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It's the last Christmas bargain thread 2013/January Sales offers

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ReastieYuleANBU · 20/12/2013 19:18

I didn't even realise the last thread was nearly at the end Blush

As usual I'll stick the long OP in the next message, but haven't been so diligent about keeping it updated since it's so close to Christmas and it's all slowed down, sorry.

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MissBeehiving · 20/12/2013 19:21

I've started thinking about presents for next year Grin

Oooh, I love the SALES!!!!!

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ReastieYuleANBU · 20/12/2013 19:21

First thread here second thread here third thread fourth thread fifth thread sixth thread seventh thread eighth thread nineth thread tenth thread 11th thread 12th thread 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th rhondas holding thread 18th food bargain thread 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd the one with jacquelines complaining advice at the end of the thread 24th 25th 26th 29th

royal mail posting info dates

HDUK amazon black friday list here

Those of you who have bought excess presents or would like to donate something for christmas there’s salvation army christmas gift appeal

And if you have any spare cash, there’s the red cross appeal for the destruction in the Philippines here

No more socks is a free app you might find useful for budgeting etc info here

Websites which are good to check for deals hot deals UK offer of the day and money saving expert

Quidco is a must to join and get free cashback here crutchlow35 has earned £3k cashback in under 3 years apparently Shock she must buy alot of stuff!

Top cashback also fabulous cashback site - getting money for nothing! here

Track amazon prices at camel camel

how to get around amazon delivery prices

Bear in mind amazon prices go up and down alot so prices might not be accurate all the time.

Achica have some lovely gifts. Follow this link when you join and you'll get £10 off your first order.

Aldi talking cookie jars here

PLEASE NOTE - lots of the amazon cheap stuff actually comes direct from China, yes its cheap and lovely but takes an age to arrive so if ordering now you won't get it for crimbo.

Amazon 20 pairs of ear studs, 71p inc postage here

Amazon bouncy balls, fifteen for 90p inc postage here

amazon child bath book £1.53 here

amazon monkey nail varnish drier here

Amazon moustache necklace 59p here

Amazon hide and squeak eggs are going up and down from £2.99 here

Amazon butterfly necklace, £1.99 inc postage here

Amazon Cath Kidston stationary notes, £4.27 here

Amazon Character Building Deadly 60 River Crossing Playset, £12.07 here

Amazon charlie and choc factory pop up book, v popular with those that have bought it, £7.42 here

Amazon colouring in Christmas table cloth, £6.50 here

Amazon Delia's Cakes book, £5.00 here (I don't need another cake book, I have heaps...yet why am I wanting to buy it so much?!)

Amazon Disney Cars travel aquadoodle, £7.99 here

Amazon doodle book, £2.90 here

Amazon mn scarf less than £4 here

Amazon elephant necklace, £1.10 inc postage here

Amazon Elizabeth Arden Mascara, £8.84 here

Amazon finger puppets, ten for £2.39 inc postage here

Amazon finger watch, £1.19 inc postage here

Amazon flashing/glowing shoelaces, £2.36 inc postage here

Amazon Furby, £41.99 (only grey/teal colourway) here

Amazon Gordon Ramsay Ultimate Cooking Course, £5.00 here

Amazon Hello Kitty earrings, £1.99 inc postage here

Amazon peacock hairclip 99p delivered here

Amazon Hot Wheels advent calendar, £6.99 here

Amazon Joe McElderry Classic Christmas CD, £1.59 here who could resist Wink

Amazon Kidizoom twist camera, £33.33 here

Amazon LED finger lights, 43p here

Amazon make your own Morph and DVD set, £8.01 here

Amazon make your own cards 43% off, £6.28 here

Amazon Monopoly Cityville board game, £10.14 here

Amazon Night Before Christmas book and CD, £3.85 here

Amazon owl earrings, £1.04 inc postage here

Amazon where the wild things are book £1.50 here
Amazon ‘dogger’ book (no sniggers please!) £1.50. DD loves this book here
Amazon £5.85 blue first watch here
Amazon owl necklace, 90p inc postage here

Amazon owl pendant, 58p inc postage here

Amazon pillow pet, £10.99 (scroll down to see other animals) here

Amazon colour changing rose flower candle £1.60 here

Amazon Puff the Magic Dragon book and CD, £3.85 here

Amazon Santa Is Coming To... books, £3.74 here

Amazon whiskey stoner £7.99 here

Amazon Shamballa stud earrings, £1.59 inc postage here

Amazon silver heart necklace, £1.99 inc postage here

Amazon boys doodle book £2.93 here

Amazon atlas of the world £3 rrp £30 here

Amazon silver stud earrings, £1.26 delivered here

Amazon Sylvanian families sofa and armchairs set half price, £8.97 here I can't believe how expensive those things are

