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pete_fcs 19-08-2005, 20:48 pound shops! aren't they amazing? and now there's even a 99p shop if you're feeling a bit tight!
not just calculators ferra quid but SCIENTIFIC calculators!
digital watches? TWO ferra quid, or just one if it's got a calculator built in.
video tapes? yep, that's right, TWO!
alarm clocks? TWO!
blank dvd's? FFFOOOUUURRR!!!
blank audio tapes? FFFFIIIIVVVVEEEE!!!!
stuff is cheaper than in 1973.
Originally posted by pete_fcs
pound shops! aren't they amazing? and now there's even a 99p shop if you're feeling a bit tight!
I got 5 tea towles for 99p from the 99p shop in Doncaster. As the sign in the window says..."Why pay a pound?" :clap:
WallBuilder 19-08-2005, 20:54 Last year I bought a one metre metal spirit level which was a real bargain. I did wonder whether it'd leak or break but a year on and it still seems to be doing what it's supposed to do. [That reminds me I've got shelving to put up]
mikeyspikey 19-08-2005, 20:57 i buy quite alot of blank dvds?cds and dvd fims,---oh and the gardening stuffs quite good also especially in the 99pence shop!!
in for a pound in for a penny:thumbsup:
oh i forgot can get top quality perculator coffee also.
pete_fcs 19-08-2005, 20:58 nice one andy! i'll have to go to doncaster with me one-pound camera for that one!
by the way, another one at 99p shop...THIRTY TWO batteries for 99p!
melthebell 19-08-2005, 21:01 i normally go for the blank media, cds, dvds, electrical wiring, computer stuff etc
last time i got one of those gold plated printer cables :P
ive seen some gameboy stuff not so long ago in one in middlesbrough, i need to get back and see again now i have a gameboy again :P
DragonofAna 19-08-2005, 21:04 Just about everything that I have bought from poundland ... hang on .... I can correct that - everything I have bought from poundland has ended up in the bin after only a short time. It is junk. It is stuff thrown together in a shoddy way and hardly ever worth the pound it costs.
The things that do not quickly break such as mugs and CD's I can get just as cheap from the other local discount shop. Wilkinsons have great teatowels and so on.
Not a poundland fan.
Dragon
pete_fcs 19-08-2005, 21:09 here's another.... watch batteries...FIFTY for 99p!
i make that 1.98 pence each!
i've seen those gold-plated plugs too melthebell...and phono leads, gold-plated/ de-oxygenated (or summat) for a pound!
they're so cheap i just buy 'em and worry about getting something to connect 'em to later!
pete_fcs 19-08-2005, 21:11 Originally posted by Dragon
Just about everything that I have bought from poundland ... hang on .... I can correct that - everything I have bought from poundland has ended up in the bin after only a short time. It is junk.
:rant: woah! true fans only today please!:rant:
Don_Kiddick 19-08-2005, 21:11 got a mini dartboard for use with air rifle darts.
Double sided - Obverse excellent 'target' rings :thumbsup:
KookyKoo 19-08-2005, 21:13 when I was a student in Canterbury, I once got a pack of 5 really cool pens- different coloured for my revision notes- reduced from £5 to .... wait for it..... 2p in Wilkos!!! Ok so not truly a pound shop but I've still not recovered from the amazingness of it!!!
pete_fcs 19-08-2005, 21:15 kookykoo, it's true, wilkinsons do MAD sales... i got a book on painting, reduced from about £10 to......5p!!!!
DragonofAna 19-08-2005, 21:16 Kookykoo - don't come on here telling me of the wonderful bargains you have picked up like the one above. I am so annoyed now that I never saw those. I get through about 100 pens a week so cheap is my watchword as far as they are concerned.
However - wilks have moved away from Bic and gone onto some cheap crappy substiture - packs of twenty but they are terrible to write with.
Any other bargains to annoy me with Kookykoo?
Dragon
pete_fcs 19-08-2005, 21:25 i've bought those nasty pens too, dragon, they're no good!
have you tried stationary box, their cheapest biro's have been good lately:)
DragonofAna 19-08-2005, 21:32 I tend to shop in hillsborough cos I do not have much time for shopping elsewhere. I do have a shop to run. And it is at my shop that the pens generally go missing.
Anyhow - paper - refill pads. From wilks for a 200 sheet lined pad it was £1.60 - from Woolworths - for a 240 sheet pad it was £1.40. Hmmmmmm
Same with the reams of photocopier paper but you had to buy a box of 5 reams to notice any real saving.
Keep Woolworths at Hillsborough alive.
Dragon
Originally posted by pete_fcs
here's another.... watch batteries...FIFTY for 99p!
Why would anyone want or need 50 watch batteries? :confused:
I once bought a tube of glue, but when I got to the till, she told me off for taking one tube of glue off the card...apparantly, you got a piece of card with 10 tubes of glue for £1 :thumbsup:
They don't even charge for carrier bags :D
chocotiger 20-08-2005, 07:46 Nivia fake tan from 99p shop selling at Boots for £8.99
PlayStation 2 to RCA cable for a quid (up to £10 elsewhere)
Cararama (http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/cararama/cararama%20cars.htm) 1:43 diecast scale model toy cars
I buy a lot from Poundland but not everything is cheap, one has to be discriminating as always, the thing is to shop around, just as every other shop, a pint pot from Poundworld started chipping round the lip straight away, but one from poundland is a much better quality.
