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Designer retail outlets – are they worth the schlep?
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I like Bicester (got a mulberry there) & Street (got a couple of mulberrys at the factory shop nearby). I like gunwarlf, got a couple of Michael Korres there- clearly I have a major bag fetish!0
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I got excited when Radley opened at the York outlet, but the prices for one are still roughly what I'd spend on bags in a decade.Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.0
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Gunwharf is good.A minute at the till, a lifetime on the bill.
Nothing tastes as good as being slim feels.
one life, live it!0 -
At the McArthur Glen near us, the Next Clearance shop is crammed full of tat.
In the M&S Outlet, you can pay more for stuff you'd see in your local store in the 50℅ off sale - and you have to return it to the outlet if you change your mind.
A few decent kitchen stores.
And a Kurt Geiger shop that sometimes has good bargains.
I tend to go once a year, between Xmas & New Year. Arrive as they're opening & out a couple of hours later.0 -
Bicester used to be good when it first opened some real bargains but over time they are just not there anymore (for the stuff we like and use).0
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Definition of schlep in English:
schlep
(also schlepp)
VERB
[WITH OBJECT]
North American
informal
1 Haul or carry (something heavy or awkward)
‘she schlepped her groceries home’
1.1[no object, with adverbial of direction](of a person) go or move reluctantly or with effort.
‘I would have preferred not to schlep all the way over there to run an errand’
NOUN
North American
informal
1A tedious or difficult journey.
‘a rush hour schlep to the airport and back’
2 ‘all the schleps who say that 2010 was the beginning of a new decade are wrong’
another term for schlepper
Origin
Early 20th century (as a verb): from Yiddish shlepn drag, from Middle High German sleppen.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
I remember my mum saying schlep when I was a kid!getmore4less wrote: »Bicester used to be good when it first opened some real bargains but over time they are just not there anymore (for the stuff we like and use).
That seems to happen to a lot of the discount villages after a while. I used to love going to the Crabtree and Evelyn shop in Clarks Village years ago. After Christmas you could get the big gift sets for at least 50% off and many items were reduced by a lot more. The last few times I have gone the reductions weren't much more than you would find in the high street shops during sale time.
I think you definitely can find bargains in these places, but you need to stick to the brands you really know well so you can evaluate whether the price is actually a bargain.0 -
Jeez! Nearly 700 quid on 2 handbags?
I don't care what the RRP is - I thought this was a money- saving website. :eek:
And I'm still not convinced that 'schlep' is the appropriate word in this instance.0
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