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lookinforabargain

Morning all

Off to do a 'normal' shop today :eek:
We've run down the freezer and now there's nothing left and the cupboards are looking pretty bare apart from cereal, but apparently OH doesn't appreciate cereal for his dinner :rotfl:

Here's hoping the Easter Eggs come good for us in A's as well :j

Queenriderbrekke

3Dogs wrote: »

Evening guys

Congratulations to Bailey for her fantastic win :j :j

Hope Snap-Ant and Vanilla Twist enjoyed their birthdays :beer: :beer:

I haven't done any clearing the bedroom today. I didn't get to sleep until 6 am and didn't get up till 3 pm Took the dogs out and a scrapman lorry was in the next street, ringing his bell. I told him that there was an old broken hydraulic jack out the front of the house and that I had some other bits for him round back, so he took the jack and sorted through the stuff in the garden for anything metal, getting that out of the way

He also quoted me £60 to clear the rest of the stuff and there's lots there I can assure you, old garden chairs, pots, trays, rotting fence posts/panels, big rotting trunk, old wooden stair/dog gate, etc etc etc, so he is coming sometime tomorrow to clear that out for me. I have cleared the hallway tonight so he has a 'clear run' from back door to front door. Glad I have vinyl down and not carpet as it will be messy, with the stuff having been out there for so long :eek:

It would have cost me more to hire a skip and would have meant friends coming to do it for me, so it will be well worth the £60 to get the last of the rubbish out of the garden, it will make such a difference :j :j :j :j

Hope he's registered for peoper disposal of your rubbish and isn't just going to dump it somewhere in a wood/lay by:(

lookinforabargain

RootedNomad wrote: »

Thanks - game on It is the Roses one



In the offer but can't see it on msm my end.

This one and any two of the ones on msm that show T price as £2 (but not till they update ....)

Doesn't show for me either

Queenriderbrekke

Anon wrote: »

Good morning

T PP results in from breakfast shop. Optivita and free range medium eggs in our favour, Butcher's choice Cumberland sausage and Onken Natural, dried apricots and sliced mushrooms N/A.

I bought 4 deals (2 of each) and got £4 odd back, so not brilliant but better than nothing . Also shows it is working as we want it to, just prices are not favourable (Butcher's should compare against £2.89/£2.30).

Reports were that Walls 8 thick should give a better return.
Anon

To be fair it is a cracking deal before any PP, I was hoping that the Cumberland compared but they didn't for me either:)

RootedNomad

pattylabelle wrote: »

How did you work that out RN?

I posted this some time ago on the last thread

"Easter egg offer 3 for £10 at A, there are a few eggs on the shelves in my store that do not appear for me on A.com or MSM

Hot Wheels 75g
Marvel Heroes 50g and Puzzle
Hello Kitty Carry tin/suitcase 90g
Disney Princess 55g
Family Guy 75g
Tango & mug 120g
Cadbury Roses 307g
Rowntree Randoms

These are the ones I saw but there may be others......

I think some of these are in the Morries 2 for £7 offer but I can't see the full range online - need to pop in store later.

TBH, these are all on the shelf at £5 each and 3 for £10 at A, and they aren't worth even anything like the 3 for £10, but may be worthwhile if they glitch like the xmas chocs did. But it needs a really good offer elsewhere and there don't seem to be any yet. The only egg of any substance in that list is the Cadbury Roses one - now just need to wait till there is a good offer elsewhere and hope it does not get added on A.com "

Most of these have since been added on msm, but not the Roses and the Hot Wheels.

Have been keeping an eye on the Roses one :rotfl::rotfl:

BUT, as the Roses one is not on msm it is likely to act as a "trigger" but not appear on the APG, which is confirmed by your womble Patty. Need to bear that in mind tomorrow when making sure there are 8 items or more.

FloFlo

RootedNomad wrote: »

I posted this some time ago on the last thread

"Easter egg offer 3 for £10 at A, there are a few eggs on the shelves in my store that do not appear for me on A.com or MSM

Hot Wheels 75g
Marvel Heroes 50g and Puzzle
Hello Kitty Carry tin/suitcase 90g
Disney Princess 55g
Family Guy 75g
Tango & mug 120g
Cadbury Roses 307g
Rowntree Randoms

These are the ones I saw but there may be others......

