Christmas Bargains/Reductions

Posy

New thread for the 2018 season.


I was just thinking that TheLoop Dublin airport shopping (or other airports of course) could be a handy place to pick up a few beauty gifts at reduced cost since it's currently holiday time for many people.
Most cosmetics I use are about a tenner cheaper there, and some fancy schmancy skin-creams can be up to €30 less than the retail price!

kitten_k

Yankee have the sets back on offer for €39.99

https://www.candlewarehouse.ie/shopexd.asp?id=6499

(Other scents available too)

ciara007

The book people have a flash sale on at the moment https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?pageNumber=1&categoryId=156235&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100

Peppa pig books and ben and holly books are reduced to 2.99 for the sets. I will be grabbing these as stocking fillers.

CheerLouth

ciara007 wrote: »

The book people have a flash sale on at the moment https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?pageNumber=1&categoryId=156235&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100

Peppa pig books and ben and holly books are reduced to 2.99 for the sets. I will be grabbing these as stocking fillers.

Thanks for that - just sorted out some stocking fillers & got the HP collection for my niece! Making a nice dent in the present shopping now

CheerLouth

Boots have some deals on No.7 and Soap&Glory at the minute:

https://www.boots.ie/no7-beauty-vault-10250540

https://www.boots.ie/soap-and-glory-foam-and-away-gift-set-10252280

The No.7 is really good value

Bainneban

always worth checking out the bookdepository.co.uk for free delivery worldwide and usually a lot cheaper than bricks and mortar.

Posy

-Boots are currently doing Clinique Bonus Time
-Argos have their new catalogue out and have 3 for 2 on toys at the moment

Cakerbaker

Code NOWGAP gets 50% off sale prices on the Gap website. Got a load of kids hoody’s reduced from €37 to €7.50 for presents. Plenty other bargains too.

freshpopcorn

Cakerbaker wrote: »

Code NOWGAP gets 50% off sale prices on the Gap website. Got a load of kids hoody’s reduced from €37 to €7.50 for presents. Plenty other bargains too.

For an adult any idea what they are like for sizing?

Cakerbaker

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Cakerbaker wrote: »

Code NOWGAP gets 50% off sale prices on the Gap website. Got a load of kids hoody’s reduced from €37 to €7.50 for presents. Plenty other bargains too.

For an adult any idea what they are like for sizing?

For women I’d say they’re on the generous side. I’m not sure about men. Kids sizes are small though.

Sundew

For anybody who has “Frozen” or “ Disney” fans in the house, this retired Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Tree Ornament is currently just under $7 plus $5 for delivery to Ireland. Retailed new at $12 and Hallmark ornaments are unavailable to buy in Ireland. Stand corrected on that!
Bought it for my daughter, and although it’s plastic the detailing is really lovely. We got the resin Disney one and it’s much more delicate.

https://www.amazon.com/Hallmark-Keepsake-Coronation-Christmas-Ornament/dp/B01N5UT91Y/ref=pd_ybh_a_11?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KGP3MNM0ZK0A5V629QYJ

chocfan

Cakerbaker wrote: »

Code NOWGAP gets 50% off sale prices on the Gap website. Got a load of kids hoody’s reduced from €37 to €7.50 for presents. Plenty other bargains too.

Thanks for this!
Just got a load of bits for kid presents-probably for birthdays coming up rather than for Christmas but great deals!

Sundew

John Lewis is getting ready to launch their online Christmas Shop and are flogging off the last of their stock from last year. Managed to purchase a few items over the last 2 hrs but it’s goin fast...twill probably be all gone by the time I post this!😀 https://www.johnlewis.com/ie/browse/christmas/baubles-tree-decorations/_/N-54yc

Posy

Clinique bonus time in Arnotts at the moment.

freshpopcorn

I saw Heatons have up 50% off toys!

Lord Spence

Ok,

So over the years friends or family always seem to ask me about certain items like whats the best TV to get or Games Console to buy or where can I get that toy that seems to be sold out everywhere, well I thought a thread here would be a big help to all those christmas shoppers. The Idea is that people can throw up a request or question and then we all try and help out as much as possible to help that person get the item they are looking for or suggest a better alternative or even a cheaper option, think of it as Santa's little helpers!!!

I'll kick off with a few sites that I use coming up to the big day.

