Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

scamps1966

davemorton wrote: »

It's Grand National Day Tomorrow. We have done it in the past, so against my better judgement, as I am carp at organising things, we should try to raise some money for good causes. Usual rules apply. Pick a number, copy the list (highlight, then press Ctrl 'C'), then paste it into a new post (press Ctrl 'V') and I will do my best to keep up with the chaos. I will request someone as my trusty person who will keep a copy list to the horses/corresponding numbers to make sure I don't cheat. The winner gets to choose the cause and we all pay our £2 to that cause. I hope im not breaking any forum rules, as all charity links/donation links will be put onto the relevant forum section. As ever there's no obligation to take part at all, and if it all goes breastage up, blame Bubbs Oh, and if you pick a non runner/donkey/3 legged albatross, tough!
1. Anon
2.Hillbern
3.
4. hippychicky
5.Michaels
6.
7.
8. Diluvsdiscounts
9.
10. cjj
11. TM
12. JTS
13. TS
14. SnS
15. Hornetgirl
16. Sarahdol75
17. juju17
18.
19. pacifica9
20.
21.
22. Pandoraskids
23.
24.
25. Locarr
26.
27. AJ (tweets spending your money again )
28. Lfab
29. Chrisv
30. Tweets
31. BarleySugar
32.
33. MKS
34.
35.curl girl
36.
37.Scamps .
38.
39.MrsJoJo
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Morning peeps.

3Dogs

It's Grand National Day Tomorrow. We have done it in the past, so against my better judgement, as I am carp at organising things, we should try to raise some money for good causes. Usual rules apply. Pick a number, copy the list (highlight, then press Ctrl 'C'), then paste it into a new post (press Ctrl 'V') and I will do my best to keep up with the chaos. I will request someone as my trusty person who will keep a copy list to the horses/corresponding numbers to make sure I don't cheat. The winner gets to choose the cause and we all pay our £2 to that cause. I hope im not breaking any forum rules, as all charity links/donation links will be put onto the relevant forum section. As ever there's no obligation to take part at all, and if it all goes breastage up, blame Bubbs Oh, and if you pick a non runner/donkey/3 legged albatross, tough!
1. Anon
2.Hillbern
3.
4. hippychicky
5.Michaels
6.
7. 3Dogs
8. Diluvsdiscounts
9.
10. cjj
11. TM
12. JTS
13. TS
14. SnS
15. Hornetgirl
16. Sarahdol75
17. juju17
18.
19. pacifica9
20.
21.
22. Pandoraskids
23.
24.
25. Locarr
26.
27. AJ (tweets spending your money again )
28. Lfab
29. Chrisv
30. Tweets
31. BarleySugar
32.
33. MKS
34.
35.curl girl
36.
37. scamps
38.
39.MrsJoJo
40 its a secret 66


Added you in as did at same time it seems scamps

Woolco

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Of course, I distracted myself into a tangent of rambling and forgot to say what I meant to say.

Now this website has somehow transferred me to another website (albeit apparently 'owned' by MSE itself) and I've lost what I was posting:mad:. I won't be able to rewrite what I was saying but maybe this will make me succinct - whilst a 50p A price vs 50p competitor that comes out best overall is just 5p off (or 5p back) where it really comes into its own is with the glitches we get.

I was then on about the fact it's not always about targetted shops, but if you need vouchers in the first place to be able to buy items - those would be APG vouchers and you would then be having to use them at A and could just pay A's prices as A, whilst not always cheap, isn't a generally expensive supermarket across the range. Although competitors can go to better prices - for example half price is often better than A's rollbacks at £1, whilst A might give a low amount off (especially if the offer price of the competitor is lower, 10% is then lower) if a target shop is done at the time of the competitor offer plus a slight delay, you may need real cash to buy from the competitor - so might be better sometimes to buy at A's rollback price when on rollback there and just buy the one or two items with a womble. It's effectively free money to spend at A, which would need real cash to buy from the competitor.