I think some of these are in the Morries 2 for £7 offer but I can't see the full range online - need to pop in store later.

TBH, these are all on the shelf at £5 each and 3 for £10 at A, and they aren't worth even anything like the 3 for £10, but may be worthwhile if they glitch like the xmas chocs did. But it needs a really good offer elsewhere and there don't seem to be any yet. The only egg of any substance in that list is the Cadbury Roses one - now just need to wait till there is a good offer elsewhere and hope it does not get added on A.com "

Most of these have since been added on msm, but not the Roses and the Hot Wheels.

BUT, as the Roses one is not on msm it is likely to act as a "trigger" but not appear on the APG, which is confirmed by your womble Patty. Need to bear that in mind tomorrow when making sure there are 8 items or more.

Tesco have had a lot of eggs go on offer today, might be worth having a look to see if they would be good to match against.

SpiralingDown

Mrs_stinkface wrote: »

Morning world.
.....
I had a go on the bingo last night, omg it's so bleeding dull. Don't think I'll bother with that one again. :rotfl:

I thought the same about the bingo so left DS watching it, OMG how excited he gets when he only needed one number! He was bouncing when he got £22 and took him a while to fall asleep last night, he's already making plans for 'his' winnings :rotfl: I've told him he can have the £12 but I'm getting my initial £10 back, I think that's a good deal for him.
I couldn't do it often, I'd be bored to tears but I can see how it would get people addicted. I always set myself limits, I know the odds of getting even the initial money back. Last night DS managed to play through £30 including the bonus money so a loss of £8 if it was all my own money, I don't think so! it'll be closed down when and if I get my cashback.
I had to explain this to DS last night, his dad used to repair and test gaming machines so I know full well how easy it is for people to get addicted and how much money people lose and how much the company wins. I used to help in the collections and the lowest week was £16000, the average was £30000!!! There was quite a bit of money going through those machines each week and sad to watch some of the people fritter away their money when their kids were either sitting in buggies or playing at their parents feet for hours on end because they didn't want to leave the machine incase someone else got their winnings. The worst bit was that they didn't even realise they would always be the loser. One woman loved coming in after a collection because she thought that it was a luckier day but I can say that it never mattered, you're as likely to win on that day as any other one.
Thankfully doing this sort of job really put me off those machines, I'll stick to the 2p nudgers just for a bit of a laugh, I only ever lose a pound or two so not a big deal. If I wanted to try out a machine we were allowed to so long as we reset it after we'd finished but this was purely so some of the staff could then tell punters how easy or difficult the game was, we were never allowed to take the winnings as we were playing with the money from the machine in the first place so no loss for us .
Sorry post ended up going off on one of my usual tangents

FloFlo

Bang goes my working from home today, no cover so off I trot.

Evangeline1971

New updated list of cashback offers. Shopitize is still the same, does anyone know when it updates? Also is it correct that you can only claim each item once with both Topcashback and Shopitize as its not clear?

