Bargain thread 1 - Christmas shopping on the hottest day of the year!

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Title inspired by the sweltering heat today but I’m still planing Christmas!!!

Thank you to chips for keeping the seat warm for me.

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@NoWordForFluffy as I said my second set of three and tbh I'm trying to work out where I can use some more the under cabin bed effect is fab so def recommend

@Everybodysaycheese thank you I will try the camel website keep seeing it mentioned and will keep my eye on the entertainer as they have some great things reduced at the moment.

just went a bit wild in the entertainer sale! Think I have all birthday and Christmas pressies for my lo and niece. Used voucher codes to go in and have been promised a 10 pound entertainer voucher in 6 days for spending over £90

Just got science book for no cost as I had a £1 no rush credit

Next have some lovely kids jumpers in the clearance section if anyone was planning ahead for the colder months.
I've just ordered a grey fair isle type jumper for DS and there was a grey star one for £7.50.

Thanks @StealthNinjaMum for the Alexa plug tip - well worth £9.99 to not have to crawl under the tree to turn out lights!!

^ going to order one for the same reason! Thanks SNM!

boots have a £5 flash sale there's not much in it but maybe a few things people would be interested in x

Fantastic Beasts top trumps match board game down to £9.59 on Amazon
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Mountain warehouse have free delivery this weekend and I googled a 15% off code too 👍

@Methenyouplus4

I am thinking about getting our 16 year old son (and myself) a paddle board for Christmas, so would be grateful for any bargains, or even tips about purchasing them.

Paddle boards are in Amazon's Deals of the Day today (disclaimer- I know absolutely nothing about paddle boards so no idea if the price is good or not!)

I'm guessing the smartplug offer must be finished now as I can't get it to work (I have prime and got one last year on the same sort of offer)

I saw this, but the reviews weren’t great. I’ll look at the coffee subscription though 🙂

Sorry, that last message was for @ClaraLane

There were a few Harry Potter stationery bits reduced in Tescos yesterday. Good prices. I bought Harry and Hermonie Mini squishy Clip Pens for 75p from something like £4.99. I’ll attach a pic from Amazon....

@Wait4nothing I really recommend not shopping with mountain warehouse. I ordered a lot of items in June for my holiday in August and they never arrived. I had to chase for weeks for a refund, eventually going through my bank.
Check the reviews on trustpilot I think they’re having problems at the moment.

[quote oneofthose]@Wait4nothing I really recommend not shopping with mountain warehouse. I ordered a lot of items in June for my holiday in August and they never arrived. I had to chase for weeks for a refund, eventually going through my bank.
Check the reviews on trustpilot I think they’re having problems at the moment.[/quote]
That’s a shame, I ordered from them in July and had no issues. Mind you I took the things I wanted to return back to our local store so could be why.

Thanks for the smartplug offer!

I just ordered one and it showed up as a deal for me when i typed in 'smart plug' ie it told me the offer code and to add to basket.

I do have prime so not sure if that is why? X

@oneofthose
🤞 as I’ve already ordered. I did an order a few months ago and it arrived in good time. It’s not a present so if it doesn’t turn up and I have to sort money back it’ll only be time I’ve wasted.

I ordered from mountain warehouse last week and everything came within a few days

25% off Pixar toys at the Disney store to celebrate 25 years of PIXAR

£10 no minimum spend on home and garden at John Lewis with code MYHOME not checked postage or click and collect costs yet

Frolickinglemon I have a feeling they maybe only let you buy one smartplug because I just tried the code again and it didn't work.

I was going to give it to dd2 for xmas but I don't want to give her something on xmas day that doesn't work so I've decided to give it to her today in case. My stbexh used to deal with our IT and networks which is why I don't have much confidence in me dealing with it but I'll try.

Ah. That will be it. Thanks Stealth I was feeling unloved! I guess they have to put a limit on it otherwise folk would take advantage. It's been less than a year since I got mine.

Thanks @hiredandsqueak just got a sipsmith gift set, 3 small gins for £2 collection! Bargain