Category: Shopping
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Doritos Meltdown as Super Markets (Tesco) Say No to Voucher Winners / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: N_Walayat
The Doritos instant win promotion that began Mid February and due to end Mid April has proved to have a high probability for a win that we currently estimate at 40%, i.e. 4 out of every 10 packets will be a winner! Just enter the code on the back of the Doritos packets at the website and you will instantly know if you have won cash from £5 to £500 or a print at home voucher for free packet of Doritos which is what you are most likely to win.
Unfortunately, for winners there is a fly in the ointment in that supermarkets such as Tesco are increasingly refusing to accept any more than 1 voucher per customer PER DAY (worth upto 80p) in exchange for a free packet of Doritos as has been our recent experience at Tesco, Sheffield.
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
6 Easy Ways to Get What Women Want, for Less! / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anwar_Hossain
Making your way into the world today costs time, effort and... money. That said, with a healthy application of discounts everything will be easier and more convenient. In other words, if you want to make your budget go further, you need to take advantage of our top tips for getting price reductions and discounts on everything from airline tickets to spa treatments. So strap in and get ready to save more and spend less.
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Friday, February 16, 2018
Huge SMIGGLE Shopping HAUL, Pencil Cases, Drinks Bottles, Back Packs, Toys.... / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
Here's addicted to all things SMIGGLE Anika's massive haul of virtually everything she has bought from SMIGGLE during the past 2 years, pencil cases, water bottles, back pack, puzzles, springs, toys, and of course loads, and loads of pens, pencils, erasers and other stationary items. And prepared to be SHOCKED when you see what she actually now takes to school each day!
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Monday, February 12, 2018
Addicted to SMIGGLE Mega Review, Pencil Cases, Stationary, Back Packs, Drinking Bottles, Toys... / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
Here's addicted to all things SMIGGLE Anika's MEGA Review of virtually everything she has bought from SMIGGLE during the past 2 years, pencil cases, water bottles, back pack, puzzles, springs, toys, and of course loads, and loads of pens, pencils, erasers and other stationary items. And you WILL be SHOCKED to see from this pile of SMIGGLE stuff what she actually now takes to school each day!
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Smiggle Python Puzzle Review / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
SMIGGLE continues to go beyond pencil cases and stationary, increasingly featuring a multitude of products such as back packs and water bottles. In our latest Smiggle video we try their Python Puzzle, where it's 60 coloured tiles can be bent and clicked into making all sorts of shapes such as elephants and giraffes and what's more there are loads of guides online showing you how to make dozens of shapes.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
UK Toys Craze of 2018 will be all things SLIME! / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
2018 will likely see the US slime craze of 2017 sweep through the UK resulting in young children with small packets of slime disrupting schools with their slimy and messy consequences, and likely soon become banned substances. Here's, an early glimpse of what foretells for the slime craze of 2018 as Anika 9 and Eliza 3 literally try to get a messy grip with their first batch of various slimes from the spongy sparkly pink, to the very slippery and smiley white to the in between grey.
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Sunday, January 07, 2018
SMIGGLE Pencil Cases and Water Bottles Craze Parents Nightmare! / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
SMIGGLE must be commended for being an A1 first class business, for their marketing and product line very strongly appeals to children. However, SMIGGLE's success comes at a price, and that price is paid for by parents. Our latest video illustrates how the SMIGGLE craze manifests itself that has gone far beyond pencil cases and stationary. Even the ordinary water bottle has turned into an must have accessory for parents to pay for, and not just one bottle but the crazy situation of the need for multiple bottles!
Friday, December 29, 2017
Acquire elegant collections of engagement rings at a professional store / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Submissions
Engagement rings are the ultimate expression of love and, one can choose the design for a personal touch. In fact, it is easy to design the ring of your dreams and bring down necessary collections from a professional store. Some rings come out from several rstyles such as: solitaire, pave, and halo as per the unique collection.
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Curry's Leads High Street and Online with Early Sales Big LED 4K TV's Discounts / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: N_Walayat
Sales for most of Britain's big retailers started Christmas Eve, however the giant household electrical's retailer Curry's / PC World got off to an early start to the holiday sales season by promoting deep discounts across its range of its household electrical goods such as Big Screen 4k LED TV's. Though many if not most had been cut in price earlier in the year for instance for Black Friday 26th November, following which prices reverted higher to once more be cut on the 23rd of December.
