Thread 3 - the one with the bad bitch energy

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So tempted by this one, thank you sharing! Have you used them before? Just unsure how the quality is as would be gifting to an extremely picky MIL.

Another thing on haul yesterday were some hot wheels cars I got (for the recipient of the bargain argos hot wheels set) for about £3.60 in the end I think. My bargainous swim things and uno arrived today mixed in the same boxes as proper amazon packages.

@Idontwanttoknow84yes I have used them before. I just got some of the signature earrings. I like them as they are a bit different. Quality wise….nice but I wouldn’t say incredibly high end. They come in a lovely gift box with a wax stamp which I thought was a nice touch. I lost mine when I was on a trip and I’m quite annoyed so I’m going to order some more so I guess that says something. I just think they are a bit different. Bit slow on delivery.

Can you give further details on this please? I think I've missed it. Thank you.

Just been talking to moonpig about the out of date drinks, they tried to deny they were out of date then offered me a partial credit, I kept refusing and finally got to a full refund! Hope that helps others to not accept the first thing they say.

@Ohjoyohbliss those pillowcases are often on Boots £10 Tuesday.

Tu have 20% off everything, I’m pleased as jacket I was eyeing up last week, that was £45, bought it today for £36

Thanks that's helpful. They've pushed back with me that as it's still October they are in date so won't be offering me anything.

I'd have left it there but they went on to say 'i can see overall you got ** discount' which was pretty chunky as I got one of the car driving experiences. As though the overall discount should have negated the fact that the vodka is ungiftable. Red rag to a bull, so I went back and said it was unacceptable to be selling things as gifts the month they expire without notifying customers of the fact.

See what happens next.

Poundland had a large selection of Hot wheels cars today 2 for £3. Brought to put with the Build Your Own Supercars Sticker book mentioned up thread.

DD5 has received 4 reception party invites just today 🙈😬.

Yes thanks! I logged in and checked - I told them my birthday was mid-Nov so I've put a reminder in my calendar to log back in at the start of Dec to use my birthday £5 added to the £5 which for some reason is randomly in my red tab account

Do you know you can get a trade-in discount for your old kindle from Amazon? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trade-In/b?ie=UTF8&node=21261993031

Extra 5% with blue light too.

Still catching up so apologies if it’s been mentioned but I stupidly dithered on purchasing the deyong heated blanket on harts of Stur and now it’s increased from £34.99 to £49.99 which is the same as the reduced dreamland anyone know if they tend to do Black Friday wondering whether to just bite the bullet or hold out any longer in case either places have a good discount closer to BF

I had the same experience this morning, they tried to fob me off but ended up refunding the whole order, not just the candy kitten stuff i was complaining about

The wooden workbench someone posted is back in for £21 at Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/02hMcNUp

Good luck @lemoncurdcupcake I hope they do the right thing, you could try the ‘my friend got refunded so I should too’ line!

Thanks for the mention of PLouise again, I had given up on a second order as I couldn’t get the freebies to work but tried again and it’s applied a mystery gift. It looks like they have changed the mystery gift that’s free, so the value is £11 rather than £30, meaning you don’t get the additional lipgloss set as a freebie unless you spend more to hit the threshold.
Anyway, managed to get a nice range of stuff, plus free mystery gift and free micellar water for £21.50 - not as bargainous as my first order but very happy with it

Yeah thanks they said I can trade it in for £5 😅

I bought a new kindle paperwhite from Very with a 20% off new customer discount and interest free payments. I think you have to sign up for their payment plan for the offer though - but you can pay it in full when you want to.

https://www.very.co.uk/first-order-discount.page

ETA - I had exactly the same measley trade-in offer from Amazon

Neal's Yard Remedies to Roll - Meditation

roll on - £17 on Neals Yard and Next - £7.65 or £6.50 on s&s at Amazon.

I really like these - not sure if a lot of it is just that I think it helps but I definitely find them de-stressing and calming.

Thank you for this!!

RSPB has free delivery if you spend over £20. Some beautiful Christmas bits as usual.

@lemoncurdcupcake - my PLouise order came within 48 hours.

⭐️🐟, however 🤷‍♀️

Does anyone know if LEGO do BF reductions. Adult DS2 has announced that he wants a LEGO box for Xmas that costs a breathtaking amount.

It’s my own fault because I asked him if he wanted a LEGO Botanicals. The answer was no, but that apparently opened the door to a rather more pricey wishlist 😿

Thanks

Lego do but I don't recall it being that good.

Which one does he want?