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B&Q Pensioners discount?

I understand there is a pensioners discount card/day, does anybody know anything about it? Like how old you have to be, what the discount is, minimum spend, day of the week it is on? Any help would be grateful as we have to spend a fair bit of money in this type of store.
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  • Nudge
    Nudge Posts: 6,979 Forumite
    Thursdays Child
    The b&q discount card is 10% off valid for over 60s on wednesdays
    it is quite a good offer and no minimum spend required.
    You just fill a form in and you can use it right away ask at the till
    for details
  • It's 10 per cent and normally available on Wed. No min. or max. spend - but it is only applicable to in-store stock - so you can't order a 10k kitchen and get 1k off (as my mother found out!:o).
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=85020&page=1

    though i believe it is/was not available in B&Q warehouses
  • Theboys!
    Theboys! Posts: 163 Forumite
    custardy wrote: »
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=85020&page=1

    though i believe it is/was not available in B&Q warehouses


    I worked at the new B and Q warehouse in Swindon and that was still doing the diamond day discount when i left (september)
  • wookie_2
    wookie_2 Posts: 781 Forumite
    Theboys! wrote: »
    I worked at the new B and Q warehouse in Swindon and that was still doing the diamond day discount when i left (september)


    it worked for my dad at the Farnbrough warehouse:D
  • It's called the Diamond Card, and it's available to anyone over 60 all day on Wednesdays - you just have to take along some ID to prove your age and you can get a card immediately.

    The discount didn't used to be available in Warehouse stores, but that has changed and it is now available in all stores.

    The card entitles you to 10% off. There are some exclusions, which you will get as the "small print" when you sign up for your card, kitchens and bathrooms are excluded for example. However, I don't think it excludes all special order products.

    There is a clause that says you can't get discount on someone else's behalf. So, if you are planning to buy something for a friend/family member, make sure you don't make the mistake of telling the checkout operator this / making it obvious by talking about it in front of them / getting your friend to pay. Just be discreet and you will be fine. You would be amazed at how many people make it obvious, and as a checkout operator you can't just ignore it (at least I couldn't)

    I worked for B&Q for 7 years, so hopefully this is accurate info!
  • Thank you everyone for all the information you have given. We are both over 60 so this will be a good saving for us as we are having to update our central heating and all the things that go with it.
  • polly5
    polly5 Posts: 477 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Focus Do it All do a discount day as well, I think it is for Tuesdays
  • extonjoe
    extonjoe Posts: 157 Forumite
    polly5 wrote: »
    Focus Do it All do a discount day as well, I think it is for Tuesdays
    aren't they going bust? :confused:
    We are the change we wish to see.
  • Yer-man.
    Yer-man. Posts: 15 Forumite
    Hi
    Focus now do the 10% discount every day as I found out at the
    weekend.

    Sign up(for the over 60s) and get the 10% Privilege Discount Card.;)


    So :- The Devils In The Detail and The Detail Is Missing.
    So:- The Devils In The Detail and The Detail Is Missing.;) .
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