M&S Sparks 12 days of Christmas

Theexwife

I don't understand why people are complaining, it is a free gift, surely nobody expected something free every day for 12 days.

You dont have to take part.

The promo for it says “We’re giving away 1000s of treats”, so I guess most people imagined they’d get a small free treat each day. It wouldn’t cost them a lot to give a small treat each day - and would have reaped benefits in terms of positive advertising.

I had 29% off Samsung phones today

Harris27

Didn’t know that grannynannywanny. I’m on o2

After having a delicious free lunch today courtesy of O2 I’m going to recommend the O2 Priority app again for anyone with an O2 mobile and doesn’t know about it.

They are currently offering a free Pizza Hut buffet lunch one day a week mon-thurs 11.30-3pm. You can claim one per week. Unlimited free salad bar as well. It was delicious.

On any one of 7 days you can have a free hot drink from Greggs.

On a Fri or Sat you can have a free hot breakfast roll or sausage roll from Greggs.

On any one of 7 days a free sweet treat from the cake section in Greggs.

There are also lots of free competitions for vouchers for John Lewis, Argos, Sainsbury’s etc.

In the past week I’ve had the Pizza Hut Buffet, a coffee and a mince pie. My O2 monthly package is only £8 so that’s it more than covered 😆

Also discount off lantern. Won't be using that. Like another poster I only use discounts if I'm buying something anyway, unless it's something I really want to try.

Had words with Waitrose recently about all the Christmas stuff they were pushing instead of giving the usual discounts on food we eat and they gave us a £10 voucher 😃

I don't understand why people are complaining, it is a free gift, surely nobody expected something free every day for 12 days.

You dont have to take part.

20% of Christmas decorations that I neither want or need 👎

It would have been so much better if they gave a raffle ticket - and the prizes were something really worth winning. Not many folk will go out of their way for such slim pickings.

I don't get to M&S very often (are we supposed to go in daily?) but have to pop there this afternoon.

How exciting - will I get a lovely gift or 50p off biscuits?

£1 off a shortbread lantern. I don’t even like shortbread that much.

It’s not that clever if everyone is grumbling about it.
I think that it’s totally backfired for M&S.
They have built up expectations and not delivered.
Shoppers know when they are being taken for a ride.
If it’s a successful marketing campaign, we’ll see it return next Christmas - but I can’t see it happening

This is clever marketing, first window has a gift to keep you opening the others, all the others will have money off, and the extra one that you get if you opened all 12 I expect will be a gift. That way people will go to the store to collect their gifts with the hope that purchases are made using the money off vouchers and buy extra.

The lantern offer for me, too. Won’t be bothering.

oh dear, more shortbread but inside a light up lantern today.
I am really not very impressed with the "prizes" and will probably save more in petrol by not going to claim them!

Witzend

They’re plugging the shortbread lantern thing heavily on Classic FM ads - presumably they’re not selling very well. Still masses of them in local M&S the other day.

I actually wanted just one of their ordinary tins of shortbread - I find the tins v useful - none to be found. However did find one in a motorway services M&S the other day, when we’d only stopped for sandwiches. 🙂

I don’t know, there were stacks of the stag tins of shortbread in my local M&S the other day, but no lanterns left, I bought a stag tin for my parents. I got the lantern offer too today, so I’m hoping they will be back in stock this week when I go.

Notagranyet1234

I presented myself in store to pick up my item and was told "oh we've run out" I said that this happened every single time I get an offer her reply was " well they never send enough stock" I handed over my trolley of shopping and very politely said that I prefer not to engage with companies who mislead the customer, and left to shop elsewhere. I'm still waiting for the free Sparks reusable shopping bag from 2 years ago, why did I think their business model had changed?

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One handcream which I don’t like and the rest money off things I don’t want anyway so I just think it’s a big marketing ploy to get us to buy stuff we don’t really want… won’t be working on me..🤨

They’re plugging the shortbread lantern thing heavily on Classic FM ads - presumably they’re not selling very well. Still masses of them in local M&S the other day.

I actually wanted just one of their ordinary tins of shortbread - I find the tins v useful - none to be found. However did find one in a motorway services M&S the other day, when we’d only stopped for sandwiches. 🙂

Two of us here got the lantern as well! Anyone know how much they are?

£1 off the lantern here as well 🙁

£1 off a lantern. Might buy one DH loves shortbread. and the DGD will like the lantern.

I’ve got the £1 off the lantern today too. I have been thinking about buying one anyway. They did a Halloween version that I bought reduced after the event. GS liked it so only buying for that reason.

FannyCornforth

£1 off a shortbread lantern thingy.
It’s getting worse…

Snap ! Bored with this now just wanted gin !

£1 off a shortbread lantern thingy.
It’s getting worse…

I'm not shopping in M&S since they left our High Street this Summer as the nearest store is miles away. Some of the offers can be used online but I'm not tempted by discounts unless I was going to buy the item anyway.

Another here who’s not impressed up to now. Imo, if they gave everyone something free every day or even every other day, wouldn’t have to be expensive products, they’d get more foot-fall in the stores and then people might well buy other non-offer goods whilst they’re there.

Same here!