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30 pairs of Ideal Home tickets to giveaway

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  • Boonbetty
    Boonbetty Posts: 49 Forumite
    Yes please
  • vellum
    vellum Posts: 932 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    the exhibition lasts till the end of march i think, so it is not quite gone but not forgotten.

    the show spreads into 2 exhibition halls, first one is mainly decor furniture stuffs, the second one is like a giant indoor market with clothes, hair/ nail/ beauty stuffs, food & drink was there, lots of free samples.

    there is even a teeth whitening booth doing professional teeth breaching/ botox on the spot, cost a couple of hundred pounds and sit there with mouth wide opened by a plastic thing and have bright blue light shine into teeth, not a nice scene with hundreds of people walked by. also it is dangerous as the whole booth is so dark to produce this forensic blue futuristic effect but how can dentists operate properly without a hygienic well-lit environment (even if they may wear a light thing on their heads)? they need to apply a blue gel on gum to protect it from the blue light thing, if they miss a bit, the treatment will damage the gum. it is like doing surgery in a wet indoor market, dirty and embarrass, but of course i could be wrong.

    the show is good and lots of discount for stuffs used in the house, can spend all day in there, walk a lot, so wear comfy shoes and travel light. cloakroom will store luggage for £2 each and coat for £1 each. many people bring a trolley bag that is clever as u can buy so many food and home stuffs cheaper in there and lots of catalogue, freebies, it is hard to walk so many hours with so much baggage. i didn't bring anything and had to carry lots of stuffs for hours and almost died of exhaustion at the end of the day.

    but it is a good show and very happy that i went, a nice day out with family and friends, not recommend to children or anyone who could not walk long distance long hours.
  • vellum wrote: »
    the exhibition lasts till the end of march i think, so it is not quite gone but not forgotten.

    the show spreads into 2 exhibition halls, first one is mainly decor furniture stuffs, the second one is like a giant indoor market with clothes, hair/ nail/ beauty stuffs, food & drink was there, lots of free samples.

    there is even a teeth whitening booth doing professional teeth breaching/ botox on the spot, cost a couple of hundred pounds and sit there with mouth wide opened by a plastic thing and have bright blue light shine into teeth, not a nice scene with hundreds of people walked by. also it is dangerous as the whole booth is so dark to produce this forensic blue futuristic effect but how can dentists operate properly without a hygienic well-lit environment (even if they may wear a light thing on their heads)? they need to apply a blue gel on gum to protect it from the blue light thing, if they miss a bit, the treatment will damage the gum. it is like doing surgery in a wet indoor market, dirty and embarrass, but of course i could be wrong.

    the show is good and lots of discount for stuffs used in the house, can spend all day in there, walk a lot, so wear comfy shoes and travel light. cloakroom will store luggage for £2 each and coat for £1 each. many people bring a trolley bag that is clever as u can buy so many food and home stuffs cheaper in there and lots of catalogue, freebies, it is hard to walk so many hours with so much baggage. i didn't bring anything and had to carry lots of stuffs for hours and almost died of exhaustion at the end of the day.

    but it is a good show and very happy that i went, a nice day out with family and friends, not recommend to children or anyone who could not walk long distance long hours.

    Is it possible you could list what freebies there are as I am so keen to know? Thanks. Its good that you thoroughly enjoyed it.
  • vellum
    vellum Posts: 932 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    thomas100 wrote: »
    Is it possible you could list what freebies there are as I am so keen to know? Thanks. Its good that you thoroughly enjoyed it.

    see my post above 1883, that's what i got, other people may got more. best freebies are the food & drink samples, yummy... french sausages, wine, juice, cheese, toastie, beers, pie, yum yum. they are giving out newspapers, 2 x dishwasher tablets with 2 x £3.49 money off vouchers, 2 x money off book of coupons near the entrance, so u can get one when going in and got another one when going out. :D the npower freebies look really good but i am not sure if it is possible to sign up and cancel it later, i don't want to go home and being told off by OH for suddenly switch supplier just for some freebies.

    inside the book of voucher there is a free starter/ desert coupon for pizza express, and pizza express built a restaurant inside the venue, so u may use it there if u r going to have lunch there. there are lots of DIY, home stuffs, food & drink money off coupon and free digital photo prints in boots in the booklet, which is really nice.

    oh don't forget to bring a camera/ mobile phone with camera, there are some really nice gardening/ furnishing ideas that u may want to record. also there is a Madame Tussaud house with george clooney, tom jones, barbara winsor, jamie oliver, ant & dec, and the blonde tall actress from absolutely fabulous (can't remember her name) in each of the room, the house decor is very nice too, so if u have a camera, u can take pics yrself, they have photographers in the house but will charge u £5 for a print. i was tempted to wrap myself around george clooney like a koala bear and lick his face...

    i am happy that i went and the long walk is like a whole month exercise for me, need a hot bath soak afterwards and rest for days to recover. :rotfl:
  • yes please:j
  • Beate
    Beate Posts: 3,522 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    This give-away is a year old, why are you dragging the thread up again? There is a current one with 25 pairs to give away, you will have more luck if you add your name to that one.
    Reclaimed thanks to this site:
    £175 Abbey Mortgage Repayment Fee, £170.03 Capital One Bank Charges £418.07 Lloyds TSB Bank Charges, £2,671.55 Mis-sold Endowment Policy, all for OH
  • Yes please
  • Beate
    Beate Posts: 3,522 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    This thread is a year old! You won't be getting any tickets here! Post in the new one!!! http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=765251
    Reclaimed thanks to this site:
    £175 Abbey Mortgage Repayment Fee, £170.03 Capital One Bank Charges £418.07 Lloyds TSB Bank Charges, £2,671.55 Mis-sold Endowment Policy, all for OH
  • Yes, Please
  • DO NOT ADD TO THIS THREAD IT IS FOR THE 2007 TICKETS NOT THE 2008 ONES!!!

    I have asked MSE to close this thread... :D

    GO HERE INSTEAD:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=765251
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