{"id":4903,"date":"2011-12-09T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T21:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=4903"},"modified":"2011-12-09T21:35:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T21:35:29","slug":"its-a-sort-of-christmas-buyers-guide-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=4903","title":{"rendered":"Bother&#8217;s Bargains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well sort of, I can only really tell you where things are cheapest:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4905\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4905\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4905\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cube.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cube\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cube.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4905\" title=\"cube\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cube-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cube-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cube-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cube.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Cube Boardgame<br \/>\n<\/strong>Well possibly interesting, although possibly not, it looks like the best place to buy this is in fact your local John Lewis (or online) which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlewis.com\/276864\/Product.aspx\">selling it for \u00a320.24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This compares rather favourably to Amazon, which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Cube-9398-Board-Game\/dp\/B0043JX21I\/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465250&amp;sr=1-1\">still charging \u00a327 for it<\/a>. In fact loads of places are doing it cheaper. Edit: Spooky, it&#8217;s jumped to \u00a332.50 whilst I was sorting this out. You can still buy new from elsewhere for \u00a327.99 though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pointless<br \/>\n<\/strong>Again, John Lewis appears to be your friend here where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlewis.com\/231402929\/Product.aspx?\">it is going for \u00a320<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon don&#8217;t seem to have it in stock at all. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/University-Games-1001-Zero-Game\/dp\/B004TEIGIG\/ref=sr_1_32?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465094&amp;sr=1-32\">But it does have <em>Zero<\/em><\/a>, an American game that&#8217;s clearly\u00a0inspired by\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Million Pound Drop<br \/>\n<\/strong>Amazon fare better here, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Drumond-Park-Million-Pound-Drop\/dp\/B0049MPDZW\/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465476&amp;sr=1-1\">it&#8217;s only \u00a315.<\/a>\u00a0Only two stars though, and that&#8217;s because the favourable review is for Amazon&#8217;s returns policy by the looks of things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlewis.com\/276860\/Product.aspx?SearchTerm=million+pound+drop\">John Lewis have it for \u00a319.99.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4906\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4906\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/qi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"qi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/qi.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4906\" title=\"qi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/qi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/qi.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/qi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>QI: The Board Game<br \/>\n<\/strong>This is new out this year. Amazon have the edge on John Lewis. \u00a317.49 at Amazon, although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Paul-Lamond-QI-Board-Game\/dp\/B005AUPXLQ\/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465507&amp;sr=1-1\">Stephen Fry&#8217;s face on the cover appears to be scaring kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlewis.com\/231266412\/Product.aspx?SearchTerm=QI\">\u00a319.95 at John Lewis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dragon&#8217;s Den: The Boardgame<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnlewis.com\/231266411\/Product.aspx\">John Lewis has this going for \u00a319.95.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dragons-den-Den-Board-Game\/dp\/B004K1WD0K\/ref=sr_1_2?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465612&amp;sr=1-2\">Amazon doesn&#8217;t have it itself, but does have it &#8220;from \u00a318.75&#8221; from different sellers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So there we are. Basically if you can&#8217;t be bothered to wait, go down your local branch of John Lewis, clearly.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of other things of note:<\/p>\n<p>There are now countless amounts of <strong>All-Star Family Fortunes<\/strong> skeins, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Drumond-Park-Family-Fortunes-Board\/dp\/B001CLXG4S\/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465682&amp;sr=1-1\">this one for \u00a317.99 includes face-off buzzers<\/a>, which is quite exciting. We can&#8217;t find the one with the big electronic board, though.<\/p>\n<p>Forget yer <em>Zeldas<\/em> and yer <em>Call of Duties<\/em>, There&#8217;s an <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Avanquest-Software-Eggheads-Nintendo-DS\/dp\/B005N65IUS\/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465724&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr\">Eggheads DS<\/a><\/strong> game coming out next Friday! I hope you get to &#8220;be&#8221; CJ. There are also two different versions of the board game. Or at least two different boxes. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Drumond-Park-Eggheads-Trivia-Quiz\/dp\/B00511O1EO\/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465724&amp;sr=1-1\">Here is box one<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Britannia-Games-Eggheads-Board-Game\/dp\/B001GS8J80\/ref=sr_1_2?s=kids&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465724&amp;sr=1-2\">here is box two<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OR! Why not party like a celebrity with your very own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Celebrity-Here-Which-Witchetty-Grub\/dp\/B0043VTGQG\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323465941&amp;sr=8-1\"><strong>I&#8217;m a Celebrity<\/strong> Which Witchety Grub? Game?<\/a> 10 white chocolate grubs. Seven are toffee, three are tripe. Christmas fun for all the family!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Rocket-Games-Take-Board-Game\/dp\/B005K891AM\/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323466100&amp;sr=8-24\">Take Me Out<\/a><\/strong> game we&#8217;ve ALL been waiting for!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/British-Game-Shows-Knightmare-Millionaire\/dp\/1157717349\/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323466221&amp;sr=1-3\">Meanwhile here&#8217;s a book there&#8217;s a fairly decent chance I wrote loads of.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is there anything else interesting you&#8217;ve spotted, punters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well sort of, I can only really tell you where things are cheapest: The Cube Boardgame Well possibly interesting, although possibly not, it looks like the best place to buy this is in fact your local John Lewis (or online) which is selling it for \u00a320.24. This compares rather favourably to Amazon, which is still\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=4903\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pLcmt-1h5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}