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Do I win the prize for the worst freebie ever on sparks card?

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 30/10/2023 19:54

Just opened the M&S app and saw the little 1 beside Sparks.

Oh goodie. Will it be free chocolate or percy pigs? Or even 20% off women's clothes?

Nope. It was:

Drum roll.

A free paper bag!!!! Be still my beating heart, I can't contain my excitement.

So, aibu in thinking I have just received the worst ever freebie or can you beat that?

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8misskitty8 · 30/10/2023 20:31

No freebies for me ☹️

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 30/10/2023 20:32

MajorBarbara · 30/10/2023 20:26

I got the lady to take a picture of the till using my phone.

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I assume you will be in your Iocal paper this week, holding up your phone with the photo and the opposite of a daily mail sad face?

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slowcookspagbol · 30/10/2023 20:33

I got grapes, my mum always gets all the treats and i always get heathy freebies!!

NoWordForFluffy · 30/10/2023 20:33

You need to have your birthday. I have cookies!

Do I win the prize for the worst freebie ever on sparks card?
Neveraga1n · 30/10/2023 20:33

Farmhouse loaf of bread for me.

TheWeeDonkeyFella · 30/10/2023 20:34

A paper bag, just what you need as we're about to have the next deluge of biblical rain! ☔

Tilllly · 30/10/2023 20:35

CoolShoeshine · 30/10/2023 20:27

I’ve got nothing!! They’re obviously sucking up to certain customers with their free paper bags and pears and stuff and don’t care about me at all.

You can have my Percy pigs

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 30/10/2023 20:35

NoWordForFluffy · 30/10/2023 20:33

You need to have your birthday. I have cookies!

I've had the card a couple of years and they never have me a birthday present.

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Riverlee · 30/10/2023 20:35

Buts it not just any old paper bag, but a M and S paper bag!

Nothing for me, apart from usual 10% off stuff.

ALittleBitAhAh · 30/10/2023 20:36

Just checked mine. 10% off meat and fish. I'm vegan and only ever but vegan stuff from them 🤣🤣🤣

BarbaraofSeville · 30/10/2023 20:38

I'll see your free paper bag and raise you 10% off kale juice. Envy not envy.

TBF I've had loads of freebies, bread, Percy Pigs, cookies, fruit, porridge, all sorts
.

DingDingTriangle · 30/10/2023 20:38

I also got free cookies for my birthday 😁and 20% off clothing and beauty. No bag to put any of it in though, and I'm not spending 40p!!

Sinutab · 30/10/2023 20:39

People are getting free pastries. I have to pay £3 to get 50p off a pack of croissants.

That paper bag is an insult. Worthy of a wider social media mocking.

TheWorldKickedBack · 30/10/2023 20:39

I got a free Swiss chocolate bar. Quite happy with that!

Sinutab · 30/10/2023 20:40

I have just sent two kids to university and bought practically every piece of homeware on the website. They can’t even give me a free croissant. Or a paper bag.

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 30/10/2023 20:41

BarbaraofSeville · 30/10/2023 20:38

I'll see your free paper bag and raise you 10% off kale juice. Envy not envy.

TBF I've had loads of freebies, bread, Percy Pigs, cookies, fruit, porridge, all sorts
.

Ok, yeah. You win.

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Babysharkdoodoodood · 30/10/2023 20:41

£1 off steak and 50p off cake. They have me sussed.

NoWordForFluffy · 30/10/2023 20:41

OchonAgusOchonOh · 30/10/2023 20:35

I've had the card a couple of years and they never have me a birthday present.

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I've never had a bag...not that I want one! 🤣

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 30/10/2023 20:41

TheWorldKickedBack · 30/10/2023 20:39

I got a free Swiss chocolate bar. Quite happy with that!

I'll swap you for a limited edition paper bag. One careful lady owner.

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CrabbiesGingerBeer · 30/10/2023 20:41

Neveraga1n · 30/10/2023 20:33

Farmhouse loaf of bread for me.

Same here.

Pollyannamex · 30/10/2023 20:42

A paper bag hahaha

MummyInTheNecropolis · 30/10/2023 20:43

<whispers sexily> this isn’t just a paper bag…

BotterMon · 30/10/2023 20:44

Ocado's weekly 'free gift' is the Ocado Life Magazine. When you click 'No thanks' the message is almost affronted. What? You don't want a free magazine?

No I really really don't..

fluffypotatoes · 30/10/2023 20:44

BarbaraofSeville · 30/10/2023 20:38

I'll see your free paper bag and raise you 10% off kale juice. Envy not envy.

TBF I've had loads of freebies, bread, Percy Pigs, cookies, fruit, porridge, all sorts
.

Ooh that might win actually. It's not even a decent discount

tapdancingmum · 30/10/2023 20:47

I got a free bag of percy pigs or Colin the caterpillars.

I'll be collecting those on Saturday 😀

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