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Sharp - Voucher Codes for January sales

2007-12-31T20:49:00.000Z

Following the popularity of the December TV discount code, Sharp have launched a set of January discounts with incredible bargains available - the ever popular LC42XD1EA has an additional £49 discount using the Jan 2008 code shown below.

Remember to enter the codes show in red to obtain your discount.

LC42XD1EA 42 inch Full HD LCD TV
Code 0842XD1
Retail price £1,299.00
Promo price £750.00
Saving £549.00 42%

LC46XD1E 46 inch Full HD LCD TV
Code 0846XD1
Retail price £1,799.00
Promo price £950.00
Saving £849.00 47%

DKA1H iElegance iPod Compatible Stereo (White)
Code 08DKA1
Retail price £149.00
Promo price £79.00
Saving £70.00 47%

DKAP2BK Music System for i-Pod®
Code 08DKAP
Retail price £89.00
Promo price £65.00
Saving £24.00 27%

DKV2 Bluetooth Stereo Speaker
Code 08DKV
Retail price £89.00
Promo price £65.00
Saving £24.00 27%

TUR160HA Digital TV Recorder
Code 08TUR
Retail price £159.00
Promo price £119.00
Saving £40.00 25%

BDHP20H Full HD Aquos Blu-Ray player
Code 08BDHP
Retail price £399.00
Promo price £299.00
Saving £100.00 25%

The Premier Turkey?

2007-12-28T16:07:00.000Z

I have never been a mega fan of turkey. It has always been dry and bland bird to me and I preferred something with more flavour. But in the past, it had been supermarket birds that I had tried.

For this Christmas, I decided to try again, but this time electing to buy the premier league of turkeys - the Kelly Bronze turkey from Essex - to review for my new Food with Passion website.

Should you buy one of these turkeys next Thanksgiving or Christmas? Was I blown away or simply blowing hot and cold.....then why not read my honest review over at the new foodie website here and find out what I thought.

If you have any opinions, either on the review or on the eating qualities of the Kelly Bronze turkey, then I invite you to share them in the Food with Passion forum.

Wii UK Stock, Guaranteed Xmas delivery

2007-12-14T16:46:00.000Z

Following an earlier article about Wii Availability here, there has been a comment attached to that post advising of a stockist.

Although I suspect that the poster is advertising his own wares, but I will not hold that against them. They have hinted that the price may come down closer to Christmas, but that could be a gamble against the stock being sold before you commit.

Nintendo Wii now available at Rapid

The Nintendo Wii console is in stock at Rapid. Guaranteed free delivery before Christmas. Priced at £279.99 inc VAT and FREE DELIVERY.

Not the best price ever I am sure, given that the RRP is £180 but this may be the only stock that you will find this side of Christmas. Click here to buy

Save £500 over Dixons price on a Sharp 42" True HD TV

2007-12-03T14:05:00.000Z

Apologies that my links went wrong on my earlier post on this blistering deal. That is now sorted.

The set has 5***** ratings from all reviewers on Sharp's website and is still available at the astonishing £799 price-tag.

Read Customer Reviews here (5/5 from 12 reviewers)

Click HERE to take advantage of discount code lc42xd1ea that will give you this fabulous TV set at the incredible £799 price at the checkout.

Is it a real discount? You betcha....

Why don't you look at these live searches on a couple of the search comparison engines. When I looked, PixMania and Dixons were both offering the lc42xd1ea model for £1299. This is a genuine £500 discount and not one to be missed if you are after a great television.

Massive 36% discount: Sharp 1080p 42" LCD True HDTV

2007-12-01T17:18:00.000Z

Be a Santa to yourself this Christmas with this incredible value offer.

A Sharp 42" TRUE High Definition 1080p LCD TV with £500 off was £1299 now £799 representing a 36% discount WHILST STOCKS LAST!!

What makes this price exceptional is that this is not just any old HD Ready TV. This is a full HDTV with the highest possible 1080p progressive scan for the best possible panel to display the finer detail of your High Definition source that lesser HD TVs cannot manage.

