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Bought Your Home magazine March issue as recommended on your forum. Took the voucher to my local Focus and chose tin of paint £10.99. At the cash desk I was told paint was special offer , two tins for £16. Got another tin , went to pay, and the full price of the voucher was taken off my bill. So I got two tins of paint and only had to pay £5.01p. Bargain or what ! Thanks for the tip !.

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  • lucky you :) seems different stores have their own rules


    at our stores i had problems even getting my 1 can free ...had 3 vouchers us and they would only accept one ...so ended up paying £16 for the other 2 as had travelled quite a distance to get to our nearest store that would accept them as our local one is closing and doesnt do offers

    sent letter and receipt with free paint coupons recorded delivery to Focus headquarters for refund
  • Mrs_Thrify
    Mrs_Thrify Posts: 1,673 Forumite
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    Hiya, I got 2 cans of magnolia with 2 x vouchers. I have a Focas store on my road. I went in with the first voucher and got 1 can, as the voucher does say 1 per transaction. Then an hour or so later I sent son (18) over for the second tin :T .
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  • Hiya,,,,,,, hmmmmmmmmmmmm I think I got the better deal on this one lol..... Me my OH and his brother went into our local focus store took three vouchers three tins of paint @ 10.99 each went to the other focus store up the road told them Id lost my receipt got £26.97p in vouchers to buy anything I wanted from focus..:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j.. Which was quite good as I got more for lesss.....LOL:beer::beer::beer:
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  • poppyolivia
    poppyolivia Posts: 2,976 Forumite
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    Hiya,,,,,,, hmmmmmmmmmmmm I think I got the better deal on this one lol..... Me my OH and his brother went into our local focus store took three vouchers three tins of paint @ 10.99 each went to the other focus store up the road told them Id lost my receipt got £26.97p in vouchers to buy anything I wanted from focus..:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j.. Which was quite good as I got more for lesss.....LOL:beer::beer::beer:

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  • heatherks
    heatherks Posts: 854 Forumite
    heatherks wrote: »
    lucky you :) seems different stores have their own rules


    at our stores i had problems even getting my 1 can free ...had 3 vouchers us and they would only accept one ...so ended up paying £16 for the other 2 as had travelled quite a distance to get to our nearest store that would accept them as our local one is closing and doesnt do offers

    sent letter and receipt with free paint coupons recorded delivery to Focus headquarters for refund

    got cheque yesterday for £22 .....:j:j:j
  • heatherks
    heatherks Posts: 854 Forumite
    Hiya,,,,,,, hmmmmmmmmmmmm I think I got the better deal on this one lol..... Me my OH and his brother went into our local focus store took three vouchers three tins of paint @ 10.99 each went to the other focus store up the road told them Id lost my receipt got £26.97p in vouchers to buy anything I wanted from focus..:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j.. Which was quite good as I got more for lesss.....LOL:beer::beer::beer:

    Well done u ...not bad for £6 worth of magazines ...my sales assistant stampted my receipt NO Cash refund ....couldnt say you didnt buy it there :rotfl:
  • ystalyfera
    ystalyfera Posts: 156 Forumite
    this has come at a cracking time for me cos i now have enough paint to do all the berooms upstairs,my front room and my hall/landing (10 pots for £20) not bad at all:money:
  • hii got 10 mags myself. the first time i went in i went in with 1 and give oh 1 so we went through seperately, then i went back in and told the assistant to run them through as 2 seperate transactions using code 3 which he did with managers help then the last time i took all 6 and they did them all as seperate transactions for me no bother.im pregnant and having to do 3 bedrooms and would like ideally to do all the hall and stairs so i think this is the biggest bargain ive had as it came at a time i needed to decorate but couldnt afford to!the paint is ok as well, took two coats over some sicky green colour (previous occupant) so one room used 4 tins of paint but it is big and that included the ceiling too. got 6 left now to do same size room upstairs and then sons room, tempted to get more or is that too greedy?thumbs up!xthumbs up!
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  • ystalyfera
    ystalyfera Posts: 156 Forumite
    hii got 10 mags myself. the first time i went in i went in with 1 and give oh 1 so we went through seperately, then i went back in and told the assistant to run them through as 2 seperate transactions using code 3 which he did with managers help then the last time i took all 6 and they did them all as seperate transactions for me no bother.im pregnant and having to do 3 bedrooms and would like ideally to do all the hall and stairs so i think this is the biggest bargain ive had as it came at a time i needed to decorate but couldnt afford to!the paint is ok as well, took two coats over some sicky green colour (previous occupant) so one room used 4 tins of paint but it is big and that included the ceiling too. got 6 left now to do same size room upstairs and then sons room, tempted to get more or is that too greedy?thumbs up!xthumbs up!
    dont be daft if it save's you money and your not doing anything illegal go for it,they get enough from us,when we went in to get the paint(all separate) we seen some Jeff Banks wallpaper £18.99 and was getting rid of it so we bought 8 rolls at £3 each,couldn't believe our luck:money:
  • WELSH-DRAGON_2
    WELSH-DRAGON_2 Posts: 5,683 Forumite
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    I have got 48 tins of this paint now in lots of different colours. Initially, I had a few problems as I wanted to get a few at a time but they were ok especially in a focus that is closing down as they are selling the paint at half price £5.50 and each time I use a coupon they get redeemed full price of £10.99 so the Manager was quite happy to let me get my tins.

    On my hit list I still need 2 ice pink matt and some paint for the living room.

    I am planning on painting, 6 bedrooms, the hallways x 2, the landings x 2, a dining room and our living room and as I type now Mr Welshy is repainting the kitchen.

    I saved myself a fortune and bought the magazines with coupons too so didn't pay £1.99 for each one.

    I have about 10 vouchers left now and as my parents renovate properties I will be giving them any spare paint that we have left over.

    Welshy x
    ;) I am the only Voucher Queen in my village LOL ;)
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