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  • I also have 5k limit and use my account a little too regularly. I always get a slot (and with 4 boys under 6, I use it) but not this time :-(

    Would anybody please check whether any boys sunsafe suits are in the sale?? Will buy full price before the free delivery to store goes if not....
  • very interesting...my limit is also 5k and no invite for me either... I wouldn't mind but I religiously buy something from all of the directories...there haven't been any where I haven't ordered from.

    I've spent near £700 since December and yet I know people who haven't even ordered from the Spring and Summer directories and have had a vip slot. So much for loyalty... I don't seem to get the 15% previews either any more !!

    I pay my account off every month so it would be interesting to know if many of those who get slots always have a balance and NEXT want to make extra money by encouraging them to spend and then charging interest on the balance ???
  • repton
    repton Posts: 76 Forumite
    Little Jo - there are 14 different styles in the sale - hth
  • meme123
    meme123 Posts: 110 Forumite
    Iv still got a balance on my account and have 5k limit too, only got about £200 to pay off so still got loads to spend. No slot for me either. I was just thinking that few years ago I always got first slot ahi used to pay about 100-200 off my account each month but now I pay about 50 and no slot could be linked??
    :j meme123
  • repton wrote: »
    Little Jo - there are 14 different styles in the sale - hth

    Thank you for that....looks like an early start at Meadowhall is on the cards for Saturday then :-(
  • alx2013
    alx2013 Posts: 404 Forumite
    Surely these 9 o'clock starts cannot be right. You would still need to queue up early just to get in the front of the queue. Not worth hours of my life!

    Hopefully they just haven't updated the webpage yet.

    It's 5 a.m. - hideous!
  • alx2013
    alx2013 Posts: 404 Forumite
    Little_Jo wrote: »
    I also have 5k limit and use my account a little too regularly. I always get a slot (and with 4 boys under 6, I use it) but not this time :-(

    Would anybody please check whether any boys sunsafe suits are in the sale?? Will buy full price before the free delivery to store goes if not....

    I'm after some for my boys too...
  • I have a £5K credit limit and now try and keep my account clear if I can and feel this may impact on my not getting a slot as I dont pay Next very much interest these days. I am still a good spender though. When I always had about £1-2K spent and I was paying them a lot of interest on the account I always got a first slot! Having a £5K limit should not guarantee a first slot, but surely should guarantee a turn at one?! As said before, I have not had one for a couple of years now.
  • alx2013
    alx2013 Posts: 404 Forumite
    I have had an account since 2008 and only paid interest on one bill because I was going on holiday and a bit tight for money so paid half the bill.
    I was shocked at the interest rate, it's crippling and was calculated on the whole bill even though I had paid half off - so I never made that mistake again!
    I have had many VIP slots, and good ones so I don't think it is related to paying/not paying bills off
  • clairelh
    clairelh Posts: 137 Forumite
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    I'm another with a 5k limit and I don't have a slot at all, never mind an early slot. I've never had an early slot - ever. I also find that quite often I'll get a slot and people will get an invite after me will get offers of an earlier slot in their drop down list!! :( I order from nearly every catalogue and rarely send things back.

    I would much rather be told that the selection is completely random than to be told there's a criteria, that I always meet, and never seem to benefit from.
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