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General => Bargains Galore => Topic started by: shirlton on July 25, 2007, 12:17:31
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Just popped infor my sawdust for the buns and what do ya know. Arches for £2.99. thats £2 off the regular price.Tony used them to make a frame for the enviromesh. They work very well. Already have 3 across the top of the garden. Well worth the money
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d**n d**n d**n >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
I've just driven past Wilco and felt so pleased with myself that I was able to do that! Grrrr
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you can always go again tomorrow eh!
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Can't - I only go that way maximum once a week, and I'm not sure of the next time. :'( :'(
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Arrgh!
I bought six when they were £4.99!
Now I will have to go and have another look...... :-\
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Don't complain Asbean - we don't even have Wilco up here. :'( :'(
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Don't worry folks - help is at hand...
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0124892
...there is no escape...
NYAH HAAR HAAARR!!
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Yippee only £45 for postage!! (joke) :P
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Amazin that is just plain mean!! We are Wilkies free round here too, and now I have saved it to my favorites and of course will have to buy more than one arch to justify the postage! ;) ;D
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I have heard of people picking up surprises of wilkos but this surprised me
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6920912.stm
(sorry if i am hyjacking)
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Maybe they should have called it Dulux or Crown? ;D
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Amazin that is just plain mean!!
But Doris, you DESERVE those arches!
(just think of it as my good deed for the day)
;D
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;D ;D ;D
Cos I'm worth it! ;D (tosses hair dramatically!)
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On no, now you've reminded me of Daveeeeed Ginola.............whatever happened to him?
Those eyes though.......................... 8)
SORRY, not on topic at all, but you started it! ;D
There can't be many forums where you start off talking about Wilco's arches and end up with David Ginola eh?! ;D
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Had to go into Sutton again yesterday and got 3 more. Just have to get some more enviromes now to make the cloches. I am determined that next year everything that's vulnerable will be going under cover. I have noticed that some beetroot I sowed on the edge of the enviromesh cloche is growing really well. It must create a good enviroment for the stuff.
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Well what do ya know. Told everyone on the site about the arches and a fellow plot holder went yesterday and they had gone down to £2.25
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Our nearest Wilko's in Northfield has cut back on stocking all the useful stuff to make way for food aisles >:(
So this year no more cheapo arches or pergolas or decking squares :'(
Guess I'll have to be getting the train over to Sutton from now on, Shirl ;D
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Are you sure it's not just a seasonal thing, Lish? I noticed when I went to collect my - ahem! - six arches on Monday evening that a lot of the gardening stuff has gone, apart from the furniture, fixtures, etc, and there's quite a bit more food on display.
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Perhaps we could have pictures of what's been done with all these arches?
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I can't even find them on their website!!!!!!
Shame because I could have used them next year as the basis for a fruit cage.
Perhaps I'll have to revert to Plan A, and utilise the 8 secondhand 8'x3"x3" posts I aquired from Freecycle. Just think the arches would have involved a lot less work.
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I bought five through the website last week but you're right, they don't seem to be there any more. May still be some in the shops.
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Quite a bit of gardening stuff has been taken off the web site and out of the stores to make room for the Christmas stuff. (what a liberty). We wanted some wire mesh and we couldn't get it online but they had 2 rolls left in the shop. They also had loads of arches.We have used them in the garden to grow roses. and Tony has used the top halves to make cloches to hold the enviromesh. he is going to spen the winter fathoming out how to use the bits that are left over.
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That's exactly what I want to do with mine! Use the tops as cloche frames for protection, then later (i.e. next year) to use them at full height as support frames for melon/squash etc. Yours look great!
;D
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first off...our nearest Wilko's and their lack of bargains this year...seems to have been a deliberate policy...they sold their more limited stock at full price earlier on in the year and didn't replace when the stock was sold....so no bargains and the sight of those stoopid replacement food aisles is almost enough to turn me anorexic :o
I've used spare rods Shirl as mini-cloches for seedlings, using a pack of cheapo balls I got at a Pound shop for the joints 8)
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Great "jungle" Shirlton - like the cloche as well.
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I can't believe my luck.
For all those living in the Derby area that want some of these arches, I just picked six up from the Allestree branch for just £2.24.
Loads of other stuff as well but could only carry six of them so I am going back tomorrow for some more. They had loads on sale.
;D ;D ;D
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Whereabouts in the shop! I went to that branch earlier in the week and didn't see any of them! Curses......I'm on nights until tomorrow.... >:(
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They are on normal show with the rest of the garden stuff. They also had some of those pointy things that you grow roses up. They are priced up at £2.99 but also have a sticker on saying 25% off marked price.