Thread 2 - the one with a bath humbug.

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Ho ho ho and welcome to the bargain Christmas thread - home of the discounts for Christmas shopping.

@Bonesofache I have been buying Lego for several years and never seen Lego removing postage. I only buy from Lego sets that aren't available elsewhere. You can get sets cheaper from Argos etc.

Do you know what the eligibility criteria is, please?

I've had an update too however mine says 5-7 days, I guess it will depend on when we ordered.

My Thrift update says 5-7 days as well. I only ordered 3 items so maybe that affects the delivery time as it must be a job to extract the items from their huge individual item stock levels with lots of multiple items. (Plus I guess my order is at the front of the MN queue!)

Thank you. I want the fish tank set, which is £25 on the LEGO shop but more expensive anywhere else (that I can find anyway). Just trying to keep the cost down as much as possible by avoiding postage, which sounds impossible though!

@KyaClark I downloaded the app & it said I hadn't been invited but they could put me on a wait list.

I feel like I've already bought everything within my budget for dc & am at a loss for this year.

I ordered four times from Thrift Plus and today one of those orders has changed to dispatched! Excited to receive it and see if anything is any good. It's coming via Yodel though so doubt delivery will be speedy...

Mine is a huge order which is why it may be 14 days 🧐

I’ve had an update from Thrift too. 14 days for me too.

My Thrift order is 14 days too but I ordered an absolute tonne!

@Sideorderofchips

Dd3 who is 16 very nearly 17 is getting Harry styles tickets , would your older chip like tickets to a show or concert as they have always been popular with our 3 rather than stuff ?

I wonder if they will stop selling squishmallows now they've got their own range of basically the same thing. My daughter is young enough not to know the difference so I don't mind 😜

@KyaClark I don't sorry, but some posters on the prequel threads said they joined the waiting list and were accepted pretty quickly so worth joining just in case.

I don't think there's a specific criteria, it probably changed depending on demand etc. I joined the waiting list and was then accepted a month or so later.

Thank you, both

I haven’t had a email from thrift with an update.
I only ordered 14 items so not a big order really.

Still no craft gin box. I was thinking of contacting them direct and asking for the tracking number as the one that went to my mums had a tracking number.

My gin box arrived yesterday- all in date until Jan except some dried orange slices which are Christmas Eve, didn't check the date on the actual alcohol as I'm sure that will be fine.
My eBay turtle doves arrived today- lovely pale blue colour my mum will like. Can't see any fault except one seems tighter than the other, they are slim fitting and a bit tight for me but my mum has very small hands and wrists so that's fine. There is a black line on the turtle dove label but I'm not worried about that.

@Christmasiscominghohoho 14 is pretty large! Mine is 22 which I think is a huge order

@KyaClark keep checking as I didn't get a notification that I'd been accepted.

@Bonesofache order £50+ for free delivery and return what you don't want (also free)

Just check they aren't in a sort of "secret compartment" within the packaging. I once thought the same but it was just they way they were packaged separately from the bottles.

I got a 2 pairs, bright pink and puce. Not my colours at all

Has anyone seen any nice picnic blankets in the sale anywhere? I was hoping to pick one up for a present but haven't spotted any good bargains.

They might not class as 'nice' but millets have some in the online sale and an extra 15% off currently

Ooh, thanks - I will take a look!