Boots 75% Sale

SUESMITH_2

bought a few bits in ours at 50% off, but not a lot as even at 50% some stuff was still poor value - ours had loads left and lots of people like me picking stuff up and putting it back. i have never known them have so much stock left at this time.

was wondering if they might bring it forward as they have nowhere in ours to get the summer stuff out

Ramblings

My local boots could stock the country with Sanctuary and Champneys sets, seriously shelves and shelves of the things, if I can get some at 75% then I will, wasn't going to pay 50% but that bit extra would make a big difference!

Katgrit

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!

loobylou232

Spot on Katgrit!

sillybilly2011

Love it katgrit!!! Made me laugh!

Parisian

LOL HILARIOUS Katgrit!

Goldiegirl

LOL Katgrit, as a newbie that is very helpful!! :rotfl::rotfl:

Re point 10 - I must admit I'm considering casing the joint on the Tuesday before the alleged sale is due !

Northern_Mum

Loved your post Katgrit! Especially number 14!

pleasedelete

Haha and just remember it is overpriced tat to begin with and even at 75per cent off it is still tat that no-one wants- thats why it's 75 per cent off! And if you stock pile the tat to give to your auntie or granny she will then give it to the charity shop (where some mser will buy it and recycle the never ending boots tat). I have a theory that it never gets used just passed as unwanted gifts from person to perSon (over 80 sets at school tombola from Boots this year alone).

Nothing says I couldn't give a dam about you and I couldn't be arsed to buy you a present more than a last year Boots set.

Hollie84

Lol Katgrit
Funnily enough my store wasn't like this at all, just a couple of people and no queues outside at all.
Im after the soap and glory stuff, my store had 4 shelves full of the £60 sets, no way was I paying for it at even half price.