The ELITE Eggstra Easter thread

emerald21

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Hello all. (Although perhaps I don't need to greet you, as it became too late last night and I ended up not saying goodbye, so technically I could be treated as being on here continuously, even though I haven't been!:rotfl:) Anyway, welcome one and all and sorry for disappearing off without so much as a goodnight!

Chrisv, this is a very good offer, as it represents a saving of 33% (or even 50% if you do it right and make the £30 shop £20 elsewhere - the £10 refund, though, does come in the form of more goods next time and trick is to ensure that, if that next shop is below £10 and doesn't qualify, you only buy items that S are cheapest on (and preferably all N/A in A so that you couldn't have had 10% cheaper still off them via shopping in A). On this, S can open a new store near me every week if they want...

Anyway I'm waffling, so I'll get to the point...

Apologies for this somewhat belated reply tonight but if you bear with me (perhaps even till Friday) I'll get my lists precisely sorted out. Please see http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=5486 and http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=5487 for items that were, a few days ago, cheaper (and represented in my view v. good value) at T and A respectively. Much of this I suspect/hope will still be the same, and it should provide a good start for you (but you'll now need to check t.com or a.com, whichever one of these competitor of S you've chosen, to make sure T's/A's prices on the comparables haven't risen).

The reason I say "bear with me" is because T's offers are changing again, and therefore it's now time (next day or so) for me to check what's now on offer at T and apportion it to A and S as appropriate. (Everything goes to Avs T if it's available in A, otherwise to Svs T (and Tvs A as N/A in A), then if N/A A & S but on offer in T, goes onto straight-buy in T, filler on Tvs A (and filler on Tvs S)!!!)

On the last (and next) Svs A and Svs T I've put some Sains. own brand items. These are own-brands on which S - hopefully - is best value, as all own-brands are non-comparable under the BM scheme*.

I think the best way on a £30 shop is to do one shop this week (of very little over £30 S bill), consisting of around £20, on S prices, of branded items that are £10 at the chosen competitor - thus half price compared to S - and the remaining £10 being fillers that are branded non-comparable to the chosen competitor (this bit has to be done with care) and S own brands on which S is best value.

I tend to use MSM.co.uk for this, and do two separate parts, firstly the "BM shop" bit, putting the comparable cheaper in A/T items into my S basket till the amount is £20 at S and £10 cheaper elsewhere (unfortunately sometimes not all the branded items are showing when logged in and I then have to spend time adjusting it and calculating it on my computer's calculator).

When you've sorted out the shop and exactly how much cheaper it is in the chosen competitor, you can then add the fillers to bring up to £30 (these being best value own brands and, for the more expert of us, branded non-comparables on which S is cheapest - in the case of an Svs A these will all be non-comp to A, but may be available at T at either the same price or expensive/much more expensive, in the case of Svs T they will all be non-comp to T and, also, we hope, non-comp to A as well because, if we later find they weren't, then we could have had 10% off by buying them in Avs S).

Hope this helps - a good start is my two lists - I suspect the A prices may still be the same as they were - but do check as A may have increased prices on some of them. For Svs T, I'd wait two or so days, till we know what's now Avs T and what's, in default, S vs T. If any of the S prices have increased on branded items N/A in the rival, or on the own brands, don't buy them!

This time, with a £30 shop, I'd do one shop - of £20 BM £10 elsewhere + £10 fillers - and then use the brand match next week on £10 of items best value in S. Or use it next week against a £20 shop £10 cheaper elsewhere (get a Nectar card and your points are going up faster). Normally, I'd do a £20 BM shop and then go straight back in and use it on £10 of best value in S goods. This time however, as you're doing £30, I'd probably get the BM, take it away and come back and use it next time. Of course it depends on what you need to buy and how much you're spending.

Get a nectar card before you shop, use it every time and with own bag re-use, download Nectar search and use it on your internet searches each month up to the maximum, spend doing BM shops and they'll think you're spending more, perhaps soon invite you to Nectar adpoints, where you can collect points for viewing ads (but buy products based on here and not what you've seen), possibly around £3-£5 per month. Use double points coupons wisely, against BM shops that cost more (and not the 'best value' shops), use in conjunction with MOCs you've got, on items that are cheaper elsewhere.

Note: if you collect 500 points, you can have £2.50 off a grocery bill, but your total spend, to qualify for BM, then needs to be at least £22.50 (but my BM items usually slightly exceed £20 anyway and with a BM nearly £10, the £2.50 is then a good proportion off (£2.50 off £12.50 in effect, which is more than 10%, so if you get to that stage you're getting a little more than a price match, otherwise there's probably little point, of course the £10 off the first shop amounts to a lot more than price matching, or else it is a price match but with £10 worth of "free" goods - take this up, it's excellent!) If you use a brand match coupon against another BM shop, the BM coupon counts as if it were cash, so you don't need to spend £20+the brand match value, only £20.

*The S own brands are items which - hopefully - have no comparable equivalent in A (so we can't do 10% Avs S) and either S is (again hopefully) cheapest per g/ml on them (and there aren't other sizes at A, or at Avs a diff. competitor to S, or at T, W, M, etc. that represent better value than S) or S is cheapest and the equivalent item is also stocked at T (but not A) at the same price or more expensive. (Of course, if we were shopping at T, and not S, then, on the T-own brands, vs S, it would be items that are either non-comparable to S and cheapest in T (and also N/A in A so we can't 10% Avs T!) or cheaper in S (again N/A in A so we can't 10% cheaper Avs S).) I say "hopefully" as it's always possible I'm not aware of a better offer - unfortunately I lack absolute perfect information, although I try to get as close as I can to that, because of limitations of the time I have available to me.

