Boots sale

surfsister · 16 January 2013 at 5:06PM

Dina_Lady wrote: »

Is it better to get a hideous necklace (for example) that is completely wrong for you but worth £20, than a necklace worth £5 that is your taste and style?
Amount spent isn't everything.

quite true I bought a lovely bracelet in a boutique for my friend for £15. It broke the first time she wore it!!! sure she'd rather have had a huge sanctuary gift set worth £40!!! lol!!

Dina_Lady · 16 January 2013 at 5:07PM

lovenectar80 wrote: »

Of course, but i'm not talking about myself or the rest of us here.
My point is that the recipients may well realise, and wether it's a good present or not, I think it's a risk as some people may be offended if they realise they were only worth spending £5.

I got just 2 things in the sale this lunchtime (not much in the small branch I went to) and I hope my brother doesn't realise in December 2013 that I got his FCUK birthday present in the 75% sale 11 months earlier! i do love shopping for a bargain, but I hope the things I get people are good presents

JINXUK · 16 January 2013 at 5:09PM

lovenectar80 wrote: »

True, but it is a little more complicated. If someone for example had given you a £20 gift (and did this regularly) and then they realised you only spent £5 on a gift for them (but the gift was originally worth £20) then although they'll appreciate the thought, and the gift is still worth the same they spent on you, it's kinda insulting to them if they realised you went out of your way to spend so little, stored it for a year and tried to pass it off as similar value to what you give to them regularly.

In a way, the thought that's actually gone behind this kind of present giving is "you're not worth me spending as much as you spend for me".

If you're the kind of person who is more concerned about the amount of money that gets spent on a gift then you need to stop being so shallow and offended on what you're given and more thankful that someone has enough good will to give you anything.

lovenectar80 · 16 January 2013 at 5:15PM

JINXUK wrote: »

If you're the kind of person who is more concerned about the amount of money that gets spent of a gift then you need to stop being so shallow and offended on what you're given and more thankful that someone has enough good will to give you anything.

You might want to re-read my post and realise i'm worried about offending the person I give to, rather than being offended myself.
Like i've already said, this kind of present giving is find between like minded friends and family, but it is trickier when you know someone always buys full priced items and is generous to you. I do feel a bit guilty and worried that they'll realise, wether the gift is worth the same and magnificent or not. I think it's perfectly normal to worry about offending the recipient of your gift, it might not be a huge deal, but it might be a little embarassing & you don't want the recipient getting the wrong idea (that they're not worth it) - it's got nothing to do with myself or the recipient being shallow or obsessed with money.

freddiesmum09 · 16 January 2013 at 5:17PM

Went to high wycombe eden this morning, was really nice, calm, civilised waiting outside with mainly other women but a few husbands/OHs! Probs only about 15 of us max at 9am when the store opened... Everyone that got in first did get 1st grabs of the best stuff but there was no actual grabbing/pushing. Or not that I saw.

I got 5 of the NO7 facial sets, lots of FCUK for OH/BILS and my brother, no7 mans set with face wash/shampoo and a few other bits and peices.

By the time my boots 'sack' thing was full the whole store seemed to get suddenly swarmed with people, checked I got everything I needed so not to be tempted with impulse buys and paid.. Spent all £45 of points on my advantage card so didn't have to actually pay..woo!

All staff really friendly and nice, my mum dropped one set and a lovely SA picked it up for her, he could have just left it to get trampled on as by this time it was chaotic..lady that served me also really nice.

No mad ebay shelf swipers at our store early on luckily, but there was a few people getting a lot of each item and it did look like some of it would be going on ebay, 4 or 5 ikea bags full of stuff just for your friends and family? Oh well... as they are not greedy with grabbing/snatching/blocking aisles I don't really mind... sounds like some stores had some really hardcore ebayers/carbooters ruining it for everyone which is a shame

Can't believe its all over for another year, debating where to go next year already

hope everyone was lucky and got everything they needed/wanted

bigbargainaddict · 16 January 2013 at 5:18PM

Just had a look at the website to see what was left.... when items have sold out why do Boots not remove them from the website?
It's a big tease...... this is what you could have bought!

Please Boots remove the sold out items from the list, its not as if you will be able to restock

Ruth_honey · 16 January 2013 at 5:18PM

Still catching up with the last 5 pages of posts, but wanted to say if anyone is thinking of going to Beckton (Gallions Reach), don't bother. Very, very little there and what's left isn't very good. Came out empty handed, but got some bits in Ilford (big store by Argos). Got there around 11am & it wasn't too busy. Staff were only just starting to put the 75% off signs up. One commented to me that they only found out about the sale this morning-the customers knew before they did!

I got a Guinness pie set, which I'm going to give DH for valentines as he's quite into making pies at the moment. 2 address books & a notebook. Some Christmas post it notes, two board games and a card game.
They had several big red boxes-Champeys, I think. Quite a few Fearne hat boxes, no S&G at all. No Santuary either. Oooh, lots & lots of the Budweiser ice buckets with bottles in.
Not as much left as last year, though.

Gina_of_course! · 16 January 2013 at 5:20PM

lovenectar80, maybe make something to go with the boots gift, no price can be put on handmade,

and what says " I value you" more than the time, attention and passion that can go into making something special.

Hsl500 · 16 January 2013 at 5:20PM

Personal and just my opinion these days if anybody thought that tough I'm the one who's bothered , for me it's the thought that counts I know how hard ppl struggle I don't give to receive I bought friends and there children Xmas but got nothing in return dodnt expect anything my friends there if I need a shoulder and vice versa so much more precious than material things

JINXUK · 16 January 2013 at 5:20PM

It's like suggesting that someone would be offended if i gifted a thousand pound diamond watch but the recipient dislikes the gift because the gift giver bought it at an amazing 75% of rrp. People like that aren't worth worrying about.