More Tesco Bargains [No Off-Topic Chat - See Post #1]

Soarer

irishproduce wrote: »

Are they only on white stickers Soarer?

I had a look at this picture a poster took and there is no marker for end of line, star or dot...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=89360185&postcount=6961

Have only ever seen them on the white ones.

irishproduce

Thanks

onform

In Clarehall.
Malibu Red(Mix of Malibu and tequila), €11.73.
Also, Baileys Biscotti, €9.52.
Both 70 cl bottles.

The_Conductor

The flavoured Baileys seem to be constantly on offer- I can't see them lasting- in taste tests they don't fare nearly as well as the original one.

sue97

Cyber Ghost wrote: »

Got the Bop It Tetris game for 8.75 - reduced from 35e.

Lots of these in Clare Hall as well

CH3OH

Stabilo Smartball -THE PEN FOR THE SMARTPHONE-GENERATION



Product description: http://www.stabilo.com/com/products/smartball

These were reduced to €2.50 in Tesco Arklow
Left or right handed available!

Seem to be €8 to €10 generally

brian ireland

Woodpecker1 wrote: »

Fraudulent, dishonest and illegal.

I would not recommend this method in anyway.

Soarer. Catch yourself on.

I think Soarer was only having a laugh in fairness..

Cherrycoke

A few reduced Lego sets in Arthur's Quay Limerick

fleet_admiral

lots of those tetris games in arklow

vicwatson

fleet_admiral wrote: »

lots of those tetris games in arklow

Yeh and STG 17.79 on Amazon !!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hasbro-Games-A2013-Tetris-Game/dp/B00CM75VXA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395698237&sr=8-2&keywords=tetris+bop+it

fleet_admiral

vicwatson wrote: »

Yeh and STG 17.79 on Amazon !!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hasbro-Games-A2013-Tetris-Game/dp/B00CM75VXA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395698237&sr=8-2&keywords=tetris+bop+it

i think they were €8.50

wmpdd3

Some clothes and shoes are €1.25 today and tomorrow in the clothing sections.

Its every year, sometimes twice a year. Its only about .5% of stock, mostly kids shoes / nightwear / women's tights / mens formal shoes / anything Christmas branded and women's going out shoes and flats.

There's always womens and mens thermals and loads of hats scarves and kids cold weather stuff.

Not all stores will have stock, its just what's left over after the Winter sale.

CH3OH

These are €6.30 in Tesco Arklow- in the reduced gift aisle

Bit of a novelty, but might appeal if you children want to make a few buns..

vicwatson

fleet_admiral wrote: »

i think they were €8.50

Tesco price is € 8.75. Great for that price

The_Conductor

One of the staff in Maynooth was buying herself skinny jeans at 1.25 each yesterday evening- much to the amazement of the checkout operator. Ridiculously good value.

Cantona's Collars

Staff in Wexford are busy re-stocking the toy section,there's a good few bargains to be had,picked up Megabloks Halo sets for €4.24 & €10,got a Disney Planes set for €10.49. Blind packs of Kreo & Megabloks figures are 74c. Lego Chima racer sets are €3.74.

mrsweebri

Skipping ropes at 39c each in Oranmore, bought a bunch as great for party favours (charged 1.99 each at till, double the difference back equals, well, more than I started with.)

javagal

They've loads of the bop it things in portlaoise

Cantona's Collars

Forgot to post that they also have Peppa Pig playsets reduced,they are averaging €30 in Smyths.Between €12-€14 in Tesco.

The_Conductor

Fish......

Ok- a weird title, but hey.

Youngs- Extra Large Beer Battered Fillet of Fish 1.37 a box
Its Alaskan Pollock (a nice white flakey fish, a first cousin of cod).
Best before Feb 2015

Normally this is 4.99/5.99 at 1.37 its either a misprice or they're clearing it for whatever reason.

This is probably the nicest battered fish you can buy- to say its delicious is an understatement- its really really yummy.

snubbleste

^^ Just as well you have that deep freezer

The_Conductor

snubbleste wrote: »

^^ Just as well you have that deep freezer

I had to remove all the fish from the boxes, and do some creative figuring over what I'm going to be eating for the next few days- to make it fit in. Also lowered the temperature to -28, the lowest it goes. Its damn annoying though- the temperature controls are on the back of the freezer.