Make-up remover, moist cleansing tissues, bought one pack, went back and bought ten more, better than the $4.00 dollar ponds ones i use to buy.
Fake peach colored roses, best ones i've seen.
Bungie cords
Caramel Creams
Stocking stuffer stuff for xmas.
angelgirluk 20-08-2005, 17:59 OMG!!! Now we're talking!!
Pound Shops + eBay + Sheffield Forum = My Life!!!!!!!!
Sad I know, but I can't help it, I am a bargain hunter! I have actually had some really brillient stuff from the pound shops!
I bought quite a few black and dark grey wrought iron wall sconces which held three candles each - they were £1 each but looked a LOT more expensive - very gothic/medieval.. just my thing. Also wrought iron mirrors with a candle holder in front of the mirror for £1 each (looked great on the wall, with the reflections of the candle burning in the mirror) and beautiful wrought iron photo frames and wine racks....
The wine racks were even reduced to 10p each in the end so needless to say I bought a LOT of them :)
Once I hit on something like this I buy loads and save them for gifts (because they look so much more expensive) or sell them on eBay at a profit. I sold the wall sconces and got £25 for a pair!! :D :D :D Not a bad profit at all!!!!
I also get a lot of my hair removal stuff from there. Like the Veet foam, you can pay anything up to £5 or £6 in Boots etc, but it's just a £1 or 99p depending in which one you go in LOL! The first ones I bought were in a foreign language but the rest have been identical to the ones in Boots, Superdrug etc. BARGAIN!!!! :D :D :D
So... why pay more when you can pay less and make a profit too lol. I don't sell everything I buy from the pound shop, and there isn't always a lot in there, it's just hitting on the right things at the right time :)
I love this FORUM!!!!
Angel x
Got a hands-free for my Motorola V220 which works brilliantly, and those radios they sell are super (headphones AND battery included for a quid), well you can't go wrong.
Some time back they were selling photo quality printer paper, got a couple of packs, superb but they flew off the shelves and haven't returned since, shame.
beautynbeast 20-08-2005, 21:39 every christmas i always go to poundland with £25 and get loads of tacky items.
i wait till christmas eve for left over wrappin paper and wrap the lot ready to but in a sack. after the high of christmas day is over and bellys are full, telly been watched loads and nothing left to unwrap, friends come round and out comes one of my sons games he got that day.
last year a friend bought him bingo so that was ideal for games night. sack of tack at the ready and everybody is laughing again. my best friend went home with pens, tea towels, shoe insoles and a truck that said poundland down the side.
because i wrap the items up, after a good grope i know what im feeling so when i won last year i got to pick out poundlands best offer. a spud gun of which i had hours of fun shooting my husbands head from round the living room door :clap: :clap: :clap:
angelgirluk 20-08-2005, 21:49 Oh and just recently Joe Bloggs jeans (skater kid type) for 99p!!
Very good items - I love them!!!
Kristian 20-08-2005, 21:59 I'm not what you could call a fan of pound shops, but can't resist calling in if I pass one with my Mom. This is because one of my guilty pleasures is to point at something and say 'Wow, that's good, how much are they?' The response 'A pound!' is always forthcoming, and it just makes me laugh 'cos she has no idea that I'm pulling her leg. Bless her! :)
maniclee 20-08-2005, 23:04 Mrs. Manic & I bought a load of those sticky floor tiles for our bathroom. £1 for 5 tiles, 6 packs for £5. We laid down an ace new bathroom floor for about £25 including the hardboard underneath. Now we have a bathroom that smells niiiice instead of the smell of rotting, urine soaked carpet.
pete_fcs 21-08-2005, 12:15 Originally posted by Andy
Why would anyone want or need 50 watch batteries? :confused:
...someone with fifty watches!:)
pete_fcs 21-08-2005, 12:17 Originally posted by chocotiger
Nivia fake tan from 99p shop selling at Boots for £8.99
similar to sun tan lotion 99p....magically leaves the message "SHOP AT 99P SHOP" on yer back in white flesh...:thumbsup:
pete_fcs 21-08-2005, 12:19 Originally posted by halevan
I buy a lot from Poundland but not everything is cheap, one has to be discriminating ....
i agree, watch out you don't fall for the bags of sweets that aren't worth a pound... you can lose all yer senses in the excitement! :)
pete_fcs 21-08-2005, 12:23 angel, i reckon if you bought enough wrought-iron stuff, and bought their carpet tiles and diy stuff, you could build a house ferra hundred quid!
Another reason not to join the Euro...2 Euro shop just wouldn't be the same :(
Today I got not one but two saucepans for a pound! bargin! :clap:
pete_fcs 21-08-2005, 15:44 you could open a shop in turkey....
the ten billion lira shop
a month ago i got a double snoop doggy dog /ice t dvd good films as well and with the added bonus of commentries on the films
bargain:)
angelgirluk 21-08-2005, 15:51 pete_fcs - exactly... Infact we did get some of those tiles, and we haven't laid them down yet but they are brillient. I recommeded them to a friend of mine and they have laid theirs and they are very impressed and greatful LOL!
The wrought iron stuff I got really is amazing. Very good quality and very very well made. Like I said some I sold, some were for gifts, but with it being just my cuppa tea, I kept a lot myself too!
