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From Boots to Ebay in under 24 hours

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  • kazzah60
    kazzah60 Posts: 752 Forumite
    I am one of those people who occasionally you see with a trolly full of items at 75% off
    the reason?

    not for re-sale on e bay - but to use for Tombola prizes at our charities annual event - so that we can raise more funds to keep helping disabled children

    it saves me a LOT of money buying things in a sale - and means we can have a decent Tombola table and the children participating can win nice little items to give to family members for christmas gifts
  • spadoosh
    spadoosh Posts: 8,732 Forumite
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    gardner1 wrote: »
    BOOTS PRIMARY MOTIVATION:rotfl:

    To make over £1 billion profit again


    Have boots ever made a billion in profit?!
  • spadoosh
    spadoosh Posts: 8,732 Forumite
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    kazzah60 wrote: »
    I am one of those people who occasionally you see with a trolly full of items at 75% off
    the reason?

    not for re-sale on e bay - but to use for Tombola prizes at our charities annual event - so that we can raise more funds to keep helping disabled children

    it saves me a LOT of money buying things in a sale - and means we can have a decent Tombola table and the children participating can win nice little items to give to family members for christmas gifts


    This is disgusting behaviour, your denying the OP the chance of getting a starbucks mug for her and every member of the family for £1.50 and denying a poor family the enjoyment of said mugs! how dare you!!

    Sorry OP bit mean, its not kool people do this to resell but alot of these people who do this have part time/ no jobs and this is a form of income to them. Ebay is full of tat nowadays with stuff people are trying to flog off at extortionate prices were i work we have regular massive clearances (£300 bbqs going for £30, £150 drills for a fiver) and i always want to buy the lot to flog on but decide its unfair. its not legally wrong what there doing but im also of the belief its more fair for everyone to get a good bargain than 1 person screwing 20 or 30 over.
  • Stephb1986_2
    Stephb1986_2 Posts: 6,279 Forumite
    I think the op is just miffed that some of it is already on eBay I don't think she's mad at people buying for genuine reasons other than making a quick buck.

    I went into boots yesterday there wasn't really anything worth having, last year I got loads of good things in the online sale what happened to it this year?

    Steph
  • LisaB85
    LisaB85 Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    Stephb1986 wrote: »
    I think the op is just miffed that some of it is already on eBay I don't think she's mad at people buying for genuine reasons other than making a quick buck.

    I went into boots yesterday there wasn't really anything worth having, last year I got loads of good things in the online sale what happened to it this year?

    Steph

    The online sale ended last week, not sure why? did they sell out in the warehouses?
  • gardner1
    gardner1 Posts: 3,154 Forumite
    spadoosh wrote: »
    Have boots ever made a billion in profit?!

    2009 £953 million
    2010 £1 billion
  • LisaB85 wrote: »
    The online sale ended last week, not sure why? did they sell out in the warehouses?

    on their website at the time, they said their online sale had finished due to 'unprecedented' demand or something - i know the sale started by christmas eve, i ordered from their sale on the 24th dec.
    ;)
  • bluebeary
    bluebeary Posts: 7,904 Forumite
    probably a lot wont sell but once youve bought an item from a shop, it is yours to do with what you want
  • SHIPSHAPE
    SHIPSHAPE Posts: 2,469 Forumite
    What's the big deal? Good on the bargain hunters for seeing an opportunity.

    Who uses ebay these days anyway? It died years ago for me.
  • butterfly72
    butterfly72 Posts: 1,222 Forumite
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    gardner1 wrote: »
    2009 £953 million
    2010 £1 billion


    How much of this is pharmacy and how much retail?
    £2019 in 2019 #44 - 864.06/2019
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