Item- Number to buy- Cashback- App- Valid Dates
Activia 0% Fat Free Cherry, Forest Fruit, Blueberry & Strawberry Yogurt (8 x 125g) 1 £0.40 Shopitize
Alpro Soya low fat desert 4 x 125g 1 £0.30 TopCashback
Andrex White Toilet Tissue 4 Rolls 1 £0.60 Shopitize
Aquafresh Extreme Clean whitening & pure breath 100ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Aunt Bessies 6 Boat Shaped Yorkshires 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Aunt Bessies Glorious Jam Roly Poly (300g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Aunt Bessies Homestyle Gravy Clssic or Chick (1.50) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Aussie shampoo & 2in1 300ml (all varieties) 1 £0.80 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Batchelors Pasta n Sauce (all varieties) 2 £0.40 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Belvita biscuits 300g (all varieties) 2 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 10/03
Ben & Jerry's ice cream and frozen yogurt 500ml (all varieties) 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Bertolli 500g Spread 1 £0.15 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Birds Eye garden peas 800g 1 £0.40 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Birra Moretti 4pk 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Bold 2in1 liquitabs 20 washes (all varieties) 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Bonne Mamam Strawberry Jam 370g 1 £0.50 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Bulmers cider 568ml bottle (all varieties) 3 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Bulmers cider 6pk & 8pk 568ml bottle (all varieties) 2 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Cadbury cake bars 5pk (all varieties) 2 £0.50 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Cadbury Crème Egg 2 £0.50 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Carte Noire Coffee (100g) 2 £1.50 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Cheese Oddities (5 x 25g) 1 £0.60 Shopitize
Chicago Town Takeaway Pizza (645g) 1 £0.40 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Coke 24/30 x 330ml (all varieties) 1 £1.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Coke 2lt bottle (all varieties) 2 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Coke 500ml (all varieties) 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Colgate Advanced White Toothpaste 100ml 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Copella orange juice 750ml (all varieties) 1 £0.30 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Cravendale Fresh Filtered Semi Skimmed Milk (2 litres) 1 £0.30 Shopitize
Cravendale milk 2lt (all varieties) 2 £0.50 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Dettol Surface Cleanser spray 1 £0.20 TopCashback
Diet Coke (500ml) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Dolmio pasta bake 500g 1 £0.25 TopCashback
Domestos bleach 750ml (all varieties) 2 £0.40 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Doritos dip 1 £0.30 TopCashback
Dr Pepper 500ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Fairy All in 1 dishwasher tablets 1 £1.00 TopCashback
Fanta 2lt bottle (all varieties) 1 £0.35 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Fanta 500ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Fanta Twist 500ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Finish quantum 30pk (all varieties) 2 £3.60 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Florette Crispy Salad bag 200g 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Florette Salad bag 200g (all varieties) 1 £0.40 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Fosters 12/15pk cans 1 £2.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Foster's 4pk cans 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Fosters 650ml bottle 3 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Foster's Gold 660ml bottle 3 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Foster's Gold 6pk 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Fox's Rocky bars 9 pack 1 £0.15 TopCashback
Frijj milkshake 1 £0.10 TopCashback
Go Ahead Yogurt Breaks - Strawberry (6 x 36g) 1 £1.30 Shopitize
Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream 500ml 1 £1.00 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Happy Egg Co free range eggs 10pk 1 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Happy Egg Co free range eggs 6pk (all varieties) 2 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Heineken 2/15pk bottles 1 £2.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Heineken 4pk bottles (all varieties) 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Heineken 650ml bottle 3 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Heinz Baked Beans 4 Pack 2 £0.75 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Hot Cross Buns (6 pack) 1 £0.10 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Hovis Best Of Both Bread 800g 1 £0.40 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Hovis sliced bread 800g (all varieties) 3 £0.75 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Jacobs Cream Crackers (300g) 1 £0.40 Shopitize
Jaffa Cakes (12 pack) 1 £0.55 Shopitize
Jaffa Cakes (12 pack) 1 £0.40 Shopitize
Jaffa Cakes twin pack (24 pack) 1 £1.00 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
John Smith's 12/15pk cans 1 £2.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
