Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Picasso7

bargainqueen8 wrote: »

yes the dtd,jacobs creek rose,baileys,racks of lamb,pringles are a few i remember from those days that was when i first started on mse really.the magnums i was thinkin of was a different one you could get cornettos as well,we got ours from the local express,i miss the work experience doing the wed promos.:rotfl:

I am still getting through the dishwasher tablets from that DTD promotion which ended on the same day as the Royal Wedding! Those racks of lamb were wonderful. Sadly my local T didn't stock them which rather cramped my style a bit and it was very late in the day before I discovered an Extra reasonably close by which I had not realised was there. But they were absolutely delicious. Do I remember that they were either free or that they paid us to take them away?! Happy days.

We still do really well even though the days of that OTT DTD have gone as have the days when they would take any coupon. I remember when I bought my first flat and the interest rates seemed to be going up every month. I used to use any coupon I could find, but they were not numerous as I couldn't afford mags, and there didn't seem to be whoopsies around either, except sometimes from market stalls. I really struggled to make ends meet, cycled to work and couldn't afford to eat out at all. Far more freebees around now, though I don't underestimate how hard it is for some people to make ends meet.

Picasso7

SweetnSavvy wrote: »

No it's finished but they'd left the signs up, so they had to give me a refund for one bottle and a £2 giftcard for overcharging me.

Sns

Fantastic! My store never makes mistakes like that... Well done you.

Picasso7

simone10 wrote: »

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Used to be able to, but not since we had to register APG's to our 'in-store' accounts.
Till adjusts your APG value to only include permitted purchase items.
So if you had groceries to value of £5 and put in a GC for £10. Then presented APG's to value of £15. The till adjusts the value of the APG to £5 - so you still have to find payment for the £10 (and lose £10 value on your APG's so don't risk it!)

What a shame! Thank you so much for letting me know. I shall not risk it. I shall buy ill-fitting bedding instead, I expect.

elainemn

simone10 wrote: »

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Used to be able to, but not since we had to register APG's to our 'in-store' accounts.
Till adjusts your APG value to only include permitted purchase items.
So if you had groceries to value of £5 and put in a GC for £10. Then presented APG's to value of £15. The till adjusts the value of the APG to £5 - so you still have to find payment for the £10 (and lose £10 value on your APG's so don't risk it!)

But if you buy wine that is £5 and 3 for 2, the till sees £15 spent so you can get a £5 gift card and pay with apg's

elainemn

pippo wrote: »

Oh sorry TS it's a one off called 'Barry's Bargains' in Consett, Co. Durham.

Today's haul included 8 full sized lion bars - £1
Battenburg 40p
Tubs of white drinking chocolate - 50p
8 (big) bags of walkers crisps £1
12 pack of Cheddars - £1
3 boxes of Jacobs Crisptoasts - 60p (they are really nice!)
1.35 litres Fairy WUL - £1

The shop grew from a market stall and most things are around about their sell by date. It is a great shop for all the things that are bad for you, chocolate, biscuits, crisps etc.
The cakes are usually Mr Kipling's or M&S without the packaging!

They also have black pudding and and pease pudding for us northerners!

PS haven't tried the coffee yet, it might be carp!

hi Pippo
I am originally from Consett and know barries very well. My cousin work there.

Saversue

davemorton wrote: »

It seems 'thinner' to me, I have put my screen size up to 125% and it still isnt touching the edges.

Just don't like it, hate things changing, don't know where anything is and can't see as many posts at once.

Tinyshoes wrote: »

It was announced few weeks back that the stretchy skin was going...

But it said I could still have the newer green one when it changed, but I have got a horrible blue one now.

bargainqueen8

Picasso7 wrote: »

You can buy ill-fitting clothes and return them without a receipt for a credit note. I do this in a large store and go to CS straight away so that the price doesn't have a chance to change.

i`m not sure because i thought we had discussed that with the ap vouchers they wouldnt issue a credit note with those and the wording is v,similar on these.if i hadnt used the ap vouchers to buy sheets i would have stocked up on bedding,it may have to be that again.:o

mhoc

I have deep envy of everyones bargain stalls and shops this afternoon, even though technically I am not needing anything

Especially ground coffee which OH buys - mostly he buys it for work
And the gingerbread candles, my own fault as they were still around at the start of April when we got home ...

We have though made it to Sainsburys today with the recycling. Mostly I was in search of shopimum freebies which our store does not stock but I live in hope.
I did though get the free Primula cheese tubes for shopimum - good for going on the numerous free crackers type things we got last month.

Sainsburys are making a huge effort to promote their own brand items now at lower prices - they are actually making a very good effort so if anyone normally avoids Sainsburys then its worth another look see - every section has red lower priced SELS - off the top of my head I noticed on the cook in sauce section various curry and spiced type jars for 63p and pasta type sauces for 83p or similar - much lower than the branded versions. At first glance I wondered if they were RTC but it seems to be the new low prices.

For instance

Sainsburys have their own brand cat food tins in gravy - they have just rebranded their own cat food and they are part of the low price range. The packs of 6 tins are now £2.30 (were £2.50) so that's 0.38 per can - cheaper now than Aldi canned food which is/was 0.39p a tin - so a regular shopping list item has now gone from the Aldi list onto the Sainsburys list :eek:

Saversue

Where do I find my Smilies?

HILLBERN

Thanks IzzeyB for Ainsley:T

Only 2 flavours to try:(

22 items (8 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison
Asda tesco
1x Wham Raspberry Flavoured Bar (16g)£0.10N/A
5x Ainsley Harriott Broccoli & Stilton Cup Soup (72g)
£5.00£2.50
0.14x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg)£0.10£0.10
1x ASDA Smart Price Chicken Instant Noodles (65g)£0.20£0.20
10x Ainsley Harriott Cream of Wild Mushroom Cup Soup (75g
£10.00£5.00
1x Maoam Giant Strawberry Stripes (1pk)£0.10£0.10
1x Swizzels Refreshers Original Lemon Flavour (18g)£0.10£0.10
1x Barratt Flumps (12g)£0.10£0.10
1x ASDA Classic Tomato Ketchup (470g)£0.45N/A
2x Bertolli Block with Butter & Olive Oil (250g)£3.20£2.00
Comparison total (compared products only)£18.80 £10.10