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**duckmagicuk2**

You should be able to exclude them with the custom tab, no?

Leila70

duckmagicuk2:
You should be able to exclude them with the custom tab, no?

Well as a single person trying to make ends meet I find them helpful, whereas I think tonnes of x box 360 games deals are worthless to me but you won't hear me complaining! You have the heat button to vote it cold if you don't agree it is a deal and you can customise your settings to try and limit the offending 'deals' what more do you want?

thesaint

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It is uneconomical to make a designated journey just to pick up a low value item.

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The cost of fuel/time renders most of them pointless.

I think these two points are the same?

I don't shop at a particular supermarket, so will often choose the Supermarket that has an offer on that I want to pick up, whether this be Tesco,Sainsburys, Asda or Morrisons.

I don't think anyone goes to a supermarket just to pick up a pack of Muller Corners, but many then know to look out for them whilst there.

busymom

Everyone has their "favourite" type of deal on this site - not eveyone is looking for a 10 ft plasma television or the best deal at argos, but this is why this site is popular.........you never know what going to be posted on here, and to me thats half the fun! Some of the conversations on here are soooooooo funny. All I want to say is a big THANKYOU to all who post on here, whatever it is. LONG LIVE HOTUKDEALS!

lawrenzini

Leila70:
Well as a single person trying to make ends meet I find them helpful, whereas I think tonnes of x box 360 games deals are worthless to me but you won't hear me complaining! You have the heat button to vote it cold if you don't agree it is a deal and you can customise your settings to try and limit the offending 'deals' what more do you want?

A deal is hot if it represents a significant saving, otherwise it is just "good shopping". If someone can save £10-20 on an xbox game then it is worthwhile. If there was a deal for a pram (which I have no interest in) with a £50 saving I would say it is a good deal. However 2 for 1 on dolmio doesn't fall into this bracket.

lawrenzini · *Last edited by lawrenzini : 17-07-2008 at 23:27.*

thesaint:
I don't think anyone goes to a supermarket just to pick up a pack of Muller Corners, but many then know to look out for them whilst there.

All supermarkets have offers on, often these are dictated by the suppliers looking to boost sales or raise awareness. If you have little brand preference it is realistic to expect that every supermarket will have a deal on X product. If it's beer - one may have a 3 for 2 on Becks and another on Kronenberg. As outlined in my first post, it's not like the supermarket's hide their deals - quite the contrary infact.
Just to add - A number of my friends use this site and everyone I have mentioned this to has also had the same frustration. I have often suggested this site to people over MSE which is full of dross. Ultimately, I may as well voice my issues with things for them to be taken into consideration. Whether or not anyone takes any notice is another matter. I'm not going to make any childish statements like "I'm sick of them and i'm never coming back". However it is realistic that I, and people in the same position as me will use the site less if the trend continues.
Obviously, it may be the case that there are millions of people interested in supermarket deals and it is therefore benificial to have a site focussed around them.

yimmie

Leila70:
Well as a single person trying to make ends meet I find them helpful, whereas I think tonnes of x box 360 games deals are worthless to me but you won't hear me complaining! You have the heat button to vote it cold if you don't agree it is a deal and you can customise your settings to try and limit the offending 'deals' what more do you want?

and ohmygod how many xbox 360 game deals is there?! Or any other game?! I think it's shocking to spend £20+ on a game!

DIVA1977

Also as lot of us on this site are mummy's we do have time to go to one shop just for bargains.If like me you have asda( or diff supermarket to where you usally shop) 10 mins walk away and your baby wont take afternoon nap. I put him in pushchair and walk to asda to get any bargains i can carry. I get bargains baby get sleep.
Because otherwise i do all my shopping at tesco's as i get staff discount

**duckmagicuk2**

lawrenzini:
A deal is hot if it represents a significant saving, otherwise it is just "good shopping". If someone can save £10-20 on an xbox game then it is worthwhile. If there was a deal for a pram (which I have no interest in) with a £50 saving I would say it is a good deal. However 2 for 1 on dolmio doesn't fall into this bracket.

Woah. If an XBox game was £40 and it's £10 off, then that's only 25% off.

If a supermarket item is 2 for 1 then that's 50% off.

Talk in percentages rather than "saving".

Benjimoron

duckmagicuk2:
Woah. If an XBox game was £40 and it's £10 off, then that's only 25% off.

If a supermarket item is 2 for 1 then that's 50% off.

Talk in percentages rather than "saving".

So if something is 10p reduced to 1p then it's a 90% saving, but it's alot of effort to save 9p. The deals that are worth having are the ones that save some real money, not 9p!

**duckmagicuk2**

But if you bought enough of them...

Besides, a 50% saving on anything in the supermarket these days is pretty high.

Benjimoron

duckmagicuk2:
But if you bought enough of them...

Besides, a 50% saving on anything in the supermarket these days is pretty high.

Yes, point I'm making is that the £ is the important bit, not the %. You could have great % but low £ makes it not worth the effort.

thesaint

Benjimoron:
Yes, point I'm making is that the £ is the important bit, not the %. You could have great % but low £ makes it not worth the effort.

So you wouldn't buy something that you liked if it was reduced by 90% if it only saved you 9p?

DIVA1977

Benjimoron:
Yes, point I'm making is that the £ is the important bit, not the %. You could have great % but low £ makes it not worth the effort.

depends what it is though right like i often get lush gift tags 5p a pack instead of 50p after xmas and i buy like 10 packets for price of 1, this not being greedy or excessive cos guaranteed 7pm xmas eve mum and mum in law have run out same goes for cellotape n wrapping paper

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