Obviously there is our own bargain alerts thread

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=346

Hot UK Deals for all the UK bragains https://www.hotukdeals.com/

This one is great its stock informer, keep an eye on or get alerts about the hottest item when it arrives in stock across multiple stores. This saved my skin a few years back to get a snow glow elsa. https://www.stockinformer.co.uk/

Happy Shopping Ho Ho Ho

Jude13

Good idea, I sourced a frozen doll thing here one year and sent it home as it was sold out in Ireland. This thread has the spirit of Christmas at heart.

Moonbeam

It is my 1st christmas abroad so shopping should be fun!!
I am so used to Amazon,e-bay and Smyths!!

Jude13

Where are you now? better shopping or worse?

I had a look at ordering hampers, there are some really nice once, I filtered for my location and it took all the nice ones out, anything with even a sniff of booze in them

Moonbeam

In Oslo,Norway ,Shopping is way worse.
It is non EU so I do get duty free when travelling but can't bring much into the country due to import duty.

Jude13

But, but, it will be snowy!!

Moonbeam

I know!!
I can not wait for all the snow.
2 of my kids saw the snow here last year but 2 missed it so you can imagine the excitement.
At the moment the weather is like Ireland,damp and dull.

CheerLouth

Quality street tubs 5euro in Tesco this week (also very handy for Hallowe'en if you get a lot of Trick-or-Treaters)

freshpopcorn

I think Smyth's have a 20% off sale starting on Tuesday for about week. It includes most things apart from games, Xbox's, etc and nursery!

Lord Spence

Perfect time for toy shopping, think this is the only time smyths do this deal before Christmas.

Lashes28

Dealz have tins of sweets for 4euro celebrations and quality street

DvB

Lashes28 wrote: »

Dealz have tins of sweets for 4euro celebrations and quality street

I know where I'm heading this evening so!

kitten_k

Lashes28 wrote: »

Dealz have tins of sweets for 4euro celebrations and quality street

Just make sure you check the date on these - Dealz are known for having short dates on things like this.

Loughc

kitten_k wrote: »

Just make sure you check the date on these - Dealz are known for having short dates on things like this.

As long as they don't expire by Sunday I should be good :pac:

I deffo must take a look in Dealz this weekend for them, too good to pass up at that price.

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

As long as they don't expire by Sunday I should be good :pac:

I deffo must take a look in Dealz this weekend for them, too good to pass up at that price.

Exactly what I was thinking. & if one or two get eaten between now & christmas, well so be it.

Sundew

Nicholas Mosse has their annual online Black Friday/ weekend sale taking place.

20% off select patterns and free postage in Ireland/ UK for the weekend only.

Its a great opportunity to pick up Christmas gifts! I usually use this sale to pick up some of their more expensive items. Have ordered my cookie jar in old rose reduced from €62 to aprox €49. Delighted with myself! :-)

https://nicholasmosse.com/

CheerLouth

Getting this thread back up and running as we'll start to see some bargains coming up shortly!

Tesco are kicking off with two for 20euro on tins of biscuits:

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294848137&Ne=4294954028

DvB

Do those biscuit tins get included in the 3 for €20 & better still 3 for €15 with Roses/QS/ Heroes/Celebrations tubs offer Dunnes tend to have for about a week in the build up?

CheerLouth

I'm not sure to be honest. I very rarely shop in Dunnes!

DvB

CheerLouth wrote: »

I'm not sure to be honest. I very rarely shop in Dunnes!

No worries, I know that offer tends to include some biscuit tins, remember the cadburys & at least one of the foxes ones being included but not the others. Sure the offers change year on year so its irrelevant really.

Loughc

CheerLouth wrote: »

I'm not sure to be honest. I very rarely shop in Dunnes!

Dunnes is great for the €10 off when you spend €50 vouchers. We save a fortune each week using them.

CheerLouth

Loughc wrote: »

Dunnes is great for the €10 off when you spend €50 vouchers. We save a fortune each week using them.

They don't do home delivery though & I cannot bring my two fiends to a supermarket & remain sane Tesco home delivery saves me so much time, it's worth the few extra bob. Plus I save all my points for the year so normally my Christmas Big Shop is free

chuckles30

ooh I wonder will Dunnes match that before the weekend - I have a load of Dunnes vouchers about to expire and I could use them and stockpile in advance!!

