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RE: Philips Energy Saving LightBulbs 5 for £1.00 in Sainsburys

The ones on offer at supermarkets always seem to be a really low wattage, or else everything on the shelf is edison screw!
I`ve found that the small 15W spirals from GE are great as replacements for 60W bulbs - same size, brighter and instant-on. Two for one at Tesco I think.

Also if you`ve got 150W bulbs in standard lamps, you can get a 30W replacement from Morrisons. Brightness seems fine after a short warm-up.

I`m still looking for properly sized candles and GU10 spot replacements which are as bright as the originals. Best I`ve found is the Megaman brand but they aren`t cheap and they are still slightly too big.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 3rd December 2008, 18:23

RE: Shure SE110 Sound Isolating Earphones in white half price (with code)

I always wanted to try some Shure phones but found them too expensive. Ordered mine today - Great spot, thanks.

hmv box set offers

Just had an email containing a "sneak preview" whatever that means - some good offers, for example
Laurel & Hardy 21 disc set £50 down from £200
Harry Potter 5 disc £18 down from £40
Alien Quadrilogy £10 down from £70
Planet of the Apes 6 dvd £7 down from £50

32 sets in total - here`s the link http://hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=3288

This item was edited on Saturday, 14th June 2008, 16:08

RE: PANASONIC DMREX75 TNT DVD Player & Recorder with 160 GB hard disk £263 at Pixmania

I have owned this model for some time, and my previous recorder was a Pioneer 520, similar spec to the 440.
In normal use there is very little difference between the two. The Pioneer has a separate Stop button for play/record, the Panasonic has only one, and the Panasonic has lots of yes/no boxes whereas the Pioneer just gets on with the job whether you meant it or not.

On the Panasonic, having freeview is a huge bonus, and remember in a couple of years time there will be no analogue in some areas. The HDMI makes a big difference to picture quality too, and it will upscale anything fed into the video in, so plug your standard cable/sat box in and the picture improves quite a bit.

The Pioneer has a slightly faster user interface but I had a lot of trouble with my unit, and a great deal of time & effort spent getting it fixed, enough to put me off the brand for life in fact.
In contrast the Panasonic has performed perfectly so far, never crashed or burned a duff disc for example.
As far as I know there`s no DIY multiregion hack for the Pioneer; there is for the Panasonic but you need the right kind of remote.

RE: Kingston 1GB SD card £7.29 @ ebuyer

Bought an ipod and some networking gear from them a couple of weeks ago; no issues.

RE: FREE £5 voucher for CDwow.!!!! Hurry !!!!

Worked for me, better use it quick before they change their minds!!

RE: Free DTS/Dolby/Stereo PCM test DVD from Bowers and Wilkins

The disc sounds great on my old Castles. Don`t skip over the interviews with the design team, there`s a lot of real information about how they design & optimise speakers. Shame they won`t apply the same techniques to lower priced models, I can`t afford these!

This item was edited on Tuesday, 27th June 2006, 17:43

RE: Toshiba 32WLT66 LCD TV - latest model, award winner

great fredh, pleased to hear you saved that much :)

Hi Davidstoned, the branch phone number is 0161 491 4040. Other info at http://www.johnlewis.com/Shops/DSShop.aspx?Id=35 . They have a new drive-up collection point which they were still paving when I collected my tv. What else do you need to know ?

RE: Toshiba 32WLT66 LCD TV - latest model, award winner

Thanks sonylover but the one you found is the WL not the WLT. Yours is a different colour and does not have a freeview tuner.
I agree it`s possible to shave a few £ off the price I paid but the warranty is worth that. Also if I can find another non-internet shop with a lower price inc delivery, and in stock, they will refund the difference.

This item was edited on Sunday, 23rd April 2006, 06:40

Toshiba 32WLT66 LCD TV - latest model, award winner

Just bought one of these from John Lewis, Trafford centre for £883. No need for haggling or price matches, this is the in-store price.

For those that don`t know, all TVs at John Lewis come with a 5 year warranty, which makes this the best price anywhere.

RE: Free Gillette razor.....

Mine came today, its the m3 power nitro

RE: Free Gillette razor.....

Its just like printers and ink...

No signs of mine either.

