive things are widely available they're a good buy.

Cheapest I've found them is £1.62(ish), direct from Hong Kong (LEDShoppe).

Can't go wrong with 4 port USB hubs for £1 either.

antenna

Hula Hoops 12 pack.........Buy one get one free.....in romford last week.....or was it 99p shop in romford...........either way i've ate them all.....and wish i could buy more........i'm back in spain now......

Channard

star1 wrote:

poundland IT bits are good value for a quid - including headphone/mike - great for skpe, messenger etc ....

Never seen the USB SD reader adaptor? - which branch did you find this in? (I could do with one!!) - thanks !! :j

Yeah, the IT bits a great. Avoid their MP3 headphones, though, they're just rubbish. As for the SD readers, there were loads of them in Bolton Poundland.

The one I got definitely works with a 1GB SD card

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robonz

do test the SD card readers, i bought 8 of them and 3 were faulty! but the ones that work, work well. not sure what size they go up to as I tried a 4Gb SD card and they can't read it but had no problem reading a 512Mb card. So I'm guessing it can read up to a 1Gb or 2Gb cards? Anyone tested these size cards?

They are a great way to make of use of replaced smaller cards.

Pete.g

Always found the padded manila envelopes to be very good value for money compared to the post office as well as the brown parcel tape (2rolls = £1)

cattie

For anyone into crafting, the large 12x12 scrapbooking kits are excellent.

You get approx 6 sheets good quality backing paper, various stickers, plus printed embellishments including frames & borders. Great for cardmakers & scrapbookers alike.

They do different themes, ie, birthdays, wedding etc & I've seen very similar items being sold on one of the shopping channels, for a much higher price of course.