‘Why do I find myself needing an inflatable penguin sledge?’ christmas bargain thread

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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 crutchlow35 has earned £3k cashback in under 3 years apparently she must buy alot of stuff!

Top cashback also fabulous cashback site - I’ve seriously never looked back - getting money for nothing! join here to earn fello mner referral credit (will change this link periodically to share the love to different mners)

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 Spend a total of £200 (excluding delivery costs) or more on orders throughout October and receive a £50 voucher by Nov 10th. ??Just remember to use the code OCT50 each time you check out.

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

Amazon puff magic dragon book and CD here

Amazon finger puppets £1.81 here

Amazon stick man book price up and down, seems to have been £1.75 but you need to keep an eye out as it keeps changing! 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 Julia Donaldson phonics book down to £2.50 here

Amazon fake lego set 69% off here

Amazon Furby £41.99 (only certain colours) here

Amazon double swing half price £30 here

Amazon Tomy Megasketcher £8.66 here

Amazon 20 pairs of ear studs for 71p including delivery here

Amazon make your own cards half price £5.06 here

Amazon owl pendant 95p delivered here

Amazon the snail and the whale book £1.75 here

Amazon flashing/glowing shoelaces £1.76 inc delivery here

Amzon Kidizoom twist camers £33.33 here

Amazon Disney BOGOF £13 here

Amazon playmobil camper £23.97 here

Amazon popular duplo number train, currently as I write this is at £8.64 here

Amazon story of christmas book for those interested here

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

Amazon Elizabeth Arden Mascara £5.40 here

Amazon monopoly cityville board game £6.60 here

Amazon Slushy cup for £8.66 here

Amazon pillow pet down to £11 (scroll down to see other animals) here

Amazon orchard toys shopping list here

Amazon night before christmas book and CD £2.05 here

Amazon stud earrings 93p delivered here

Amazon Joe McElderry classic christmas CD for £1.70 here who could resist

Amazon aquadoodle up and down around £9.99 here

Amazon Gordon Ramsay Ultimate Cooking Course £5 here

Amazon pirate book £1.75 here

Amazon Lego Horse 64% off to £13.29 here

Amazon geomag £9.86 here

Amazon pet pillow £9.99 here

Amazon playmobil dungeon £25.31 here

Amazon Lego Summer camp down to £64 here

Amazon colouring in christmas table cloth here

Amazon disney cars travel aquadoodle £5.99 here

Amazon earring and necklace set under £5 here

Amazon charlie and choc factory pop up book, v popular with those that have bought it here around £7 including delivery

Amazon Sylvanian families sofa and armchairs set half price £9 here I can’t believe how expensive those things are

Amazon colour in playhouse here

Amazon other bits of jewelry butterfly necklace £1.85 owl necklace £1.06 octopus necklace £1.40 owl earrings £1.60 elephant necklace £1.60

Argos Bieber kids tshirts 39p here Scroll down to ‘alternatives’ for JLS/the wanted tops for 39p also

Argos retro ladies tshirts from £2.99 in sale here

Argos half price peppa pig castle here

Argos have some reduced nightwear/slippers etc here

Argos less than half price fisher price amusement park toy here

Argos minnie mouse make up set reduced here

Argos reduced games here

Baker Ross clearance here

Bargain Book Time have a nice Christmas Alphabet book here and 5 fairy tale books for £7

Bear nibbles 20% off with code Grizzlies here . free delivery when spend over £30. I DD loves these!

BHS have a 50% Off on all Sale items .Plus you can us the code AUTUMN25 to get £5 off £25 or AUTUMN50 code to get £10 off a £50 spending. Free Delivery above £30 or free pick up at local shop.25% off at BHS until 6th October using code VCBONUS25 here

Boden MCES for 20% off here

Body shop Body Shop lots of offers around,Buy 2 get 2 free Code: 14673. 35% plus free delivery when you spend £5 Code: 14665. Spend £60 save £30 Code: 19803 go to their website here?
Book people here popular Julia Donaldson set here, different from last years or AFDELIVERY for free delivery, no min spend. AFLEAFY10 gives 10% off £20 spend at the book people AFAUTUMN: 12% off all orders over £30

Book clearance site here

Boots have £5 off £50 spend on baby products and 10% off with Quidco voucher QQ2T270 here free nails inc nail varnish with colgate toothpaste make a scarf kit half price £5 Join boots photo and get s £1 photo mug (£2.99 including postage) here

Brantano code BRANTANO5 for 15% off or DISCOUNT25 here

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

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

Character PJs here

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

Clinton Cards clearance worth a look here

Company magazine subscription £3 for 3 issues and free oasis watch here or £3 for 3 issues and free Little White Lies tanning set