Did you know that if you buy a set with 'i' for interlaced rather than one with a 'p' for progressive, then it will actually only display every second line of the picture, alternating the display of odd and even line numbers with each frame? Not this set!! With 1080p each full frame is refreshed every time.

Key Features and Benefits of this television :

42 inch Aquos Full High Definition LCD TV
built-in digital tuner (DVB-T)
high dynamic contrast ratio of 6000:1.
TruD picture enhancement technology,
6ms response time and
2x HDMI inputs.

Winner: BEST BUY

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Winner: BEST BUY

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Click HERE to take advantage of discount code lc42xd1ea that will give you this fabulous TV set at the incredible £799 price at the checkout.

Today Only: 10% off all Hewlett-Packard Computer purchases

2007-11-29T11:08:00.000Z

10% Off Day at HP - Click here for the Top Offers
On 29th November only, HP will be allowing a 10% discount at the checkout when you enter the promotional code 'SANTA'.

Whether you are in the market for a new computer, printer or any other accessory, the discount will be applied to your entire order value. After adding the items to your basket enter the code SANTA in the space provided where it invites you to use an evoucher.

So be quick as this is a one-day offer just in time for Christmas. The HP Santa has come early!!

Update on E2Save Free Wiis - available and in time for Christmas

2007-11-26T12:00:00.000Z

e2save have reverted to me to clarify that they will be dropping the interval for gift despatch following entering into the phone contract from 28 days down to 14 days in order to allow Wiis to be released in time for Christmas delivery.

e2save have a wide selection of gift options - including the Nintendo DS Lite, which is also disappearing from shops quickly... I think that Santa Claus (ahem!!) has been clearing all stocks of these extremely popular consoles.

If a Nintendo doesn't appeal for Christmas, then maybe you are in the market for a phone upgrade anyway; Christmas is one of the most popular times to treat oneself to the latest, greatest phone. e2save will allow you to tailor a deal with a gift of your own choosing from cashback (even automatic cashback) to laptops, Sat-Navs and TVS.

Why not try out their interactive deal creator here and get yourself a free wii or another gift of your own choice, but don't delay. e2save have done their part to help get gifts out in time for Christmas, but don't leave it too late or you will be hitting the peak delivery period for the couriers and risking a Christmas disappointment if your gift ends up stuck in a courier warehouse.

Merry Christmas

Santa Claus
webmaster of Letters from Santa
where you can order a personalised letter, set of text messages or even a phone call from Santa Claus.

P.S. Sorry that I haven't left too many Nintendo's available in the shops, there were rather a lot of especially good boys and girls this year.

But maybe I am not entirely to blame for the shortage .... many mums and dads realised how great they were as entertainment for the entire family with Wii Sports straight out of the box suitable for ages 3 - 103 (actually I am many hundreds of years old and still manage a game or two in between supervising the elves and their toy-making and packing), making the Wii a much more suitable console for the family than the PS3 and Xbox 360 with their complicated controllers. The Wii can also form part of a fitness regime with some energetic games involving the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers,. For all these reasons, I am sure that mums and dads have bought large amounts too, creating unprecedented demand that continues around a year after it's UK launch.

May all your Christmas wishes come true.......

Santa.

Free Wii from e2save is Guaranteed delivered for Christmas

2007-11-23T17:55:00.000Z

Well... a very quick response from e2save following my earlier entry at http://www.santaspage.co.uk/2007/11/free-nintendo-wiis-available-in-uk-with.html.

E2Save have reverted quickly to advise that order placed quickly WILL BE GUARANTEED that their free Wii will be delivered in time for Christmas.

Whether you are in the market to opgrade your phone, to buy a Wii or potentially you were in the market for both, this makes for a great deal when you consider the high prices commanded by eBay profiteers.

So don't delay if you want a free Wii in time for Christmas. E2Save have been unabble to advise as yet when the guarantee will be withdrawn.