Sadly that was all from a pound shop that isn't there now :(
I'll tell you all something, it's been hell on earth for me not being able to go out to the poun shops while I have had mumps... roll on Tuesday - Yippeeeeeeee!!! :clap:
pete_fcs 22-08-2005, 17:59 Originally posted by angelgirluk
I'll tell you all something, it's been hell on earth for me not being able to go out to the poun shops while I have had mumps... roll on Tuesday - Yippeeeeeeee!!! :clap:
hey they might do a wrought-iron banner ferra quid..."mumps are crap":)
sunflower_gb 22-08-2005, 21:21 i bought a blue canvas type sheet in a bag!! its served as a cover when it rained, a dog sheet in the car, a picnic mat, a sun shade, a cover for the boot of the car when loading stuff for the rubbish tip, a cover for messy eaters in my car! all that and when its washed each time its look as good as new! thats my bargain for a pound!!:)
yosser_huges 23-08-2005, 12:25 dont forget about the "cadburys snaps"
nearly a quid cheaper in poundland.
once bought 10 of the ps2 dvds they had, virtual screensavers or something like that.
sold on ebay for roughly 4 quid each (highest i got was 9, nice tidy profit made.
oh and the tetris game things are ace for long journeys.
Originally posted by pete_fcs
here's another.... watch batteries...FIFTY for 99p!
why would you want 50 unless they are crap and run out very quickly ?
I don't shop in poundland etc. not because I'm a snob but because like someone else said the stuff they sell is crap and drops to bits after a week. I'd rather spend £3 on a mug and have it last.
A lot of the stuff is actually decent if you shop carefully - I got tubs of Sandtex for £1 each whereas they are £8 each in Homebase. And with some stuff you just can't go wrong - a plastic urn is a plastic urn no matter how much you pay.
The battery packs have several different sizes in and you can use them for all kinds of little gadgets that use cell batteries - they are actually a very good deal, as watch repairers and so forth buy them for pennies and then sell them on for £s. :)
Pseudonym 23-08-2005, 17:31 * Time-Expired *
mikeyspikey 23-08-2005, 17:45 theres a good one near the bottom of the moor--its pretty good aswell!----home bargains is quite good also --its just a bit further down!
The best bargain I ever got from Poundland was a spirit level. It's the only one of its kind in the world.
It ensures that all the shelves in our house are exactly 2 degrees off horizontal. Couldn't get one of those at B&Q!!:thumbsup:
Originally posted by saxon51
The best bargain I ever got from Poundland was a spirit level. It's the only one of its kind in the world.
It ensures that all the shelves in our house are exactly 2 degrees off horizontal. Couldn't get one of those at B&Q!!:thumbsup:
did they have any skirting board ladders in there > as i need some asap
Originally posted by panda79
did they have any skirting board ladders in there > as i need some asap
No. But they did have two types of 'precision' lump hammer. One imperial, and one metric.
They also had 30p worth of garden twine for only a quid.:)
Originally posted by saxon51
No. But they did have two types of 'precision' lump hammer. One imperial, and one metric.
They also had 30p worth of garden twine for only a quid.:)
sounds like a right bargain i wonder if they sell sky hooks and glass hammers or will i have to go to b@q:P
BrainThrust 23-08-2005, 18:26 Before pirate week we bought some fabric scissors, 4 cricket bats, some fake araldite, thousands of bin bags and an water filled aluminium baseball bat. All for 8 pound!
I don't think we used anythign but the bags and the scissors, but the rest were fun to have round the caravan.
Wilf
pete_fcs 23-08-2005, 18:35 Originally posted by yosser_huges
...
oh and the tetris game things are ace for long journeys.
those things are amazing! 999 varieties of games ferra quid!
i make that .0999pence per game:clap:
pete_fcs 23-08-2005, 18:38 Originally posted by Mathom
.. - a plastic urn is a plastic urn no matter how much you pay....
...or how much you "urn"!:hihi:
pete_fcs 23-08-2005, 18:42 Originally posted by saxon51
The best bargain I ever got from Poundland was a spirit level. It's the only one of its kind in the world.
It ensures that all the shelves in our house are exactly 2 degrees off horizontal. Couldn't get one of those at B&Q!!:thumbsup:
they're specially made for people who live in subsidence areas.
you normally pay DOUBLE for those type:thumbsup:
the_rudeboy 23-08-2005, 19:02 Originally posted by Andy
Why would anyone want or need 50 watch batteries? :confused:
I once bought a tube of glue, but when I got to the till, she told me off for taking one tube of glue off the card...apparantly, you got a piece of card with 10 tubes of glue for £1 :thumbsup:
They don't even charge for carrier bags :D
I've done that with the glue......got 24 tubes of superglue for a quid.....brill for sticking ya fingers together!
Berberis 23-08-2005, 20:44 I found a £1 coin in there once, must be the best bargain as it was actually worth a £1 :D :D :D
Zinger549 07-09-2005, 17:59 I bouhgt some sponges from the 99p shop yester day for cleaning me car I got 4 99p went in the pound shop later and saw the same the for 1p more.
CherryNicole 07-09-2005, 18:00 Eeee I'm sure there's like 2 threads on this already
KookyKoo 07-09-2005, 18:01 yes Zinger, and yes Cherry Nicole
there's one here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?postid=554474#post554474)
CherryNicole 07-09-2005, 18:05 Originally posted by KookyKoo
yes Zinger, and yes Cherry Nicole
there's one here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?postid=554474#post554474)
Heehee kooky, you're way too good!
