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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Have never had any problems with Amazon. The Bookpeople are absolutely brilliant. M & S a bit hit and miss. Boots have always been fine.

The place I would NEVER EVER order online again from s Woolworths - shockingly bad service and not a word of apology when my order came 3 months after it should have done.

I'm also v.surprised at the amount of pple who've
had probs with Amazon. Always found them to be
very good.

I like Urchin, Great Little Tradings and ELC online. We've bought from all 3 on quite a regular basis & all 3 have been brilliant.

elc
play.com
amazon have been fine but i dont do huge orders....
hawkin's bazaar

We have used Applestore.com (Dh's MP3 player) with no problems

I was just about to look up this thread, when, lo and behold - here it is in active convo's

thank you....!

Hawkins Bazaar - placed an order on 6/10, arrived on 12/10.

I live in Sweden! Fab Fab Fab

ToysRUs have a fantastic half price sale on a lot of there toys etc. I've just placed an order for the sound city railway set table for just £99, usually £199. Great Bargain. Pity there are no codes out there to make it even more so lol!!!!

Would reccomend..

Toysrus
Play.com
Book People
Mailorderexpress

Will be steering clear of..

Amazon - left delivery far too late last year

Nursery and Toys.com - Recently placed an order and the iten was showing as in stock. 6 days later they email me and tell me it is on back order and they aren't sure when i will get it.
So especially as they supply the ones for sale on Amazon and they seem to have plenty on there, but at a higher price.

Would also recommend Play.com and The Book People. I
buy masses from Amazon, but find it better to pay for the postage-if you use the "free delivery" option there seem to be more delays and problems.

I have had problems with Mail Order Express over the years, with stuff showing as "in stock" when its not, and delays in dispatch.

Hawkins Bazaar is great, as is Firebox-I ordered a game on Saturday last year, and it arrived on the Monday morning!

i would recommend mamatoto.co.uk
gorgeous range of toys
use code KF1ZZ140 at the checkout for free delivery too!

Hi
The main shops I always go back to are:
Argos - always look up and reserve online before going.
Woolworths - especially now they've got a catalogue - free delivery if you get it delivered to the store.
Amazon - when there's enough for free delivery.
ToyCrazy - nice cheap little toys and shrinkles sets
thebookpeople - quite a good range and always cheap

Also for CDs, DVDs, games etc, normally one of these is the cheapest - cdwow, play, sendit, blahdvd

Also I look at Kelkoo - a price comparison site to check the cheapest price of things before buying.

Another thing is if you have kids at school, the school may have signed up to one of those perfiliate sites where you can link through to earn commission for the school - I always try to click through from the link from the school where possible.

cremolafoam thank you for sorting my Christmas in one swoop punk rock baby is where i shall start....

Some of the toys/clothes here are amazing

20% ELC BIG039 valid until 27th DEC

www.toysdirecttoyourdoor.co.uk- fast delivery some great special offers and if you spend over £100 you get a 5% discount card of any future orders

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theres been a couple of probs with the LX code - didn't affect me but a couple of others on here ended up paying the full cost despite what the payment was shown on the web. they did though get a refund of the £13.50 but had to hassle customer services for it.

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Can't remember the exact reason but Studio Cards were awful a couple of years back, and their after sales was dreadful.

I have just ordered some fab personalised calendars from Sweet Baby Face link

We saw this company at The Baby Show the other weekend (they were by the John Lewis stand) and the calendars are gorgeous! Such a perfect gift for the grandparents. For babies the calendars come with a really fun sticker set that has various milestones on so you can record when they did what!!

Free postage, quick delivery and they do fab personalised Christmas cards too! Check them out!

What do you think!?

I want to echo what Greensleeves said about the shop that sells clothes etc.

I ordered some bits for christmas on Monday and they came today, superbly packaged etc and the jigsaw I got is so divine I might keep it for myself.

I found some gems last night.
In sainsburys they have Bukaroo for £1.87, Kerplunk for £2 and Twister for £2.
They're the original MB Games versions too. Not rip offs!

Thanks for that - might check out Sainsbury's later. At those prices it's worth stocking up on presents for the rash of kids parties over the coming months too.

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