gift wrapping at asda

emamum · 13-12-2007, 19:26

go and buy your big and wierd shaped christmas presents from asda cos someone will wrap them for free!! i bought a tv/dvd from there today and she wrapped it, you can have 3 things wrapped if you have areciept for that day... lol, she said it was the biggest thing she had wrapped

katex · 13-12-2007, 19:44

Lol emamum .. was in Man. on Saturday and, in the Arndale, had a free present wrapping service .. there was a loooooooong queue and the 'wrappers' were smartly dressed to match the paper they were using. Hate wrapping presents, what a boring job ..

People there had all shapes and sizes, would have loved to have hung around for a while to see how they coped.

flashy · 13-12-2007, 19:48

ahhhhhhhh Kate, i was in the Arndale in Manchester a week ago and they where doing the same thing, you where supposed to have proof that you bought the pressie from the arndale, so what does Shanida go and do, i asked them to wrap a bail of towels i'd bought from primark...and they did, the doofus that was wrapping them didnt have a clue how to wrap towels till i told him how to lol

cmonstanley · 13-12-2007, 19:50

i wonder if they get paid more for wrapping at asda or is it more exploitation of workers.......bah humbug

katex · 13-12-2007, 19:57

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Originally Posted by flashytart

ahhhhhhhh Kate, i was in the Arndale in Manchester a week ago and they where doing the same thing, you where supposed to have proof that you bought the pressie from the arndale, so what does Shanida go and do, i asked them to wrap a bail of towels i'd bought from primark...and they did, the doofus that was wrapping them didnt have a clue how to wrap towels till i told him how to lol

Well, grandaughter and myself did ponder whether they had to take a Degree in 'Wrapping Christmas Presents' .. obviously not then !!

flashy · 13-12-2007, 20:00

nah he was crap at it

emamum · 13-12-2007, 20:01

the girl at asda was brill, really friendly and the present looks great....

mrskitty · 16-12-2007, 19:59

Anyone watch the christmas present wrapping scam shown on 'the real hustle' clip on the programme 'something for the weekend' this morning?

Lilly · 16-12-2007, 22:27

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Originally Posted by misskitty

Anyone watch the christmas present wrapping scam shown on 'the real hustle' clip on the programme 'something for the weekend' this morning?

No, what did it say?

mrskitty · 17-12-2007, 09:48

They set up a stall in a shopping centre offering free gift wrapping,you leave
the pressie and get a token and get told to come back in 20 mins,they weigh the box,take the item out,fill it with stuff eg satsumas,potatoes and straw (to pad it out so it doesnt rattle) weighing the right amount,then wrap the box,you come back in 20 mins and collect a pressie all nicely wrapped.....come christmas day someone opens a lovely wrapped box of satsumas or whatever....by then the scammer has long gone and theres nowt you can do

Yolanda25 · 17-12-2007, 09:51

Yeah seen it before,on the actual program, its good that they show u things like that so then u dont get scamed

Lilly · 17-12-2007, 20:53

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Originally Posted by misskitty

They set up a stall in a shopping centre offering free gift wrapping,you leave
the pressie and get a token and get told to come back in 20 mins,they weigh the box,take the item out,fill it with stuff eg satsumas,potatoes and straw (to pad it out so it doesnt rattle) weighing the right amount,then wrap the box,you come back in 20 mins and collect a pressie all nicely wrapped.....come christmas day someone opens a lovely wrapped box of satsumas or whatever....by then the scammer has long gone and theres nowt you can do

Oh God! You'd be horrified, wouldn't you?

katex · 17-12-2007, 22:36

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Originally Posted by misskitty

They set up a stall in a shopping centre offering free gift wrapping,you leave
the pressie and get a token and get told to come back in 20 mins,they weigh the box,take the item out,fill it with stuff eg satsumas,potatoes and straw (to pad it out so it doesnt rattle) weighing the right amount,then wrap the box,you come back in 20 mins and collect a pressie all nicely wrapped.....come christmas day someone opens a lovely wrapped box of satsumas or whatever....by then the scammer has long gone and theres nowt you can do

Good post Miss Kitty ... never would have thought about that one .. too naive I guess .

mrskitty · 18-12-2007, 12:22

I wouldn't have thought about it either before i watched the clip....horrible....to think if kiddies open presents and find satsumas instead of toys

kathleen_firth · 18-12-2007, 12:39

it gets me . the real hustle... its actually giving people ideas how to scam people.