Zinger549 07-09-2005, 18:14 You can get most of the stuff they sell in the pound shop for a penny cheaper in the 99p shop
CherryNicole 07-09-2005, 18:21 Originally posted by Zinger549
You can get most of the stuff they sell in the pound shop for a penny cheaper in the 99p shop
Yey! then after you've bought 99 and saved all your pennies you can get another item!
Zinger549 07-09-2005, 18:32 Originally posted by CherryNicole
Yey! then after you've bought 99 and saved all your pennies you can get another item!
lol great idea. I once saw a 95p shop I was so amazed
CherryNicole 07-09-2005, 18:38 Originally posted by Zinger549
lol great idea. I once saw a 95p shop I was so amazed
Nooooo surely not?! But I bet people left their 5p change, because no one likes 5 p coins!!
When I was a school I always said I was going to open a 69p store :D
Zinger549 07-09-2005, 21:12 Originally posted by CherryNicole
Nooooo surely not?! But I bet people left their 5p change, because no one likes 5 p coins!!
When I was a school I always said I was going to open a 69p store :D
I like 5 coins. and waht were you planning to sell in this 69p shop
CherryNicole 07-09-2005, 21:14 Originally posted by Zinger549
I like 5 coins. and waht were you planning to sell in this 69p shop
One of my mates doesn't like 5p coins, he says they're fiddly like babies :D
Ok, the plans aren't in place yet, I'm not sure!! Things worth 68p maybe :D
pete_fcs 14-09-2005, 17:37 i went to meadowhall yesderday only to find there is NO LONGER A POUNDLAND!
the question i'd like to ask meadowhall management is:
JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO!!!! :hihi:
angelgirluk 14-09-2005, 21:19 Really..?! Wonder why? Mind you, out of all of them I never reckoned much to the one in Meadowhall... too small.. never much room!
Originally posted by pete_fcs
i went to meadowhall yesderday only to find there is NO LONGER A POUNDLAND!
the question i'd like to ask meadowhall management is:
JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO!!!! :hihi:
has it really gone?
thanx.
littleboo 14-09-2005, 21:36 Originally posted by angelgirluk
Really..?! Wonder why? Mind you, out of all of them I never reckoned much to the one in Meadowhall... too small.. never much room!
it has gone for the same reason they all are, sainsburys, athena, H and M (soon), pound shop and many more. Meadowhall have nearly doubled the rents on the leases.
Good news is after nearly 15 years of meadow hell we are going to get our town centre back, H and M moving to top of fargate and I'm sure more will follow.
Originally posted by littleboo
it has gone for the same reason they all are, sainsburys, athena, H and M (soon), pound shop and many more. Meadowhall have nearly doubled the rents on the leases.
Hmmmm... interesting.
Is this an attempt by Meadowhall management to get rid of the scruffy shops, and attract a better class of clientele?
littleboo 14-09-2005, 21:44 Originally posted by Abdul
Hmmmm... interesting.
Is this an attempt by Meadowhall management to get rid of the scruffy shops, and attract a better class of clientele?
I would hardly call sainsburys, athena and H &M scruffy shops, they probably think that they are moving to better things.
who know's, who care's.
Originally posted by littleboo
I would hardly call sainsburys, athena and H &M scruffy shops, they probably think that they are moving to better things.
I wonder, did Meadowhall management expect those companies to cough up when their rent doubled?
Or did they expect the companies to go...
Originally posted by Abdul
I wonder, did Meadowhall management expect those companies to cough up when their rent doubled?
Or did they expect the companies to go...
I've posted before that when I worked at Sainsburys (several years ago) I got the impression that Meadowhall really didn't want us to be there.
I went to Meadowhall for the first time the other evening. It was dead. :|
pete_fcs 14-09-2005, 22:30 Originally posted by Andy
......
I went to Meadowhall for the first time the other evening. It was dead. :|
only POUNDLAND can bring it back to life.
is there any point in going there anymore? :(
pete_fcs 27-09-2005, 17:45 POUNDLAND AT MEADOWHALL UPDATE:
far from closing down, a NEW BIGGER poundland is opening opposite argos, meadowhall on...
OCTOBER 22nd
anyone comin'? :clap:
POUNDLAND AT MEADOWHALL UPDATE:
far from closing down, a NEW BIGGER poundland is opening opposite argos, meadowhall on...
OCTOBER 22nd
anyone comin'?
ye! u'll deffo c me there!
wunt miss it for the world
Zinger549 27-09-2005, 19:43 party at pete_fcs for the new poundland :partyhat: :D
pete_fcs 27-09-2005, 20:06 hey you'll know which one's me at poundland on the 22nd... i'll be the one with the wheelbarrow containing one of EVERY item!
:partyhat: :banana:
Zinger549 27-09-2005, 20:08 Originally posted by pete_fcs
hey you'll know which one's me at poundland on the 22nd... i'll be the one with the wheelbarrow containing one of EVERY item!
:partyhat: :banana:
kool wheres the party gunna be
pete_fcs 27-09-2005, 20:15 somewhere in london, wanstead i think...
:partyhat:
Zinger549 27-09-2005, 20:23 Originally posted by pete_fcs
somewhere in london, wanstead i think...