Amazon 70p leather pencil case here

Amazon touch screen smart phone gloves, £1.02 inc postage here

Amazon Very british problems book, £7.00 here

Amazon fart whistle £1.55 here

Amazon 99p novelty christmas apron here

Amazon dominos £1.16 here

Amazon black sleep mask 52p here

Amazon ring that works as a bottle opener 75p here

Amazon skull bracelet 52p here

Amazon figures £2 here

Amazon skylanders pjs from £1.95 here

Amazon wide angled lens for iphone, £6.74 inc postage here

amazon dragonfly necklace £2 here

amazon ‘where the wild things are’ £1.50 here

Amazon dinosaur tattoo 60p here
Amazon peppa pig scooter £11 here

Amazon wooden watch - good childs stocking filler, £1.37 inc postage here please note this is a pretend watch, it doesn’t actually work.

amazon owl necklace 58p here
Amazon 99p broach here

Amazon Zhu Zhu advent calendar £4.98 here

(and matching earrings, £1.35 inc postage here)

Ann Summers 25% off code VC25SUM here

Argos 2 for £30.00 on toys here

Argos An Elf's Story DVD, £2.99 inc postage here

Argos half price lego here

Argos: 15% of jewellery, including sale items JEWEL15?plus £5 voucher on spends over £50 and £10 voucher when you spend £100 here

Argos half price Fisher Price amusement park toy, £24.99 here

Argos half price Peppa Pig castle, £29.99 here

Argos retro ladies' tshirts from £2.39 in sale here
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Asda half price wooden kitchen set, £35.00 here

Asda glee christmas dvd £5.25 here

Asda half price wooden dolls' house, £35.00 here

Asda half price wooden market stall/shop, £25.00 here

20% off at ASOS with the code 20FORYOU. ATTFS for 30% off at ASOS here 20% off ASOS ANNIVERSARY20

Atlas Editions here

Baker Ross clearance here BFD for free delivery (not verified recently and may be min order value though)

Bargain Book Time Christmas Alphabet book, £4.99 here

Bargain Book Time Classic Fairy Tales Collection, £6.99 here

BBC Good Food magazine subscription offer - 3 months for £3.00 here

Beer52 £10.00 off with code BREWR10 here

Bespoke offers - £10 amazon vouchers for £5 here

BHS here BHS code for £5 off £25+ spend WELCOME3

Boden 20% off with M724 here

Body shop Body Shop lots of offers around, most of which are on their site, look out for 40% off codes, if you have a good one please let me know to add here?
Book people here
Free Delivery: LUCKY13, ANGEL?5% OFF OVER £25: AFICY?10% OFF OVER £20: AFLEAFY10?10% OFF OVER £30: CONKER?12% OFF OVER £30: AFAUTUMN?15% OFF OVER £40: AF15CHILLY
15% off no known minimum order (please let me know if there is) : STRAW
LUCKY13 gives free delivery
10% off: COAL
Free delivery from The Book People with orders over £10, code NEWBOOK
free delivery on all orders from the Book People.?Use code AFMUMSN
minecraft book £3.99

Book clearance site here

Box of awesomness here sign up to be selected for a free box (I got a free box, will let you know what’s in it when it arrives!). Quite a few people on the thread also seem to have got/be getting a box, so worth a try?

Boux Avenue buy one get one free pjyamas (£30 each so £15 each in offer) here

Build a bear one direction bears 20% off all outfits with code 2000218 at checkout. £10 gift card for only £5 when you spend £25 or more instore

Casabu is a fabulous site like the popular zulily follow this link to earn a mner credit for referrals

Cath Kidston £1 delivery here 15% off Cath Kidston wide code Elf15

Character PJs here 50% off with code SANTA

Chocolate tasting club (part of Hotel Chocolat) have nearly £30 worth of choc for £6.95 here . Join the tasing club, receive your first box and nibble selection then ring them up to cancel so you don’t get any more boxes at full price (I’ve done this before, they are fine about it)

