Do You...

[Jemisa]

Do you ever watch the shopping channels? I do now & then & I even bought a kitchen gadget once (& its still in use)
I've got a friend who's addicted to them and buy's lots of stuff. Clothes, curtains, bed linen, jewellery, she's buying her xmas pressies right now.

What did you buy?

Was it worth it?

jem

[Jemisa]

I shop on line, always M&S stuff & if theres a prob I take it back to my local branch & they refund me or I swap it for something else.

I get all my food shopping on line at Tesco, same thing I take it back to local branch if theres a prob.

I also get stuff from 'Yours' excellant shop for 'L' or 'Extra L' with a local branch in town.

jem

[starone]

Shopping channels, I think, are to be avoided. My son-in-law's mother died recently and they had to clear out hundreds (I'm not exaggerating) of boxes containing rings, watches, necklaces etc. They took them to a jewellers who bought them from them, mostly as scrap metal, but the words he said when he bought them were "We get a lot of this, lonely old ladies sitting and watching the shopping channels and buying anything that takes their fancy." The jewellery was still in unopened boxes, never worn. I think this should be a salutary tale for anyone doing the same thing.

[parkie]

What gets me is when an item is advertised as 'only' so much, say £30, plus £6 or £7 postage, in which case that item is costing me £36+, not just £30.
Then you get some companies add on more for 'insurance'. It's just a con.

[Jemisa]

Starbi thats sad, I wonder how many more old ladies out there have been caught out.
You're right park cost of postage is stupid they make their profits.

jem