:partyhat:
if you come early we can go on a poundshop/99p shop marathon to see how many pound/99p shops we can visit in a day
pete_fcs 27-09-2005, 20:29 hey that sounds like another favourite passtime.... visit all the charity shops in one street....
e.g. college walk rotherham
crookes main road
college walk rotherham
moorfoot sheffield
see how much junk you can come home with that you don't want
:hihi:
did anyone go to the new poundland opening then?
i couldnt go because i was busy! typical!
was it good?
thanx.
angelgirluk 23-10-2005, 15:14 Totally in agreeance! Poundshops and Charity Shops!!!!! They get me very excited, especially when I get some good bargains.
I'd love to contribute more to this but my guy is waiting for me to cook some tea LOL!!!
Love Angel x
Cliff Clavin 23-10-2005, 19:46 I used to but £1 dvd films and then sell them on ebay for anywere between £3-£5 with the buyer paying for postage, not a bad mark-up :clap:
pete_fcs 24-10-2005, 17:47 Originally posted by biggan
did anyone go to the new poundland opening then?
i couldnt go because i was busy! typical!
was it good?
thanx.
i went today, three days after the due date but it's not ready yet!
i checked the website, and it says it will open november 7th....
I CAN'T WWWWWWWWWWWWWAIT!
:clap:
http://www.poundland.com/
Will there be a celebrity cutting the ribon? :hihi:
pete_fcs 07-11-2005, 17:46 andy, i was a bit busy to cut the ribbon, but i did go today!!!
it was the nearest i'm gonna get to heaven this side of life...free lollies on the door, checkouts like ticket booths for a slade concert, and yes! everything really is a pound (TM)!
:thumbsup: :clap: :hihi: :heyhey:
i bought 2 bath towels,from meadowhall when they 1st opened and their still going strong:) ,now thats what i call a bargain
pete_fcs 07-11-2005, 20:29 Originally posted by pauline
......now thats what i call a bargain
i think you should trademark that comment and swap it for a few more bath towels!
:thumbsup:
Zinger549 09-11-2005, 09:01 Ahhhhhhh six cans of virgin cola for £1/99p its £2.70 in tescos
Friends videos £1/99p
katy1981 09-11-2005, 09:09 my best bargain was not goin in and usin the pound as bus fare home:suspect:
pete_fcs 10-11-2005, 20:36 just been again to poundland.....big disappointment with their padded bubble-wrap envelopes!
CUTBACKS!!
used to get 10 for a quid....cut to EIGHT!
anyone who wants them should save 'emself a penny and get TWELVE at the 99p stores!
:thumbsup:
FairyNormal 10-11-2005, 20:49 I got a good bargain yesterday.
I got a pack of 6 reflectors ............. 2 arm bands and 4 on strings for round the neck.
These are brill for kids as it's almost dark when they are coming home from school now. Pays to be safe and a quid for 6 is brilliant. They also have reflective vests and across the body strips too.
pete_fcs 11-11-2005, 17:54 at the moment you can get TEN empty DVD cases....holding two cd's or dvd's each....from 99p shop or poundland!
great for when you buy those horrible spindles of fifty blank discs, and end up with nowhere proper to put 'em....
:thumbsup:
Bought a film on DVD about about a year ago from Poundland. I was called 'With friends like these', a series of short horror stories. An absolute bargain!... It still has the selophane on it!.....Never opened!.....what was I thinking? :confused:
pete_fcs 11-11-2005, 20:43 jase, open it up and re-use the case, it's worth 10p!
:thumbsup:
Thats an excellent backup plan Pete! :)
I'm hoping that it becomes a collectable and I'll cash it in on e-bay...don't fancy my chances though!
Internetowl 11-11-2005, 21:11 I went to the Meadowhall one and bought 'Call 2 Power 2' on cd for a quid and it had inside it a bonus 'Tony Hawks' game too for the PC. So two fairly decent games for a nicker - I'm satisfied.
It's been a long standing joke in the family about our mum and Poundland and BOGOF bragains. She often buys things for her grandchildren in Germany, she'll buy loads of little things to keep them amused but its costs more to post them than it does to buy them. A couple of years ago she bought 2 little 3 tierd trolleys on wheels and after about 45 minutes of huffing and puffing trying to put them together when they kept falling apart, she was highly amused when in an exasperated state I moaned 'god I wish you'd stay out of that bloody shop'. She still goes in but not as much.
pete_fcs 15-11-2005, 17:37 just bought some freeze-dried coffee from the 99p shop next to argos.....
DEEEEEELLLLIIIICCCIIIOOOUSSSSS!!!
it's called "buendia", from columbia, 100g jar
:thumbsup:
pete_fcs 15-11-2005, 17:39 Originally posted by Anj1364
It's been a long standing joke in the family about our mum and Poundland and BOGOF bragains. She often buys things for her grandchildren in Germany, she'll buy loads of little things to keep them amused but its costs more to post them than it does to buy them. A couple of years ago she bought 2 little 3 tierd trolleys on wheels and after about 45 minutes of huffing and puffing trying to put them together when they kept falling apart, she was highly amused when in an exasperated state I moaned 'god I wish you'd stay out of that bloody shop'. She still goes in but not as much.
i bought several of those trollies, the d-i-y- wire ones with castors etc....
great value but it took till i'd bought the third one to get the knack of fitting them together, as they tend to wobble about and collapse if you don't get it right!
all part of the fun.....
