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To just want to buy one ...and not 3 so it feels like I haven't been ripped off

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troubleinstore · 21/10/2015 17:41

All of the Christmas stuff is coming out in the shops and it seems like the norm again is 3 for 2. I can never find a third thing to buy - sometimes one, sometimes 2 but never a third. I just want to pay the normal amount or 2/3rds of the cost without hunting round for something I didn't want in the first place. Just like BOGOFS - it's such a waste. I bought a Disney film today that's on BOGOF - but I only wanted 1 - just charge me £6.50 for the one perleese ....
(I know that this is not a first world problem but it is very wasteful)

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AnyoneButAndre · 21/10/2015 17:44

YAsooooooooNBU.

The worst thing about Christmas, bar none. Even worse than mince pies and Christmas pudding.

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TheSkiingGardener · 21/10/2015 19:35

Worse than the fact that this happens are all the people that run around going "I got SUCH a bargain, it was 3 for 2!!!!"

No, no you didn't.

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KatharineClifton · 21/10/2015 20:03

Oh yes, so much this! Woolworths used to make me feel WILD! I would spend forever looking for the third thing then have an inner tantrum and leave buying nothing. And they did it all year bloody round!

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PHANTOMnamechanger · 21/10/2015 20:06

I just get the 3rd thing and donate it to the local toy appeal/kids ward/womens refuge etc TBH - or shove it in the pressie drawer to come in handy one day.

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BikeRunSki · 21/10/2015 20:09

this , what PHANTOM said.

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HackerFucker22 · 21/10/2015 20:09

It can be useful for stuff you will use a ton of (wrapping paper, tags, gift bags) but I agree for the most part it's just a con. I did get reeled in with the 3 for 2 on Xmas tree decorations I know it's only October but I actually needed 6!! Honestly lol.

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lljkk · 21/10/2015 20:15

This drives me batty.
There's loads I can't buy because the only discount deal is "2 for the price of 1!" and I definitely only want 1. Not just gifts, but bags of crisps, bottles of shampoo, whatever. You pay extra if you only buy one so I look for a completely different brand with no offers so I don't feel like I paid over the odds.

I imagine they do it to actively discourage purchases of cheap stuff & channel us into buying the more expensive rubbish.

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Twiceover · 21/10/2015 20:15

I have twins. 3 for 2 is very little use.

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