Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Sarahdol75

Good morning everyone.

A lady at my sons school, takes her daughter out of school every year, and as far as I know has never been asked to pay this charge, I have asked her, she said she has never paid it.

MKS

izzeyb wrote: »

Litre Jack Daniels on offer in Tesco £20 until 1st October.

Anyone wanting one (or more) for Christmas, would be worth it on APG as currently £32.50 in Asda

I have tried a few times for this online. Has been oos for about 10 days in my a. Just had another delivery and it was subbed for Jim Bean. Got sent back.

I have only just found this out. :o I amended an order at the beginning of the week and when I checked out, it popped up that JD was oos. When my order was delivered, there was no mention or sub in the delivery but when I checked the apg, the result was based on my original order plus the amendment. So a couple of apg's that I will have to wait till October to claim.

Enterprise_1701C

Good morning all, a bit grey here, hope it doesn't rain too hard as we have a lot of outside work on.

TrulyMadly wrote: »

I wouldn't know where to start.....except I would probably go for the John Lewis option. It would be so frustrating to make a decision based on a tiny sample. You need to know how it will hang.

Yes, you're right there, although I would have a reasonable idea as I have sewed with so many fabrics that I think I have used most of them :eek: When I was younger it was the only way I could get a dress to fit me, size 14 at the top and size 8 at the bottom :eek::eek: I have evened up a bit now thank God :rotfl::rotfl:

I miss our decent haberdashers

I have searched so many places, charity shops, designer exchanges, normal shops, even M&S, but I can't find anything, the only ones I have found and like have been strapless or spaghetti straps and I cannot guarantee finding a matching top, really do not want to do uncovered shoulders :eek:

The pattern I have found covers the shoulders and has a matching bolero, so covers most of the weather possibilities for April :rotfl::rotfl:

Anon

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

Good morning everyone.

A lady at my sons school, takes her daughter out of school every year, and as far as I know has never been asked to pay this charge, I have asked her, she said she has never paid it.

It seems some schools don't enforce it with the penalty, others are really strict. You need to double check your school/council approach to see how/whether they enforce the policy and if there is any circumstances where they don't charge. But if the penalty is issued, it can lead to prosecution if unpaid.

I know some parents who have paid the charge (grudgingly!) as it still worked out significantly cheaper for the holiday overall. The charge is £60 per parent per child per absence (not per day). It is schools that decide how they implement - but implementing law from 2013.

In summary, check with your school before you make plans.

HTH

Anon

emerald21

Good Morning all

Di I hope your daughter gets better soon . It's really annoying isn't it ?

quiet_advisor

Asda APG system not working - update

I spoke to Asda this morning. They are aware of an issue with the APG system not counting the number of different items correctly and they are working on a solution - timescale not known.

At least they are looking for a solution!



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diluvsdiscounts

emerald21 wrote: »

Good Morning all

Di I hope your daughter gets better soon . It's really annoying isn't it ?

Thanks emerald

Freewheeling

Good morning all!


With the Quorn, the offer is still showing for me on the Asda website :-/. Normally when an offer's ending and I click on the '3 for 2' (for example) then it comes up saying sorry no items available. So I'll be interested to see if it works! I don't have any freezer space anyway :-(.

Enterprise_1701C

quiet_advisor wrote: »

Asda APG system not working - update

I spoke to Asda this morning. They are aware of an issue with the APG system not counting the number of different items correctly and they are working on a solution - timescale not known.

At least they are looking for a solution!



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They SAY they are looking for a solution.

Di, if she was leaving the job I would say sue the bu####s, but then she would probably not get any more work off them. Good luck.

marmitelovemehateme

Good morning peeps.....Hoping you are all well ....

I am on the APG site now printing away merrily....All working OK for me...:D