:thumbsup:
pete_fcs 15-11-2005, 17:41 bumped into jane kitson of radio sheffield "fame" on the moor....
i was on the way to poundland so she told me:
"don't go to poundland, go to home bargains first, they sell stuff for 59p that poundland sell for a pound!
"not everything in poundland is a bargain, you have to be careful!"
:thumbsup:
boywunda 15-11-2005, 18:05 i bought nelly furtados first album in poundland...its actually one of the best albums ive heard...should have checked the 99p shop first tho....doh
littleboo 15-11-2005, 18:08 Originally posted by pete_fcs
bumped into jane kitson of radio sheffield "fame" on the moor....
and her top tip for the day is:
"don't go to poundland, go to home bargains first, they sell stuff for 59p that poundland sell for a pound!
"not everything in poundland is a bargain, you have to be careful!"
:thumbsup:
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell everyone
littleboo 15-11-2005, 18:11 Mine has to be the jiffy bags which i use to post all my ebay rubbish in, the ones that fit a CD in are 10 for £1. at stationary box they are 59p each
pete_fcs 15-11-2005, 20:14 Originally posted by boywunda
.......should have checked the 99p shop first tho....doh
lol, nice one boywunda! :thumbsup:
like it says on an earlier post, "why pay a pound"!
pete_fcs 15-11-2005, 20:15 Originally posted by littleboo
Mine has to be the jiffy bags which i use to post all my ebay rubbish in, the ones that fit a CD in are 10 for £1. at stationary box they are 59p each
i love these things too, i post free samples of my archives out daily in 'em....
but they are better value at 99p shop where you get twelve, yes, TWELVE for 99p, AND they are a bit bigger too!
in whsmith they are £3.59 for FIVE!!!!!!
Yodameister 15-11-2005, 20:18 Originally posted by katy1981
my best bargain was not goin in and usin the pound as bus fare home:suspect:
Where did you get home on a bus for a quid Katy?!
That sounds like the sort of bargain we should know about :)
pete_fcs 15-11-2005, 20:56 i think poundland ought to enter the bus market.....
and battle it out with 99p buses!
mind you, megabus do do a coach ride to london for a quid fifty.....but it's the fifty that puts me off!
(and the fact that you end up in london!)
:)
6 CD writing pens for a quid :)
40 sheets of 6x4 high gloss photo paper :)
Best bargain yet - Rock Follies double video. All 6 episodes from series one. Been looking for that for years :clap:
All from our new fabulous Poundland in Meadowhall
littleboo 15-11-2005, 22:16 Originally posted by pete_fcs
i love these things too, i post free samples of my archives out daily in 'em....
but they are better value at 99p shop where you get twelve, yes, TWELVE for 99p, AND they are a bit bigger too!
in whsmith they are £3.59 for FIVE!!!!!!
Nice one... dont go down that wat too often........ Dont even know where the 99p shop is. is it near Argos ( bottom of high street)
diskoheaven 16-11-2005, 11:32 Yeah thats the one... watch out for all the foreigners standing in the doorway blocking the way in!
Internetowl 16-11-2005, 11:34 Al qaeda Alert warning as suspected suicide bombers seen outside 99p shop - thread to follow :)
Originally posted by Internetowl
Al qaeda Alert warning as suspected suicide bombers seen outside 99p shop - thread to follow :)
Now, I know you're more than a little giddy that the IRA have (again...) declared a ceasfire but your posts seem to have reached new heights (or should that be depths) of stupidity since then.
Internetowl 16-11-2005, 15:57 Oh Abdul, so painfully obvious are you.
BTW Went through Lego City (Firth Park - Oval / Tideswell / Horninglow / Downham ) today, you can stick your fences and drives - they are not very well put up / down.
Looks like a pikey travellers site.
:thumbsup:
pennypie 16-11-2005, 16:01 In summer I bought two pink fans for work, they are great!!! I always have mine with me!!!! I love that shop!
Originally posted by Internetowl
Oh Abdul, so painfully obvious are you.
BTW Went through Lego City (Firth Park - Oval / Tideswell / Horninglow / Downham ) today, you can stick your fences and drives - they are not very well put up / down.
Looks like a pikey travellers site.
:thumbsup:
Crikey, with this quality of posting, they may even let you of the loony bin by 2020 :D
Internetowl 16-11-2005, 16:20 better get yourself along to the for sale forum - they're giving things away for nowt again!
sheff_minx 16-11-2005, 16:32 I got a shower curtain from Poundland last night (complete with 12 hooks!!)
Last one went a bit mouldy after 6 months (and only after I washed it :suspect: ) but who cares, for a quid its a bargain!!
Originally posted by Internetowl
better get yourself along to the for sale forum - they're giving things away for nowt again!
Yeah, I was only gonna give it to you as a Christmas pressie :D
diskoheaven 16-11-2005, 16:58 Originally posted by Internetowl
Al qaeda Alert warning as suspected suicide bombers seen outside 99p shop - thread to follow :)
That WASN'T what I was implying, Im sure the forgein people are all nice really.
Just wish they wouldn't get so in the way - theres so many bargains to have!
The otherday I bought a whole tub of bisto cheese sauce mix for 99p - a single serving sachet normally costs about 50p in supermarkets!
