Gift vouchers

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:51 pm

I hate the bloody things.

Got a pile of various ones, Just checked the dates, ones out in a couple of days, looks like another has expired, valid for 24 consecutive months.

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:54 pm

Looks like someone has been recycling presents

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:21 pm

No, they are ones i have had kicking about for ages, not just this year

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:34 pm

Hitch wrote:I hate the bloody things.

Got a pile of various ones, Just checked the dates, ones out in a couple of days, looks like another has expired, valid for 24 consecutive months.

If you have one for a shop which you don't want anything at the moment and it is about to expire, maybe you could use the nearly-dead voucher to buy a fresh voucher

The ones that are dead they will often accept if you mix them up with a bit of cash and tell them it is the only way you have to pay with you

I actually have loads of vouchers - get paid in them at work (seriously!!)

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:31 pm

I only got one voucher this year. Was pretty happy with it to be honest as it was for a local bike shop and I need a few things that I would normally hate paying for out of my own money

Handy Angie · Post by **Handy Angie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:35 pm

Got a pile of various ones, Just checked the dates, ones out in a couple of days, looks like another has expired, valid for 24 consecutive months.

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Well what RETARD gets a voucher and doesnt like spend it the same week? Thats just not normal. I dont care which shop vouchers are from they get spent virtually the same day!! Life is just for spending!!

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:41 pm

A true shoppaholic woman

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:06 pm

Half the trouble is on the rare occasions i go into town, i always forget to take them

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:33 pm

Some of these vouchers you can use on-line as well.

The John Lewis ones are good - if you spend over £50, you can 1) use the vouchers on-line, then 2) google for a £10 off code to add to the order to get your stuff 20% off, 3) free delivery over £50 as well, and 4) use quidco and get an extra approx 5% off.

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:45 pm

Hoovie wrote:Some of these vouchers you can use on-line as well.

The John Lewis ones are good - if you spend over £50, you can 1) use the vouchers on-line, then 2) google for a £10 off code to add to the order to get your stuff 20% off, 3) free delivery over £50 as well, and 4) use quidco and get an extra approx 5% off.

Explain more

I've got about £200 in JL vouchers and am looking at a DAB HiFi for the bedroom

feva · Post by **feva** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:16 pm

how mad are poeple this time of year for bargins, drove past our local retail park and the cars were bumper to bumper for miles leading up to it! id love to get up at 4am to go shopping at 5am! muppets.

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:04 pm

Used two up today

Left the rest in my van now, so no excuse of leaving them at home

Got a Roisin Murphy album, and two extension leads

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:10 pm

skiking wrote:
Hoovie wrote:Some of these vouchers you can use on-line as well.

The John Lewis ones are good - if you spend over £50, you can 1) use the vouchers on-line, then 2) google for a £10 off code to add to the order to get your stuff 20% off, 3) free delivery over £50 as well, and 4) use quidco and get an extra approx 5% off.
Explain more

I've got about £200 in JL vouchers and am looking at a DAB HiFi for the bedroom

OK - here we go (may have to bear with me as I tend to meander

)

Googled "john lewis codes" just now and saw this post - this seems to be for credit or debit cards, but prob other JL codes don't care how you pay. PS it says "first time order" but just don't say you are a returning customer and it the first time codes work every time

Here is another one

MSE is a great source of on-line codes and there ALWAYS seems to be a valid JL one and it ALWAYS is for £10 off £50+ order.
Of course the more over £50 your single purchase is, the smaller the % discount is - £10 off £50 = 20%, £10 off £100 = 10%.

The JL Vouchers have a silver section which you scratch off to reveal a number and that is the number you put in when you use vouchers to pay.

The Quidco part ...... open up a quidco cashback account (posted about this few months ago) and then login into that and then FROM THERE select John Lewis and you end up at exactly the same johnlewis.com except it is flagged as being from quidco and you get the discount in your quidco account and this gets paid out about 2 months later. Have to make sure you have not got certain cookie blockers enabled - best thing to do is visit shopping.com first via quidco and check that that transaction works (10p cashback for clicking on one of their links to view - nothing needed to be bought

) to confirm the quidco cookies are working ok.

The JL discount on Quidco is variable, depending on what type of product you are buying - I *think* technology is one of the better ones

Also, if you don't have vouchers - or enough vouchers, if you use a John Lewis Partnership card to pay the difference, the spend on that card will earn you effectively 2% discount in the form of vouchers to spend next time (paid out periodically)

It may all sound a bit of a palavar, but probably just the way I have described it

One final comment ... Consider an Internet Radio - the one I bought is a very cheap one and has a sleep timer facility and an Alarm facility. Been considering using it in the bedroom instead of the Pure BUG DAB radio

marksson · Post by **marksson** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:30 pm

hoovie,
I've a mate just like you. He comes up with the most involved palns for not just getting a free mobile, but work the dates correctly and they actually end up paying you.
Marvelous, he was extoling the virtues of quidco some months back.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:56 am

marksson wrote:hoovie,
I've a mate just like you. He comes up with the most involved palns for not just getting a free mobile, but work the dates correctly and they actually end up paying you.
Marvelous, he was extoling the virtues of quidco some months back.

I did do the "free mobile" thing as well - remember to change the plan after minimum term and you get free phone, free calls and cash in hand

I have both House and Car insurance coming up this month, so quidco will be getting warmed up again

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