AS THE ADVICE ON MN IS TO DO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING .......ONLINE........PLEASE SHARE YOUR BEST/WORST ONLINE SHOPS HERE....

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AS THE ADVICE ON MN IS TO DO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING .......ONLINE........PLEASE SHARE YOUR BEST/WORST ONLINE SHOPS HERE....

AND ANY DISCOUNT CODES YOU KNOW ABOUT {with expiry dates}

THEN WE CAN ALL HAVE A TOTALLY STRESS FREE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

PLEASE SAY IF YOU USED THEM LAST YEAR AND IF THEY WERE GOOD OR BAD

RE DELIVERY TIMES ETC.

PLEASE ALSO TELL US THE BAD ONES

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Entertainer.com

Bubble console- £59.99 in toys r us, online in entertainer £14.99

tweenies game to go with the console usually £14.99 I had it for £4.99

Quick delivery, great bargain

Amazon. A1

Use last year for LOADS of stuff.

I like Letterbox.co.uk and also www.holz-toys.co.uk for the under 7s but very epensive (lovely wooden toys!)

letterbox.co.uk (or is it .com!!) I actually phoned my order in but you can do it online - lovely stuff, came really quickly.

I like Letterbox too. Traidcraft also send things really quickly.

Had problems with Boots.com before, didn't send one of the items, refunded me the amount eventually but with no communication, so I didn't know what was going on and was still hoping it would arrive before Christmas.

Play.com - CDs/DVDs/books/games/gadgets etc. with FREE postage.

We've only ordered CDs and books but they've always been reliable and cheap, send you emails about dispatch etc

Last year I got some great buys from ToysRUS on-line (popular toys too like Baby Annabel at about £15 less than elsewhere) but I think you just have to keep checking to see what the special offers are.

John Lewis - excellent. Some good food and wine gifts for adults.

Amazon are only good if your order is early. I ordered some things at the very start of December and the delivery date was after Christmas. It was mostly books so I got the whole lot from WH Smith on-line instead for more or less the same prize.

Great little Trading Company was good for toys as was Letterbox. I did a telephone order from Hope and Greenwood (retro sweets at a hugely inflated price because of the lovely packaging) for something I had seen in a magazine and they were good.

Marks and Spencer were also pretty good.

amazon, toys r us, tesco/asda

one i'd be wary about it is verbaudet. I ordered items on there last year for xmas and not only did they not come they never told me, I had to keep ringing them up to be told in the new year that they'd been out of stock in nov!!!!

I would check out Earlyessentials.com, they have lots of lovely wooden toys at affordable prices and some lovely gifts too - also have everyday products that are basics for pregnancy, babies and toddlers.

IMO Amazon are not the company they once were. Great Little Trading have let me down too often and I won't be using them again.

This years business is going to Letterbox, The White Company, Traidcraft, Mad4Ponies (v. slow site but quick delivery), Earthworks, ELC and A Quarter Of.

Amazon are only reliable if you shop early. They totally messed my order up last year and I was furious.
My top sites are
Letterbox
Hawkins Bazaar
Book People
and
Red House
All with good customer service and a fast turnaround
Urchin are also good but pricy and limited choice

i have bookmarked this thread. Fabulous! thanks ladies.

Tickseed have a great selection of interesting toys, very friendly, excellent quick service.

early learning centre are good the give you a deliver by date once order has been received. Just done all my christmas shopping from there this afternoon will be here by tuesday next week.

Just do any ordering early as most will say 28days delivery.

Have also used gltc and again ordered delivered within a week.

If possible look and make a list of what you need to get first before you order so you don't havr to do it more then once for delivery charges.

I agree about play.com. brilliant website. free delivery within 3-5 working days. ive used it for dvds, cds, gifts, books and i honestly cant fault it.

for the last two years ELC have done a 20% of everything offer during the run up to xmas so it might be worth hanging on a bit....(sorry lizziemun!)

Ditto to play.com.

I've used them loads. Cheap and free posting. Do loads of stuff too.

Also, if you trust it, ebay. I do trust it...a little too much. I'm thinking of starting up EA...ebayers anonymous...cos I think I'm addicted!
Remember, not everything on ebay is second hand. I got dh some Homer and Lisa Simpson socks for dd to give him for Christmas... he loves the Simpsons. The good thing about ebay is that you can search for very specific things.

anyway, don't get me started on the merits of ebay!!

this is one of my favourite cheap cosmetic sites with free delivery
this

The Book People

Mail Order express

toys R Us

www.woodentoysonline.co.uk for super jigsaws, and lots of other wooden things.
Tridias for toys which aren't character branded
Woolgar's for more of the above (and just because they're local to me, and nice people, and I miss their shop now they're online only!)

You might like to sign up to Greasy Palm to get discounts from various retailers. It's surprising how it mounts up.