Click here to view the Free Nintendo Wii Offers

Free Nintendo Wii's available in the UK (with new mobile contract)

2007-11-23T16:45:00.000Z

As you know, I have been writing about the difficulty in sourcing a Nintendo Wii anywhere around the RRP within the UK. There are lots of people wanting to charge double the RRP and there are people (fools?) prepared to pay that.

I have since realised that mobile phone retailer E2Save are making them available for free as an inducement to buy a new mobile phone contract.

E2Save are not necessarilly the best known mobile phone retailer, but as they belong to the CarPhone Warehouse group, you can be assured that this offer is absolutely genuine.

Christmas is a time when many people like to treat themself to a new mobile phone, so why not get a free Nintendo Wii if you were going to enter into a new contract anyway? If you don't actually want the Wii, then you could always eBay it yourself and recoup some of your mobile phone outlay.

E2Save current terms are that they automatically send out their inducement gifts 28 days after entering into the contract. Whilst we are just about (maybe) inside that time limit, I have written to them to ask whether they can reduce this window to guarantee Wiis will be delivered by Christmas. Even if they can't do this, it has got to be better to explain a few days delay to kids than to spend an absolute fortune on eBay profiteers.

Click here to view the Free Nintendo Wii Offers

Best Regards,

Santa Claus - your Letters from Santa Webmaster

Win a holiday in St. Lucia - Free Entry

2007-11-22T16:50:00.000Z

Banish the winter blues if you win this free competition super holiday to St.Lucia courtesy of Hotel Chocolat. The competition consists of three questions for which the answers are contained throughout the website and there will be a draw to decide the lucky winter after the closing date. You do not need to purchase a single item to enter.

Hotel Chocolat products are highly recommended by me ... I can't pass their shop when in Cambridge without spending a fortune stocking up......Yum yum......Strawberry and creme marbled slabs......delicious and matches Christmas and Santa Claus colours!!

If you should be thinking of the Christmas theme, you can even buy Hotel Chocolat Christmas Tree Decorations and Advent Calendars (hurry....advent starts on 1s December).

If you are looking for a Christmas Day treat...and who doesn't usually have a few boxes of chocolates tucked away for an indulgent Christmas and New Year holiday season...you will not regret buying from Hotel Chocolat.

Hotel Chocolat pieces are exquisitely delicious and rich.

Have a look here for Top Sellers at Hotel Chocolat but don't forget to enter the St. Lucia competition. Remember, it is clearly stated that there is no obligation to purchase anything to enter, so each of us has the same chance of winning.

If anyone wins who was pointed to the site by me, please do come back and let me know.

Best of Luck

Santa Claus

Amazon Germany & France shut the doors on UK Wii purchases

2007-11-22T14:02:00.000Z

This is a follow-up to my earlier article Where can I get a Wii in the UK? where I revealed that despite the scarcity of the console in the UK and the high prices demanded by people trading in them in entrepeneur fashion, it was still possible to purchase from Amazon on the continent at the RRP. I reported availability in Germany, but it appears that Amazon France were also shipping to the UK.

Unfortunately, it appears that Amazon UK Marketplace sellers are being supported (or should I say "aided and abbetted"?) in demanding high prices by other European Amazon sites refusing to accept orders from the UK, not just Germany, but also France.

Shame that.... because it was working out the same price delivered from the EU compared to the RRP here.

I don't believe that there is much anyone can do about this, as it will typically be for the retailer to set their own terms of trade which we can accept or decline, but we cannot insist on a retailer agreeing a sale with us.

There has been much discussion on boards regarding Restrictions on Free Trade, but as this is just a Retailer deciding which markets they will service and not Governmental border issue, there does not appear to be any legal axe to grind.

However, it is curious that the Wiis have good availability on the continent yet no-one has the wherewithall to move stocks to the UK where the consoles are scarce.

And who loses out because of the incompetency?

Kids - Santa Claus will refuse to buy at the premium prices, though I accept that there is still some market at these high prices.
Nintendo - same reason as above - Santa Claus may wait until next Christmas or parents may buy next Birthday, however with Christmas approaching the sale may just go to Sony or Microsoft instead.
Games Manufacturers (including Nintendo) - with a finite budget for Christmas, if Santa Claus has paid premium prices for their console, there will be precious little cash left to buy additional games & peripherals.