I don't always buy at A though - on some or even many occasions particularly with essential items, one place or another - and it is a different place on each so still need to shop around and buy each at the best place - is cheaper than A on some non-comparable item, different pack size etc. no equivalent at A, and I'll buy the item at the place that has the lowest price. I can't buy at A and compare to Aldi for example. And S may be cheaper on Basics Chicken Pies as A doesn't have S/price. Buying a more expensive item at A would still be worse off, even if with a womble, as whether womble or real cash it is all the same as if the value was real cash. So you'd be best using the womble to buy more cheaper items at A, on which A was best, and then paying less cash at elsewhere rather than necessarily buying a more expensive product of same type at A with the womble and then not being able to buy the cheaper items that you would have bought at A and still needing cash to buy them from somewhere (as you still need those items).

I normally buy my Chicken Pies (if I buy them at all) from T - I don't know why as they seem to have very little chicken and have to be prised away from their foil once cooked which generally ruins them - I have been having to buy 4 Minced Beef & Onion from M as cheapest pies recently - but recently bought one pack of Chicken Pies from S - and, at same price as T, was much better - more chicken it seemed to me and came out of the foil easily. I was buying from T to get CC points, but only bought from S of course as I had an exact £2.50 in Nectars to spend (I know you can double up but I never need to buy any of the non-grocery items ever anyway so just prefer to spend the £2.50 or £5 and do so on the few items on which S actually is 'good' value). In fact it was my third S that happened to have the pies, after trying two stores that had no stock of "sale items". It wasn't really costing me to travel to different stores as I was walking and getting my exercise by walking around my local area. I finally bought something when at my final store and given the final option of what items I was able to buy that day. It was the only one that had the pies - I wondered whether to spend the £2.50 on a shop at all or to leave with nothing and then be able to buy the 50p Rapeseed Oil later that my first store was OOS but might come back into stock and have no Nectar points to spend if I did a shop now. I think I made the right choice though - of apparently also buying a large bag of sweets on the day their offer seems to have ended - as I went back to my store with the Rapeseed Oil SEL on sale, whilst stocks last, that I was told was something that might come back into the store later - and I don't think I will ever catch up with it later as now no trace at all in the store. No Rapeseed Oil there (of the right one) and SEL has completely gone as well now.

I may buy two more packs of pies at S when I have freezer space back later, now I have another exact £2.50. Of course 50p on something else preferably without buying anything that is more expensive at S than elsewhere. Or I will buy Mince Beef & Onion in future from M as I generally like M more than S that are usually v.expensive on quite a lot of things in my view and just don't really like S or T that much:rotfl:. Think I won't buy Eday Chicken pies at T anymore as they are not as good as the Basics ones currently are at S. Unless this "negative feedback" on the internet maybe gets seen by T and they change their pies in response - you never know!

I mentioned nothing about chicken pies, or rapeseed oil, in my OP that I lost:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. I [Strike]don't[/Strike] know why I ramble. (Or, rather, keep editing my post to add further thoughts, that then make me ramble.)

Hi. Well thanks again for this. I don't see it as rambling. I love this information. Will take everything onboard and see what I am doing but if I am honest, the asda price guarantee is probably not how I can stretch my money too much. When I go down there, I will try the womble but as I say I don't see till receipts as most of the trolleys are in the shopping centre. They have wheels that lock when you try to go outside to taxi rank. So Savvybuyer thanks again.

pandoraskids

Woolco wrote: »

Hi. Well thanks again for this. I don't see it as rambling. I love this information. Will take everything onboard and see what I am doing but if I am honest, the asda price guarantee is probably not how I can stretch my money too much. When I go down there, I will try the womble but as I say I don't see till receipts as most of the trolleys are in the shopping centre. They have wheels that lock when you try to go outside to taxi rank. So Savvybuyer thanks again.

Check the reduced counter - you can get some real bargains, especially if you go later in the day

determined_new_ms

It's Grand National Day Tomorrow. We have done it in the past, so against my better judgement, as I am carp at organising things, we should try to raise some money for good causes. Usual rules apply. Pick a number, copy the list (highlight, then press Ctrl 'C'), then paste it into a new post (press Ctrl 'V') and I will do my best to keep up with the chaos. I will request someone as my trusty person who will keep a copy list to the horses/corresponding numbers to make sure I don't cheat. The winner gets to choose the cause and we all pay our £2 to that cause. I hope im not breaking any forum rules, as all charity links/donation links will be put onto the relevant forum section. As ever there's no obligation to take part at all, and if it all goes breastage up, blame Bubbs Oh, and if you pick a non runner/donkey/3 legged albatross, tough!
1. Anon
2.Hillbern
3.
4. hippychicky
5.Michaels
6.
7. 3Dogs
8. Diluvsdiscounts
9.
10. cjj
11. TM
12. JTS
13. TS
14. SnS
15. Hornetgirl
16. Sarahdol75
17. juju17
18.
19. pacifica9
20.
21.
22. Pandoraskids
23.
24. determined new ms
25. Locarr
26.
27. AJ (tweets spending your money again )
28. Lfab
29. Chrisv
30. Tweets
31. BarleySugar
32.
33. MKS
34.
35.curl girl
36.
37. scamps
38.
39.MrsJoJo
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elainemn