Cosmopolitan magazine subscription 3 issues for £3 and free Rhianna perfume here

Crabtree and Evelyn outlet shop 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 or SHBC or SHFK or CY72 or HN96 here sale stuff here cafetiere 70% off to £9 here mavala nail varnish set £12 here converse boys small size 3 - 8 shoes, use XC67 for getting them for £14.99

Disney Sale up to 50% off here

Disney Trivial Pursuit £12 here

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

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

Ebay - love these kids christmas PJs here

Elizabeth Arder 8 hour cream £4.99 here

Face cloths - the popular ones from last year here

Fake lego advent calendar here

Fragrance Direct have a few offers including this one

Free Fisher Price rattle here

Funky pigeion - 50%off loads off stuff including cards mugs and t shirts use code. FUNKY0610 ends 6/10 here also 3 cards delivered for £2.97 using code funky0610

GHD 20% off GHD online using code GHD20 here

Giftorama personalised mugs

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

Glow in the dark marble run £15 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

Hexbugs half price here

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

Ikea toy kitchen down to £65 here

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 !)

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

John Lewis hearmuffs down to £6.95 here is it bad I want a pair

John Lewis half price horrible histories pen here

Joules free delivery and 15% off with code NWHD97 or PEA10 should give you £10 off when you spend £50 or FIELD gets 15% off and free delivery until end of Oct or COUNTRY for 15% off and free P&P ( oreo is pleased with her willies here weekly planner down to £2.70

Toy kitchen (plastic) reduced down to £6 here

Lakeland sale here

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

Lakeland £5 off when you spend £30 follow this link

Lands End: Free delivery with FREEBIE Lands End - 25% off with code FALL25 here

Lego soap legos soaps from ebay

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

L’occaitaine is lovely and one of my faves, Free divine set worth £30 with a Divine purchase. Code is DIVINE at checkout. here

Manuka Doctor Try me face set £2.50 here with code TRYME but be warned - very teeny tiny!

M&S free delivery with code SHOPPING or PARCEL13 here santa PJs for adults?
Magpie Mugs very lovely and popular here . poppywearer for that one.

Mini micro scooters - JoJo seems to be the best place when they have a working code - current one has run out, if you find another please let me know here

Molton Brown £10 off £20 spend with HOUSE10 until 5th Nov here

NSPCC letter from santa here

Nerf gun here from amazon

Office Converse sale here

Orla Kiely half price flask here
Photo diary 2014 from ebay £2.75 here

Photography magazine £3 for 3 issues free gorillapod (i’ve got one and it’s FAB) . Only 18 left here

Play have Santa Apprentice DVD for around £1 here and dvd box sets for under £10

Rudolph disposable cameras here

Sainsburys disney dvds BOGOF lord of the rings blu ray £7

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

Smyths have Innotab1 for £19.99 here WWE Elimination chamber here . Nope, I have no idea either. Looks like some kind of torture device to me [clueless]

Smyths imaginext advent calendar £6.99 here

Snowball launcher here

The spicery was popular last year here

Studio24 christmas clearance here free delivery 032 reduced childrens chairs personallised

Telegraph offer 10 packs of veg and salad seeds for £2.70 worth £19.90. Seeds sent at time of sowing here

Tesco toy plastic toy kitchen down to £6 here

Thorntons buy one get one free on continental choc box here

Tisserand 40% off shower gels here

Toys R Us £5 off with code BIRTHDAY7. Toys r us have free delivery on orders over £30. then code 9908087729993 for an extra £5 off. here

Urban Outfitters 15% off with the code STOCKHOLM here

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 The 20% one is GWORK20 and the delivery one is SBFREE.30% off at The Works with code GRAND20

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

Warren Jones have various discounted jewelry here

Vertbaudet £15 off a £30 spend, and some free PJs with code 1420here

Yankee Candles reduced 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

Just ordered 24 star cookie cutters, 10 gingerbread man ones for £4 from Asda. They are for my Kitchen Christmas Tree.
Asda keep stuff for 14 days IsThatTrue

JustBecauseICan - the Open University website says this about the seasons posters: We have had reports of some Internet Explorer users having problems with our automated poster order form. We're working to fix this; in the meantime, you try using a different browserExternal link , such as Chrome, Safari, or Firefox. Alternatively, you can also order by calling 0845 271 0017 (local rate)

I used Chrome which worked fine, but didn't show a preview of the poster. I had a search around and here is a picture of the poster for anyone else experiencing the same problem.

