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  • Snap-ant
    Snap-ant Posts: 15,944 Forumite
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    marrbett wrote: »
    Hi Snap, what did you use instead of the corn syrup?Is golden syrup the same?

    :o:o:o I don't know

    but Google says - Golden syrup for light corn syrup and treacle for dark corn syrup

    :)
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    If all else fails - read the instructions...

  • fuzzgun19
    fuzzgun19 Posts: 7,767 Forumite
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    tigerwhite wrote: »
    Anyone want to know what i got?? You lot are not playing ball.... ok, I'll tell you.:D

    Dolce Gusto Krups Red coffee machine, £109 but an out of date SEL saying £59.50 (dated 2nd Oct):eek:. I nearly jumped for joy when i saw it!! DTD of £99 given no problem, even without me asking :T:T

    http://www.tesco.com/direct/nescafe-dolce-gusto-mini-me-automatic-play-select-red-and-arctic-grey-by-krups/433-3541.prd?icid=spiffy_dolce%20gusto_433-3541_dolce%20gusto
    Wow well done tiger!..i'll have to pay more attention to sel's next time i'm in T!
    I Hate Jobsworths!!!
  • sarnd
    sarnd Posts: 1,123 Forumite
    Well done Tiger, fab bargain with the coffee machine & champers :T

    Did anyone order any of the Aix &Terra foody stuff from achica and have it dispatched yet? I'm past my est delivery date for this and its still not moved past order placed :( Not sure if there's just a delay with this or whether my order is cancelled.
    now has her .com delivery but doesnt know where to put it :o
  • Snap-ant
    Snap-ant Posts: 15,944 Forumite
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    :)

    Achica rubber door mat has arrived. Very rubbery, wipe your shoes & it scrunches up :(

    Won't be complaining ;) :rotfl:
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    If all else fails - read the instructions...

  • Getting the wife to hit A for SK and Fajitas tonight...woop, I love glitchy chicken...!

    ! Dont do them in the same basket, SK against Tesco and Fajita`s against Sainbobs
    It`s nice to be important, but its more important to be nice.
    The world is full of people throwing stones at us. Its what you do with them that counts. Build a wall or build a bridge.
  • Tweets_2
    Tweets_2 Posts: 1,144 Forumite
    My online shop from this morning.

    Why £20.88

    32 items (18 different) on your bill qualify for comparison +£16.35

    1 x Shades Best Ever Toilet Tissue White £8.00 N/A
    2 x Viscount Mint Round Chocolate Biscuits £1.00 N/A
    4 x Glenryck South Atlantic Pilchards in Tom Sauce£4.36 £4.00
    1 x McVitie's Penguin Wafers - Triple Chocolate £1.17 £1.00
    3 x Tetley Tea Bags (160 per pack - 500g)£9.00 £6.45
    1 x Uncle Ben's Rice Time Pot Spicy Tikka Masala £1.50 £1.00
    1 x Uncle Ben's Rice Time Hot Mexican Chilli £1.50 £1.00
    2 x Fox's Vinnie Limited Edition Collection Tin £10.00 £6.00
    1 x Burton's Wagon Wheels Original (6)£1.16 £1.00
    1 x Burton's Jammie Wagon Wheels (6)£1.17 £1.00
    1 x McCain Hash Browns (700g)£1.65 £1.65
    1 x Bernard Matthews Golden Turkey Drummers £2.00 £2.00
    2 x Nescafe Original Coffee Granules (300g)£8.00 £8.00
    1 x Huggies Pure Baby Wipes (64 per pack x 4)£3.50 £2.66
    2 x Kellogg's Special K Moments Biscuits Blueberry £3.50 £1.34
    2 x Kellogg's Special K Moments Biscuits Strawberry £3.50 £1.33
    2 x Kellogg's Special K Biscuit Moments Chocolate £3.50 £1.33
    4 x Chosen by You Evaporated Milk (410g)£2.36 £2.28
    1 x Smartprice Mixed Vegetables (1Kg)£0.75 £0.75
    2 x Pringles Cheese & Onion (190g)£3.00 £2.48
    2 x Nestle Quality Street Matchmakers - Cool Mint £2.00 N/A
    2 x Nestle Quality Street Matchmakers - Zingy Orange £2.00 N/A
    Comparison total (compared products only)£61.62 £45.27

    Trigger was ferrero cone but was subbed with a 300g tray of ferrero.
    Spec K blueberry was subbed with Nutrigrain and the Huggies wipes compared too so I'm a happy bunny :)
    Many a mickle makes a muckle.
  • M4RT1N
    M4RT1N Posts: 1,500 Forumite
    EMMAP wrote: »
    I think that's interesting Princess Savings. But did Ts really intend for us all to get packets of biscuits for around 4p? :rotfl:

    If so they're currently operating at a loss!



    a friend of mine has a brother who is a ceo for a major supermarket and he told him that they would rather put surplus stock in the crusher than give it away at silly prices

    example they had cages full of £29 kettles that did not have the eu safety sticker on them rather than pay somebody to put a sticker on the box

    they scraped all of them

    and they did it with large screen televisions because I know the person that picked them up for recycling brand new in the box told to destroy them all yes right he thought;)

    at the time the tvs were £899 each he had a large van full for recycling
  • Snap-ant wrote: »
    :o:o:o I don't know

    but Google says - Golden syrup for light corn syrup and treacle for dark corn syrup

    :)

    Golden syrup would work, but would alter the taste (nicer than corn syrup though!). In the US aisles in Mr Ts a good equivalent is light Karo syrup. Also liquid glucose would do the trick too :)
    'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good'
  • Yep... Hubby took one today ... He never takes cereal bars :)

    :rotfl:mine took 4 boxes of cereal bars to the office this morning, he never has breakfast:)
  • MKS
    MKS Posts: 10,328 Forumite
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    Morning everyone :)

    Boots has musical mobile £24.99 now half price and also 3 for 2, so £12.49 for three. If you add 3 x Lynx deos for £5 and the code for 1000 points wys £50, then it comes to £17.49 and 1415 points. Need to add a couple of other things up to £20 to get free delivery to store.

    http://www.boots.com/en/Bright-Starts-Soothing-Safari-2-in-1-Musical-Mobile_1245551/

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=63344544&postcount=1400

    I am sure you can play around and get other stuff in the 3 for 2 rather than 3 of the same mobiles, but there are only a limited number left, hence not posting on Grabbit.

    Thanks, RN.

    Am away at the moment so not really caught up. Can you, or anyone explain/point me in the right direction?

    Thought that I'd seen a post about £56 of nail varnish at Mr Shoes and got £51+ back in points. Sounds good for DGD.
    TIA
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