Seriously guys- it is worth filling your freezer with this fish.

vicwatson

The_Conductor wrote: »

I had to remove all the fish from the boxes, and do some creative figuring over what I'm going to be eating for the next few days- to make it fit in. Also lowered the temperature to -28, the lowest it goes. Its damn annoying though- the temperature controls are on the back of the freezer.

Seriously guys- it is worth filling your freezer with this fish.

That's a load of Pollocks

The_Conductor

vicwatson wrote: »

That's a load of Pollocks

Well, I'm not codding you

Mycroft H

We need to scale back on the puns.

s982102

The_Conductor wrote: »

Fish......

Ok- a weird title, but hey.

Youngs- Extra Large Beer Battered Fillet of Fish 1.37 a box
Its Alaskan Pollock (a nice white flakey fish, a first cousin of cod).
Best before Feb 2015

Normally this is 4.99/5.99 at 1.37 its either a misprice or they're clearing it for whatever reason.

This is probably the nicest battered fish you can buy- to say its delicious is an understatement- its really really yummy.

the price for the fish in maynooth is normal, at 5.49. Which branch did you get them off?

viv2

That fish is full price in arklow too.

Sgt Pepper 64

Spotted in Tesco's Navan,
Sylvanian Family Car for €6.49!!!!

Ive seen this before at €20 euro and thought that was a good deal

Red, 2 left in Navan

Also plenty of the bop it tetris

The_Conductor

s982102 wrote: »

the price for the fish in maynooth is normal, at 5.49. Which branch did you get them off?

Maynooth too...... Do they change the offers on Tuesdays?
I was hoping to get more tomorrow- if they're back up to regular price- might try Naas or somewhere else that might carry them........
Kicking myself that I didn't get more. I also loaded up on the 3 Euro boxes of Tangle Twisters- my fault for being greedy.........

Ok- so if Maynooth have put the price back up again- does this mean its the same in other stores?

Woodpecker1

Yes, price has been corrected. Must have copped it.

TinyTot165

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Spotted in Tesco's Navan,
Sylvanian Family Car for €6.49!!!!

Ive seen this before at €20 euro and thought that was a good deal

Red, 2 left in Navan

Also plenty of the bop it tetris

This was in Swinford also, only one left I think

mac1961

Plenty of reduced lego in Tesco Ballybeg (Chima, halo etc.)

ncur

CH3OH wrote: »

These (Cupcake maker) are €6.30 in Tesco Arklow- in the reduced gift aisle. Bit of a novelty, but might appeal if you children want to make a few buns..

Found the equivalent cakepop maker box on a top shelf of Tesco Wilton, but the box was empty It also scanned at €6.30. Will check other Cork stores in the next few days.

snubbleste

joe316

Wife bought a load of discounted products yesterday in Maynooth. Cant remember everything but off the top of my head.

- Little toy cars - 70 summit cent each
- Monsters University pencil cases with pens/pencils/paints in it - 1.12 i think each
- Lamby from Doc McStuffins - normally 25 quid in Smyths got it for 2.50
- baby vests - 3 for 2
- Children's dressing gowns - 1.50 I think
- Children's hat/gloves and scarf set - 1.12

Thats all I can remember at the moment

SteelyDanJalapeno

snubbleste wrote: »

20% off Ticketmaster!

Gonna get a few of those myself

fleet_admiral

What is the facebook voucher for? The wife is facebook addicted so i might get her her one; depending on what it is used for

PaddyFagan

fleet_admiral wrote: »

What is the facebook voucher for? The wife is facebook addicted so i might get her her one; depending on what it is used for

Apps and Games apparently - I had no idea either, so I Googled it - https://en-gb.facebook.com/giftcards

Paddy

fleet_admiral

PaddyFagan wrote: »

Apps and Games apparently - I had no idea either, so I Googled it - https://en-gb.facebook.com/giftcards

Paddy

thought as much, useless so. Thanks for the explanation though

cathalj

Has anyone used the ticketmaster card before ?
Just wondering if there's any catch , limitations of use or sneaky admin charges etc ?

