From Robotgate to Vertbaudetgate, it’s the Christmas bargain thread

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girlwiththeyellowhats do we have any news yet?

Fifth thread already, how did that happen?! I?ve booked our panto tickets now so am feeling very festive . Tips I learnt from the last thread number 24837 - wrap a huge cardboard box in christmas gift wrap to put all the rubbish on christmas day in rather than a bin bag so you don?t get a black plastic sack in all of the photos

Please forgive the fact that so many sale and amazon products aren?t individually linked or are linked but price may since change by the time you click on it - so many of them are out of stock and amazon seem to change prices on an almost hourly basis (it feels like) on a number of items that were previously linked to. As usual please tell me if any of these links/codes don?t work or if there?s anything particularly you want to be in the next OP (assuming there is another ) how would I do any shopping without you now

for all your help in helping my christmas shopping in 2013 be once again bargainous

First thread here

second thread here

third thread

fourth thread

Robotgate thread to those involved

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

Track amazon prices at camel camel

how to get around amazon delivery prices

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

Albelli for lovely photobooks. £15 off new customers with GIFT here
Amazon £2 finger puppets here

Amazon pretty silver heart necklace and matching earrings necklace £1.65 delivered matching earrings £1.22 delivered

Amazon make your own morph and DVD set for £5.31 here

Amazon Barbie Calafornian Dream House half price here

Amazon fake lego set 69% off here

Amazon Nerf Super Soaker £5 here

Amazon Tales from acorn wood book down to £2. Can highly recommend this one as it?s one of DDs faves (she?s 2.5) here

Amazon owl pendant 95p delivered here

Amazon playmobil camper £23.97 here

Amazon stud earrings 93p delivered here

Amazon Lego Summer camp down to £64 here

Amazon Princess and the Wizard book £1.75 here

Argos Yvolution scooters half price here

Argos Darth Tater Mr Potato Head half price here

Argos minnie mouse make up set reduced here

Argos reduced games here

Baker Ross clearance here

Body shop Body Shop 40% off using code EXCLUSIVE or 14586
Go through Quidco for a mahoosive 12% here

Book people here popular Julia Donaldson set here, different from last years or try AFSURF gives 10% off at The Book People. BIRTHDAY for 25% off and THANKS for free delivery

Book clearance site here

Boots have £5 off £50 spend on baby products and 10% off with Quidco voucher QQ2T270 here

Buckaroo only £5.19 from mothercare here . Warning from cockerpoodle though - the new buckaroo does not buck

Character PJs here

Christmas ribbons sale here

Clinton Cards clearance worth a look here

Cycling magazine - a quarters subscription to Cycling Plus for £11.99 and got £6 cashback through quidco from here

Debenhams have extra 20% off clearance stuff and free shipping with SHP5 code. Code TZ73 gets an extra 10% off or try HX64 and SHEZ here

Disney Trivial Pursuit £12 here

dotcomgiftshop is popular remnants of christmas sale here

Dunelm mill £10 OFF. When you spend £50. voucher code S50S10AG here

Elc offers here

Face cloths - the popular ones from last year here

Fake lego advent calendar 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

House of Fraser sale here elemis body balm reduced here apothecary set here 6 ft artificial tree to £45 here

H&M 20% off all kids wear at H&M online and in store till 27/8. Use code 0659 online at checkout here

Joules free delivery and 15% off with code NWHD97 or PEA10 should give you £10 off when you spend £50 ( oreo is pleased with her willies here

Toy kitchen (plastic) reduced down to £6 here

Lego clocks and radio, free delivery with code THGLEGO here

L?occaitaine is lovely and one of my faves, awaiting new codes for you that I can put in here though here

M&S free delivery with code FREEHOME or SHIPMENT here

Magic tree for £2.64 free delivery here . Well, you can?t have a stocking without a magic tree

Magpie Mugs very lovely and popular here . poppywearer for that one.

Mini micro scooters - JoJo code HZ92 for 15% off orders over £55 here If you?re shopping at Jojo but spending

Moshi Monsters advent calendar for £6 here

Monnier Freres code for £100 off any £300 or more hand bag. Code is GLOSSYBOX100UK here

Monty Python DVD boxset just £5 here

Nerf gun here from amazon

Red magazine 12 issues for £12 here
Ruby & Ed Slippers here

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

Snowball launcher here

The spicery was popular last year here

Squinkies down to £7.50 from tesco direct here

Studio24 christmas clearance here free delivery 032 reduced childrens chairs personallised

VTech dino toy down to £19.99 here

Weleda 25% off until end of October with code SWORLD here

The White Company have 20% off and free delivery with AC380 full price items only here

The works is a popular site with good offers here DEL10 for free delivery over £10 (does not work on multibuys apparently) is a link to sign up for the works earning robinbedrest credits and you money off your first order or try BLUECROSS30 or DEL826

Whistlefish have lovely and very reasonable greetings cards here

WHSmith have some nice books in their sale. Also look out for their book bundles books here although don?t expect them to arrive for some time...

Nice wood toys in a clearance here

Yello moon crafty clearance here

Zulily is worth a look and has new stock every day. use this link to earn me some credit for referrals

henrietta the elc have them so it's worth signing up for their birthday club and for their newsletter to find out when they have any flash sales - in the past they've had 50% off everything in the shop before christmas or big discounts anyhow, which are great for things like this that don't often get reduced! Also see if you can get any cashback discounts when buying online.

