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Title: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: hotel21 on 25 April 2013, 19:40:44
........ then what would you spend it on?

Genuine question, no poll, no hook, no admin/member divide.

Honest!   ;D

iPad tops my ( completely computer illiterate ) wife's list as a start point as one of her workmates got one recently and, in wife's eyes, she is now an enviable computer legend.

Already got a mahoosive telly and blueray/hifi doodah thanks to my previous employers pension lumpsum but other ideas welcomed.  :)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 25 April 2013, 19:44:23
Oh, two dresses, a skirt or two, and the rest on shoes.  £500 at least blown instantly in J.Lewis.  I know because I have done it, and more in my time!! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)

I would also add furniture, but once again my tastes are expensive, and even a small Nathan unit would wipe out the £500! ;D ;D ;D :y

PS Really you need £5,000 to do John Lewis justice :D :D :) :)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 25 April 2013, 19:47:51
Oh, two dresses, a skirt or two, and the rest on shoes.  £500 at least blown instantly in J.Lewis.  I know because I have done it, and more in my time!! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)

I would also add furniture, but once again my tastes are expensive, and even a small Nathan unit would wipe out the £500! ;D ;D ;D :y

PS Really you need £5,000 to do John Lewis justice :D :D :) :)


???????? I'm confused, Lizzie. :) :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: tunnie on 25 April 2013, 19:48:05
Depends what I needed, but it would go on a gadget.

Big TV, decent sound bar, iPad or towards something like Macbook/iMac  :)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: hotel21 on 25 April 2013, 19:48:41
Oh, two dresses, a skirt or two, and the rest on shoes.  £500 at least blown instantly in J.Lewis.  I know because I have done it, and more in my time!! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)

I would also add furniture, but once again my tastes are expensive, and even a small Nathan unit would wipe out the £500! ;D ;D ;D :y

PS Really you need £5,000 to do John Lewis justice :D :D :) :)

Tried the skirt and blouse routine. Not giving up on a hard won beard of almost 30 years to satisfy my feminine side.

Already got the Nathan stuff!!   ;D
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 April 2013, 19:51:35
Some of the stores have a good range of camera stuff. Lots of kitchen gadgets too.
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: dazzerM on 25 April 2013, 19:52:00
I always try to use John Lewis for electrical as they price match !

Always a good range and knowledgable staff and no commissioned sales man to pressure sell  ;)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 April 2013, 19:52:35
Mrs, KW says cooking knives, set of saucepans or some crockery. :y

.. in addition to handbags, shoes, etc. ::)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 25 April 2013, 19:55:20
Mrs, KW says cooking knives, set of saucepans or some crockery. :y

.. in addition to handbags, shoes, etc. ::)


What is it with women and shoes?........I'll never understand. :-\
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 April 2013, 19:57:09
They do a good line in 'eff off great barbecues, and the weather is right. 8)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Jimbob on 25 April 2013, 19:59:40
Top notch coffee maker? 
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 25 April 2013, 20:10:46
Top notch coffee maker?

that gets my vote thats if it was a poll  :-[
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: hotel21 on 25 April 2013, 20:12:38
Top notch coffee maker?

I rarely drink coffee now for health reasons, and that includes decaf, and wifey happy with one or two a week so would be wasted money. Thanks for the input though!
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 25 April 2013, 20:13:08
i would just give it to wifey and let her do as she pleases with it to be honest :y i would probably end up with several very loud shirts out of it ::) which would end up in the charity shop :)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: hotel21 on 25 April 2013, 20:13:53
Mrs, KW says cooking knives, set of saucepans or some crockery. :y

.. in addition to handbags, shoes, etc. ::)

Into Le crueset so no need for pots and pans. Got a good set of knifes as well.... :-\
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: hotel21 on 25 April 2013, 20:15:34
Always had a hankering for camera stuff but, to be brutal, happy snaps on the phone work well enough for us.  :-\
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: CaptainZok on 25 April 2013, 20:23:43
I take it they don't sell that hundred quid a bottle firewater then Highlander. ;D
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 25 April 2013, 20:25:20
i will swap it for my boat handbrake :y :y i will even throw in the chocolate fire grate
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Vamps on 25 April 2013, 21:09:22
Always had a hankering for camera stuff but, to be brutal, happy snaps on the phone work well enough for us.  :-\

Sounds like you have everything that you need, I am sure I could put it to good use if you want to send it to me........ :y :y
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: SIR Philbutt on 25 April 2013, 21:46:01
Top notch breadmaker, Pudding bowl and a pan with pouring spout

Bread and butter pudding with custard for after's every nigh (dont forget the currants) yummy  :y
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Andy B on 25 April 2013, 21:53:45
.....