Internetowl 16-11-2005, 17:01 Originally posted by Abdul
Yeah, I was only gonna give it to you as a Christmas pressie :D
bless ;) :D
Originally posted by Internetowl
bless ;) :D
Someone got there before me, so it'll just be a pair of socks again this year ;)
pete_fcs 23-11-2005, 21:28 99p shop often sells off ex-BBC series books....reduced by NINETEEN QUID!!!
:thumbsup:
from 99p shop - a kelly holmes autobiography - PERSONALLY SIGNED!!!!!!!
EdnaKrabappe 09-04-2006, 13:01 One of those hair towels. (smaller with a twirly bit at the back) I'd never seen them before and they are brilliant. Now saving up the pennies to buy a new one. :)
funkymiss 09-04-2006, 13:02 six shot glasses
Batteries,God why have i put that?:help: :help:
funkymiss 09-04-2006, 13:05 it's true though!!
I got a table top snooker table
StarSparkle 09-04-2006, 14:12 One of those hair towels. (smaller with a twirly bit at the back) I'd never seen them before and they are brilliant. Now saving up the pennies to buy a new one. :)
Was this in Poundland at Meadowhall, Edna?
It sounds like a real treasure trove - can't wait to have a look!
StarSparkle
Went in poundland m`hall the other day to see that they`re selling propper fishing gear. Not that i know owt about fishing but there were rods, reels, floats allsorts. You could get the lot for a fiver. Not bad if you`re wanting to try it out before buying expensive stuff. Bought some fake lillys for my pond. Right good
EdnaKrabappe 09-04-2006, 16:56 Was this in Poundland at Meadowhall, Edna?
It sounds like a real treasure trove - can't wait to have a look!
StarSparkle
Alas no Sparkle, I've not had the pleasure of going in there yet. It was in Doncaster, they have more pound shops than Rotherham! I'm slowly turning into a Donny lass! Working there, shopping there, went out there last week... it's only a matter of time before I'm a fully adopted person. The towels are worth getting though - you too can look like a young Elizabeth Taylor. :)
Just to assert my Sheffieldom though, I am adding to the What shops should Sheffield have? thread, we both commented on the other week. I discovered Hotel Chocolate in Nottingham the other day. It's amazing:love: :love:
All the staff are good enough to eat and the chocolate too! Not quite a pound shop though - £2.50 for six choccies!
bjshooter 09-04-2006, 16:58 Battaries are a good buy, but they are the rubbish ones that run out quick.
My best buy (no laughing) is condoms a pack of 12 in boots costs over a tenner and in there they are just £1 bargin. :D
Old_Bloke 09-04-2006, 17:09 My best buy (no laughing) is condoms a pack of 12 in boots costs over a tenner and in there they are just £1 bargin. :D
But were they past their use-by date??? Look out for another little bjshooter in a few months ;)
meumeu77 09-04-2006, 17:11 A great toy for our dog. He loves it and it's very good quality. Also bags to pick up dog's stuff. Very cheap and you get a scoop with the bags (you can get 50 or 100 bags). You really can't beat that.
Swan_Vesta 09-04-2006, 17:16 I once bought (for a laugh I might add) a twin pack of pregnancy tests from the pound shop in Lincoln for the stupedous price of £1!
As a giggle I decided to try one and you'll all be pleased to hear that I wasn't pregnant. For those of you who don't know, I'm male. :D
funkymiss 09-04-2006, 17:27 what have you done with the other one?!
StarSparkle 09-04-2006, 17:38 I once bought (for a laugh I might add) a twin pack of pregnancy tests from the pound shop in Lincoln for the stupedous price of £1!
As a giggle I decided to try one and you'll all be pleased to hear that I wasn't pregnant. For those of you who don't know, I'm male. :D
You'd have been laughing on the other side of your face if it had shown up Positive! :o :hihi:
StarSparkle :)
Swan_Vesta 09-04-2006, 17:39 I binned it. It was good for a laugh :hihi:
bjshooter 09-04-2006, 17:43 But were they past their use-by date??? Look out for another little bjshooter in a few months ;)
No I am very careful now, they are normally in date until 2009ish not bad I don't think.
Jimbob1989 09-04-2006, 18:17 Bought a 50 pence piece once :)
pete_fcs 09-04-2006, 20:14 from 99p shop - a kelly holmes autobiography - PERSONALLY SIGNED!!!!!!!
wow!
i will look out for those!
also anyone who likes charles handy books...there's a personally signed copy in help the aged just off fargate! 50p!!!
:)
pete_fcs 09-04-2006, 20:16 Batteries,God why have i put that?:help: :help:
poundland now sell 18 batteries ferra quid....anyone know if they are any good? called HYUNDAI or summat....
pete_fcs 09-04-2006, 20:18 .....Bought some fake lillys for my pond. Right good
99p shop will undercut them with the complete pond thrown in for good measure!
:thumbsup:
pete_fcs 09-04-2006, 20:19 ....
My best buy (no laughing) is condoms a pack of 12 in boots costs over a tenner and in there they are just £1 bargin. :D
...free bairn with every pack
:thumbsup:
pete_fcs 09-04-2006, 20:22 I once bought (for a laugh I might add) a twin pack of pregnancy tests from the pound shop in Lincoln for the stupedous price of £1!
.....
....now also available in sheffield! 99p shop i think
:)
pete_fcs 09-04-2006, 20:25 ...they are normally in date until 2009ish not bad I don't think.
...my three packs have to be in date up to 2025 to make sure they can all get used!
