‘I paid £5.30 for products worth £87!’ hails Card Factory shopper over mammoth 10p sale to clear shelves for Christmas
A CARD Factory shopper has revealed she bought £87-worth of products for just £5.30 in a mammoth sale.
They took to Facebook to share the deal with the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group.
Card Factory is said to be clearing out its stock to prepare for an influx of Christmas stock.
The bargain hunter said: "Card Factory are clearing out ready-for-Christmas stock. Everything marked 75% off is now 10p.
"This was in Sleaford Lincolnshire but it'll be worth looking in your local one!
"I've been through my receipt and worked out the sale stuff, I paid £5.30 for products worth £87.37!"
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A photo of the woman's receipt revealed six rainbow ombre XL bags would normally have cost £10.14, but the sale knocked £9.54 off the price.
Her haul included a variety of celebration cards for dads, sisters and husbands.
And to neatly pack gifts inside, she bought plenty of gift bags in themes such as rainbow ombre, stars, pineapples, teddy bear hugs, and gold spots.
She added some rainbow glitter packs and baby shower kits to her growing basket.
The bargain hunter bought the items in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, but encouraged fellow bargain hunters to look in their local store just in case.
"Thank you for posting this. Saved a fortune", one person commented.
"Time to stock up", a second person said.
A third claimed: "They had a clearance sale in Manchester Arndale. Not sure if they had much left this morning."
"Stock up for birthdays next year", said a fourth.
Another happy shopper said: "Let's go hahaha."
Founded in 1997, Card Factory's first store was located in Wakefield.
The greetings card chain now operates over 1,000 standalone stores in both the UK and Ireland.
How to bag a bargain
SUN Savers Editor Lana Clements explains how to find a cut-price item and bag a bargain…
Sign up to loyalty schemes of the brands that you regularly shop with.
Big names regularly offer discounts or special lower prices for members, among other perks.
Sales are when you can pick up a real steal.
Retailers usually have periodic promotions that tie into payday at the end of the month or Bank Holiday weekends, so keep a lookout and shop when these deals are on.
Sign up to mailing lists and you’ll also be first to know of special offers. It can be worth following retailers on social media too.
When buying online, always do a search for money off codes or vouchers that you can use and are just two sites that round up promotions by retailer.
Scanner apps are useful to have on your phone. app has a scanner that you can use to compare prices on branded items when out shopping.
Bargain hunters can also use B&M’s scanner in the app to find discounts in-store before staff have marked them out.
And always check if you can get cashback before paying which in effect means you’ll get some of your money back or a discount on the item.
How to get the best deal
Just because something is on offer, or is part of a sale, it doesn't mean it's always a good deal.
There are plenty of comparison websites out there that'll check prices for you - so don't be left paying more than you have to.
Most of them work by comparing the prices across hundreds of retailers.
For example, Google Shopping is a tool that lets users search for and compare prices for products across the web. Simply type in keywords, or a product number, to bring up search results.
Another tool is Price Spy, which logs the history of how much something costs from over 3,000 different retailers, including Argos, Amazon, eBay and the supermarkets.
Once you select an individual product you can quickly compare which stores have the best price and which have it in stock.
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is another website that lets you compare prices between retailers.
All shoppers need to do is search for the item they need and the website will rank them from the cheapest to the most expensive one.
Find your nearest Card Factory store
The Card Factory, like many other chains, has a store locator tool you can use to find what time your nearest location opens:
//www.cardfactory.co.uk/storefinder/
All you have to do is put in the desired town or your postcode and it will bring up your local store.
Once you've done this, you can click "show details" which will bring up that branch's opening hours.
Retailers opening hours often vary from branch to branch, so it's worth checking before heading to your local store to avoid a wasted trip.