Christian Advent calendars etc should you be interested here

Christmas ribbons sale here

Christmas enchanted Fairy Doorways here

Christmas duvets for £12 here and here plus £3 ish for delivery

Cineworld christmas set £20 here

Clarks shoes 20% off with the code 'BLING' here

Converse watch down to £10 here

Cox and cox Cla13 for 15% off here

Crabtree and Evelyn outlet shop here

Crew Clothing WIN05 for 15% off and free delivery here

Debenhams here 10% off with code NB63 half price benefit make up set

Disney Trivial Pursuit £12 here

doodledah do left handed notebooks here 10% off code people can use: EBAYCFC

Dorothy Perkins- get a free necklace worth £15 when you spend £40, enter code SPARKLE. Plus free delivery if you spend £50 with code DPDEL50 here You get a £5 gift voucher if you put money on a Dorothy Perkins gift card. You can then use both the card and the voucher straight away as the kind lady at the check out told me.

dotcomgiftshop is popular remnants of christmas sale here half price chocolate heart candles here half price pretty candle holders here

ebay 99p scarves delivered here

ebay has fab wrapping ribbon like this

ebay fox bag here

ebay sock bouquet here

ebay nice post it notes here or origami ones here or russian dolls here

Elc offers here 50% off some musical instruments here half price remote control quad bike to £20 love a bit of john deere - half price tractor pink learning laptop half price £9 XMAS20 for 20% off

Ebay - love these kids christmas PJs here but beware sizing comes up quite small so go large on these Grin

Elizabeth Arder 8 hour cream £4.99 here

Face cloths - the popular ones from last year here

Fake lego advent calendar here

Fattoria - sign up for catalogue here and they should send some lovely tasty samples (may take a month or so for samples to arrive so might not work for christmas)

Figleaves have 20% off full price items with code "TWENTY" here or 25% off and free delivery with 25FREEDEL

Flavourly use code FLAVOURLY10 to make the first order only £5, FLAVOURLY5 will get you £5 off as an existing customer here or try code FOODIES10

Fragrance Direct have a few offers including this one

Giftorama personalised mugs

Glamour have a new offer on. 3 magazines for £1 with £23 worth of Body Shop goodies free gift here

GLTC 15% off GLTC with MUMSNET13 here

Glow in the dark marble run £15 here

Great Plains have some fab sale stuff including jeans for £4

Hamleys Free bear when you spend over £30, with code PSLA2013 here

Graham and Green 15% off with code AW1315 here

Graze free box - go to graze.com/amazon - use code FREEAMBOX - its says you need to put in a valid card, but can cancel any time. here

Great Plains jumper dress £4 down from £60 here

Hawkins Bazaar ‘Where’s Stig?’ book down to £2.98 here toddler music set £2.48

Hand puppet for £1.39 inc postage stocking filler here

Hello fresh do weekly food box kits to make foods, £20 off first box with code 5DCPFG . here Go through quidco for 40% (yes, you heard me right!) cashback

Hexbugs half price here

Hobbycraft join their newletter club thingy and get 15% off order code here Hobbycraft have £5 off £20 spend with 2000194475 £5 off when you spend £20 with code: 2000194512

Home bargains website here worth a look

House of Fraser sale here

H&MH&M codes: 0747 for 25% off one item, 0769 for free postage and 1304 for £5 off first order over £11. Use code 0659 online at checkout here magic set down to £5

Hushhush sign up here to earn mner referral credit is a fab site with alsorts of homeware/childrens stuff. Bit like achica. Free delivery on orders over £50 using code HH3DEL50 (use by end of october)

The Hut free jeans offer here and £10.94 blue ray box set

Ikea toy kitchen down to £65 here

Ikea christmas shop here must resist....must resist....

ISME the code 3UPVQ is £30 off a £60 spend here

Itison have a Lional Richie ‘hello, is it tea you’re looking for’ teapot/cup half price at £19 here (love it Grin !)

Imaginext Castle £39.99 here use BIRTHDAY7 for £34.99 with free delivery

Internet gift store here have a lot of sale bits and using code 20SITE you get 20% off

Jellycat free jellycat bunny for orders over £50 here

Jojo here 15% off MM21. ELK32 takes £10 off each £50 spend so mini micro scooter becomes £45 and maxi micro scooter plus one cheap item eg £3 baby socks becomes £79.95 15% off with MTF32, ends 13th Dec but excludes micro scooters.

