Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Savvybuyer

braveheart60uk wrote: »

Just found a couple of boxes of skittles still at 50p !!! In T
B/c 5000159029469.
I DID leave a box for someone else, HONEST

See what I mean!

Savvybuyer wrote: »

[Strike]Mars Skittles Funsize (198g)£1.00 £1.00[/Strike] Buy in T 50p.

I never took the "Buy in T 50p" away as I foresaw that, obviously, they are still available and have not completely sold out from every T in the country. This is even though I have not seen them in any of my nearest Ts, but then I haven't been there and checked, but I think it highly unlikely I would find them in my stores now (and I don't need any more Skittles anyway:money::cool:) - even so, I am pyschic however, as I can "see" them in someone's T!

Thanks for this confirmation - this will now ensure their continued presence on the M list, in the form of a "buy in T" message, is extended by several years:rotfl:

Perhaps however I should change "Buy in T..." to "Buy from T...", as I suspect that buying them in T will be a physical impossibility for many people due to not having any stock to be able to buy but someone somewhere will be able to buy them from T.

Nah - should have bought the pack (in one T somewhere from the RTC shelf) that has been further knocked down:rotfl::T. They will be there for months and months on end - they will still not be completely gone from every store they have. Someone lost them in the warehouse at the back of a single another T in the country - they will discover them, underneath palettes of lots of other things, in two years' time, I tell you, they will refuse to shift completely.

Also, I don't mind if you didn't leave a pack for someone - even if you took them all for yourself, someone else's T will definitely, definitely, definitely still have some stock of them!

As regards M, I lost them several weeks ago (but then I am unable to visit many different stores these days) - last price I had for M was 75p RTC (which was obviously what caused the buy in T) - but can't rule out completely that someone could find them in their M (very rare, but it may be someone's one in a hundred store - someone has to have that store) somewhere on RTC shelf at cheaper than the "national" (or last national) price. I think T is a better bet - but unlikely there too (as, indeed, unlikely things happen all the time) - I think look in T or M and you might find them - that will I think be a "stumble across them". Deffo not a special visit as you will, most likely, come back not having found them, or worse still, get drawn into making impulse purchases of items you did not intend:o:(.

Savvybuyer

bubbs wrote: »

Asda Tesco
3x Dove Nourishing Secrets Strengthening Ritual Shampoo (250ml) £8.10 £4.50
1x ASDA Baker's Selection Square Cut Medium Wholemeal Bread (800g) £0.59 £0.55
1x Baxters Favourites Minestrone Soup (400g) £1.07 £0.75
1x Baxters Vegetarian Carrot & Coriander (400g) £1.07 £0.75
1x ASDA Smart Price Batter Mix (128g) £0.15 N/A
0.13x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (per kg) £0.10 £0.09
1x Dove Nourishing Secrets Restoring Ritual Shampoo (250ml) £2.70 £1.50
1x Baxters Favourites Pea & Ham Soup (400g) £1.07 £0.75
2x Dove Nourishing Secrets Strengthening Ritual Conditioner (200ml) £5.40 £3.00
1x Baxters Favourites Scotch Broth (400g) £1.07 £0.75
Comparison total (compared products only) £21.17 £12.64

Do we have confirmation of all three of those Doves against M? I noted that 3Dogs had two versions confirmed against M earlier - but do we have three confirmed? TIA.

Fwiw, I have both Restoring Ritual and Strengthening Ritual both in Shampoo and in Conditioner. It looks like all four that should work against T should also work against M (unless people shop in Northern Ireland). I haven't found the Thickening Ritual in M and [Strike]afaik they don't have them[/Strike] I don't currently know whether they have them or not (should never say that M don't have something) - and I might never find out if they have them if I never find them, which could be if they really don't have them - but I have not given up looking yet - if there are going to be somewhere in M, I think they are going to be in another store that also has the Alberto Balsam 300ml in its range - only had one of those today so I need at least another one or two before I think more that M are really N/A. I need another one or two goes at those in the future and for me to fail to find them, or any trace of them, before I say M likely don't have them. For now, I think it's probably just the Restoring and Strengthening Rituals.

