Buy 3 Items - Get Cheapest One Free - Watchout

[HSBCrusher]

you are exactly right with your maths Sharpman.

thank you mossy for your tip, I am sure that everyone (nearly everyone) understands this method of saving some extra money.

[SharpmanTF1]

originaly posted by Weird Al Yankovic
- SharpmanTF1 was clearly as confused with your OP as I was. As was barracad.

well somebody is confused and I don't think it's us

[Mossycat]

The only person confused on this post is you Weird Al Yankovic.

You said that you shopped at the 2 stores I mentioned, have you never seen the Christmas Mix and Match.

The clue is in the Mix and Match, where you Mix items from different manufacturers/brands to Match your requirements, which is why all the items included in that promotion have a sticker indicating that the customer can do this.

If you have seen this promotion then you cannot argue any further.

If you haven't seen this promotion then you don't know what you are talking about and shouldn't argue until you have and you know what you are talking about, then when you have seen it you cannot argue any further.

End of.

Mossy

[gyzmo]

I really do not see what is confusing despite the confusion. Here's my example of this.

Book £5.00
DVD £20.00
PS3 Game £50.00

Now suppose I buy 3 games, a dvd and two books.
3 games = £150, DVD = £20, Two books = £10

If I purchase the whole lot together, I would expect the books to be free - a saving of a tenner.

If however I buy the 3 games in one go I would save £50. Then I would save a fiver on the second purchase of a dvd and two books (getting one book free).

If I do go for these offers I always split them up to get the best saving. Sometimes you will get a checkout assistant who will advise the best way to do it for maximum savings, but I wouldnt rely on it.

[davethorp]

I'm fairly sure the last time I bought from this offer in boots, the till was clever enough to sort the items so I got the maximum saving.

Can't speak for sainsburys though

[389shell]

Also Woolies own brand range on toys, anything from 99p to about £50, buy 2 get the cheapest free, they do this promotion sparodically throughout the year.

Good tip Mossy, I never really thought about it before, a rep well deserved me thinks

[The GodMother]

ok i think there has been some confussion over the boots 3 for 2 offer.

yes if you by 3 gifts the chapest is free but if you by multipuls of 3 then what ever the thrid highest priced gift is free.

This is always how it has worked for me and i have never been over charged.

Boots

that is the link to the catalogue page for the explination of the free gift.

Sorry you want pages 6-7

[Mossycat]

Originally Posted by The GodMother

ok i think there has been some confussion over the boots 3 for 2 offer.

yes if you by 3 gifts the chapest is free but if you by multipuls of 3 then what ever the thrid highest priced gift is free.

This is always how it has worked for me and i have never been over charged.

Boots

that is the link to the catalogue page for the explination of the free gift.

Then Boots have changed the way their software works, I know for a fact that last Christmas it wasn't doing this because I bought 9 items and my mind calculated what I should pay, when the tills charged me higher I asked for them to be re-put through in mulitiples of 3 (ie the 3 highest together).

Kudos to Boots if they have changed it though

Mossy

[tiglet]

You would still need to be careful as to what order you put the items through in order to get the best deal, though.

[Mossycat]

Originally Posted by tiglet

You would still need to be careful as to what order you put the items through in order to get the best deal, though.

Now why didn't I think of doing that :conf used:

Mossy

(Did you actually read the original post?)

[tiglet]

I did - I was agreeing with you!!!

[The GodMother]

I have never had any problems lik u describe with boots or any other company.

I do tons of shopping at boots especially christmas and trust me i have NEVER had a discount problem.

[dudelove]

Boots have for the past few years always give every 3rd item free.
ie. buy 9 items and the 3rd, 6th & 9th dearest are free.

My wife has worked there for years and says that every xmas people are always putting things through in 3's when there really is no need.

[tiglet]

OK, here's a logical example:

If you have 6 items, £1, £2, £3, £4, £5, £6.

If you put them through in that order you will save £5 (the £1 and the £4).

However, if you put them through as £1, £2 and £6 and then £3, £4 and £5 you would only save £4 (the £1 and the £3).

Does that make sense?

[The GodMother]

No because that is not how it works.

It has been the same offer for years. I have been buying stuff from there for years u see.


what ever order you put them threw at the 3rd and 6th one will be free.

this even works on multipulls of 3 so if you buy 12 gifts numbers 3 6 9 12 PRICE WISE will be free.

i know i brought from there 2 days ago and i brought 12 girfts of which the system worked how i wanted it to.

[Mossycat]

Originally Posted by dudelove

Boots have for the past few years always give every 3rd item free.
ie. buy 9 items and the 3rd, 6th & 9th dearest are free.

My wife has worked there for years and says that every xmas people are always putting things through in 3's when there really is no need.

Just to clarify Boots last year (2007) I bought 6 items and paid for all 6 in one go, I realised the till had made the two cheapest items free so I asked for it to be re-rung in 2 lots of 3 items (ie the 3 dearest and then the 3 cheapest). This made it cheaper for me.

IF BOOTS HAVE NOW CHANGED THEIR POS SOFTWARE TO ACCOMODATE THIS THEN KUDOS TO THEM, BUT NOT ALL STORES MAY HAVE DONE THIS.

Mossy

[ajjars]

Not been on here for a long time - so thought I would add my 2 pence worth! Mossy cat is absolutely right about the 3 for 2 offer. It doesn't matter how you put your items through the till - you will always get the cheapest items free - not the 3rd, 6th, 9th and so on, but the actual cheapest items. Was a good tip and i'm surprised by the response to it. The simple fact is - those of us who follow Mossy's tip will pay less than those of us who don't - simple!! (Unless these stores have changed their system software to very sophisticated ones in the last few days - in which case I apologise!) Nice to be back! Ajjars.

[gyzmo]

Think it would be better if each person did as they please before a riot breaks out!

[The GodMother]

well i can safely say that the boots stores i have shoped at for the Christmas offer NONE have ever over charged me based on there offers.

[IdaInFife]

Well i just bought alot of toys at woolies with the 3 for 2 offer and the nice lady at the till actually checked the prices on all of them and rung throught the highest priced ones first so I would get a better saving so i assume at woolies it depends on what items are scanned and in what order


ida x