Joules here

25% off everything this thursday - sunday using code CY25
FROST £5 off £50
HOLLY £10 off £75
NOEL £20 off £100
MERRY £30 off £150

Toy kitchen (plastic) reduced down to £6 here

Kit Heath jewelry outlet here ADVENT14 gives 20% off all orders

L'Occitane is lovely and one of my faves, here. Current offers:
Free divine set worth £30 with a Divine purchase. Code is DIVINE at checkout.
Free tote bag when you spend £35. Code is WEB6.
free tote bag when you spend £45 with code WEB8 and free delivery over £40 with QUICK

Lakeland and naked wines offer - spend £50 and enter NKD50 at the checkout and you'll get a £50 voucher to spend at Naked Wines info here

Lakeland sale here

Lego soap,£3.50 delivered here

Liberty of London £30 off when you spend £150 here

Little bird is a site that has discounted children’s gifts/theatre tickets/experiences etc here

Lush christmas bath bombs etc, not bargainous but still lovely here

M&S £5 off when you spend £30 on sleepwear, lingerie, or hosiery. Code is SLEEP530. here free delivery at Marks and Spencer, use code BAUBLE71 MANGER61 at M&S for free delivery GARLAND1 or TREE3718 for free delivery at Marks & Spencers

M&S £20 voucher with trial of Nowtv details here

Magpie mugs seconds, very lovely and popular, £2.55 here Free Spiral mug from Magpie if you spend £25. Code SPIRAL

Manuka Doctor sample set, free with £5 order here but be warned - very teeny tiny!

Matalan To claim 20% off your order until 10th Dec, enter code XFF320 at checkout. To claim 30% off when you spend £50 or more, enter code XFF330 at checkout. here XFF120 for 20% no min spend?XFF130 for 30% off £50 spend?

Micro scooters here £5 off all orders over £25 and free delivery over £50 with code MEGASCOOT

Mini micro scooters JoJo here seems to be the best place when they have a working code - look under J for jojo for current code although some codes don’t work on the scooter. or look at this thread for a code to try

Molton Brown £10 off £25 spend until 30 Nov. Code is CREW. ENRICH free hand/body lotion with £50 spend here 25%off Molton Brown with code SURPRISE2. £10 off £20 spend with TELEGRAPH valid until Sun 15th Dec

monsoon £15 off £100 at Monsoon with OCCASION 15 here 25% off Monsoon/Accessorize with Grazia25 valid until Mon 9th Dec

New Look 25% off New Look online with code FFVCNV13 here

Not on the high street 16OFF20. Is 16% off £20 spend?15THUR is 15 % off any spend here

NSPCC letter from santa here

Nyla Rose have some sale bits and use code weekend10 for money off here

Ocado, £25 off a £100 spend for first time users. Code is VOU0544332 (valid until June 2014) here

Office Converse sale here

Olive and Moss 20% off at Olive&Moss with code TREAT20 here

Oneill, £10 off a £50 spend with newsletter sign up. FREEDELIVERYUK for orders over £50. here

Open University free nature poster here - good stocking filler?

Paperchase 20% off. Code is PCXMAS [expiry date unclear] here

Peepo book and toy gift set £3.85 inc postage, reduced to �2.89 with code 'newsletter' here

Photography magazine (Digital SLR Photography) £3 for 3 issues with free gift (current gift: Hama Microfibre Cloth) here

Play.com deals:
Santa Apprentice DVD, £1.27 inc postage here
Box sets for under £10.00 inc postage here
Wiggles double Christmas DVD, £1.99 inc postage here
Merry Christmas Wii game, £6.75 here

Pumpkin Patch have 60% off plus an extra 20% off and free delivery with code UKPRSC3 here

QVC gift wrap here

RNLI gift idea - membership for a year for £7.50 for children look here for more info

Red magazine subscription here 12 months for £15 plus free gift (elemis lavender hand wash and hand lotion worth £32 ) or call 0844 8481601 and quote DRD10019

Skylanders half price back pack here and more reduced skylanders stuff here

Smyths imaginext advent calendar £6.99 here Smyths have £5 off a £30 spend using code SUN5OFF or £5 off £20 spend at Smyths - LOCAL5OFF.

Snapfish free 7x5 photoboox, £1.99 postage here

Snowman and snow dog book and toy gift set £5.99 (also in tesco for £5) here if you use code 'newsletter' it should give you 25% off

Sophie Allport sale here

The spicery was popular last year here SALE HERE

SpaceNK code BECCA20for becca items free and you can stack it with SNKGLASGOW for free delivery here

Sports direct bargainy bits here reduced batman stuff here

Studio24 christmas clearance here

Superdrug 20% off at Superdrug on orders over £20 with CHRISTMAS20 and free delivery for orders over £10. here

Tesco toy sale here

tesco furbies 2 colours are £30 here

Tesco zhu zhu puppies £30 down to £7.50 here

Tesco £15 6 foot christmas tree here

Tesco £30 wooden dolls house with accessories here

Toucan box. Get a free taster box with code NOWTXMAS13 using this link: here

Thorntons here

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Rubybrazilianwax · 20/12/2013 19:27

Perhaps we could do feedback on what gifts from the bargain threads went down well?