DvB

Loughc wrote: »

Dunnes is great for the €10 off when you spend €50 vouchers. We save a fortune each week using them.

Ditto. They're an absolute godsend. We use €40 of them every week.

Toto Wolfcastle

We were tempted fairly recently by a Dunnes spend and save voucher we got in the post. Never again. The saving was wiped out by how much more expensive Dunnes is than Tesco (because Tesco ha such a massive own brand range compared to Dunnes), and we couldn’t get half the items on our list. It was also a good reminder of how much of a pain it is to shop in-store. Back to Tesco click and collect!

CheerLouth

Tesco own brand is very good value - it's how I afford to shop there to be fair.

DvB

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

We were tempted fairly recently by a Dunnes spend and save voucher we got in the post. Never again. The saving was wiped out by how much more expensive Dunnes is than Tesco (because Tesco ha such a massive own brand range compared to Dunnes), and we couldn’t get half the items on our list. It was also a good reminder of how much of a pain it is to shop in-store. Back to Tesco click and collect!

Funnily enough, we tried changing from Dunnes to Tesco a while ago & having been used to shopping in Dunnes & buying alot of their own brand stuff found it difficult to get everything we needed in Tesco, we came out with what we thought at first look an okay weeks shopping with a moderate saving, but copped after a couple of days we had missed loads & ended up going to Dunnes to pick them up anyway, net result no real saving at all.

I'm one of those people that prefers to pick the stuff myself in store rather than rely on online grocery shopping (expiry dates never seemed as good with the online orders) anyway so despite it probably being a little bit more expensive will stick to Dunnes. Tesco is great for the odd trip to pick up some extra's but I could never do our weeks shop there.

TRS30

We have been a Lidl & Tesco family for a good while now. Found for us it was a big saving over Dunnes, even with the €10 voucher. Also used the Tesco points to pay for ferry to the UK last year.

freshpopcorn

TRS30 wrote: »

We have been a Lidl & Tesco family for a good while now. Found for us it was a big saving over Dunnes, even with the €10 voucher. Also used the Tesco points to pay for ferry to the UK last year.

I mix between supermarkets and I always find Dunnes more expensive to do our weekly shop. I know somebody who raves about there €10 or as they call it 20% off everything but it never worked out cheaper for us.
We keep all our Tesco point for Christmas!

JustMe,K

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

We were tempted fairly recently by a Dunnes spend and save voucher we got in the post. Never again. The saving was wiped out by how much more expensive Dunnes is than Tesco (because Tesco ha such a massive own brand range compared to Dunnes), and we couldn’t get half the items on our list. It was also a good reminder of how much of a pain it is to shop in-store. Back to Tesco click and collect!

Rumour has it that Dunnes limits its own brand stock in certain stores due to the local clientele that thy want to discourage from shopping there. Having been in a number of different stores, I am close to believing it.

Posy

As much as I'm loving the Tesco/Lidl etc conversation, the next person to post better have an actual bargain to report! :pac:

freshpopcorn

Posy wrote: »

As much as I'm loving the Tesco/Lidl etc conversation, the next person to post better have an actual bargain to report! :pac:

The tins of Afternoon Tea, Chocolate Kimberly, Chocolate Micado and USA are 2 for €20 in Tesco.
This off ran for a good while last year.
They were reduced to about €8 for a short period but they sold out fast.
Lidl may also do this one morning for €5 but only a few will get this!

JustMe,K

Posy wrote: »

As much as I'm loving the Tesco/Lidl etc conversation, the next person to post better have an actual bargain to report! :pac:

Tesco seem to permanently have trays of 24 cans of diet coke, 7up etc for €10. Great to stock up on

Toto Wolfcastle

Christmas cake ingredients are on special offer in Tesco at the moment. Probably still cheaper to buy them in Lidl/Aldi but it’s a good time to buy them either way.

kitten_k

JustMe,K wrote: »

Tesco seem to permanently have trays of 24 cans of diet coke, 7up etc for €10. Great to stock up on

Keep an eye on Iceland they do have them for €8

Zaph

kitten_k wrote: »

Keep an eye on Iceland they do have them for €8

Tesco regularly have them at 2 for €15