Thread 13 - the one where I'm dashing for the school run!

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Apologies for the rubbish title - I'm trying to get the kids ready and don't want my daughter to miss the bus!

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

If you have any voucher codes to share (or want to check for any) then have a look https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/5212144-sharing-voucher-codes

The current referral thread for sharing referral codes here . 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)

PS5 controller (red only) down to £37.99 on EE STORE

What I've ordered from the Prime Black Friday so far:

Ren Anti Fatigue Bath Oil £17.04 (normally £32.80)

National Gallery Masterpieces of Painting Hardback £13.95 (normally £50)

Rainbow Pirates Game £5.54 (normally £19.46)

Yeah me too! 😡

Hey all,

Joining very late this year!! I have started - loads of PJs in Sainsbury's last 25% & Sparks 15% . Seem to have asked for PJs/ onesies- practical as they get so much!

Looking for any deals on these:

Nike
Adult Lego
Switch games
Vbucks
Valentte- best offers?

And ideas for my lovely neighbour. She is awesome & does lots for us. I've already bought nice pjs & books for the 3 grandkids, but stumped what to get her & her husband. Previous years I've done: Emma Bridgewater personalised mugs/ Alessi funky kitchen ware/ Valentte set/ comedy tickets/ restaurant voucher. I need ideas!! They like music/ cooking, but have every bit of equipment/ all vinyl etc you could imagine. And their house is beautiful- so nothing needed there. They have cats, though.

Thanks!

Just been on the Vans website- loads of offers, up to 50%

Passenger only have some offers, but are doing Green Friday where they plant a tree with every order.

Had this offer on email from virgin wines link

12 mixed bottles for £60 plus free prosecco & free delivery

Treat kitchen have quite a few bits in their sale and when you spend £10 the code FREEPOSTAGE works saving £2.99 on shipping!

They also have some short dated bread/pizza mix down to 95p instead of £4.50

It's not black Friday till next week, 29th November, so they may still have some kind of deal on similar to this then.

@someaddedsugar thanks so much for the unidays code on the previous thread I’ve just found it!

Just wanted to say thanks to whoever recommended The Night Store a couple of threads back. Just got these delivered today and they are fabulous!

Xbox wireless controllers in various colours on Amazon just now for just under £40

@MammaGnomes the £99 deal will be back after black Friday, this offer is on year round with different charms. I would guess there will also be something better on Black Friday for just one day, whether that's a GWP or extra discount. (I used to work in Pandora).

@HoffiCoffii agree with the other poster. The £99 deal is quite regular. They might have removed it and put items on sale individually

Does anyone know of a discount on designed Converse? They have 40% off on some styles, but my daughter would love some customs.

I’ve pm’d you.

Has anyone seen any good deals on decent food flasks? I keep looking the nit deciding. AND I forgot to collect my headphones stands from Argos 🫤. My best bargain. Forgotten as I was poorly

@Puffalicious Nike currently have 25% off on their website if that's any use.

@Puffalicious here is the Nike info. If you join (it's free) you get free delivery too.

https://www.craftykitcompany.co.uk/products/trimits-stitch-your-own-toadstool-embroidery-hoop-craft-kit

@MammaGnomes i received my order from Solace no problem, but when it arrived, I was thrown a little. The necklaces I ordered were in little plastic bags, and the earrings lucky dip were in little grey pouches but they at first seemed empty as they were so light. Also got the sweets and the thank you. I hope you can get it sorted. They are lovely products.

Whistlefish have a deal for 20 cards for £10.

@ChristmasJumperz home bargains sells the freeze dried sweets. Gummy worms, foam bananas and Skittles. They are about £1.50 a bag. There's a corner shop near me sells about 10 freeze dried Skittles for £6 and people pay that, so home bargains is truly a bargain.

my local spar has them

If there's any left, the ones Aldi do in the middle aisle are decent. Or thermos - picked up ours from Tesco last year and it's really good

Right am going to really start today. I've bought loads in BF deals but it's all house stuff, no presents yet!

Excitingly I realised we needed new fire alarms yesterday and the nest ones I needed were in BF deal which feels like a good omen as we obviously would have had to just buy them anyway!

Can I ask about White Fox? Is it still fashionable for preteens?

And finally if anyone else has a reader in the family who is impossible to buy for, I got this book subscription for my dad last year who loved it a d will be getting it again. He's had book subscriptions before but says these are much more personalised, the only dud book he has had was one he had already read and he took it in and they just exchanged it for him. https://backstory.london/products/subscription

Has anyone any inside knowledge on sony black friday deals and if defo on until next friday. They have camera i want on offer, but was hoping to buy on very using new customer offer. Very still havent dropped price though 🙈 if very match the price i will then save an extra £100 🙊 ( it was lower 6 weeks ago and held off)