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Saw an item on Breakfast Telly this morning about BOGOF offers in supper markets. Unfortunately I don't do my own shopping these days, but quite often my Daughter, who does mine, comes in and says there was a BOGOF offer on one of my regular items. It seems though, a lot of people will buy things that are on offer even if they're not on their list. What do you do, do yopu just buy your normal things or are you tempted with a BOGOF offer?

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more often than not no, very occasionally i will buy a Bogof if i think yeh fancy that.

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I shop on line fortnightly.
If an item I buy regularly has a BOGOFF offer I stock up with it - OK if you have the space to store it.
It doesn't tempt me to buy the junk which may have the offer too.

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My nan is BOGOF mad. I'm thinking of iceland, normally loads there?

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When I do my online shopping, (especially tesco), they have a button that takes you straight through to the BOGOF (and other) special offers. I generally go through those first, and then do my normal shop around them

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I do exactly the same thing! I don't buy something that's on offer just for the sake of it, only if I use it regularly. It's not a bargain if 6 months down the line you clear out your cupboards or freezer and chuck it away!

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I remember when Asda, never gave offers, but the food was cheaper, but now they always do offers and have noticed that the prices are going up!!!

Asda dont do BOGOF, its always 2 for £1 etc etc

which i dont fall for!, I mean why go into a shop and lets say buy some fairy liquid, buy 2 for £1.50,...., lets say...90p for one, ...i only come in for 1 so why would i spend an extra 60p, for 2,...i dont need 2!:rolleyes:....

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I ALWAYS buy things like that when they are on special offer and stock up. Generally, by the time i come round to needing it again they are back on special saving me a little bit of money in the long run

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TOILET ROLL!!!:D:p

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There are reasons for that!! You never know when you're gonna need loo roll and theres nothing worse than running out. I still do it now, bought a pack of 16 rolls last week eventhough im the only one in the house who is toilet trained so they should last a while, its just worked out cheaper that way saving me a few pennies

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I wasnt taking the mick! i just remember when i moved in with you... went into the back bedroom and you had around 32 toilet rolls.....

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Yeah, I do that. buying like that, be it toilets rolls, bleach etc it works out cheaper to buy when on special than to just buy as you need it. Very rarely do it with food items but on the household stuff like that I do.

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So do I and find that the savings are quite substantial;)

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Me too, I love the way asda show the total savings on your receipt, it make you feel better thinking that youve saved money

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The most annoying thing about BOGOF is that guy who advertises double glazing on television.

'You buy one, you get one free.'

I read in the paper that he's been employed at Accrington Stanley to gee the crowds up, after doing the same at Burnley.

bogof : Safestyle UK

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Thats me deffinately not going to stanley then, that bloke REALLY irritates me in the ads

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Yep you do get that feeling:)

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What happens if ya got 5 windows? if ya got 4 windows ya only pay for 2,........always wondered that:rolleyes:

oops iv thread wandered there havent I?

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I buy the special offers if it is stuff we use regularly, otherwise they can bog off with them.

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Suppose I dont go for bogofs but multibuys really, dont waste money on stuff i wont use though

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And believe me ............it hasn`t worked......LOL

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Anything not perishable I will get and put the extra one away to make hampers up for Christmas presents.

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Just found this!:D

YouTube - Fifty Per Cent in the Safestyle UK House!

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Have to admit i'm a sucker for BOGOF deals!
Working at Tesco dosen't help though there is stuff constantly on offer.

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I thought they wanted to encourage more people to go to Stanley matches. :confused:

I would certainly never go if they had that idiot there.

He irritates the hell out of me. He is currently doing an ad on the radio for the independent mortgage company and I can't bear it! :(

Whatever he advertises it just makes me not want to buy the product. I would never go to Safestyle because of him.

My friend went out in Whalley a couple of weeks back and bumped into him in a club. She said he was quite a hit with the ladies apparently! :eek:

I don't know what drinks they were serving in that club.....something that makes you blind, deaf and insane I presume. :rolleyes:

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Ewwwww, what ever they put in their drinks over there i deffinately dont want any

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Yes, one of my mates saw him in a club in burnley and said the women were flocking round him..........nowt like being a minor celeb eh?

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Thanx ... now I don't have to ask what bogof is ... I thought it had something to do with bogs:confused:

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No Eric, you buy on get one free, I say you buy one you get one free!!

(God that chap winds me up, I know thats probably not what he's really like but still irritates me)

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After doing the same at Burnley Rindi,:eek: :eek::eek:

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I love bog offs.. in my freezer at the moment i have 10 tubs of Lurpac butter,,, from Tesco,s,i saved £1.34 a tub.....we go through it like its going out of fashion,,,,:alright:

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Didn't know butter was freezable G-C ? Does it not 'split' or anything then ?
Suppose you couldn't put in the microwave to de-frost though .. :D

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Used properly BOGOF and other offers can be beneficial to a person’s budget but only if the item/s offered are what you would have bought without the offer anyway. It’s no good buying a BOGOF just because it is there.

But look at the periodic discount offers from a different angle. BOGOF and other offers are just an attempt to disguise the extortionate prices charged. If merchants can sell discounted items and still make a profit what sort of a profit are they making without the discount?

I would much prefer that there were no BOGOF’s, 50% extra for free, 10% off etc and all overall prices were reduced.

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I just take it out and let it thaw out natural,,,it dosent take long,,,and its perfect,,I think if you microwaved it, it might go rancid....

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AH BUT THEN YOU WOULDENT GET THAT SATISFACTION OF KNOWING YOU HAD BAGGED A BARGAIN......:alright:

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OOPS cap lock on again,,,sorry:eek:

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I do buy BOGOF's, but like Jambutty said earlier, only on things I'd be buying regularly anyway.

A lot of people are so easily taken in when it comes to special offers. People buy things just because they are 'on sale', without looking at the actual cost to themselves, and if whatever they are buying is therefore good value.

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Good point, but unfortunately that is the way that it is done so you've got to bag a "bargain" whenever you can do