Non-motoring > Thank you 99p stores.... Accessories and Parts
Thread Author: VxFan Replies: 11
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 14:32 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - VxFan
....for your ever so cheap and cheerful plastic solar light. It had the correct LED I needed to repair one of my slightly more expensive stainless steel solar lights. I also have a spare rechargeable AAA Li-MH battery as well, and all for only 99p.

I'm sure the same spares from somewhere like Maplins would have cost me more than the solar lights are worth.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 20:05 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - Robin O'Reliant
I don't know how they do it. I bought a pack of two PP3 batteries for 99p, they are normaly at least three quid each anywhere else.

I'm thinking of tiling my bathroom with packs of their cushion tiles, I could do that and the toilet for about £20.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 20:16 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - henry k
>> I don't know how they do it. I bought a pack of two PP3 batteries for 99p
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I have bought cards of button batteries of £1 or 99p but none of the shops in my area stock them anymore. Mumble mumble. They were fantastic value.
Has anyone got any idea why they have gone ? Exchange rates?

Paper sleeves for CDs and recently coffee table books down from £25.
Poundland ( not so common in SW London area ) seem the most consistant value even if you pay a 1P premium.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 21:02 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - Stuartli
>>I have bought cards of button batteries of £1 or 99p but none of the shops in my area stock them anymore.>>

Plenty on offer in all our local discount stores...:-)

Some offer 40 batteries packs, others 50. Even if I only use just one battery for a watch it's still far cheaper than an individual battery purchase, although it might not suit the environmental campaigners.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 21:19 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - henry k
>>Button batteries.....Plenty on offer in all our local discount stores...:-)
None of the stores of differing chains in several shopping areas near me have any and this is over several weeks.
I checked the big 99p ( ex Wollies site) store today and nowt.
Grab em while you can as I recon they will not be restocked.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 22:19 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - Stuartli
>>...near me have any and this is over several weeks>>

I bought a pack only about a fortnight ago as I had run out of the 364 batteries I use the most....:-)
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 20:26 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - Zero
>> I don't know how they do it.

they sell tat.

Went in one in Woking once. Never saw so many facial piercings and tattoes.


And that was the staff.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 20:13 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - Dog
Well done that man! Do you reckon I could repair/replace the solar whatsit in my light?
One works ok but the other one has gorn kaput, I've replaced the rechargeable batteries ~
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 20:39 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - spamcan61
I find quite a few useful bits and pieces in the Christchurch one ( can't recall if it's 99p or Poundland)

Recent one was a USB 2.0 SD card reader (SDHC compatible) , handy as few of the PCs in our house have SDHC compatible readers.

One thing I have noticed is that quite often some of the basics ( biscuits, kitchen cleaner, that sort of stuff ) are more expensive than supermarkets.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 21:12 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - VxFan
>> Do you reckon I could repair/replace the solar whatsit in my light?

Not sure. You would need to strip it down to look at the LED(s).

The solar light that I repaired was one of a group of six that I bought from Tesco last year. They're nothing special ( direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-3671.aspx ), but when I tried spacing out the five remaining lights to compensate for the loss of the sixth one, somehow they just didn't look right for the layout of the garden. I suppose I could have taken them back as they're under a year old, but as I said, for 99p it was a cheap repair.
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 Tue 6 Apr 10 22:06 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - Dog
>>> Not sure. You would need to strip it down to look at the LED(s). <<<

Oh, I see ... You've given me the idea to have a go at them now though, and they all work on the same principle (more or less)
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 Wed 7 Apr 10 00:02 
 Thank you 99p stores.... - RattleandSmoke
When I was a stu-dent I had a side line business ofs selling things I bought in pound shops on we ebay. I made about 200 quid profit in total which is a lot when you're income is less than 2000 a year.

But by 2004 I found things were no longer selling. In 2005 I went to Brighton and discovered that southern twits now have pound shop too it was not convinced to the hell hole once known as Stretford Arndale.
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