It's probably just been issued as they had our money for SO long

Thanks for that supermario - I've just found some of the Disney infinity figures for £10 on amazon, ordered Randall from monsters inc/uni for dd2s friends birthday this weekend.

Good idea zipzap, thanks.

Yes girlwiththeyellowhat, I'll keep you all updated with microphonegate!

Just to warn you all we have 69 messages left (no dirty jokes please ) and I'm working tomorrow so can't hook the next thread up until I get back late afternoon

iloveholidays i got a statement too. agree it gives the impression we have been credited by 13.19.... like you i can't see anything in 'my account'. Bizarre....

HenriettaPye I think they're expensive too.The cheapest I've come across schleich online is here but p&p will bump up costs a bit. Sometimes Smyths have 3 for 2 in store. ELC also sell them online and would be cheaper if you had/could get a discount code.

If you're/ your DS is not too bothered by brand specifically this Ebay seller has some animals at a very good price and the models are really nice (this brand, Procon collectA, is quite expensive on Amazon) Additionally for evey 3 models you buy you get a model free. I've bought some for DS for xmas but do also have some schleich

For anyone else who accidentally signed up to the monthy invoice option for H&M and therefore incur a £1.25 charge I emailed them and this is what they said:

When placing an order on this account, you will be invoiced for this the following month. There is no interest on this account, however there is a handling fee of £1.25 every month there is an outstanding balance on the account. This balance is then required to be paid in full be the end of this invoiced month. Should you make payment to the account before you are invoiced for this, you will not receive the £1.25 charge.

The teaco toy sale has schelich
Animals

Ooo thanks for that link to the eBay shop joymaker! He has his heart set on the schleich ones as he has the little collector catalogue but some of those look basically identical!

Henrietta glad that helped, he's a really good ebayer too- everything was packaged really safely and quickly. Do you think you DS will look for the schleich branding on the bottom? (my DC won't because they quite young)

No he won't notice at all, he's only 3 so won't even think to look for the branding. He has a few of the papo animals which are like schleich and he doesn't know the difference although he did ask why the elephant in his book has all it's feet on the ground but his one is lifting one foot. I told him its because his stepped on a stone and hurt his foot

He does however know the difference in those and the cheap ones which are a few pound for a bag full- they don't look 'real' apparently!!

Yuk to tesco , got a random 2 e mails to confirm the squinkie bundle was ready to collect from Saturday, stood waiting like a lemon at said store for 20 minutes only to be told not here yet. Too long a process to contact their customer services dept, too long winded a process to cancell and reorder, no way of knowing if lost in transit or on way but did I feel like coming back tomorrow and repeating process again on the off chance of a better outcome.
And then a phone call oh yes sorry delivered on Saturday as promised but to a store at other end of town and no we can't re deliver to your original , and stated on delivery email, store so please schlepp over at your convenience
Mood not helped by original bus turn up failure on way home so 30 minute wait for next which then broke down halfway home so dh had to leave work to do school run while I turbo hiked up Hill swearing.
And have just dropped a litre of hot stock all over kitchen floor under fridge and up walls etc
Have cleaned up and am now in bed with break proof whiskey and , oh yes weather had turned , super snugly pj's

Henrietta-They some how always seem to know the difference between cheap and expensive! In looking at them I definately think they stand up to schleich I really don't think he'll be disappointed

Oh I'd like to claim the credit for the weather, as you see upthread I got the sand and water table from Tesco and I said then that it would change. dcs had 1 day playing with it and then rain!!!!
However you should all be pleased with me I did hold off buying it for ages

Joymaker and DTisMYdoctor, The Puff the Magic Dragon book link is here:

www.amazon.co.uk/Puff-Magic-Dragon-Book-CD/dp/023070381X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378766244&sr=1-1&keywords=puff+the+magic+dragon+book+and+cd

I think it was £1.75 when I originally ordered it, but at £3.85 I still think its well worth it, hence me buying 2 more copies. It's not a pop up book though.

Hey re: Vertbaudet if I sign up as a new customer to avail of nice dressing gown for my DD for not much £, in what ways do they try to screw me over? Thanks!

re Vertbaudet, I find them fine since mainly use the codes to get kids clothes cheaply and don't bother with the gifts. I have used the code 5359 twice to get girl's outfits (2 seperate accounts) and paid £5 each instead of £20. I did try the other code suggested, it added postage but gave an option of a free gift. Sizing is small, they have cute tutus for £9 in at the moment.

Achicha.com have some lovely bird houses and feeders today, just got one for my hard to buy for FIL. They also have lovely, posh and unusual umbrellas, that I have got for MIL.
2 presents bought already and I'm not even out of bed

I have found Vetbaudet to be great. The gifts are often naff but the clothes, though small, are very nice. Returns and exchanges are easy. I do only use that £15 off £20 bu I am a total cheapskate. The only problem I have is DD doesn't like the muted colours.

How does achica work?

Leon Directors Cut DVD £3. Good stocking filler for men. It's an excellent film.

From Sainsburys so free delivery too.

30% off Gap denim and 25% off logo styles

Can anyone tell me if the Tescos Squinkies are good for splitting into birthday party presents. I hate them myself, but if I could get two or three presents out of a pack it would be worth it.

La trucha I've split the extra set i bought into 3 presents - coach dispenser as one (12.99 on amazon), campervan - which I got instead of horse and carriage - as another (7.99 on amazon) and the two pack of squinkies as a third present ( between £4-£7 each) They really are great value.