Is there anything that can be done in future to stop this abuse? Well, I have an idea that would possibly improve things overnight......What if it were to be made illegal to sell goods above a manufactures RRP (or a set percentage over it) for a given country? There are certain complications with this idea, but in principle if those practicalities could be worked out, it could stop the entrepeneurial purchases that are potentially creating a stock shortage at a decent price and give us back credibly priced goods.

You only have to look below here to see the latest prices being charged on Amazon Marketplace in the UK versus the standard £180 RRP.

Isn't it obscene that what is a religious celebration is turned into a commercial farce. What's the betting that you could get better availability of a Wii at the North Pole in Santa Land rather than in the UK?

This article is an edited re-print of an article first puplished on David Cameron's Diary

Where can I get a Wii in the UK?

2007-11-16T23:41:00.000Z

Perhaps somewhat surprising given that it is not the newest console on the block, but the Nintendo Wii is the hottest console on the block.

So hot, that at least one retailer has suspended its commissions to affiliates, presumably because it does not need affiliates to move the consoles. They go out of stock as soon as they come in.

So what can you do to secure a Wii if your kid has set his or her heart on it

Well, not surprisingly there are eBay sellers capitalising on the shortage..... you can check here to see current consoles on sale at a premium price.

Of course, in a capitalist society it is not surprising that someone is looking to make a fast buck via eBay, but are there other options?

Well, there are options to pick up a Wii at recommended pricing if you have a smattering of German language at your command, which I don't!! I actually suspect that a number of the current consoles for sale in the UK are German imports, because amazon.de has shown excellent availability of the consoles for some time whereas amazon.co.uk has no consoles available themselves at the RRP of £179.99.

Instead we have marketplace sellers selling at the minimum price shown below (deliberately left dynamic to see latest pricing). The best price appears to vary minute by minute (hit F5 for the latest best price).

Good luck to you if you can obtain a Wii from Germany.... to be honest, I would have been quite happy to go abroad and order from Germany (let's face it, Christmas is an expensive time of year) as it would appear that Wii's are selling for a £100 premium on eBay over Amazon.de prices with only the expense of a modest (around £4?) continental->UK adaptor plug required to have full UK usability, but I have yet to find a translation tool that will allow me navigate page to page with translated German to English pages and complete an order.

So..... the answer is that you CAN find reasonably priced Wii Consoles, but I fear that many of us simply do not have the nouse to order from a foreign language site and we will all be suckered in to paying inflated Amazon.co.uk (marketplace) and eBay prices.

So you managed to pick up a console........do you need to buy additional games straight off? In my opinion you do not, as the standard Sports game is actually a collection and contains a multitude of games already (e.g. Golf, Baseball, Bowling) with 10 pin Bowling being my absolute favourite.

To be honest, there are weeks of entertainment straight out of the box if you can only get hold of the console in the first instance.

If you do figure out how to order from Amazon Germany, please do let me know how, as I do not want to pay UK prices......though I fear many of us will end up paying the inflated price to avoid disappointing our kids.

Alternatively, you might just be lucky and get a right-priced UK Wii by looking at consoles on Kelkoo via the search box below, but do shout if you find availability!!

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Hamley's Special 10% off Code and Free Delivery *

2007-11-12T16:34:00.001Z

Hamleys must be the most famous toy store in the world; now Santa can bring you a special offer code to use when buying from their internet store and receive 10% off your order.

Hamleys is still in its famous location at 188-196 Regent Street. Step over the threshold and you enter a world of joy and wonder. Over the squeaking, bleeping, whizzing and chiming of toys, you hear children laughing excitedly as they goggle at the sheer choice over their seven floors of toys and games. The toys may have changed, but if he were here today, we're sure the founder William Hamley would recognise the same delighted faces as he guided you round the shop he dreamt of as a boy.

