The one where there’s 20 days til Christmas

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Posting on behalf of @reastie hope you don’t mind 🎄 🎅

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
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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.
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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)

I would love a nio offer if someone doesn't need it, please could you PM me? Thanks so much 😊

I went to boots around 11am, staff in shop said people had rushed in to grab what they had around 8.30am. They didn't have many to start with. Rubbish of Boots, I deliberately didn't buy anything else while I was in there. I assume it's a way to get into people into store, and at least a % will then buy other things without getting the freebie.

So DH has sent me £40 to get myself something for Xmas…

I REALLY want a vinyl from Imagine Dragons - ‘smoke and mirrors’ album but it’s sooo hard to get hold of. Amazon have it for £47 something but that’s out of budget. Not even HMV have it and they usually have majority of vinyls I am on the look out for. This is the only one I need to complete their album collection - my fave band! If anyone can think of anywhere else to try please let me know 😊

I got my Deans Xmas hamper yesterday and just wanted to post a little pic of the box for anyone curious as thought it looked decent enough for gifting. Everything secure inside so might just wrap as is!

Does anyone have a Cartwright & Butler discount? Best I can do is 10%.
Would like to buy a hamper, but it's rather expensive.

Interesting @STom2 / mine was just a plain box - they must be running low on the patterned ones due to all the orders!

@hugsandpugs - have you tried phoning round independent secondhand record stores? We sold all our old vinyl to a guy who owned a secondhand record store. We didn’t get much for it, (and some of it was very rare), but couldn’t see the point of trying to sell it on eBay.

The guy we sold to is prepared to ship stuff, I think.

My Deans hamper has arrived and is lovely. Amazing customer service from them too, I would 100% recommend and use again. Thanks to whoever posted.

I have yeah, I’ve been keeping an eye out for it for agessss. Just managed to find one on eBay that apparently is in near mint condition for £25 plus £5 p&p so £30 overall. Thinking of going for that as can’t see me getting it any cheaper 🙈

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It's £32.74 inc duty, delivered by 19th December

Smoke + Mirrors double

I wondered if it was a different box becasue it was the Christmas hamper rather than the super bargainous BF one. But if yours was a Christmas one too I guess that throws that theory out the window 😂

Thanks - just charged me £5.82! Great bargain as been dithering over some of these 🙂

Thanks so much for the fab hand warmers deal, perfect for a friend with Reynards! My Deans hamper also arrived today and in perfect condition, will definitely use them again! I think I’m almost there, just one last add on for some friends- I’ve got them a cheese making kit, Emma Bridgewater star star plate(!), the edge of the border tin from deans ( they have a border terrier) and would like something else to kind of tie in- they do a star cheese in Waitrose but can anyone think of anything else please up to about £10?! Thanks.

Nio offer was 45% off a box of 6 pick n mix cocktails. I don't think it included the whole range but there was a good selection. Came to under £25 with the offer but you can add some more drinks as over £25 is free postage (but postage only £3 anyway!)

Has anyone seen good offers on shower steamers and I need a tennis themed gift for my nephew who’s just bought his first house. Ideally I’d like a mug that I could buy in store somewhere (scarred by my last EB purchase I think RM played football with). Has anyone seen anything?
thanks

I know there’s always a lot of talk here about the infamous tape dispenser. For the less seasoned amongst us, is it just a regular office-type affair? If so, I picked this one up in Aldi today for £1.99… would never have considered it otherwise. No tape included though!

That explains it @STom2 - mine was the BF one!

The hand warmers are now back to actually 50% off rather than £10 off.

Try banquet records in Kingston they do mail order and are amazing

I've seen many recommendations for Outsmarted on this board.

It's currently £19.99 here

hopefully a decent price?

@beetr00 @IlovePond thank you both for the suggestions. The seller on eBay had it up for £34 buy it now and £5 p&p for tracked postage but I cheekily asked them would they take any less. They’ve knocked £9 off so got it for £30 including p&p so well happy with that 😊🙏

Thanks so much. I had looked at that site earlier but it is £51.99 so was out of budget x

There’s one on discogs but slightly out of budget

Disco
forgot the link