Talks continue to save Woolworths
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Timetable for closure has went live on the BBC News site: [PDF] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/211208_woolworthclosure.pdf
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Went into the one in my town (Chesterfield) on Friday and they are even selling all the racking, shelving, desks, trolleys etc. I thought about buying the front doors and charging people to enter but didn't
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Don't be too hasty, I'm sure I'm not the only one who likes to browse the highstreet stores, looking for stuff I want to buy off the internet when I get home
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With the exception of clothes, I'm pretty much the same.
It's the other way round actually, EUK has had its fair share of problems but was in a better state that woolies.
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Even with these closing down "discounts" Woolworths is still more expensive than what you can find them in Tesco for, especially box set dvd's!
Prime example, Heroes box set:
Woolworths £34.99 + 10% discount
Tesco £24.96
Yep I saw a doctor who sonic screwdriver toy in there for £9.99 & with 20% off, walked into a larger competitor & saw the same toy for a fiver!
Yeah, there are finally bargains to be had, they are going all out, they are selling every single thing in the store, the store furniture and fittings are up for grabs even. Unfortunately theres literally **** all worth buying left in the one near me, at any price.
Could go in and buy loads of PS3's and 360's but I reckon its waaay too late for that
Could go in and buy loads of PS3's and 360's but I reckon its waaay too late for that
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got the last xbox360 arcade for £80 today down my local woolies, was sitting there all alone behind the counter .
So Woolworths are actually starting to close and we're starting to see decent prices. How about people start posting the bargains they got?
Today I picked up:
11 CDs
3 DVDs
2 toys
3 packs of pens
assorted chocolate bars and sweets
DS stylus
4 loads of batteries
photo frame
All with 80% off. I know that Woolworths 80% off isn't the same as buying online would have been so I went on a number of leading competitors and worked out how much it would have cost me to buy them off the internet today.
Total internet price (not including postage): £139.99
Total I spent: £28.84
Total saving:£110.55
A good saving I'd say
Today I picked up:
11 CDs
3 DVDs
2 toys
3 packs of pens
assorted chocolate bars and sweets
DS stylus
4 loads of batteries
photo frame
All with 80% off. I know that Woolworths 80% off isn't the same as buying online would have been so I went on a number of leading competitors and worked out how much it would have cost me to buy them off the internet today.
Total internet price (not including postage): £139.99
Total I spent: £28.84
Total saving:£110.55
A good saving I'd say
So Woolworths are actually starting to close and we're starting to see decent prices. How about people start posting the bargains they got?
Today I picked up:
11 CDs
3 DVDs
2 toys
3 packs of pens
assorted chocolate bars and sweets
DS stylus
4 loads of batteries
photo frame
All with 80% off. I know that Woolworths 80% off isn't the same as buying online would have been so I went on a number of leading competitors and worked out how much it would have cost me to buy them off the internet today.
Total internet price (not including postage): £139.99
Total I spent: £28.84
Total saving:£110.55
A good saving I'd say
Would you still have bought all this if it wasn't in a sale?
thats why I don't bother with sales and buying things even though I don't really need them just because they're cheap
I got 6 PS3 games for £70
I picked up two Wii games and a PS3 game, but they said they didn't have them in despite the boxes being out (bet the staff have them out the back for themselves
).No, but I'm glad to have it. The sweets will be eaten in place of other food that I would have to buy. The pens and the batteries would have bought at some stage throughout the year. In the end it's only £30 and may well mean that I choose to stay in one or more nights to listen to the CDs, saving me money, or choose to watch a DVD that I bought cheap rather than buying a new one; there are thus indirect savings. I could also save some of the items and give them as part of birthday presents throughout the year - which would mean I was directly saving money (though I probably won't).Nexus said: