Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Bikertov

Honeybee1978 wrote: »

Good afternoon,

Can someone plase help me, do electric toothbrush compare for APG?

michaels wrote: »

Some certainly do - I got one for 80 that compared against 40 or less (never used the apg as only purchased the toothbrush to return in order to use up some large apgs that were going out of date and was told that both using the apg and returning the toothbrush would be immoral)

Haven't been on here for quite a few months ...

Yes they do. I got a c.£45 APG around Xmas time when I bought one, and used it with a few raised eyebrows. But as it was legitimate and not a glitch I had no qualms at all.

underperky

tweets wrote: »

Took mum to visit care home and :dance::dance::dance: Wednesday after work she will be moving in :j:j:j

Was there with mum and Hilary nearly 2 hours had a :coffee: and tour went all over and mum chose her room

We also stopped and chatted to staff and other inmates :cool: :rotfl::rotfl:

Mum even knows were she will be sitting for her tea on Wednesday and met the couple she will be sitting with a lovely married couple.

Mum seemed a lot happier she would have stayed

Got taxi back to old care home but went in pub first :beer: and had our dinner and mum had a pot tea she said that was 2 lovely cups she had had that day in pub and new care home :T:T:T

I have left her enough clothes in old home and fetched others home to wash even though they clean they will smell better blowing dry on the line

Glad you found somewhere that you are both happy with

Sunshinemummy

Fab news tweets x

mrsmac10

Tweets. Lovely news for you and really good ad if close to you. Now once she has moved in, try to get a few days to pamper yourself

Sunshinemummy

mrsmac10 wrote: »

Tweets. Lovely news for you and really good ad if close to you. Now once she has moved in, try to get a few days to pamper yourself

Very good advice, you need to look after yourself x

northerngeezer

Hi guys..firstly sorry for not posting regularly..

But just found out my third year post cancer scan is clear..

Thanks for all your blessings throughout the last few years

Savvybuyer

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Persil Bio Washing Powder - 100 Washes (7Kg)£10.00:eek:
Persil Non Biological Powder - 100 Washes (7Kg)£10.00:eek:

On Wednesday it became clear to me that the M list was quite embarrassing after Monday's update. To anyone wondering whether I still had the Persil Bio Powder to add to the list, I can now confirm that indeed I had. I have now opened my eyes and I can see it, completely obvious, at the entrance to some people's stores.

My excuse is that it has not been at either of my two stores on Monday. I realise this is no good as I should have been psychic and guessed its existence elsewhere. Both my other stores on Wednesday had it and it was almost the first thing I noticed on going through the doors!

(Perhaps someone else has only Bio Powder at their store and not Non Bio and was wondering why I had added Non Bio when it's clearly, to them, just Bio (that can't see Non Bio at another store) and they might have thought I had got it wrong when of course I never get anything wrong ever do I?:p:rotfl: Actually there are the occasional rare errors from time to time that get picked up and corrected the time later - or maybe there are some that I never notice. I shouldn't have thought so though.)

The Persil 100 washes boxes seem a bit expensive at standard 10p per wash though:eek::rotfl:, given that Surf Tropical 130 washes went to £9.99 in Farmfoods recently. Probably changed and gone back up by the time I mention it here? Again, it's hopeless as I got caught by that earlier when it was 2 for £22:eek: (I thought the mbuy was probably a bit expensive but still bought into it:wall::() - as I was spending £25 and got £2.50 voucher off, that's therefore now immediately slashed the voucher value to 48p:(. I was buying three tubs of spread at £1 each with the washing powder and thought the spread was good, only for Heron Foods to put it on offer at 89p later (though it is now more expensive there). So, I could have got the washing powder from Farmfoods (and not had to buy it twicefold) and the spread from Heron Foods, even three tubs, when that was 89p each - so, another 33p lost, and my "£2.50" voucher really had 15p printed on it:(. Again - like pulling teeth to try to save money and so easy to make your voucher almost valueless. (In fact it was clearly valueless - or worse - actually costing me money:eek: - as my car journey to Farmfoods is a nominal 50p per journey so, that's now lost all the remaining 15p and paid 35p petrol more:(:(:(:mad::p.) I should have stuck to Heron Foods, within walking distance, for the spread and not bought the Surf powder at all. Although we would then need some washing powder, so I'm not sure how that works out. Maybe just the £9.99 box +50p nominal petrol cost on visiting Farmfoods when it went to that and not bothering to use these costly cond.spend vouchers at all, that get you to spend more than you would have done.

Meanwhile, I initially thought my M list is now no longer embarrassing. However, it is still embarrassing as one of the washing powders is now written in bold, indicating it has only just been picked up when it seems almost clear that M extremely likely had it at the outset when the other version was found. My bold is now there as a reminder that it was missing from the list before and itself draws attention to that matter, so the list is still embarrassing until both products disappear into the list on the next update.

I had the Non Bio 100 washes before, after last year's Black Friday, but I lost it from my stores soon afterwards and, after months of not seeing it and 'it's going to be somewhere else because items always are - they never truly clear from absolutely everywhere', I think I saw Surf 100 wash:( at another retailer at £10:eek: and used that as the excuse I needed to remove the Persil Non Bio 100. Or else maybe I found Persil Non-Bio 100 wash at £9.99 somewhere else so that immediately helped me to pretend I had not lost the product in M. I wonder now if M had Persil Bio 100 all along and that I only ever saw Persil Non Bio:o - or even that both these products have been continuously somewhere since Black Friday so someone will be shouting at me that both should have been on the list at the outset, both should have remained there throughout, should never have been removed for all these months (although £9.99 elsewhere gave me the excuse) and why are you only now putting them back on Savvy?:rotfl:

bubbs

northerngeezer wrote: »

Hi guys..firstly sorry for not posting regularly..

But just found out my third year post cancer scan is clear..

Thanks for all your blessings throughout the last few years

NG, lovely to see you and :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:jfab news xx

davemorton

:beer:n Great news NG!

Savvybuyer

Savvybuyer wrote: »

3xNestle Princessa Wafer - Zebra (37g)Any 3 for £1.00 [Strike]until 24/7[/Strike] until 15/7 then buy in M:p until 24/7 See Coconut version on Avs M.

It seems my obsession with TBG ending has begun. This sort of note now looks set to appear on all items now temporarily on Tvs M that currently have a stated expiry date of beyond 15/7 in M (the date when TBG is set to be on its final day of operation). If T is more expensive than M after that time, that seems exactly what should be done - buy in M! I can't take account of T's coupons or vouchers - I assume they will not now be used if the cost even after a coupon etc. is still more expensive than the straight cost at M, if there is no additonal CB specific to T or not available to M that makes the cost from T less expensive. Just so complicated:doh:!:rotfl: T's current more expensive offer is due to run until 3rd July so it's possible they could price-match M before 15/7 - though prices and pricing will of course change and go down and up so certainly needs keeping an eye on to ensure you aren't paying more than a competitor.

Actually (assuming no change in pricing at T) the Zebra Bar should be moving to buy in M only rather than buy in M - you can of course buy everything branded on Tvs M in M itself instead and don't need to buy nine more items. So "Buy in M" has always extended to include "T vs M" above it and the only time there seems any benefit is if there are coupons off higher T price in T or CB that isn't also available to purchases made in M. Anyone shopping in GB that has a T and doesn't have an M is now left to finding equivalents that are good value to buy in T instead or to wait for T offers to come around or find a non-M retailer that is cheaper than T if there is any available.

(In fact, it's not strictly correct even to say it is now going to be buy in M only as current Tvs M (and every Tvs M until it ends) includes items that are same price at M as another non-T retailer, so could be Tvs S as well if S is same price as M, so could be buy in S or M. They wouldn't be Tvs A as well as Tvs M, if A and M are same price, as equal best price competitor to T, as that would then be A isn't 10% cheaper than M so would be, and is, Avs M! There are items on Tvs M that could also be valid for Tvs S and S and M currently have the same offer price as each other on them. Assuming no change in prices, and T remains higher, they will become 'Buy in S or M'. Northern Ireland would also have the vs S items available; however I don't indicate these as the list is Tvs M not Tvs S and similarly when I move everything from Tvs M to buy in M, I won't be creating a separate list for buy in S of the items that are then same price in S and M as my list is Buy in M (a significant amount of which still isn't online) as I'm not doing "Buy in S" more generally.)