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Christmas Eve Online Sales 2017, Boxing Day High Street Sales Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Britain's Christmas high street sales frenzy is about to reach maximum intensity on Boxing day whilst most major retailers such as NEXT and PC World / Curry's will start their sales online on Christmas Eve so as to maximise profits from the the army of point and click armchair shoppers. Here is a comprehensive list of sales starting today, Christmas Eve and continuing into the high streets on Boxing day as well as those already well underway. As distressed retailers who have had an horrid year as illustratated by ToysRUs which this week came within hours of going bust as illustrated by recent video.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
SMIGGLE Christmas 2017 Fun Shopping Trip Haul Surprise! / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
It's Christmas at the Meadowhall Shopping Centre! So off we went to our favourite shop SMIGGLE for a fun shop christmas lights trip, looking for surprise gifts other than pencil cases. See what we bought as we journey beyond stationary.
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Thursday, December 07, 2017
B&M Stores Cheap Products Review - £4 Wooden Shoe Rack / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: HGR
BM Stores tops the list of where to shop for a bargai with its low cost products that tend to be significnalty cheaper than similar producuts at the more traditional retailers. So in this video we take a look at a typical low cost product, a self assembly wooden shoe rack that costs just £4! See whether we grabbed ourselves a bargain or if it proved to be a false economy.
Saturday, November 04, 2017
Smiggle Lipbalm Slapband and Boxing Pen Review Fun / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
Hi friend's, here's more from our recent Smiggle shopping haul that includes fun use of the lipbalm slapband and boxing pen, punch, punch, punch, punch!
Enjoy.
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Saturday, October 28, 2017
New Smiggle Pencil Cases Shopping Trip Haul / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
Hi friend's, here's how we shopped for our newest Smiggle pencil case and other super cool stuff that we stuffed it full of.
If only I could have got a diamond ring as well :)
Enjoy.
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Saturday, October 21, 2017
Emerging Megatrends Hurting Consumers / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Rodney_Johnson
I think Dilbert is hilarious. The comic strip’s creator, Scott Adams, has incredible insight into everyday life.More than a decade ago, he showed the cartoon’s title character in a grocery store. A clerk asked Dilbert, a white-collar, micromanaged engineer by day, if he wanted to sign up for the store’s loyalty card so he could save on purchases.
His reply went something like this: “So you want my personal information, which you’ll then use to track me and market to me, and in return I get the manufacturers’ rebates that I’ve always received? And if I don’t give you my data, then you keep the money?”
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Friday, May 12, 2017
Walkers Pay Packet Instant Win Morrisons 17% Price Cut After 50% Price Hike! / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
It looks like Morrisons cunning plan of hiking the price of Walkers crisps multi-packs by 50% to ride on the coat tails of Walkers latest Pay Packet £5 to £28k instant win promotion has FAILED. As Morrisons has now cut the price of Walkers crisps multi-packs from £1.50 to £1.25 though barely 3 weeks ago they were being sold for £1. Find out more in our latest video in the Walkers crisps saga.
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Morrisons Own Brand Cheap Batteries that Leak! / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: HGR
Are you tempted to buy cheap store brand batteries such as those sold by the likes of Morrisons, Tesco and others, rather than pay more for brands such as Duracell? We'll there is more to consider than just whether they are likely to have a lot less charge than the branded batteries as this video illustrates that there is also a higher risk of leakage, even after just a months use.
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Saturday, December 24, 2016
Christmas Eve Online Sales 2016, Boxing Day High Street Sales Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Britain's Christmas high street sales frenzy is about to reach maximum intensity on Boxing day whilst most major retailers such as Next and PC World / Curry's will start their sales online on Christmas Eve so as to maximise profits from the the army of point and click armchair shoppers. Here is a comprehensive list of sales starting today, Christmas Eve and continuing into the high streets on Boxing day as well as those already well underway.
Monday, December 19, 2016
UK Christmas Sales 2016 High Street and Online Start Dates Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Britain is enjoying a post BrExit consumer boom courtesy of the Government and Bank of England hitting the panic button following the BrExit vote, injecting an extra £150 billion into the UK economy. So Britain's shoppers with more cash in their wallets look set to go on a debt fuelled spending binge at the cathedrals of modern Britain, and so consumers infected with sales fever will be out hunting for bargains as Christmas has long since morphed into a month long relentless advertising campaign to keep consumers spending all the way into January.
Friday, December 09, 2016
Cheap Large Icicle Christmas LED Lights Review - B&M Stores / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
At the top of most peoples christmas shopping lists are a good set of christmas lights. Here is our comprehensive review of the increasingly popular large hanging Icicles type. These were bought from B&M Stores, so find out exactly what they do, all of the available modes, a useful 6 hour timer and more. And don't forget to check back to see how long they exactly last, for how many christmases will they work?