Thread 4 - the one with our Guylian best before fate

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It was a toughie to pick the thread title this time!
Thanks to @RainbowZebraWarrior for the title For those interested, our fate is best before June of next year and the offer was regarding Guylian choices at B&M.

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)

Thanks @LostMyRubySlippers and @Montanna15 - off to have a look!

Anyone know the cheapest place to get the stronger with you aftershave? Is it likely to come up in Black Friday deals?

Been looking out for the game “Secret Identity” for a while since playing it at a friend’s house.

This is the cheapest I’ve seen it sold for. Also lots of other items reduced currently so worth checking out.

www.toystreet.co.uk/product/secret-identity/

The refill has gone down to £4 now!

Does anyone know if this comparable to the magic lamp bargain of last year? 4yo wants the same as her 6yo sister but I can’t bring myself to buy the same toy!

Sorry I haven’t been able to catch up for the last couple of days so don’t know if this has been shared but thought 8.99 is a good price for this science experiment set. If anyone is still up looking for last minute prime day bargains.

Science Lab

If you look on YouTube there's many videos of people making really complex Gravitrax runs. I was so excited to get it for DS but waited till he was nearly 7 because it can be a bit fiddly and requires patience. I got a mega bargain on a starter set and when I established he loved it I bought lots more second hand. Marketplace is a great place to look. It seems to be one of those where it's either loved, or it's opened once and never touched again which means there's lots of 'like new' bargains to be had.

We get our gravitrax out about once a year and get a good family afternoon out of it but I can see how other children would like to play for hours more often (like my DD do with Schleich unicorn vs big cats Holkeinesque herd sagas… 😂)

The add on parts are great for cheaper future birthdays/Christmas. The catapult brought much joy to us all one Boxing Day!

I've skipped most of this thread and amazon prime days 😱
Now I'm looking for a new Xbox... anyone have any ideas how to get them cheaper?
Thank you 😊

I'd also like to jump on the nespresso band wagon- if anyone has any eyes for any deals for that today. Purely selfish, I want to gift it to myself... but I will share when guests are around...

Lidl's wooden toy event is the 17th there is a few pages of toys and some seem slightly different to Aldi's selection

Did anyone find the Prime days underwhelming this time? Nothing that I wanted/needed!

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher is £1.99 on Kindle today. A firm favourite in our house.

I actually got the hot wheels garage back down to £50 after twatty House of Fraser didn't bother sending the one I ordered nearly two months ago.

Yet another customer they've lost.

@Annie1290 I'm by no means an expert but have been looking at Nespresso recently for our office. There is the original style and the newer Vertuo. Originals have smaller pods that lots of supermarkets do an own brand version of, while the Vertuo are quite large and I think there's currently a reason that the pods are only available from Nespresso themselves, so no bargains to be had there. The Vertuo seem to often be on sale on Amazon for £70-something including some pods.

I got a good Black Friday deal last year for a new Xbox via Very. I got the console only but there were other packaged deals with games too.

Thank you to the person who recommended the Cashmere fingerless gloves from tazzie. They are absolutely beautiful and the seller was so friendly ❤️ they also come nicely packed and make a wonderful present.

@CandyRaining i can highlyrecommend Freddie’s Flowers - great quality and a choice of sizes/prices. I’ve put my referral code on the referral board if you’re interested which gives you 20% of a one-off gift box or a free box if you’d like a subscription for regular deliveries (easy to cancel or skip deliveries which can be weekly or up to monthly).

Glad someone found it more useful!

Ahh I'm sorry but this has made me laugh! 😁

Perhaps they have seen your MN username?!

What was the name of this seller please?

@Mytribeof3 they are on eBay, name of the seller is seabeach2012, tazzies fingerless cashmere gloves

Thank you ☺️

Aldi have little pots of chocolate snowmen, Christmas bears and Father Christmas - conveniently 25 in each, so good for advent calendars. They were £3.29 each I think.

What's the best way to get an ASOS discount?

I'm only buying one thing, not in the sale. No students in the house and none of the codes I can find on Google seem to work,

Does anyone have a code or any tips please? 🤞

Look on top cash Back and jam donut. Can use link to get 6.6% cash back and pay via a gift card which you can also get 6.6% cash back from