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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Miss Demeanour on May 20, 2009, 12:12:21 PM
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I have been trawling the shops this morning looking for a birthday present for my mum - she refuses to help me out in this process and give me an idea of what she wants evil:
However going past M & S there is a massive queue , complete with security guards and their best walkie talkie sets , store assistants with their newly polished name badges on etc. Apparently to celebrate their 125 year anniversary they are selling for 3 days 20 products for 1p.
These apparently include
* Jewellery sets
* Scarves
* Purses
* Knickers
* Cufflinks
* Ties
* Socks
* Leather passport holders
* Leather luggage tags
* Tea towels
* Mugs
* Bags of retro sweets
* Cans of retro drink
* Beach toys
* Beach balls
These muppets were waiting for ages in a queue...passing down a line and being given anonymous bags with a little something in ( they were only allowed 5 max) for their pennies.
This is surely a way for M & S to offload some of their unwanted useless stock and get great PR for them in the process. As for the muppets in the queue - they were getting a 'bargain'. Stuff they hadn't wanted until they saw a queue , joined it and then bleated all the way to the till point whilst wasting over an hour of your day. noooo: All for the sake if a bargain Shrugs:
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You queued for a whole hour? point:
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Not me ...walked straight past whistle:
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How do you know that they queued for an hour then? rubschin:
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Because as people were being absorbed into the queue the buffoons in jackets were giving this information to them in their best customer service friendly advice rubschin:
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But if you had joined the queue you could have done all your Christmas shopping for about 30p.
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I refuse to think about Christmas in May evil:
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I often do my Christmas shopping in January, though admittedly it's a bit late then redface:
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I did say whistle:
.... thousands of disappointed shoppers left knickerless from the store's heavily-hyped 'Penny Bazaar' yesterday after the best bargains disappeared in minutes - followed by everything else, at a rate of 60 items per second across the country.
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noooo: noooo: noooo:
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From what I saw online most of it was a load of old rubbish anyway!
Although am quite liking the vintage style of some of the new clothing they've put out, not for a penny though!
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I am liking the vintage style of some of the new clothing they've put out
Am I about to come back into fashion then?
Corduroy, seersucker, turnups, cavalry twill, brogues, spats, cravats, any of those?
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Did you ever actually go out of fashion?
I may wear jeans a lot but there are moleskin trousers, corduroy trousers, brown brogues, black oxfords, a cravat and PROPER bow ties in my wardrobe.
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