M&s gourmet dine in for 2 €25

amdublin

I got a starter of crabmeat with parmesan in the shell, steaks, side, choc pudding, wine, chocs.

Should have cost €49.90 but cost only €25.

mystic86

amdublin wrote: »

I got a starter of crabmeat with parmesan in the shell, steaks, side, choc pudding, wine, chocs.

Should have cost €49.90 but cost only €25.

la di da

just kidding :P

cheers

Doom

amdublin wrote: »

I got a starter of crabmeat with parmesan in the shell, steaks, side, choc pudding, wine, chocs.

Should have cost €49.90 but cost only €25.

Those steaks are deadly

unkel

Good value the Valentines dine in always is. Got the Beef Wellington (that's fillet steak in there) plus the other goodies and a very decent bottle of bubbly. Normal retail price was €55.98

Doom wrote: »

Those steaks are deadly

They are just sirloins though

amdublin

mystic86 wrote: »

la di da

just kidding :P

cheers

unkel wrote: »

Good value the Valentines dine in always is. Got the Beef Wellington (that's fillet steak in there) plus the other goodies and a very decent bottle of bubbly. Normal retail price was €55.98



They are just sirloins though

There were three kinds of steak iirc. I got these:
http://www.marksandspencer.com/Pack-Rump-Steaks-Peppercorn-Sauce/dp/B005OLL7RA

They're always good :pac:

beertons

And the bottles of Cava are in with the deal too. Class. Picked up 2 meals yesterday.

maringo

Deal advertised at Twenty POUNDS in the UK

amdublin

maringo wrote: »

Deal advertised at Twenty POUNDS in the UK

Your point?

We use euro in Ireland.

brian ireland

maringo wrote: »

Deal advertised at Twenty POUNDS in the UK

About €24, nice to see the gap is closing between UK sterling and the euro. A year ago it would have been £20 Uk and €30 Euro IRL for the same deal.

uck51js9zml2yt

maringo wrote: »

Deal advertised at Twenty POUNDS in the UK

It was advertised at £15 on tv tonight

Jesus Wept

The uk website says £20.

brian ireland

Byron Massive Saffron wrote: »

It was advertised at £15 on tv tonight

Just as you posted it was on SKY Atlantic for £20. 100% sure.

unkel

maringo wrote: »

Deal advertised at Twenty POUNDS in the UK

£20 / 1.20 (take out 20% UK VAT) = 16.667 * exchange rate of 1.195 = €19.919
plus Irish VAT of 23% = €24.50

Pretty damn close

(and I'm not even going to the bother of explaining we have much higher alcohol excise duty here)

Barr

We got two last nite . In the store if you spend €35 you get €7 off. Made the deal even sweeter

sweetie

Barr wrote: »

We got two last nite . In the store if you spend €35 you get €7 off. Made the deal even sweeter

indeed, and if you had bought another 4 bottles of wine (6 in total) you would have got an extra discount of 25%

paddy147

maringo wrote: »

Deal advertised at Twenty POUNDS in the UK

So you dont consider 25 euro for all that a bargain then??


Will you ever grow up and stop looking to make something out of nothing.:rolleyes:

Mimikyu

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Etnies

sweetie wrote: »

indeed, and if you had bought another 4 bottles of wine (6 in total) you would have got an extra discount of 25%

Things like this always makes me laugh, people think they are getting this great deal but you're clearly not, your spending extra money on stuff you don't need therefore defeating the purpose of bargain hunting in the first place

Nok1a

this is a great deal, availed of it yesterday

-2 sirloin steaks RRP13,
-Bottle of wine RRP13,
-Fresh Prawns not sure of RRP,
-Chunky chips not sure of RRP,
-Desert was the triple cholcolate selections again not sure of RRP,
-Chocolates.

All of this food was of the usual really high M&S standard, and fair enough wouldnt have bothered with the chocolates and wine and didnt eat them but they will always come in handy again so I dont see it as a wasted purchase.

To top it all of the manager handed out a EUR7 off voucher valid once you spend EUR35, so did a bit more shopping and saved more there as well, so my bill came to EUR33 with a savings of over EUR30.

For the people moaning about this, its clear you have no interest in this type of deal but for a lot of people this is a great deal so why dont you save yourself some time and not bother clicking on this tread so then we dont have to read you rubbish talk

bk

Etnies wrote: »

Things like this always makes me laugh, people think they are getting this great deal but you're clearly not, your spending extra money on stuff you don't need therefore defeating the purpose of bargain hunting in the first place

What, you are worried the wine will go off!!

Etnies

Etnies wrote: »

Things like this always makes me laugh, people think they are getting this great deal but you're clearly not, your spending extra money on stuff you don't need therefore defeating the purpose of bargain hunting in the first place

Oh, I see, it's only a bargain if you need it. Well OP, I hope you needed that crabmeat in its shell. Certainly sounds like something you couldn't live without!

Plenty of selection in Blackrock at Lunch time

Mountjoy Mugger

What's with all the thread spoiling?

pug_

Managed to get this for €18. Picked up everything from the deal, got a €7 discount voucher while picking it up, and at the till the cashier said she'd see if it would accept the voucher for this deal, scanned it in and it was accepted

€18 for a 3 course meal for two, a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine is good value in my books any day.

snubbleste

Are you saying all you bought was the €25 deal and the €7 discount voucher worked on that?

mad m

snubbleste wrote: »

Are you saying all you bought was the €25 deal and the €7 discount voucher worked on that?

Yeah because all the Dine in for stuff adds up to over 40+euro individually, so you get the 7euro off with the voucher...

Barr

mad m wrote: »

Yeah because all the Dine in for stuff adds up to over 40+euro individually, so you get the 7euro off with the voucher...

