Boots sale

ang1234

Lindy_-_Loo wrote: »

The birkenhead branch has started its 75% off sale today - apparently it wasnt supposed to start today. My friend and I got lots and the shop was very busy, still lots left though

I called Boots and they have said that only selected items are reduced to 75% off and these should be marked as so in store, everything else is still 1/2 price and that she doesn't know why they have done that as they usually do 1/2 price then 75% off. So could be just the things like OOTW's that haven't sold very well? Im going to have a look after work tonight and see whats what, I hope that helps

Littlereddevil_2

Popped into boots today and was told sale may start tomorrow as by Monday they need to have all the sun stuff out by then

juliebunny

Ah, same old, same old..........this could be last years thread, pretty much post for post!:rotfl:Would be great if Boots would do something different different this year for a change....all the rumours and then they do the same thing every year, boooring!!

And all the lurkers on here take the information and grab the goodies without sharing anything or so much as a thank you....:mad:.....hoards of ladies at Lakeside last year (and one bloke witha trolley taking ALL the perfume sets) ripping the shelves apart and standing guard over around 20 Ikea bags full of stuff.

I NEED NOTHING!! :eek:

Giggle

If it was to be tomorrow would the sale start on line and 12 tonight

Littlereddevil_2

Giggle wrote: »

If it was to be tomorrow would the sale start on line and 12 tonight

Tbh I'm not sure,I don't believe them either.Anything that happens in boots (ie glitches and 75% always starts on a Wednesday apart from Boxing Day sale that is) still I could be wrong and it won't stop me going past and looking for any signage that may get put up tonight

Own_My_Own

juliebunny wrote: »

Ah, same old, same old..........this could be last years thread, pretty much post for post!:rotfl:Would be great if Boots would do something different different this year for a change....all the rumours and then they do the same thing every year, boooring!!

And all the lurkers on here take the information and grab the goodies without sharing anything or so much as a thank you....:mad:.....hoards of ladies at Lakeside last year (and one bloke witha trolley taking ALL the perfume sets) ripping the shelves apart and standing guard over around 20 Ikea bags full of stuff.

I NEED NOTHING!! :eek:

:rotfl: so made me laugh. I have never been in a store on 75% day, as always at work. But I believe you fully. People become animals.
Wonder if any of them are on here ?

The thing that really makes me mad are the newbies who sign up purely to ask
'Has is started yet ? Does it start next Wednesday ?'
Maybe I am a grouch, but I so feel like answering,
'Go to their site and have a blo0dy look :mad:. I am not your mother' :mad:.

miss_emmajane

I will take a trip over to my local Boots store if the 75% does start tomorrow, had my eye on a couple of Joules sets that I hope they still have left!

74jax

Katgrit wrote: »

For those of you new to this heres what happens, by law, every single year.

1. By 2nd week in Jan this thread will be up to approx 157 pages.
2. Every other post is a newbie asking which Wed the sale starts on.
3. Loads of people swear blind that last year it started a week earlier than it actually did.
4. Each Tuesday's posts contain details of someone's sister's neighbour's friend's boyfriend's Mum, who knows someone who works in a Boots store, who swears blind its DEFINITELY starting that Wednesday.
5. A few hardcore MSE'ers stay up til 3am on the website just incase it does start.
6. Wed morning: sale doesn't start. A few individuals who didn't know are still sitting outside their local branch refusing to believe it in the vain hope the staff are still "putting the signs up".
7. There's always ONE store who c0cks up and DOES start a week early. And the tills don't knock the discount off but the enthusiastic SA's overrides the til to give the discount, until the manager re-reads his fax from head office. So one lucky forumite always gets lucky by accident.
8. The Tuesday evening before it DOES start theres always at least one grumpy git store manager who swears blind they "won't be having a 75% sale at all as they haven't sold enough at 50%". And he's been told this on a fax from head office, so he knows for definite. Honest guv.
9. Someone's dog's sister's collegue's friend's Mum overhears 2 SA's chatting about the need to put the signs up that evening after the store is closed. She asks SA1 who gives her an icy stare and denies all knowledge. SA2 later sidles up to her in the shampoo isle and gives her a knowing wink and a whisper of "Are you a friend of Martin? Don't let on I told you but it IS tomorrow".
10. Boots stores are full of MSE'ers casing the joint, sizing up whats left and deciding on their route round the isles/plan of attack for the morning.
11. Half of us stay up to buy online. About 2am Boots put up "the holding screen" which is a picture of Skeletor with a bad fake tan, and giant white teeth, in a ski hat. Everyone gets excited. Website crashes.
12. 4am Site back online, complete with Mr FakeTanTeeth. Those still awake fill their baskets ready for when 75% discounts kick in. Website crashes.
13. 6am. Website back, discount applied, all baskets back to being empty. People start frantically refilling baskets.
13. 6.01am. Website crashes.
14. 7am Queues start forming outside Boots stores. Always a fat chav in leggings accompanied by 2 shopping trollies who is first in the queue. She wants everything "for the kiddies charity party next year, you cant say no at such a good price". Translate this as "it'll be going on ebay or at the boot sale".
15. 8/9am stores open. As doors unlock staff look a bit disgusted that people have been desperate enough to queue. Stampede into store. Everyone gets seriously pee'd off with the ignoramous with the trolley who is sweeping entire shelves of goodies off in one fell swoop, having blocked off the isle at both ends.
16.Think all female rubgy scrum.
17. Bemused husbands/dads stood at ends of isles to recieve full baskets/trollies/bags and act as guardian while wife goes back for more.
18. Small child crushed under weight of Gok sets placed ontop of pram while Mother scrabbles under shelving for dropped advantage card.
19. Innocent passing eldey couple who just called in for some fibogel get caught up crush but too overcome with amazement of discount to complain.
20. 9.30am Queues at tils bigger than the 8am queues outside. People staggering out of stores laden down with bags, like a heat of Worlds Strongest Man.
21. 10am. Boots run out of carrier bags.
22. 11am. Website back up but everything sold out.
23. 1pm. Stores everywhere sold out. Shelves empty like desecration after a swarm of locusts has decended, bar some Yardley gift sets and half the contents of a fern hatbox.
24. Thats it. Done and dusted. All over for another year!

Hope this helps!

To quote someone over on the Boots 75% off thread...

ANM

That excerpt REALLY made me laugh, especially Number 18.

rocketman80

Hsl500 wrote: »

Anybody know if liverpool have Speke or town?
Thanks x

Speke's my local and its not started there yet. Loads of Ted Baker, Sanctuary and No 7 sets left....