RE: Amstrad e-mailer at Tesco

Well, it was on the bargain shelf and it looked like a bargain to me :)

It was the mono emailer plus.

This item was edited on Monday, 9th January 2006, 12:49

RE: 11W Energy saving lightbulbs at Tesco 47p

:)

Actually if you`re a Powergen customer you can get some free too, they sent me a pack of different types for nothing. And I didn`t have to trade in a pensioner.

Amstrad e-mailer at Tesco

I have no idea what these things should cost but Tesco have them for just under £15

11W Energy saving lightbulbs at Tesco 47p

GE Branded, in green boxes. They`ve also got silly prices on 60W and 100W pearl bulbs.

RE: Free Orange Sim...been out a while

This free sim deal .. how come Orange themselves don`t know about it ? Inside is a card which says "keep your number" and "upgrade your orange payg phone".
So I tried. I was told I couldn`t keep my old number, so in the end I just had them activate it. But there was no mention of the 300 texts / calls offer ? Have I been done ?

This item was edited on Sunday, 4th December 2005, 11:20

RE: Star Trek Voyager Boxsets

[edit]
oops, sorry that`s Enterprise.


The complete series box set is 259.99 at Play.
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=704961&p=57&g=72&pa=sr

This item was edited on Sunday, 13th November 2005, 10:21

RE: Up to 70% off Best of British TV DVDs

It`ll be about £44 total

RE: Free Digital Radio From Schuh

Did anyone else get theirs? Mine turned up, it`s a cheap plastic thing with a digital display, earphones and even batteries but the sound is incredibly distorted, no wonder they were giving them away!

RE: Buying cheap in the US - advice please?

Bear in mind that you pay state tax if you live in the US; it`s usually 5% to 7%. And you can bring back goods to the value of £145 and you don`t have to pay duty; but if you have one item worth £146, you end up paying duty on the full amount. This is for things you personally carry, not things you mail order. This figure was supposed to be going up to £1000 but it hasn`t happened yet.

Where`s the bargain? OK try this - you can often find ads in local US papers, usually Sundays which contain vouchers with ridiculous offers. I used to get bargains from Office World, BestBuy and CompUSA. They are all based on rebates - in other words, you pay the full amount, mail in the receipt with the voucher and you get a cheque in the mail - but only if you live in the US. So get your mate to do that for you. If you can`t find vouchers in the papers, go into the store and look for racks of them on the wall just by the exit.

This item was edited on Monday, 5th September 2005, 21:15

RE: Ebuyer - ADSL USB Modem

d`oh

RE: Solaris, Minority Report and Planet of the Apes. £2.66 each at WHSmith

It`s showing as £19.99 on the website.

Dell printer for a tenner

Dell are again doing their 720 colour printer for £9.99 delivered. Except it showed as £9.87 when I looked. Anyway it`s cheap. Beware of the cartridge prices!

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=720b&s=dhs&sbc=print_720

(remove the optional printer cable to get the low price)

RE: My best bargain this year so far...

OK this wasn`t this year, but it`s a good story. This was at a CompUSA store in Indiana. Encarta dvd $24.99. With a $20 rebate voucher. Minus another $5 for buying it with a mastercard. Net cost $ -0.01.

And yes, I DID get the rebate in the mail...

RE: Red Dwarf series 4 £7.44

If you`re after the entire set you should look for the "Just the Shows" packs. CDwow are doing volume 1 (series 1,2,3 and 4) for £29.99 which is £7.50 per series. I guess volume 2 will follow as there there another 4 series.

RE: Stock Clearance at thatzdvd.com

I have used them both for trading in and buying second hand. The condition of the discs I`ve had was extremely good. Only problem is they`ve stopped accepting anything other than R2 as trade-in.

RE: VIRGIN SALE better than HMV S***e...

I know you all love bashing HMV but it`s still worth a look. I replaced my old copy of Top Gun with a proper anamorphic one for £4.99, also picked up the Italian Job for the same price. Those titles are more expensive everywhere else.

RE: DVDSoon.com - 25% off all orders for ifidelity card holders

Don`t know if anyone else has noticed but DVDSoon have international shipping for free till the end of the year.

RE: 24 Season 1 & 3

I think customs make their decision based on the value written on the package. So its up to the shipper not to go over £17.99 - I know one who always seems to write $10 on the box no matter what I order!