Tesco 11+ support group for incurable gasbags and addicted bargain hunters!

lindos90

Fudge_Cake wrote: »

The whoopsie tips thread is good as you said Nikki, I recommend a read, I've learnt from it

Whoopsie tips thread? Can you please point me in the right direction to it please? I need tips! I just dont seem to be able to fathom if and when our local do the whoopsies.

Im sure each store is different with times and amounts, but any tips would be great!

tigerwhite_2

Popped into T at lunch for a few more comfort (it's rude not to). Couldn't resist picking up 4 more tubes of Oral B toothpaste. I got DTD back on them last night so got them for free:j. Picked up the whitening one this time (instead of enamel protection) and asked one of the dozens of managers that were lurking to check the price for me. Came up as £3.50 so i thought "Bingo". OOD SEL was £1.75, expired 13th Feb. Bought 4 and at the til, they reduced down to £1.75 each.. boo hoo. Went and got a full refund so beware.

I can't bear to see so many managers/trouts/jobsworths hanging around the stores with their beady looking eyes. I don't like it

tigerwhite_2

lindos90 wrote: »

Whoopsie tips thread? Can you please point me in the right direction to it please? I need tips! I just dont seem to be able to fathom if and when our local do the whoopsies.

Im sure each store is different with times and amounts, but any tips would be great!

Hi Lindos,
I found it by typing in "whoopsie tips" to the search bar at the top right of the screen, then click Forum and Go. It's the third one down, called "Only buying yellow sticker/reduced 2012 challenge" by Nikilala

Smart1e

tigerwhite wrote: »

Popped into T at lunch for a few more comfort (it's rude not to). Couldn't resist picking up 4 more tubes of Oral B toothpaste. I got DTD back on them last night so got them for free:j. Picked up the whitening one this time (instead of enamel protection) and asked one of the dozens of managers that were lurking to check the price for me. Came up as £3.50 so i thought "Bingo". OOD SEL was £1.75, expired 13th Feb. Bought 4 and at the til, they reduced down to £1.75 each.. boo hoo. Went and got a full refund so beware.

I can't bear to see so many managers/trouts/jobsworths hanging around the stores with their beady looking eyes. I don't like it

I'm just picturing the scenario if they did come up as £3.50, you get a trolleyfull, go to CS for DTD and said manager who told you the price is called over to authorise the DTD...the shame of it!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

tweets

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

I don't plan on taking any more unplanned sabbaticals but please keep an eye on it for me when I go on me hols next month.:beer:

And if you find any money down the back of my sofa it's mine!!!

I will keep my eye on it for you lo and behold any mess

Any money found will go in my piggy bank i started putting all money i found on my travels in there on Jan 1st will count it Dec 31st this year

stu007

ChelseaGirl wrote: »

Can I ask for a bit of advice please?

This Saturday evening I'm going to be child free so I'm thinking about going to T's to see whether I can get some decent whoopsies.

I just wonder though what time to go? Is there a rough time that things start getting mega reduced? Knowing my local store they won't hardly reduce their stuff. Every time I've checked in the reduced cabinet, they have stuffed reduced by about 20p. Useless!

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give. xx

Is really a case of establishing what your store does.

I've found mine has 2 fridges for whoopsies, and reduce by 10% the night before, then reduce fractionally through the next day.

For me Sunday is the best whoopsie day, the seem to remove all items from the fridges around 2.30pm then return them 80%-90% off around 3.10pm. I filled my freezer last Sunday.

Work out what your store does then you'll get some good whoopsies.

sorryaboutmywife

Car rear suspension went yesterday, sat stranded in a forest car park for an hour with 2 bored kids waiting for recovery truck. Amazed to find bill was only £55

Sold some pine shelves on ebay, buyer collected today £70 in the pocket. Then got email from someone else saying, do you still have these we will give you £200 for them :mad:

You win some, you loose some.

Brother's cancer is treatable, he says don't worry he will just need a wig for a bit :rotfl:
MIL's cancer also treatable so for now.

Frequent I am left handed too. I am useless with knives and scissors.

fourp

as some of you might know , HC and myself had a birthing of the cake bake off the other day , we had decided on an architectural theme and the top of HC's looked similar to the Mosta Dome while mine managed to re-create the leaning tower of Pisa , I decided to keep mine as a fruit cake instead of a Christmas cake as I didn't want to watch all the jam and slurried icing sugar slip towards one edge .
I just tried a slice (or 2) and it's bloomin' deelish , better than Mr Kips by a country mile .

lindos90

tigerwhite wrote: »

Hi Lindos,
I found it by typing in "whoopsie tips" to the search bar at the top right of the screen, then click Forum and Go. It's the third one down, called "Only buying yellow sticker/reduced 2012 challenge" by Nikilala

Ah thanks Tiger! Ive been trying the advance search and looking for 'whoopsie tips' as a title. Found the one I think you mean, its started by Victory though, not nikilala, so hope Ive got it right!

lovingtescoforever

They kindly gave me another £5 off when you spend £40. I can see this getting addictive!
£20 JTD voucher tomorrow
£2 Ariel voucher
Plus picked up a 30p voucher for onions. Handy as I need some onions:D

I better start writing my list for next week!:p