I will hopefully be getting a little mermaid print for DD and now DS will have something he'll love too. Isaac

AliceinSlumberland - are you using a mobile device/tablet on the Internet Gift Store? I tried to order on my iphone and nothing came up. I used Chrome on a computer in the end, although I did have some problems with it giving me the free delivery initially. Clearing the cookies from my internet history helped, for some unknown reason! I then clicked the link to sign up to the newsletter on the first page, registered for an account then added shopping to the basket. At the checkout there was a 'like this and save 50p' button, which I did, then I added the 10% discount code from up thread and, voilà, it worked.

Finally, I had a reply back from Amazon about the possibly German Minecraft handbook, and... they don't know either! They have referred it on and will get back to me.

Bloodsocks not sure if it's what your looking for but when Dd had to wear makeup for dancing around that age I bought Boots Natural collection. It's on 3 for £5 online at the moment. I usually buy a makeup bag from Primark and fill it with bits and bobs for Dd. Also Argos usually have cheap earrings.

Bloodsocks have a look at Make Up Academy (mua) in Superdrug. It starts from £1 and was recommended to me when I asked for suggestions for my teenage niece on the style board on here.

It looks really nice, and they have some nice neutral sets of eyeshadow etc.

You can cancel the minecraft book, it's only pre-order so they won't have taken the money yet anyway.

Sorry more advice please Does anyone know the best plan for ds games. My DS wants Moshi Monsters: Katsuma Unleashed; it is on pre order for £16.99. Should I order it or wait for the christmas clubcard thing at tesco? Do Tesco put games on the clubcard exchange? [Thanks]

Oreo, I can't get that Crabtree link to work and struggling to find those solid perfumes, sound ideal for DD1s stocking. Thank you :)

ilove, I got it working and have ordered an iris one. hold up perfumes have gone though

For Nintendo games etc I'd hang fire until the last minute, especially for new ones. In the run up to Christmas Amazon etc will knock stuff down. If you dare risk it and it's not vitally important. Last year (or poss year before) dd wanted some Harry Potter game, which was showing at £29 until about 15th December when I got it for £11.

Hi anyone any ideas for a fun gift for my nephew age 12? I give him money so I only need something for around £5 to go with it but bored of getting him a lynx set! Thanks!

The Crabtree solid perfume is out of stock now, ilove. I want some for DD, but apparently they sell it in H&M and Primark.

Oh thanks Vee

£10 off a £50 in O'Neill with code 10POUNDSTOKEUK

Isaac thank you so much for the puma trainers- perfect for my db!
I also found a link for free p&p from Asos

Anyone any ideas for an 18 year old boy? Not smellies!

Thanks justbecaueIcan - it is one of only 3 presents he asked for but I think I can hold my nerve for a better deal, we have a game shop near us so can always do a dash there just before if necc.

Thanks abbieangel too for advice re letterbox

Thisisme thinking of giving nephew a cookery book - encourage him to move out of dsis house, and the promise of impressing the girls. Just need isaac to find us a bargainous one.

Some of the Jamie Oliver ones were cheap on Book People. Jamie's dinners/Ministry of Food or 15 minute thingy would be good for making a nephew leave home

I'm so disappointed. Been manically searching for sylvanian homes and comparing them all. I found a great deal on one in argos but it's our of stock everywhere near me :-(

Where are you? This is the sort of challenge we like!

SHIT. Ladies who did the free gifts with the magazine subscriptions for Cosmo and Company - I cancelled my direct debit after the first payment and emailed them to say I was cancelling, I've just got this email;

"Thank you for your recent email.

Our policy is for the subscriptions to run for a minimum of 12 months before a cancellation may be actioned. You will therefore need to contact your bank to cancel the direct debit instructions for you.

If you decide to cancel your direct debit instructions for Cosmopolitan and Company before the minimum term then we do require the return of the gifts in the condition they were received to the following address;

Hearst Magazines UK
FREEPOST MID21595
Market Harborough
LE16 7BR

I do hope this answers your query."

Can they do this? Did it say anywhere in the small print?!

Oh dear CoffeeOne - perhaps they've 'twigged' as to what is going on... - magazine espionage?

izzy the argos app is quite good for checking stock in about 10 stores but the reduced house seems to be out of stock near us too. You could try searching near relatives/friends houses.

Morning all - my DD's enchanted doorway has arrived and it's so cute :)

Anyone got any good deals on port and Stilton hampers to send to DAunt & DUncle? Around the £25-£30 mark delivered if at all possible. I've seen the M&S one but was wondering if anyone had any better offers / ideas?

Coffee just checked the T's & C's and it says it can be cancelled at any time in the trial period, nothing about returning the freebies. Email them and ask to see where it said that?

Kindle arrived!! Excellent service from amazon using the prime free trial for delivery!

About the magazine subscription all I saw In the terms was you could cancel at any time during the trial period?