Ideal Home Exhibition

[Dee Sa]

Did anyone else find this a disappointment this year ?most of the gadgets this year we already have or something similar that does not merit another buy.

A stand for Botox I found out of order, surely you would not be mad enough to have it done there ? not hygenic enough I would have thought.

Also the food for sale is very overpriced and not very appetising either, we paid �5 for two iced teas ! and for the first time took sandwiches and were pleased we did, we are not tight but dont want to be exploited either. Other views pls.

[bubba gump]

I agree with you, it seems like the same old stuff year after year, and if you do find a gadget you haven't got you take it home to find that it doesn't work like it did at the show.I found myself this year looking at things i'd bought before just to see if i could work it out.

And the food is expensive and not that good either, take a packed lunch.And try and get a 2 for 1 voucher for entry it makes the day seem less disapointing.

The one thing I really dislike is the way they pounce on you to try stuff, I know thats what their there for but it just gets so annoying.

But then I suppose I'll be there again next year,I always think i'm missing out on something lol

[BIRD]

I agree with you Dee Sa, there didn't seem to be as many free samples of food or other bits like there used to be a few years ago. The food was well over priced. We had 1/2 pizza and some salad which cost us about �6 each and it was awful! We said we'd give it a miss next year.

[nickmo]

The Ideal Home and Garden Show at SECC Glasgow on April 5 - 9 this year has a Farmers' Market in place offering fresh produce from the producers, as well as a the usual food exhibition guys.

Come along and taste the goods and there are also cooking demos that you can take advantage of for a snack and avoid the high catering prices!!

If you want free tickets to get in to the show, contact me via my website www.freereangemag.co.uk

You must replace the word editor in the email address with mail

and quote 'The AB' and I will post a pair of FREE tickets to anyone interested. subject to avialability - but I do have a few to offer supplied by the organisers.

[lilacben]

My husband and I where also disapointed with the Ideal Home. Nothing we hadnt seen before and didnt make much of the show houses either. waste of money and time we thought. will not be going for a long while now. It certainly wasnt worth five and a half hours to get there and then the trip home. groan!!Also took our own food this year but had to pay �1.80 for a coke.