determined_new_ms wrote: »

It's Grand National Day Tomorrow. We have done it in the past, so against my better judgement, as I am carp at organising things, we should try to raise some money for good causes. Usual rules apply. Pick a number, copy the list (highlight, then press Ctrl 'C'), then paste it into a new post (press Ctrl 'V') and I will do my best to keep up with the chaos. I will request someone as my trusty person who will keep a copy list to the horses/corresponding numbers to make sure I don't cheat. The winner gets to choose the cause and we all pay our £2 to that cause. I hope im not breaking any forum rules, as all charity links/donation links will be put onto the relevant forum section. As ever there's no obligation to take part at all, and if it all goes breastage up, blame Bubbs Oh, and if you pick a non runner/donkey/3 legged albatross, tough!
1. Anon
2.Hillbern
3.
4. hippychicky
5.Michaels
6.
7. 3Dogs
8. Diluvsdiscounts
9.
10. cjj
11. TM
12. JTS
13. TS
14. SnS
15. Hornetgirl
16. Sarahdol75
17. juju17
18. Classy_Chick06
19. pacifica9
20. elainemn
21.
22. Pandoraskids
23.
24. determined new ms
25. Locarr
26.
27. AJ (tweets spending your money again )
28. Lfab
29. Chrisv
30. Tweets
31. BarleySugar
32.
33. MKS
34.
35.curl girl
36.
37. scamps
38.
39.MrsJoJo
40 its a secret 66

Good morning. Can I have number 20 please.

Classy_Chick06

determined_new_ms wrote: »

It's Grand National Day Tomorrow. We have done it in the past, so against my better judgement, as I am carp at organising things, we should try to raise some money for good causes. Usual rules apply. Pick a number, copy the list (highlight, then press Ctrl 'C'), then paste it into a new post (press Ctrl 'V') and I will do my best to keep up with the chaos. I will request someone as my trusty person who will keep a copy list to the horses/corresponding numbers to make sure I don't cheat. The winner gets to choose the cause and we all pay our £2 to that cause. I hope im not breaking any forum rules, as all charity links/donation links will be put onto the relevant forum section. As ever there's no obligation to take part at all, and if it all goes breastage up, blame Bubbs Oh, and if you pick a non runner/donkey/3 legged albatross, tough!
1. Anon
2.Hillbern
3.
4. hippychicky
5.Michaels
6.
7. 3Dogs
8. Diluvsdiscounts
9.
10. cjj
11. TM
12. JTS
13. TS
14. SnS
15. Hornetgirl
16. Sarahdol75
17. juju17
18.Classy_Chick06
19. pacifica9
20.
21.
22. Pandoraskids
23.
24. determined new ms
25. Locarr
26.
27. AJ (tweets spending your money again )
28. Lfab
29. Chrisv
30. Tweets
31. BarleySugar
32.
33. MKS
34.
35.curl girl
36.
37. scamps
38.
39.MrsJoJo
40 its a secret 66

Morning guys, No 18 please.x

elainemn

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I had a Saturday job in Woollies. I started off in Fancy goods, moved onto pick and mix and ended up on the deli. I couldn't work the scales so just put whatever I thought in a bag:rotfl:

My Saturday job was in Boots. I loved it.

TM - last night at my A, there was another satsuma mountain but this time the nets. Must have been 8 tubs reduced to 5p. We were all being encouraged to take AMAP and there was still 4 full tubs when we had all filled our trollies.

Serendipitious

Good morning all

elainemn

Classy_Chick06 wrote: »

Morning guys, No 18 please.x

Can you add my number 20 to your list please - think our posts crossed. thanks