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bigjonnyauk
21-08-2003, 21:17
HI ALL

went into whsmith with my sis and they had the 2 books for ten offer on she picked 2 out and we went to the till i just happened to glance at the back of one of the books to notice a retail price of 3.99 and the other said 4.99 i let the woman put through till and they came out at ten so i said cancel that i will buy seperatley

came to 8.98 so out of interest we walked round the store checking all the 2 for 10 offers only to find a good 90 per cent of the books had a retail price of below 4.99

most were 3.99 some even at 2.99

SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL

CHEERS
rogeralpine
21-08-2003, 21:21
They're obviously trying to claw something back for the Disney VHS fiasco:p
DuncanSWardle
21-08-2003, 21:50
so in your opinion not a bargain but then again .....................

for the vast majority of books they have which are 5.99 6.99 or 7.99 then its one way of getting them cheaper

what books you looking at anyway - can remember when a book had an rrp of 3.99
bigjonnyauk
21-08-2003, 21:57
let me tell you mate there were not even a handful of 6.99 and 7.99 ones and any above that were not in the offer i do not read books myself i think she got a couple of them flyaway novel you know the paperback things i do remember seeing a book on looking after your garden in the winter something like that for 7.99 which was in the offer


but i didnt need to buy it as i look after and keep my garden tidy all year round

















i turned it all into a patio and basketball court for the kids lol lol
Alan. b
21-08-2003, 22:01
This is better suited in the supplier forum as it isn't a bargain

Moving
mikeh1982
21-08-2003, 22:25
i've had a number of books out of this offer, and not one has had an RRP of less than 5.99, most 6.99 (and i think at least one of 9.99) so i suppose it depends on the type of books you read.
Geoggy
22-08-2003, 08:34
Originally posted by mikeh1982
i've had a number of books out of this offer, and not one has had an RRP of less than 5.99, most 6.99 (and i think at least one of 9.99) so i suppose it depends on the type of books you read.

me too - got one for 7.99 and one for 6.99.

atkins diet and atkins diet cookbook - saved 5 pounds in cash and dropped 11 pounds in weight ;o)
allan young
22-08-2003, 09:43
Originally posted by bigjonnyauk
i do not read books myself

get away you really surprise me thare are you really sure you dont

:rolleyes:
katejj
22-08-2003, 09:43
got red dragon and silence of the lambs :thumbs: cheers, retail prices of 6.99
bigjonnyauk
22-08-2003, 19:12
the closest i get to reading a book is when i open the lovely pages of the sun when i get some layover time on me bus
danielzavitz
23-08-2003, 07:40
I'm amazed you don't read, looking at your punctuation I thought you had an inherant love for the English language.
bigjonnyauk
23-08-2003, 08:57
very funny i can punctuate if i want i know all about that but why bother on something like this never see any punctuation on any other threads so why should i bother
infestedsicness
23-08-2003, 17:46
Originally posted by bigjonnyauk
very funny i can punctuate if i want i know all about that but why bother on something like this never see any punctuation on any other threads so why should i bother

It makes your posts easier to read? But then you don't read...
StuBruise
23-08-2003, 22:04
Picked up Dead Air and Babes In The Wood recently for £10; don't have them to hand just now but they should have been £6/7 each IIRC.

Both £3.99 at Amazon mind you but I wanted something for the train...

~~stu