John Smith's 4pk cans 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Jus Rol Light Puff pastry sheet (320g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Puff pastry Block (500g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Puff pastry Blocks frozen (2 x 500g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Puff pastry sheet (320g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Puff pastry sheets frozen (2 x 320g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry Block (500g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry Block (500g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry Blocks Frozen (2 x 500g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry sheet frozen (320g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Jus Rol Shortcrust pastry sheets frozen (2 x 320g) 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Kellogg's Coco Pops(550g) 1 £0.80 Shopitize
Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes (750g) 1 £1.20 Shopitize
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares Totally Chocolatey (4 x 36g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Kellogg's Special K Red Berries (320g) 1 £0.70 Shopitize
Kenco Millicano instant coffee 100g (all varieties) 1 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Kronenbourg 2/15pk bottles 1 £2.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Kronenbourg 4pk cans 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Laughing Cow cheese spread triangles 16pk (all varieties) 2 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Lilt 500ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Little Dish Beef Lasagne 200g 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Chicken & Butternut Squash Pie (200g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Chicken Risotto 200g 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Fish Pie (200g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Mini Ravioli with Spinach & Ricotta (230g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Pasta Bolgnese (200g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Pasta with Cheese Peas & Broccoli Trees (200g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Little Dish Spaghetti and Meatballs (200g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Loyd Grossman sauces (all varieties) 2 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Lurpak Spreadable Lightest 1 £0.50 Shopitize
Macleans Whitening and Maclean White & Shine 100ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Marmite 500g 1 £0.80 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
McVities Milk Chocolate Digestives 400g 1 £0.25 Shopitize
Mini Baybybel 60x 20g 1 £0.20 TopCashback
Mr Kipling Bakewell slices 1 £0.20 TopCashback
Newcastle Brown Ale 550ml bottle 3 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Nutri-Grain Breakfast Biscuits - Oats & Honey (6 x 44g) 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Old El Paso Fajita Kit 500g 1 £0.50 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Penguin Bars - Original (9 x 24g) 1 £0.30 Shopitize
Pringles Original 190g 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Pringles Sour Cream & Onion 190g 1 £1.00 Shopitize
Quaker Oat So Simple porridge sachets 10pk (all varieties) 3 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Quorn fillets 6 pack 1 £0.50 TopCashback
Ready Brek Squeezers (6 x 45g) 1 £0.35 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Ribena Blackcurrant 1 litre 1 £0.30 TopCashback
Richmond 12 Thick Sausages 1 £0.30 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Richmond Irish Recipe 8 Thick Sausages 1 £0.60 Shopitize
Robinsons Double Concentrate 1.25l 1 £0.50 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Rocky bars 9 pack 1 £0.15 TopCashback
Saxa Table Salt 750g 1 £0.30 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Schweppes lemonade 2lt bottle (all varieties) 3 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Sensodyne tootpaste tube 100ml/75ml (all varieties excluding Pronamel & Repair & Protect range) 1 £0.35 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Sharwood's wrap kit (all varieties) 1 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
SMA Gold first infant milk powder 1 £0.50 TopCashback
Sol 4pk 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Sprite 500ml 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Strongbow 12/15pk cans 1 £2.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Strongbow 4pk cans 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Sunbites 6x25g (all varieties) 3 £0.80 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
The Happy Egg Co free range eggs 10pk 1 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
The Happy Egg Co free range eggs 6pk (all varieties) 2 £0.70 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Tiger 4pk 1 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Tiger Beer 640ml bottle 3 £1.50 Quidco 25/02 to 03/03
Tomatoes salad/classic or essential 6pk 1 £0.25 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Twinings Peppermint Tea (20 bags) 1 £0.30 TopCashback 25/02 to 03/03
Walkers crisps 12pk (all varieties) 2 £1.00 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Walkers Doritos dip 1 £0.30 TopCashback
Walkers Sunbites 6x25g (all varieties) 3 £0.80 Quidco 25/02 to 17/03
Wrigleys Extra 5 pack 1 £0.20 TopCashback

emerald21

Hi I just thought I'd share my find lol. The basics ( or whatever the term in Morissons s is lol ) black currant juice is really nice i think. It's not to thick and sweet like Ribena etc and makes quite a refreshing warm drink and ....... It's only 28p. I discovered it by accident recently.

I couldn't drink a cup of tea for the world myself but hubby does and someone told me about the Sainsburys s value or whatever tea bags so i bought some and are good and strong according to him and a bargain at 39p a box.

As 3 s my lucky number. the last one I recommend is the Tesco value cornflakes at 31p for a 500g box. I know a lot of the cheaper cereals taste inferior but in my opinion they taste just the same as Kellogs.

Have you noticed how all these cheaper items are at foot level so people miss them and just pick up the dear items at eye level. Hth s:)