Boots sale - now 90% off

bigbargainaddict

dallam20 wrote: »

I too have been doing the boots sale for years quite by accident to start. I think this site is a lot to do with it as it is advertised in the newsletter. I feel sorry for those who have awful experiences particularly if like me you are buying for christmas and birthdays rather than to sell on.
I think that those of us that have been going for years can usually work the date of the sale out and that we should not contribute to these threads in the lead up to stop the madness that some stores see. Call me mean but I hate greed.

I think ebay has spoiled the bargain hunt - I buy to stock up for Christmas and Birthdays. I can't believe some people have so many friends and family that they need 5 or 10 of one item. - Clearing the shelves is pure greed to make a couple of £ profit. Ruined for everyone else.

tracie_80

lors71 wrote: »

re ebay......i only like sanctuary and missed the ultimate glow tin...i just bought on ebay brand new £15 and £5 postage??im utterly baffled(unless they nicked it!!!)...40p listing fee,£1.50 selling fee..was the tin not £12.50 in sale??.plus paypal fee...and a fiver postage ...if i remember last years box was heavy...i sell loads on ebay so good luck to them posting this second class for a fiver....nutters

My thoughts too, Oooooo and the paypal fee. There is no profit to be made!

sarahj1986

Ep007 wrote: »

Wow it's a bit heated on here today...I tend to agree with your post....I got enough smellies at Christmas and I used to work for boots and always stocked up on gift sets but then could never work out who to give them to so most went to charity....if you genuinely will use them or give them as presents good luck to you....but beware spending for the sake of a bargain...it's not a bargain if you don't need them !! Nowt for me!!

exactly! It is only a bargain if its needed. For me I didn't "need" anything, there was a few items I wanted for myself. Friends/family who I would buy this for don't have birthdays until later on in the year, I wouldn't have anywhere to store it until then and I would probably forget so for me to buy it for them isn't a saving because Id end up forgetting I got it and buy extra!

KentishLass

bigbargainaddict wrote: »

Went to Westfield W12 this afternoon - Not a great deal left. No S&G, No7 or any other major brand. Some people were still managing to fill big bags/baskets though! Also, there was a power failure and we had to wait about 30 mins for the tills to come back on!

Try the little boots in the W12 shopping centre over the road! I was in there this afternoon and they had a small S+G kit and some No7 mirrors/eyeshadow sets, some Sanctuary, not much of anything else though

louise.shorty

People have just started adding items on to local Facebook For Sale sites, just as bad as ebay resellers but worse because they're making loads of profit. I'm all for making a bit of money but it seems wrong to buy a soap & glory set this morning for £6 (that was £20) another that was slightly different for a similar price and then put up a pic of individual items, half from each set ranging from £3 for hand food up to £7 for lotion (the price of one whole set)!! Or is this just what people do?!
It seems a bit underhanded to me. It's not like it's been made into a hamper or something - just bought and sold in it's raw state, all she did was buy it! I felt I had to comment on it and have sparked a bit of a FB row but despite being labelled as 'duplicate xmas presents' it's blatantly somebody who took the bits they didn't like from their bargains this morning and is now selling them on. I think if they had been lower prices it wouldn't bother me so much or the deception that it was duplicate presents. She denied she got them in the sale but too much of a coincidence! I guess it's none of my business really, which I also added to the comment - just winds me up!

Now come the vtech toys!

I can spot it all a mile away because I've been staring at it online or in store for the last day or two!

Rant over:mad:

bigbargainaddict

KentishLass wrote: »

Try the little boots in the W12 shopping centre over the road! I was in there this afternoon and they had a small S+G kit and some No7 mirrors/eyeshadow sets, some Sanctuary, not much of anything else though

Thank U, will have a look tomorrow (they might find some more stock)

fay66

I use the minis for travelling abroad and the hair sets are really good as me and my daughter are trainned hairdressers, we wear makeup every day hence the sets and its something we are always buying so delighted the only thing is they are packaged so nice I don't want to open them

badlass

Oh here we go....

This is an un-monitored inbox, please do not reply to this email as you will not receive a response.

We are writing to you about your recent Boots order.

The response to our 70% off sale has been phenomenal and because of this some of the items you have ordered were unfortunately out of stock when your order reached our warehouse. We apologise for any disappointment this may cause.

Once your order has been processed you will receive an email confirming what will be included in your order. In the event that all the items you have ordered are out of stock we will send you a cancellation email informing you of this. Please be assured you will not be charged for any item(s) we have been unable to send.

Once again we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.

Regards

Boots

Sophie165

Same Badlass - I placed an order at 6am this morning when I woke up for work. 7 items in the order and have just received that e-mail. But they haven't told me which items are out of stock?!

It's time Boots got their website in order r.e. stock!!!

kattybtm

I just got the same email:( not impressed after setting alarm for 3 the staying awake until 5.10 when sale went live. How they can say they weren't expecting that much demand is ridiculous!