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ReastieYuleANBU · 20/12/2013 19:28

Fab idea Ruby

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TheOneWithTheHair · 20/12/2013 19:32

I feel sad that this could be the last thread. I've saved loads and loved the chat and help that's been given.

Giving feedback is a great idea.

It's good to have you in green again Reastie. Xmas Grin

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milk · 20/12/2013 19:37

Hello Reastie and everyone else :) takes off coat and sits down in an armchair with a glass of wine

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rightsaidthread · 20/12/2013 19:38

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GirlWithTheYellowHat · 20/12/2013 19:41

I'm also sad that it's coming to an end. It was only thread 7 when I had a baby!

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girlsyearapart · 20/12/2013 19:41

Just checking in Grin

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DangerousMouse · 20/12/2013 19:42

Can you savvy shoppers help me please? I have been let down where I originally bought this and need.. The DVD of the 1958 FA cup final between Bolton and Man united! I can't find anywhere that can promise to get it to me by Christmas.

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mum2jakie · 20/12/2013 19:44

Triple DVD set - Despicable Me, the Lorax and Hop for just £5.99. (That is cheaper than the cost of buying Despicable Me separately!)

www.amazon.co.uk/Seuss-Lorax-Despicable-Triple-Pack/dp/B0090EV18W/ref=sr_1_5?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1387568584&sr=1-5&keywords=lorax&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

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Physionic · 20/12/2013 19:46

LEGO definitely complain to the retailer about yodel. My husband did this with a gap delivery, one phone call from gap to yodel and an hour later the parcel was delivered.

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IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 20/12/2013 19:51

I was on the phone on hold for 20mins but I gave up becuase tbh I can't afford an expensive call!

Apparently it's been delivered to Borhamwood...I live in N London so I've no idea whats going on!

Gah!! I was SO pleased it was on it's way and now I'm annoyed again! Though am annoyed at myself for throwing it away in the first place!

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ReastieYuleANBU · 20/12/2013 20:06

Hair it's not the last thread EVER though, just last one of 2013 unless we get too carried away with sales shopping

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SpicedTeaAndXmasCakeOrDeath · 20/12/2013 20:18

Nix what about Tomy Eggs?

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ISawNannyPlumKissingSantaClaus · 20/12/2013 20:26

Hi all you bargainers... Unfortunately due to an unforeseen circumstance ie mother in law from bloody hell deciding today that she couldnt make it down before Christmas so dd Cant have her presents before Xmas even though thy bought £200 worth of stuff I recommended for her and she really wants for Xmas ahem, I have bought the zhu zhu puppies and zhu zhu hamster value set from
Tesco to collect on Monday (nothing like cutting it fine) and wanted to know specifically what was in it/them and what I still need to get etc and what does it DO Xmas Blush and where can I find the animals.

Please help me Xmas Sad

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Mama1980 · 20/12/2013 20:28
Thanks
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Ilikesweetpeas · 20/12/2013 20:35

Found you, I was getting worried there. Am officially an addict, what will I do in January?! Thanks all, especially Reastie Flowers

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nickdrakeslovechild · 20/12/2013 20:37

This looks a good bargain. Don't need it, but got it for the present drawer. Its going to keep ginny the pony and the nintendo dogs company!

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Dogmatix34 · 20/12/2013 20:47

Thanks Reastie. I've really enjoyed these threads and have never felt so organised. Would love to hear feedback of which presents have gone down well Thanks

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Dogmatix34 · 20/12/2013 20:50

Anyone else like the taster Toucan box that they may have "accidentally" forgotten to cancel their order? Xmas Wink

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YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 20/12/2013 20:54

Bastard M&S - I ordered a load of wrap and stuff on Tuesday. Today 3 boxes arrived as it was not available to collect in store - one box not there. It came in three separate deliveries. Now it appears that the 4th box is showing as being signed for at the same time as the last one - erm, no!

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MerryBuddha · 20/12/2013 21:01

Speak to M&S, this happen to me last year. They re delivered last box, and after Christmas I got a full refund and an apology. There customer service is good.

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WaitMonkey · 20/12/2013 21:10

Last thread ! Shock Sob ! I've really missed all the chat, since the threads have slowed down. I've missed hearing about what everyone is buying, I'm so nosey. I've actually bought stocking fillers for next year, today. Blush

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WaitMonkey · 20/12/2013 21:11

How is the first thread baby Girl ?

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