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Anyone picked up some bargin preps or equipment/tools for there doomstead at knock down prices?


I went out to the local high street a few days back & didn't buy anything @ all even though loads of stuff was 70% discounted. It just all seems like a mass of cheap worthless tat theese days to me & not worth it even at reduced prices.

Nowadays I don't think theres any high street shops that I buy from at all really.





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I may pop into the Edinburgh Woollen Mill shop later today as I'll be in town to pick up something else... they have a sale on and their extra thick pure wool jumpers are £17. I have one from last year and it's really warm, has held up well to almost constant winter wear and has probably saved it's own cost in not putting the heating on...

IMHO, most of the goods sold in new year sales are indeed worthless tat, certainly not worth the alleged original asking price, and probably not worth the allegedly reduced price.

There are however some bargains to be had.

Clothing, footwear, bedding and so on requires replacement from time to time, such articles are better purchased at a discount than at full price.
PROVIDED that the items are of fair qaulity, the discounts are genuine, and that the items are needed/will be needed in the future.

Good tools are allways handy, and subject to the above caveats may as well be bought at a discount.

I see no harm in buying goods that you dont need now, provided that you are reasonably confident that they will be useful in the future and not wasted.

Christmas goods are often heavily discounted at this time of year and bargains are to be had.
I have bought several Christmas puddings at less than half price, if BAU lasts another year they will keep till next year, if not they are a lot of enjoyable, non perishable calories in a small space.
Various luxury foodstuffs that might otherwise be unaffordable are discounted and make a cheap treat.

postie wrote:I may pop into the Edinburgh Woollen Mill shop later today as I'll be in town to pick up something else... they have a sale on and their extra thick pure wool jumpers are £17.

Edinburgh Woollen Mill... Oh yes, that's the outfit that has 'Designed in Scotland' on the label though the garments are made in Mongolia by imported North Koreans who don't get to see their own wages, the money going straight to the North Korean government. Nice jumpers though.

Here's a better January sale:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7a8 ... 259ad87b23

I bet there are some cheap fruit trees out there somewhere...and I've been given some Garden-Shopping vouchers for crimbo

biffvernon wrote:

postie wrote:I may pop into the Edinburgh Woollen Mill shop later today as I'll be in town to pick up something else... they have a sale on and their extra thick pure wool jumpers are £17.

Edinburgh Woollen Mill... Oh yes, that's the outfit that has 'Designed in Scotland' on the label though the garments are made in Mongolia by imported North Koreans who don't get to see their own wages, the money going straight to the North Korean government. Nice jumpers though.

Here's a better January sale:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7a8 ... 259ad87b23

That's severely tempting me already. And I'd intended to spend nothing this month I could avoid. Decisions...

Indeed, the sales are just an excuse to spend money, to acquire more stuff.

I haven't bought a single thing in the sales, in fact I haven't even been tempted to go to any shops.... I have been leaving the whole consumerism thing for some time now, as I know many others on here have too. It feels good.

I'm buying very little but The Family are growing and everybody else buys seemingly loads! Typical example: yesterday a 50-y-o- chair crumbled 'cause it had old woodworm scars in the legs, so we've bought a new one. The olde one will of course be cremated with full honours on the stove and its ashes scattered on the garden.

emordnilap wrote:Indeed, the sales are just an excuse to spend money, to acquire more stuff.

Or prop up the faltering economy/retail sector...

Saved some of theese chairs from going in the skip, only downside about them was the chewing gum & graffiti. Tracy luv Daz etc

Bent Wood School Chair


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1950s ... 2172017162

There was a bit of text on the John Lewance Clearance Sale advert

*Items are not usualy John Lewis Lines.

The only place I'm aware of that does a genuine "sale", ie, where it sells off excess stock at near cost price, is Next.
But they build for fashion, not longevity. I went in 2007, I think, and bought everything in my size, bit of a shame I got fat.

We went to look at new sofas, ended up with two more wardrobes from IKEA.
Not on sale, IKEA "sale" stuff doesnt appear to match the usual quality....

DominicJ wrote:We went to look at new sofas, ended up with two more wardrobes from IKEA.
Not on sale, IKEA "sale" stuff doesnt appear to match the usual quality....

You don't have to take part in consumerism to acquire new furniture. I've just built a sofa, bed, desk, bookshelves and kitchen, mostly out of old floorboards, crap chipboard wardrobes, and other timber I found lying around, and probably at less than the cost of buying one of those items in a sale .

Good on yer, JohnB

I suppose I could have built them for less, but it would have taken rather a lot more time, and proably wouldnt have been as good either.