bubbs

Savvy v m
12 items (9 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Morrisons
3x Dove Nourishing Secrets Strengthening Ritual Shampoo (250ml) £8.10 £4.50
1x ASDA Baker's Selection Square Cut Medium Wholemeal Bread (800g) £0.59 £0.50
1x Baxters Favourites Minestrone Soup (400g) £1.07 £1.11
1x Baxters Vegetarian Carrot & Coriander (400g) £1.07 £1.11
1x ASDA Smart Price Batter Mix (128g) £0.15 N/A
0.13x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (per kg) £0.10 £0.09
1x Dove Nourishing Secrets Restoring Ritual Shampoo (250ml) £2.70 £1.50
1x Baxters Favourites Pea & Ham Soup (400g) £1.07 £1.11
2x Dove Nourishing Secrets Strengthening Ritual Conditioner (200ml) £5.40 £3.00
1x Baxters Favourites Scotch Broth (400g) £1.07 £1.11
Comparison total (compared products only) £21.17 £14.03
+£7.14 cheaper

Savvybuyer

gocat wrote: »

Razor shop. APG £25.89 :eek:
Would have been more if it werent for the dodgy fruit purchases


6x Gillette Fusion Razor Blades (4pk) £66.00 £45.00 <<<<Same vs T
1x ASDA Farm Stores Salad Tomatoes (6pk) £0.69 £0.50
1x Wall's Ready Baked Pork Sausages (275g) £2.00 £1.50
1x ASDA Farm Stores Apples (Colour and Variety may vary) (500g) £0.80 N/A
1x Asda SmartPrice ASDA Farm Stores Cooking Bacon (500g) £0.57 N/A
0.18x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (per kg) £0.14 £0.13
0.22x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg) £0.17 £0.16
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Pineapple (each) £0.89 £1.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Gala Apples (6pk) £1.00 £1.50
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Granny Smith Apples (6pk) £1.25 £1.60
1.22x Asda SmartPrice ASDA Farm Stores Whole Chicken (Typically 1.2kg) (per kg) £2.42 N/A



Razors A vs W not working
6x Gillette Fusion Razor Blades (4pk) £66.00 £69.00

Unless I got the wrong ones. Was a minefield trying to suss out all the different gillete blades :eek:

I think more likely they're not working because W mostly changes prices on Mondays and the system hasn't caught up yet. May need another day before shopping - but why bother? Comp. against T anyway (available to all, including Northern Ireland) and usually more other items that are also good against T.

I 99% think you have posted the M comp. What's confusing me is the Salad Tomatoes at 50p when they seemed to have gone back up by Wednesday last time:silenced:. Unless I am getting mixed up with days as they have gone up and down like yo-yos recently. I think I am on 750g packs but strange if 50p is still there from last midweek, maybe lowest price taken, still some stock around marked at 50p in half their stores and we've been given the benefit of the doubt - we have seen prices on other items, such as milk, going strangely, back and forth and then back again, could well have 65p on these tomatoes when they are really 50p and 50p when they're 65p:rotfl:. (Looks at msm, and then m.com to see that msm is not behind:doh::) No, current price on Salad Tomatoes 6 pack says 65p - seems more unlikely they would have 50p, or 50p stock, around now - probably more likely to change to 65p next update.

I know something of what you mean about "all the different gillete blades" today (and I won't be so rude as to put a "I]sic[/I" in there:o), as I have been (only now:doh:) looking at Gillette Blades in M. (To be fair, the regular offer prices and straight 10% off them aren't worth looking at - and it's only when there's glitches that they become worth paying attention to.) I have several and I now have detailed descriptions:o for at least four different ones - plain descriptions from SELs won't do.

gocat

Savvybuyer wrote: »

I think more likely they're not working because W mostly changes prices on Mondays and the system hasn't caught up yet. May need another day before shopping - but why bother? Comp. against T anyway (available to all, including Northern Ireland) and usually more other items that are also good against T.

I 99% think you have posted the M comp. What's confusing me is the Salad Tomatoes at 50p when they seemed to have gone back up by Wednesday last time:silenced:. Unless I am getting mixed up with days as they have gone up and down like yo-yos recently. I think I am on 750g packs but strange if 50p is still there from last midweek, maybe lowest price taken, still some stock around marked at 50p in half their stores and we've been given the benefit of the doubt - we have seen prices on other items, such as milk, going strangely, back and forth and then back again, could well have 65p on these tomatoes when they are really 50p and 50p when they're 65p:rotfl:. (Looks at msm, and then m.com to see that msm is not behind:doh::) No, current price on Salad Tomatoes 6 pack says 65p - seems more unlikely they would have 50p, or 50p stock, around now - probably more likely to change to 65p next update.