I rarely drink coffee now for health reasons, and  .....

A life without coffee?  :o :o :o :o I'm not sure I could manage that  ???
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 25 April 2013, 22:04:31
i tried and went cold turkey no caffine at all, never again wow headaches were unbeliverble
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 25 April 2013, 22:15:09
I'd offer them to the sexy blonde up the road!!  :-*                                                           With conditions of course!!  ;)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: 05omegav6 on 25 April 2013, 22:46:44
I take it they don't sell that hundred quid a bottle firewater then Highlander. ;D

They might ::) worst case you can easily spend them in Waitrose :y
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: 05omegav6 on 25 April 2013, 22:49:36
Always had a hankering for camera stuff but, to be brutal, happy snaps on the phone work well enough for us.  :-\
Binoculars or a telescope if you're in one of the prettier bits of Northern  France Scotland :y
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 25 April 2013, 23:20:24
I'd offer them to the sexy blonde up the road!!  :-*                                                           With conditions of course!!  ;)

male or female :o :o :o
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: omega3000 on 25 April 2013, 23:30:11
.....

I rarely drink coffee now for health reasons, and  .....

A life without coffee?  :o :o :o :o I'm not sure I could manage that  ???

Or beans on toast  :P ::) ;D
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: ozzycat on 25 April 2013, 23:34:13
id give it to wifey and tell her to buy anything she wanted :) :) ;) ;)
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: doz on 26 April 2013, 03:39:26
I've just got 250 quids worth of JL vouchers and the plan was to put them towards a new Laptop. Then the missus got involved and instead within the next 4 days I've got a brand new dishwasher coming............................ Where the F did I go wrong  :-\ :-\
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: mantahatch on 26 April 2013, 07:44:32
I suppose that could be quite a dilemma. If we had the vouchers we would probably walk round the house and say "what do we need", not "want do we want". I am far from well off but don't really hanker for anything in particular. Would you use a tablet/ipad thingy ? I know it would just be a door stop to me.

I am up for a new mobile phone, could not really decide what I wanted, went in shop settled on what I thought I would like. Then discussed the contract with sales guy. Dealnot good enough so I said no and walked out of shop.

I suppose what I am suggesting is to replace something that is worn out or give yourselves a treat.  :y
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Rog on 26 April 2013, 07:57:18
Well . . . . . . .  ;)

A single bottle of Chateau Haut Brion 2007 will put you back over £400. That would knock a hole in your vouchers  :y

(Yes, that is just one bottle, not a few cases)    ::)

Now let me see, one bottle of wine or a laptop or iSomething pad ?  or even something actually useful ?


EDIT
Just noticed 500 posts, I spend too much time here  ;D
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Terbs on 26 April 2013, 09:30:26
You should be selling them to me, as I can then use them and get 25% discount too, making the face value £625 ;D ;D
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: fastandy36 on 26 April 2013, 10:06:47
you seem to be struggling to make a final decision... if I were you, I would sell them to that fastandy chap for £100
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 26 April 2013, 18:29:45
I'd offer them to the sexy blonde up the road!!  :-*                                                           With conditions of course!!  ;)

male or female :o :o :o

Sorry to disappoint Loverboy, but most definitely female!  :-*  ;D
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Jimbob on 27 April 2013, 09:46:14
Any decision yet?  Pity this wasnt about a few weeks ago, would have happily bought em off you at face value as had to get a new TV :(  would have opened up your spending potential somewhat.
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: hotel21 on 27 April 2013, 10:38:12
Still not made up our minds yet. Will probably go onto the website later and have a browse. See what pops into mind then.
Title: Re: If you had £500 in John Lewis vouchers......
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 27 April 2013, 10:42:21
Still not made up our minds yet. Will probably go onto the website later and have a browse. See what pops into mind then.

If you have a JL Outlet near you, that maybe worth a visit... :-\