Thread 10 - the one with a rubber dick each

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Thanks @CalliopePlantain for the title. Lord of the Rings rubber dick anyone?!

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)

They are £29, but are sometimes reduced to £23. I'm not sure if the referral code works with the reduced price, but with the £10 off from using someone's referral code, even without the sale price, they are £19 delivered. That seems reasonable to me, if it's something we can reuse every single year.

It's rare I feel that something is an actual bargain, but I'm delighted. Here's the link: https://www.bloomandwild.com/send-flowers/tagonly/trees-wreaths (but do make sure you go to the referrals thread and use a referral link so you don't miss out on the £10 discount.)

I was just about to do a Tesco post! I've just been in and the 25% off clothes also applies to sales items. I got a hoodie which must have been for Halloween as it has a glow in the dark skeleton design. It was down to £1 so I paid 75p. They also had lots of Wednesday Adams stuff...hoodies £10 (so £7.50) T-shirts £6. Worth a look if you're in there.

I’m so sorry, that’s rubbish for you. I suspect a lot of us will get these emails too

Thank you to whoever posted about the boots £10 Tuesday. I don’t usually bother looking at it because they never have anything good. I’ve treated myself to the Lumene moisturiser, serum and CC cream. It took a bit of patience with the awful website but it finally went through.

i was coming to stay Tesco had 25% off gifts and also clothing. I got some good stocking fillers and a cute sequin bomber jacket for my youngest.

I would love one of these. I can't find them on the site ?

Huh - odd. Hopefully this link takes you to the right page. The one I ordered is a "Tiny Tree" (scroll down).

Don't forget to go to the Bargain Referrals thread to make sure you get your £10 off.

If anyone has a Charlotte Tilbury fan that they need to buy for then they have a select number of items on 2for1 at the moment. It's 2 of the same item so you can't mix and match items but still a good deal if you know they like the item. And if you spend over £80 it adds a lipstick and a night cream for free (assume sample sizes but not sure)

Charlotte Tilbury 2for1

@Muddyandwet - I've just used your referral. How do I get a referral link of my own to pass on?

It was the same with Oasis tickets - I got fomo. Didn't want to go but still queued😂

Thanks for sharing! Some really nice bits to be had, got quite a big parcel on its way to me now 🤭

The Vtech DJ mixer seems to be back in stock.
I've been watching it for a week or so as it went out of stock and I didnt want it enough to pay more than the offer price! I've got it click and collect to my Sainsburys local. It was coming up as available for delivery too. (Discounted to £30 still)

On Argos.... sorry! Forgot to add that in!!

I haven't had a referral come through (maybe it takes time?), but there should be a menu option under Credit that says Spread the Word? (Maybe double check you've placed an order / created an account first?)

Heads up for those with Morrisons near by. Their Black Friday deals start on Monday 18th (doesn't look like all stores will stock everything sadly) includes Lego Gabby's Dollhouse down to £46 and Bluey carryalong set down to £15. Also looks like they will be doing beauty dupes (inc olaplex and sol de janiero dupes) annoyingly the beauty ones don't seem to be coming to my local stores.

Also just spotted a Dyson hairdryer dupe

Hopefully this link works to Joe Public

Morrisons Black Friday

@BourbonsAreOverated thank you so much for the suggestion, that looks lovely.

@I8toys @tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz just scrolled right back to page 25 to find out what people are queueing for...don't think I've ever felt more British 😂#allaboutthequeue!

I've not had my Tony's choc either. Found the email and the small print says they can take up to 30 days to post it so I'm not giving up hope yet! My email was from 31 Oct.

I'm not going to use the O2 ornament code so I'll post mine on the other thread

How do you do this?

Does anyone know of any Sophie Allport discount codes? I’ve found the perfect secret Santa gift but grudge £4.95 for delivery.

I have also had that email - I don't want the order without the free gift, so am going to ask them to cancel my order, or will return it if they won't cancel.

My order of this £13 cat plush came today and I know my dd will love it; it’s the size of a real cat and weighted, so not the usual stuffed feel.

@Muddyandwet , I have also just used your referral, you won’t be able to get into your house past all these trees soon!

Just wondering, is there any sort of etiquette when using referrals from the board? Most recent first or something? Don’t want to break any rules!

Is this a legitimate site?

the clarins haul arrived here. Really pleased with the samples as they were a good size. The mens free gift was good although did just come in a plastic bag.

@I8toys

It was the same with Oasis tickets - I got fomo. Didn't want to go but still queued😂

Sorry but this is crazy. No wonder the sites crash.