Thread 2 - the one with a round of Santa-plause for all of the bargains

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Greetings and welcome one and all to a friendly and joyful corner of mn - the Christmas bargain thread. Here, we share Christmas present purchases, ideas, links and discount codes, with the aim to spread the Christmas magic and joy and reduce the financial stress.

It's a very busy thread, so see the tips below for helping everything run smoothly and avoiding repetitions of Cookiegate etc al. It's a lovely, friendly bunch and I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for building such a warm, fuzzy and generous spot on mn. I know I've save so much over the years and am so grateful to all of you for sharing.

Pull up a sleigh and relax with a mulled wine and mince pie, for Christmas has nearly arrived!

@ me if you need anything or you want to let me know anything - the thread moves so fast I can't always keep up so this really helps

A few pointers to make everyone’s life easier and the thread be as useful as possible:

• It’s handy to put in bold the bargains so they’re easy to spot
• No affiliate links
• No need to place mark or post messages of hello or thanks at the start of a new thread - use the ‘watch thread’ button
• Be nice or leave

The current referral thread for sharing referral codes https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/4940918-4940918-bargain-referrals-thread-6 . Please use this rather than this page to share referral links to make the sharing fair.

To make clicks links, you set it up like this only without any spaces apart from between the website and the word(s) you’re writing: www.bargainsahoyeveryonecomehere.co.uk

Thanks @RainbowZebraWarrior for the instructions below.
To make something bold, put this star * either side of the word you want to bold (with no spaces in between)

So starhellostar would look like this.

hello

Obviously use the * not the word star

Some of the below is copied and pasted from previous years, so do @ me if the links don't work

Stock informer is a handy site http://www.stockinformer.co.uk/default.aspx?fullsite=1

Camelcamelcamel is a great amazon price tracking tool http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com

The following links compare price products including postage
www.find-book.co.uk
www.find-cd.co.uk
www.find-dvd.co.uk
www.find-game.co.uk (as in PS4/xbox etc)

The cheese in that advent calendar is the same as the one sainsburys sell. I got mine reduced for £2 last year

I got loads on vinted last year for a good price, excellent stocking filler

Not Christmas as such, and not a discount, but if like me you like reading lots of magazines and newspapers then signing up to Readly can be a cheap way of doing it. It costs about £9 a month and there's no limit to how many magazines you can download. I don't think you can save them, but when I see something I want to keep, I screenshot it. I put the screenshots into a onenote document. There's lots of Christmas magazines at the moment - I can never resist those!

@Confusedmeanderings a lot of libraries offer Readly free for members, might be worth checking that too 😊

@Wonderfulstuff check Poundland and home bargains they sometimes have barbie outfits in.

I must have missed the pencil holder, could you link please?

Just popped into Aldi to check out the toys event....meh.

Lots of those squishy pillows that seem to be mentioned on here (Also in home bargains). Few good looking sticker books but overall rather underwhelming.

They did have pumpkin shaped casserole dishes though. For autumnal lovers. Happy equinox to ya'll!

I’d recommend Spots and Stripes, it’s made with lovely gentle ingredients and suitable for that age - my 11yo DD uses it. You can buy it on Amazon. It’s not a bargain though unfortunately, I think it’s around £14 but we’re still on the first bottle months later.

Couple of people have asked for the lego dots pencil holder link- here it is:
https://www.zavvi.com/toys-lego/lego-dots-pencil-holder-room-decor-kids-craft-set-41936/13697001.html?gad_source=1&affil=awin&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.octer.co.uk%2F&utm_term=Comparison+Shopping+Service+%28CSS%29&utm_source=AWin_863943&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=863943&awc=2549_1727011670_073794e1c2e9bb2632d5660f19f77189

Don’t forget ikea for large stuffies, they even have a reuse area with discounts.

@Distractiontactics - I just got the survey - maybe you have to work up to the receipts thing/invitations to it are limited? I don’t know how I feel about doing that anyway, but will see how it works, assuming I ever get invited to it!

Amazon panel if you click on rewards in the app it tells you how to upload receipts.

I've seen it mentioned too many times now and finally succumbed and ordered the £2 Adam Frost book to wrap up for MIL for Christmas 🤣

@juicyjellybaby DD12 uses bubble and it’s pretty gentle. DD11 uses Byoma (they wanted different 🙄) and she has painfully sensitive skin and it’s fine (she can’t use face paint for example as it leaves a red mark for days afterwards). I used to buy spots and stripes as that’s supposed to be amazing but they wouldn’t use it 🤷🏻‍♀️tweenagers!!

Thanks @mumonthehill

@Dunk19 pics are:
Box closed (with soap for size reference!)
Box open
Contents inside with soap again for size reference for the fragrance samples.

I'm sure I saw someone asking about duck advent calendars?. Just to say Wowcher have them for £8.99. I haven't ordered so don't know what they're like. Hope this helps someone 📆🌲🎁🎅🏻

Thanks @ShinyPrettyThings87 that's really helpful

@ImTheMidsomerMurderer sorry thank you to you!

I’ve just joined Amazon shopping panel to but no where on the app you upload receipts unless you email.
I was thinking the same about having to wait to get to the receipt part

I think I read somewhere @1sttimeposter24 that you have to be invited to download receipts- nowhere to do it on my account page either.

@Dunk19 mine arrived, I'm quite pleased.

Notino sent me 2 £5 discount codes that can be used when spending over £18 ( but not on the discovery boxes ) if it's any good to anyone?

Hi,

SUMMER15 gives 15% off at St Eval and it works on the a/c.

It’s in my basket, but £37.40 still seems quite a lot for 24 tealights and a holder. I wish they’d put in a couple of mini diffusers too for a bit of variety and a couple of candles.

Looks nice, though.

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