Boots sale - now 90% off

Hsl500

I'm hoping I can get to Speke Liverpool tomorrow but got an apt 10am can't miss
May try online but not holding out much hope, I only really want few enchanted make up sets to put away birthdays

Thanks

Love_A_Bargain

Katgrit wrote: »

I wrote this last year and it went down well so here it is again for all you newbies!


For those of you new to this heres what happens, by law, every single year:

1. By day of sale 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 accidentally 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. The lovely MSE'er whos flat overlooks a Boots store does a reccy in her pyjamas around midnight to double check the signs are up.
12. 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 completely.
13. 4am Site back online, complete with Mr FakeTanTeeth. Those who are able (and still awake) fill their baskets ready for when 75% discounts kick in. Website crashes, holding screen back up.
14. 6am. Website back, discount applied, sales goes live but all baskets back to
being empty. People start frantically refilling baskets.
15. 6.01am. Website crashes.
16. 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".
17. 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.
18.Think all female rubgy scrum.
19. Bemused husbands/dads stood at ends of isles to recieve full baskets/trollies/
bags and act as guardian while wife goes back for more.
20. Small child crushed under weight of Gok sets placed ontop of pram while
Mother scrabbles under shelving for dropped advantage card.
21. Innocent passing elderly couple who just called in for some fibogel get caught
up crush but too overcome with amazement of discount to complain.
22. 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.
23. 10am. Boots run out of carrier bags.
24. 11am. Website back up but everything sold out.
25. 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.
26. A lucky MSE'er who forgot all about it just happens to wander past a local Boots store on her way back to work from the a dentist's appointment. The 75% sale is on, but they have stumbled upon the only Boots in the country that no-one else has been to. Rows and rows of No7 gift sets and plenty of Joules bags left. No pushing, no shoving, the whole Boots store to herself, with SA's kindly holding her bags for her.
27. Thats it. Done and dusted. All over for another year!

I love it and sooo true! 12, 13 , 14 and 15 drives me crazy....then when am fed up I get ready and head out to the shops.:D

chattmum

I think to keep us entertained for the next few hours a game is needed to help for tomorrow and take you back to your childhood lol


I packed my bag (big handbag) for bootsing and in it I put.........

Bags full of more bags

Who's next ? Lol

Hsl500

Money often helps lol

toni_

Is it ok to take a big carrier bag then and put stuff in there before paying? They do have baskets but I think last year they all went so quickly

yummum2009

not long now i normally just read these threads but finally joined , been going the last couple of years cannot wait for tommorow morning got my eye on the champneys white case hope i get one or two lol my bf is coming he wasnt impressed last year holding all the stuff but hey ho he can play xbox tommorow evening when its all over lol x

Storck

Anyone gone and played hide and seek with potential bargains for tomorrow? Or is that classed as bad form?

That used to happen where I once worked, day before big sale people would accidental move things to back of shelves, under shelves etc.

plymouthscubagirl

I read that earlier and thought it was a great idea. Would be mortified if I got caught doing it mind

Storck wrote: »

Anyone gone and played hide and seek with potential bargains for tomorrow? Or is that classed as bad form?

That used to happen where I once worked, day before big sale people would accidental move things to back of shelves, under shelves etc.

nottslass_2

Got the alarm set for an early start tomorrow !!

Route Planned !!

Riot gear and hard hat are ready !!

OH on stand by to pick me up if I can't get my haul on the bus !!

Advantage card ready to collect lots of lovely points !!

Not that I'm excited or anything...............

Choco1208

Katgrit, I loved your post. Thank you so much. Made me smile

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I can't make it to the store. I have a newborn and a toddler. They are playing up so much and I'm on my own

I need to order a few bits for an event. What time shall I start checking online? And what is the best way to order? I've added items to my basket, but I'm certain these will be cleared. Please help...