ButtersSuki

cathalj wrote: »

Has anyone used the ticketmaster card before ?
Just wondering if there's any catch , limitations of use or sneaky admin charges etc ?

Word of caution on the ticketmaster cards. Got a few a couple of Christmasses ago as a present. The only real condition is a use by date of approx one year - this happens when you register the card (from memory). If you don't use the balance by the end of that year you lose it.

So for example if you register a €100 card and buy two tickets at say €28 (€56) but don't use the opther €44 by the end of the year you lose it! Crazy! I contacted customer services about extending it and basicaly got the same reply over and over again which basically said "computer says no". As ticket prices will rarely if ever come to exactly what your voucher is for, you'll be left with something.

Very inflexible and very unfair IMO. It's not technically transferable either, but as it's a code you should be able to do so. I ended up giving the balance away free on adverts to someone who could use it.

OH - AND FROM MEMORY - and I could be wrong on this - I think they takle their normal booking fee when using these cards too!!!!!!!

SteelyDanJalapeno

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Word of caution on the ticketmaster cards. Got a few a couple of Christmasses ago as a present. The only real condition is a use by date of approx one year - this happens when you register the card (from memory). If you don't use the balance by the end of that year you lose it.

So for example if you register a €100 card and buy two tickets at say €28 (€56) but don't use the opther €44 by the end of the year you lose it! Crazy! I contacted customer services about extending it and basicaly got the same reply over and over again which basically said "computer says no". As ticket prices will rarely if ever come to exactly what your voucher is for, you'll be left with something.

Very inflexible and very unfair IMO. It's not technically transferable either, but as it's a code you should be able to do so. I ended up giving the balance away free on adverts to someone who could use it.

OH - AND FROM MEMORY - and I could be wrong on this - I think they takle their normal booking fee when using these cards too!!!!!!!

Most gift cards have an expiry date?

ButtersSuki

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Most gift cards have an expiry date?

Yes, but most are longer than 12 months (I think Brown Thomas Gift cards have eitehr 3 or 4 years before they expire), and in my own experience, most will happily allow you to extend if you haven't used the full balance by the expiry date.

And most don't charge a booking fee you for the privildge of redeeming them!

CH3OH

Thought I'd put this up as an example of how you can be sucked in by the word FREE

Which one would most customers pick up?

(p.s. the SEL's were not that close together)

snubbleste

The 24 pack is half price €1.71
The 12 pack+100%free is not on offer.


Edit: for pedantic reasons

leck

snubbleste wrote: »

The 24 pack is half price €1.71
The 12 pack is not on offer.

Aren't they both 24 packs?

rubadub

CH3OH wrote: »

Which one would most customers pick up?

Hopefully the one advertised as an offer, then they can afford to give good deals to those who actually do bother to look.

I saw a sort of similar enough thing last night, this 12 pack of toilet roll

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=277162458

SAVE 1.99 Was 7.99 N...
valid until 22/4/2014
€6.00

Right beside it was this one, this link shows it is €5.89 but is missing that it is 9 rolls + 3 free
http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=274991368

The SEL label is yellow on the dearer one indicating an offer, the other is normal colour. Both are the exact same, the €6 one did say "now 20% longer rolls", but the €5.89 one had the same sheets per roll.

I saw a woman go for the €5.89 one right away.

J_E

The amount of people who race for something just because it says 'special offer' is crazy. My mother does it all the time, and I have to show her that you only get the good deals when you look more carefully and avoid the bright FREE labels which are sometimes not 'free' at all.

leck

Cydoniac wrote: »

The amount of people who race for something just because it says 'special offer' is crazy. My mother does it all the time, and I have to show her that you only get the good deals when you look more carefully and avoid the bright FREE labels which are sometimes not 'free' at all.

And the other thing the mothers do (at least mine does) is go for the big size presuming that the larger size is always better value for money.

Interrobang

CH3OH wrote: »

Which one would most customers pick up?

I don't know about most customers, but this one always goes by €/kg or € /L, and the phone calculator is always at hand when shopping.

ETA: Oh, and price per unit too - if I had believed every jumbo value pack label on nappies in particular I'd be a lot poorer today.