I thought you had to spend €35 to get the €7 off.

sweetie

Etnies wrote: »

Things like this always makes me laugh, people think they are getting this great deal but you're clearly not, your spending extra money on stuff you don't need therefore defeating the purpose of bargain hunting in the first place

yeah, what am I gonna do with those extra four bottles of wine....:rolleyes:

paddy147

Etnies wrote: »

Things like this always makes me laugh, people think they are getting this great deal but you're clearly not, your spending extra money on stuff you don't need therefore defeating the purpose of bargain hunting in the first place

Laugh away then,because most of us are laughing back at your post.:rolleyes::pac:

Dotcomdolly

paddy147 wrote: »

Laugh away then,because most of us are laughing back at your post.:rolleyes::pac:

Maybe his lucky laydee is getting a tasty selection from tesco's samonella corner

mad m

Barr wrote: »

I thought you had to spend €35 to get the €7 off.

Sorry for not being clear....I was told by a girl when getting the deal, the dine for 2 totals over 40+euro, so when they beep it in and you give your 7euro voucher it ends up being 18euro...You get the discount of it being a dine in for 2 then the 7euro voucher off as well....

pug_

snubbleste wrote: »

Are you saying all you bought was the €25 deal and the €7 discount voucher worked on that?

Yes that's exactly it, I literally bought nothing other than the meal deal and the voucher was accepted when scanned in bringing the total down to €18.

gomara

I got the this yesterday, great deal in my opinion. I bought the deal (€25) + another pie/veg/mash deal for €7 + some other thing for €1.30, Total €33.30. The girl told me if if I bought another thing worth €1.70 bringing the total to €35 I could give me a voucher for €7 off immediately. I got some Mini Jaffas (€1.70) and the total bill was €28!!! How good is that....but you have to actually have items costing €35 to get the €7 discount.

ke1009

I live in Scotland you still see the tags all displaying the Euro. M&S and Mothercare seem to be much fairer in their pricing. I've noticed the worst offenders for hiking up the prices for Ireland are Debenhams, Monsoon and Accessorise. I bought a dress a couple of years ago for £150 in Monsoon, it was €250 on the label so I wrote and complained that this was completely taking the biscuit. I guess M&S and other companies can say they have to pay their staff a higher minimum wage which is true but some companies would struggle to justify their Euro prices. The M&S Valentines deal is £20 and their dine in deal is normally £10 so the exchange rate isn't too bad if you take into account slighter higher wages and the Irish gov tax on alcohol. Looking forward to the champagne and strawberries

daveyjoe

Also, there's extra transportation costs involved with bringing the goods across the Irish sea. In fairness, M&S are very fair with their GBP -> EUR exchange rate.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Picked this up for €18 today, genuinely can't go wrong with that. Might pop in again if the missus wants another meal for another night!

Mimikyu

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donnacha

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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I managed to ask a girl stacking milk in blanch for a voucher whilst I was doing my shop - she grabbed one from the checkouts for me.
After paying for my stuff I tried to get another voucher to use tomorrow but was told they were all given out yesterday. I then also asked at customer service and got told the same story. I guess your best bet is to ask a staff member on the floor.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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I hadn't a clue about the voucher, the girl at the checkout just included it for me, and I kinda woke up when the till said €18

On a side note, it proves the point that M&S staff are the absolute BEST at what they do. No other shop seems to employ such friendly, intelligent and welcoming staff.

daveyjoe

Hmmm, I thought the vouchers were for €7 off when you spent €35, not €25?

Jimmy Bottlehead

All the food adds up to nearly €50 separately, so that does the job apparently!

ucd.1985

Shocking selection available in IFSC.

:mad:

Jimmy Bottlehead

Good lord, that was DELICIOUS.

If you missed it, you really did miss out :-)

jamesd

Had it this evening - loved it .

DebDynamite

The OH picked up the deal on Monday and bought a few more items. Total came to well over €35, but the checkout assistant never mentioned anything about €7 off

Barr

Had the beef wellington Monday nite and the sea bass last nite – both were yummy

jonnyha

Unusually, mine was horrible. Fishcakes, chips and steak. Chips were dreadful.

Normally lovely.

Salmon

Great value deal alright! The sea bass was a little boney, but apart from that it was delish

Jesus Wept

The real value was yesterday when some of the items that didn't sell were marked down.
Got the chicken/parma ham/cheese main for 2.25 and a veg side for 75c.

sweetie

I had a voucher left over today and got the chinese meal for two (duck spring rolls, chicken wings, crispy chicken and dipping sauce, battered prawns with sauce plus a bottle of chardonnay) and the chicken and leak pie deal (includes mash and veg) for 16 euros

Dades

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

On a side note, it proves the point that M&S staff are the absolute BEST at what they do. No other shop seems to employ such friendly, intelligent and welcoming staff.

Agreed.

The staff in my local M&S are a great bunch a lot of them been working there for years.

Etnies

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh, I see, it's only a bargain if you need it. Well OP, I hope you needed that crabmeat in its shell. Certainly sounds like something you couldn't live without!

You missed the point and the post I quoted wasn't the OP's but well done.

bk wrote: »

What, you are worried the wine will go off!!

Nope but you also missed the point, he suggested buying an extra 5 bottles of wine to get a 25% discount.. how do you not get that what i'm saying here???

paddy147 wrote: »

Laugh away then,because most of us are laughing back at your post.:rolleyes::pac:

Laughing at my post? Now now paddy i've seen some of your posts on here absolutely berated.. and if you also can't understand that buying an extra 5 bottles of wine just to get a 25% discount is stupid then I hope you won't be building anything that i own :rolleyes::pac:


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