:hihi:
FairyNormal 09-04-2006, 22:01 Pete, did you work out what the summat-o-meter was for? Can't remember what it was called but it was in the pack along with the clock and the thermometer you bought the other day. More's the point, do they all work? lol!
pete_fcs 10-04-2006, 17:12 it was a hygrometer or summat...it is busy measuring the hygro's in my house as we speak!
it was only 33.33333333p seeing as it came in a pack of three items!
the clock now has a battery in and keeps time to within an impressive ten MINUTES per day!!!
the thermomenter works fine; it accurately tells me that my kitchen in ffffrrrRRRREEEZZZzzzing!
:hihi:
waldershelf 11-04-2006, 10:23 I like 5 coins. and waht were you planning to sell in this 69p shopI think that a 69p shop would need a special license to trade you know, like some of those in Attercliffe that sell imported "special interest" books and DVDs.
pete_fcs 12-04-2006, 17:22 I think that a 69p shop would need a special license to trade you know, like some of those in Attercliffe that sell imported "special interest" books and DVDs.
alot of the stuff in rotherham's £1 store (the one near boots) sells the kind of toys that used to be hidden behind counters in "those" shops in attercliffe
:hihi:
pete_fcs 18-04-2006, 17:26 if you go to the 99p shop next to argos, they occasionally have AMAZING snack bargains like.....
20 packets of thai-bites for 99p!!!
24 packets of nobby's nuts for 99p!!!
24 packets of walker's sensations for 99p!!!
they come in those massive boxes and you'll be sick of eating them by your 23rd packet.
:thumbsup:
i bought a pound coin........99p
Bellacboy 18-04-2006, 19:24 I got a good deal on wire brushes once. A pack of 6 for £1. They were the kind with curved handles so you don't skin your knuckles when you use them. I got 4 packs. I wish I'd got more.
BasilRathbon 08-12-2009, 14:08 Thanks to a tip off from the lovely people at HotUKdeals, today I nipped into my local Poundland and picked up series 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the classic sitcom Men Behaving Badly for a quid each. Not bad going when the boxset costs round about £20.
So what's your best find in a pound shop?
Bird seed, I love it and its the only thing I buy in the pound shops. :D
Darth Vader 08-12-2009, 14:16 Last week, 99p shop in Donny. Santa Mugs that I'd previously bought from The Pier at about a tenner each!
I once found a pound. Seriously!
Darth Vader 08-12-2009, 14:16 Bird seed, I love it and its the only thing I buy in the pound shops. :D
Shouldn't you be on twitter?
Thebanginman 08-12-2009, 14:18 Shouldn't you be on twitter?
I bet I know their favourite 70's record
*Wallace* 08-12-2009, 14:22 Couple of months ago i found some really nice quality German beer glasses took 2 to the till and the lady said get another 4 love they are 6 for a pound i was well chuffed.
DeathAxe 08-12-2009, 14:34 Hmmmmm I would say sega dreamcast keyboards, but I have no idea what to do with em now >.> (I got 3...)
alex3659 08-12-2009, 14:47 The exit...............
Hmmmmm I would say sega dreamcast keyboards, but I have no idea what to do with em now >.> (I got 3...)Either eBay (especially if they're brand new and you've got a good rep), or specialist game Forums (I'd try arcade games (as in: which you put money in) forums, can't remember their name but UK ones, they have quite a few DC enthusiasts who pay good money for genuine acessories. Google search 'candy cabs' and 'forum', should bring up the right ones :huh:)
Two little hot water bottles to keep my rabbits warm in the winter !
hard2miss 08-12-2009, 15:30 I once found Ten Bob :D
Two little hot water bottles to keep my rabbits warm in the winter !
Obviously single then...:D
Crayfish 08-12-2009, 17:13 Party balloons. I went to a club a few years ago wearing trousers, a top, a hat, a backpack and a dog on a leash all made from pound shop balloons. Now there's value clothing.
I found some packs of 20 horrible Christmas cards which are ideal for sending to people who I do not like.
cressida 08-12-2009, 19:43 Today I found a dark gold clutch bag - I swear it wouldn't have looked out of place in a designer shop
khamchaiya 08-12-2009, 19:50 i found a two pound coin....how's about that then...?
Most supermarkets nowadays do shopping trolleys for a pound. Bargain! Get um while you can.My back yards full of em.
Carry On film mugs that a gift shop in Meadowhall are selling for £6 each. Sandtex that normally costs £8 a tub. Child safety straps that we've modified the pram with to make it stable on buses. And lots and lots of 100w lightbulbs!
Swan_Vesta 08-12-2009, 22:50 I love poundshops. I've had a laptop sleeve, a USB card reader, huge packs of sandpaper, tiger balm and a Cillit Bang type knock off called Sonic Boom which would strip Paris Hilton off an Ann Summers display.
*Wallace* 09-12-2009, 07:37 I put a post on here yesterday about Poundland selling adult movies which is perfectly true and it's been removed how strange ?
Anna Glypta 09-12-2009, 08:03 I once bought something for just a pound.
I think it could be worth nearly a quid.
missflirtuk 09-12-2009, 08:53 I love poundland or 99p land for stocking fillers. Got bibs with teether rings on for my little girl considering she loves chewing the bottom of her bibs so I thought "hey let's surprise her and give her something better to chew" :hihi:. Typical now though that she's teething again she won't wear the bibs :mad:.
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