Hamleys may be a long established bricks and mortar store, but they have embraced the digital age with all sorts of electronics that William could never have dreamed of.

Now you can enjoy the Hamleys experience from your armchair and benefit from free delivery when your order is over £75 in value.

Use our special discount code rudolph07 and obtain a further 10% discount on your order.

Offer Details: 10% Discount when you shop online at Hamleys

Promotion Dates: Start 05/11/07 - 25/11/07

* Terms and conditions:

1. Offer ends at midnight on Sunday 25th November 2007.
2. Offer only available on the website Home at Hamleys and excludes all Hamleys stores.
3. Offer valid once per customer.
4. Offer excludes computer games, consoles, gift vouchers, delivery and gift boxing/wrapping.
5. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
6. You must quote code rudolph07 at the checkout to redeem the 10% discount.
7. Hamleys reserve the right to withdraw the promotion at any time.

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Cheapest PAYG Mobile in the UK?

2007-11-02T10:22:00.000Z

Partnering with e2save we are very pleased to bring you an exceptional offer on the cost of a new mobile phone connected on a Pay as You Go basis. Okay the handset doesn't have a 5 mega pixel camera or 8GB of internal memory, it simply makes calls and sends texts...which is what phones are primarily used for.

If your kids are bugging you for a first mobile phone, then the price of this phone makes it an affordable option and because it is Pay as You Go, the costs are under control.. This phone is available for an unbelievable price of.........

wait for it.........

£4.95.....

yes, you see it right...less than a five pound note.... The price offered here is not available directly through e2save 's website. If you want to take advantage of this pricing you will need to click through the links in this article. The offer is conditional on a £10 airtime voucher being bought, but you need that for any phone anyway.

e2save are also offering cracking deals on contract phones, but only you can judge whether a contract is a better proposition for you; therefore as a contract can only be valued personally, I will make no recommendations on that.

You may not have heard of e2save, but you will have heard of their big brother Carphone Warehouse, so you can buy from e2save in confidence.

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Great Jewellery offer - 15% discount AND FREE CHAMPAGNE!!

2007-11-02T10:18:00.000Z

I have just been tipped off about a great new offer that is coming out on Jewellery just in time for the Christmas season.

Makoosh has been running a promotional 15% discount on first orders for some time, but between 1st Nov and 31 Dec 2007, the offer is getting even better as they will also include a bottle of Moet & Chandon champagne with every order over £50 and there is no limit to the number of times you may order and get a free bottle of bubbly in that timeframe - it could even be worthwhile splitting your order to take advantage of an extra bottle(s) of bubbly....my maths say that 15% of £50 is £7.50 and that is the discount you would forego on a first order if you split the order. But have you ever seen a half-decent bottle of champagne in the UK for £7.50? I haven't until now.

The lady in your life will really think you have splashed out on her if you present her with a nice piece of Jewellery and a bottle of champers for Christmas.

Here is some of Makoosh's blurb:

"Makoosh stock a large number of affordable designer jewellery pieces from some of the most talked about jewellery designers in the UK; such as Anna Lou of London and Pistachio. Makoosh brands have been gracing the pages of Grazia, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and more on a regular basis; and are a firm favourite with a host of celebs!

Don't forget you can still receive your 15% discount if this is your first order; simply enter the code MAKNEW15 during the checkout process and the 15% will be automatically be deducted.

Stuck for inspiration? Visit Makoosh now to have a look at some of our designer jewellery items you can get with your £50 and claim your free bottle of Moët &
Chandon."

This isn't an endorsement of Makoosh as I haven't used them before. But I often struggle to think of a present for my wife and this attractive offer might just mean that my cash goes that little bit further than I thought.

My mum might just be surprised by a better than normal Christmas present too.

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Welcome to the Letters from Santa Blog

2007-11-02T09:22:00.000Z

This blog is intended to allow our visitors to pass comments upon the Letters from Santa site and help shape it's direction.

Please feel fee to comment upon items offered for sale or upon the general nature of the website.

I promise that all comments will be reviewed and commented upon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Regards,

David
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