I heart BODEN - read this and see how blimmin generous they have been :-)

[eandh]

As you may know TrinityRhinos dh died in August and a small request to buy some shoes turned into a very loving, giving thread to help Trinity, another Mumsnetter (sleepwhenidie) suggested that maybe we could sort getting TR a present for her and she has been hankering after this coat
for over a year, I started a paypal fund which currently has around £470 in it and thought I'd cheekily email Boden to ask for a discount on the coat and this is the most fantastic email reply I received today

'Dear Michelle,

Thanks for getting in touch, Trinity is very fortunate to have such good friends.

We would love to give you this coat for Trinity, plus a £50 Boden gift voucher for each of her daughters and step sons.

Please let me know which size and colour you would like and I'll get the coat ordered for you.

Best wishes
Josie'

How bloody fantastic is that!!![grin
now means all the money raised can go to TR in vouchers to help try and make this Christmas a little more happy for them all

That's so lovely. I'm having a quiet snivel at the kindness of humans when it really matters.

Enjoy that beautiful coat Trinity. Great choice of colour!

perhaps Josie is a mumsnetter? My guess is that the MN discount click-through must generate a LOT of hits...
But yes, nice to see that they can use their common sense! Well done eandh.

eandh, well done..

am sure that somone at boden headquarters are clued into the countless boden threads on this site

Well done Boden

(We can still take the piss out of some of their more sassy and hotchpotch outfits every season can't we...?)

That is wonderfull news

That really is amazing!

yes ok im welling up at everything to do with lovely people helping trinity!!

Fantastic! Well done eandh (still haven't forgotten your kind gift when I was in need) and good for Boden. Off to have a nosey at that coat now!

Well done, Mr Boden and company
I had phone call last night after 6 about my returns and i was quite surprised they were there at that time on sunday.
Good customer service

lovely of boden

Goodness, nice one Josie Another Boden virgin here (am too fat for the clothes ) but will buy DD something nice from there when I get home.

Lovely

wow, thats great

does Trin know yet?

that's fantastic!!

Peedoff, yes she does now
fab isnt it?

this is amazing... the coat is gorgeous. How lovely!

Well done Boden - I may have to keep both the dresses I ordered last week, intending to only keep one.

And well done eandh and the other coordinators. MN is fab!

That's fabulous.

Well done to Boden and also to eandh and to everyone who has shown just how lovely people can be.

Thinking of TR and her family.

how lovely after all the stick boden has got on here over the years aswell

got woken up at 3am by poorly DD1 but you know what I was still remembering this!

Wow how generous of them

Lovely for Trin

All of these threads are making me sob. MN is an amazing place. It is wonderful and very kind of Boden. Lovely for Trinity that she can have the money for Christmas or whatever she needs it for. Well done eandh.

I admit I make fun of all the Boden love around here because I don't like their clothes, but what a great company! I have tears in my eyes they are so sweet!

I expect Josie is even now being ushered into her new corner office with view.

I can see the Daily Mail making a story out of this. How infuriating! (unless they give Trinity some cash).