I wish you were my husband

emerald21

Good Morning everyone. No more snow here thank goodness.

Cici_K

Witch_Hazel wrote: »

Still showing on mysupermarket :T

Finally a glitch we have enough of. Thank you:T

logie

Ok so not many minatures sold by both T and A but the following on 4 for £5 in A and 2 for £3 in T so for each 4 should get little PP for £1 back? May be useful for those wanting to make up the bottles of wine with 2 Finest Meal deals?

Hardy's Stamp Shiraz Cabernet
Hardy's Stamp Semillon Chardonnay
Echo Falls White Zinfandel

Obviously would need to make sure have 10 items etc

Chrisv

Savvybuyer wrote: »

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Apologies for this somewhat belated reply tonight but if you bear with me (perhaps even till Friday) I'll get my lists precisely sorted out. Please see http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=5486 and http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=5487 for items that were, a few days ago, cheaper (and represented in my view v. good value) at T and A respectively. Much of this I suspect/hope will still be the same, and it should provide a good start for you (but you'll now need to check t.com or a.com, whichever one of these competitor of S you've chosen, to make sure T's/A's prices on the comparables haven't risen).
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Thank you Savvy for your very comprehensive reply.
Not only have you given me a place to start from, you've answered other questions that I had in my mind - eg 'bag reuse' and 'If you use a brand match coupon against another BM shop, the BM coupon counts as if it were cash'. Very helpful.
Thanks again Savvy, I look forward to your updated lists.

AngelsMadv

Good morning, all! Catch up time!

squilliondollarbaby wrote: »

This method has been around for centuries but the logic is worth considering:
Hawk- the Latest Technique for Winning at Roulette

LMFAO! Really? The deluded community may be buzzing but all us mathematicians know that whilst this works in theory, it simply doesn't in practice due to the table limits. Imagine betting £1, then £2, then £4, then £8, £16, £32, £64, £128, £256 - ooops table limit £200!
So if you get either 10 red or black in a row (the record is 33!) you're screwed. :cool: Don't evewn get me started on what happens when 0 hits! :rotfl:

savingbabs wrote: »

Maybe a big Yorkshire meeting should be on the cards...

:eek:I'm there, if I can dig my way through :rotfl:

3Dogs wrote: »

Hiya guys, [...] I know that both of them will be happy in their new homes and I did the right thing, but it was hard to see that they are now re-homed in their new 'forever homes' :A[...]

Oh 3Dogs - You've got tears streaming down me from behind my glasses! I know how much I love my doggies so how hard it must be for you. You're such a strong person. :A:A

rhosynbach What a hectic life you've been leading. Hope you can put your feet up soon with a chocolate egg!

Savvybuyer Thanks for taking the time to do this detailed explanation those that require it.

Working and lurking today... :rotfl:

mc4martyc

kadison wrote: »

I did an A vs W shop earlier, why are things coming up n/a when they stock them at W? I've lost out by at least a fiver! :mad:

The two bold ones were on 3 for 2 at W and SHOULD have compared :cool:

3 x Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate Spread (400g)£5.70N/A
2 x Robinsons Fruit & Barley, Orange Squash with No Ad...£2.00£2.00
2 x Heinz Baked Beanz in Tomato Sauce (415g)£1.36£1.00
2 x Heinz Baked Beanz in Tomato Sauce (6x415g)£7.20£6.00
3 x Pro Plus Caffeine Tablets (48)£10.00N/A
1 x Dentyl Active Plaque Fighter Alcohol Free Mouthwas...£3.00£2.00
1 x Dentyl pH Smooth Mint Mouthrinse (500ml)£3.00£2.00
1 x Wall's Original Vanilla Viennetta (650ml)£1.00£1.00

It is generally believed now that APG don't recognize 342 or 241 offers at other supermarkets, only other multibuys seem to compare

Classy_Chick06

imposter wrote: »

Thinking out loud, a good strategy might be to buy 6 wines (e.g. the bottles currently on offer for half price like the Lionsgate etc) AND two Finest Meal Deals with the Montepulciano.

- You get the wines for 25% off the offer price (e.g. £4.99 wine -> £3.74)
- You get two Finest Meals for £6.26 each
- Also use a £2 Finest Coupon if you can, and £5 WYS if you want ot get more wine

And the Price Porkie is "manageable" at £3.98

Rinse and repeat

Dont worry about the size of the PP, a £10 one is VERY "manageable" as it is printed out at the till and you dont need your receipt when you redeem it.
No questions should be asked, and if they are, just say you did a £300 shop

wendyak

madmuppet5 wrote: »

Morning all

Just admiring me new carpets they are wool and were originally around £25 p.s.y.
(remnants from a manor house) :cool:

OOh, the smell of new carpet, my eyes are closed and I am in smell heaven

Call_of_Trouty

imposter wrote: »

Are Price porkies capped? In theory, if you get 6 Finest Meals with the Montepulciano wine (IF it is still comparing with A) then you should pay

£60 for 6 meals
MINUS £1.99 x 6 Price Porky for Comparison with A (will be a £11.94 PP)
MINUS £1.75 x 6 for 25% off £6.99 wine

= £6.26 per Finest Meal Deal

in THEORY! ;-)

I certainly wouldn't want to use such a big price porky in A for fear of trouts... not sure if T is any better with its porkies, haven't done a big one in an age!

The pp is capped at £10

You forgot the finest £2 off mocs which sa willing could take an extra £12 off, plus an extra £5 off if you have a helping hand voucher