I know something of what you mean about "all the different gillete blades" today (and I won't be so rude as to put a "I]sic[/I" in there:o), as I have been (only now:doh:) looking at Gillette Blades in M. (To be fair, the regular offer prices and straight 10% off them aren't worth looking at - and it's only when there's glitches that they become worth paying attention to.) I have several and I now have detailed descriptions:o for at least four different ones - plain descriptions from SELs won't do.

Yes it is vs M which I put in my original post in the title bit.
I mentioned W's so 3dogs can amend her list

Serendipitious

Must have been raining here for over 24 hrs now, give or take the odd interlude of hail...

davemorton

Arthien wrote: »

Just a quick note - if anyone got the homepride sauces from Amazon, as expected there was only 1 jar per pack, not 6. I ordered 3 packs of each flavour so I was expecting 54 jars but only got 9.

A quick message to Amazon online chat and I'm being refunded my 20-odd quid and keeping the jars, now that's what I call customer service :T (John Lewis could learn a lesson or three!!:cool:)

On the flip, I ordered something using prime (my first prime order) and it is now going to take 3 days to deliver. Tried complaining, but got no where.

Savvybuyer

gocat wrote: »

Yes it is vs M which I put in my original post in the title bit.
I mentioned W's so 3dogs can amend her list

Yes, you did, sorry about that - I noticed everything except the bit in bold at the top:rotfl:. (:o:o:rotfl:)

What it was, I quoted your post and was looking at the quotation, that didn't include the heading, and was then reading it wondering which comp. it was. I should just have worked from your OP!

I haven't caught up, so my further apologies here - and a crossed message. I now understand W is going (has gone) the opposite way - not going onto offer that might be picked up tomorrow. Instead, this was (still is) on 3Dogs' list, but W has gone up in price, or otherwise APG no longer working, and APG has speedily updated to the new W price:(. That's what I take from your post anyway - and indeed useful to tell us all and so 3Dogs can update the details:T.

3Dogs - confirmation of a further Dove Nourishing Secrets against M today (and indeed against T). And I think inclusion in list vs T needs amending to clarify you can't just buy 3 of these products against T as T is 2 for £3 mbuy. M £1.50 - the three, alone, I mean with enough APG items of course, would currently work against there (not Northern Ireland shops).

I am just reading 3Dogs' list. Do we know that the Dove Thickening products are returning N/A against T and M? Are those N/As confirmed on the APG or are they going from the absence on m.com/t.com/msm? TIA.

Anon

thepearce wrote: »

Did you buy sim free then for £109.99? Did you know about the PayG / upgrade deals? Looks like perhaps £50 cheaper (if you have an old sim for an "upgrade" no need to buy £10 top up).

https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/home/products/alcatel/a3.html#!colour=black&capacity=16GB&dealType=pg

Carphonewarehouse phones are unlocked. This price is outdated but there's a darkside thread here : https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/alcatel-a3-5-unlocked-payg-upgrade-android-phone-for-6999-10-1499-after-5-quidco-50-trade-in-carphonewarehouse-2830705

I'd previously suggested the A5 and tradein to CEX if no longer wanted.

Congrats on your pizza wins.

Thank you.

I tried my old o2 sim number (still active sim, never topped up!) but it said I was not eligible to upgrade - is there any way around the £10 top up please?

£2.50 extra on Q until midnight and £5 Q.

Thanks

Anon

mhoc

Evening all

We had dinner in Ikea tonight do afterwards I was checking emails and I found one from Argos with a £5 code - I had one of these about 2 months ago and got a pack of t- towels for 99p after using the code.

This new code had to be used before midnight Tuesday but we were right next to an Argos and this would be the only time this week when we would be. I had to think of something close to £5 that was in stock in that Argos that could be collected straight away.
I tried hand towels but the ones I wanted were for online orders only and both sets of t towels were not in stock
Then I had a brain wave and found a set of little star shaped cookie cutter Christmas lights for £4.99.
Then the real problems began, only working on my phone, no glasses so I had to peer, phone battery going dead and slow Ikea wi fi. Argos made me register even though I am sure I was already registered. The code worked but it only took £4.98 off and there was 1p to pay then the payment page would not load,so I cleared the cache and started again. Oh got the page back, credit card still would not work so I had to use the debit card.In all it must have taken an hour

So I collected my free star cookie cutter lights from Argos. Ikea family card gave me a free voucher for a stuffed pig worth £3 (incidentally having to walk the full 10 thousand steps in the Ikea maze to find it)

I only managed to do 5 AP shops today but of those £5 Marks and £10 dining voucher (my third) and 3 drawers, good result.
So going on past performance the other 5 might have only been draws - or might not!