Boots Grabbit Bargains Thread part 6 - post your finds here

Artemis

Mad_Mare wrote:

Has anyone seen any mags or £5 Sanctuary vouchers in the south east yet?

Salisbury had them on Fri, but had to ask SA as old mags still on stand, think they had them stashed out of sight! Complete waste of time for me as the £3 mag coupon didn't come off, only the £2 wrap voucher - SA didn't own up and didn't realise until I'd left. Also the Sanctuary bag from there didn't have voucher in it, code 6317A.

BargainMad_3

The change in Boots policy for awarding points has come about I would say in the last three months.

The most important thing is THEY HAVE CHANGED and it is obviously a consequence of something......somebody, somewhere has said they are giving away too much and a policy change has been implemented.

All I am saying is any company reviews its promotions - what the net effect is on profits and margins and changes can come about. The recent change at Tesco's Refund and Retain policy is a case in point. Tesco still makes massive profits but even so they were not going to let a small band of people take them for a ride on R and R - which is what happened. So they changed the policy to affect all customers. The actions of a few result in a curtailment for the rest.

If Boots detect that there is widescale abuse they will tighten things up - egged on by their staff reporting stroppy customers wanting - not to put too fine a point on it - a "better deal" than a shoplifter !

chelle333

clareyp wrote:

Firstly thanks to everyone on this board - I went today & did my first boots trip today after trawling through the boards for tips yesterday!

I bought various sanctuary & no 7 bits , however the bargain of the day was that my local boots was giving away a no 7 gift set with any no 7 electrical purchase (it was an old set as the vouchers in it expired in June 2006 - however it contains almost the same products as the current gift )
I managed to use 4 no 7 vouchers to get 4 facial / pedicure kits & 4 no 7 gift sets for free! - That's Mothers day completely sorted! ... and I managed to get a Max factor box - yipee!

You had a bargain :T

Juliepink26

By the way, for some strange reason i thought mothers day was this sunday (have now been told otherwise) so i got my Mum and MIL 's Mothers day cards today in boots, i normaly always get them from the card shop but had a look and boots had some really beautful cards very impressed, so i got two and it came to just over £5, so got another voucher as well!! Defently worth it if you have to buy two anyway..

Cerenia

greenishfingers wrote:

I know it's a bit of a trek, but I've seen them in South Woodford and Leytonstone if that helps.

Oooh, straight on underground!! Thankyouuuuuu! I'm next free on friday, so I can go

ladysparklexx

do you not think all companies should review their policies after ten years???
so i doubt its to do with these specific glitches in the past few months

and in comparison points wise aslong as we are getting the bonus points then the other points are usually a lot less so we are still getting bargains

curlylox

BargainMad wrote:

In response to people asking if Boots tills are playing up - they have CHANGED THEIR POLICY on points awarding.

For weeks now if I have used a bonus or extra points coupon then the UNDERLYING transaction for that item does not earn points.

So if you buy something for £3 you would normally get 12 points. However if you have used, say, a 100 point coupon, then this over rides the 12 points and you just get the 100 instead. Previously you would get 112.

This is only a recent change but it will be national and I do not think they are going to reverse it.

We had nearly 10 years of the old system so I guess we will just have to accept the new system with good grace.

I know I bore people with saying don't milk the stores TOO MUCH but the above change has probably come about because the bean counters have mentioned Boots are giving away TOO MANY POINTS :eek:

What worries me is that the same bean counters may say they are giving away too many vouchers - particularly with the complaints they cause - and the good times will be well and truly over.

Hastening this on would be the people who get things FREE and then take them back for full price refunds - you will go to the well too often and ruin it for the rest of us. Boots are not as stupid as some MSErs think.

If that the case they should be called something other than "BONUS" points. A bonus is something extra.....we should still be getting the points we have earned!!

joe13

Almo wrote:

Great haul today!!! :T :T :T

John Frieda glaze £6.99 (anyone else read the Great Try Me Free Hunt thread?)
Transaction two:

OH got a wilkinson sword quattro razor thingy with some free blades (again, Great Try me Free Hunt thread)
!

Hi Almo

I have searched and searched but cannot find the (great try me free hunt thread) Can you point me in the right direction. I do find this site quite difficult to find things.

many thanks

dormy

joe13 wrote:

Hi Almo

I have searched and searched but cannot find the (great try me free hunt thread) Can you point me in the right direction. I do find this site quite difficult to find things.

many thanks

Here

Ragtimeplayer

Has anyone tried their heated eyelash curler yet?

I tried mine today and I am very disappointed with it

It didn't curl my lashes at all and it seems a bit dangerous to put that heat so close to your eyes?

I will be taking mine back tomorrow.