In the shops now! The laziest Christmas present ever from Boots?

By Paul Smith

Have Boots produced the ideal present for those with a keen love of world beers, choosing only the most exotic examples to tantalise the palette of a loved one this Christmas – or is it one of the most half-arsed attempts at extracting money from desperate relatives on December 24th? It’s a tough call:

Boots aren’t the only high street brand to roll out unimaginative gifts at this time of year; can you find better examples of even worse store-led Christmas presents? Let us know in the comments, or send them with a glass of milk and a carrot to bitterwallet@gmail.com.

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Posted in In the shops now!, Stuff, retail November 16th, 2009 | 12 Comments

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12 Responses to “In the shops now! The laziest Christmas present ever from Boots?”

Posted by maxtweenie | November 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

Yeah, they do one for tramps as well, Tennent’s, Special Brew, White Lightning and meths.
Posted by Graham | November 16th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

LOL @ Maxtweenie! I quite like some of the world selections but usually it includes stuff like Tiger or Cobra or something decent. If I had this as a present I would be really disappointed – not at the present but at the person for the lack of brain cells involved in getting it!
Posted by shinkyshonky | November 16th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Why boots…the local offy will do you 6 for a fiver….thats more imaginative…and save a quid…
boots…doesnt know it arse from its elbow
another high priced high street lazy retailer
Posted by Deejay | November 16th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

They’ve misspelt “Piss” as “Beer”
Posted by david | November 16th, 2009 at 2:22 pm

what a bunch of arse, whichever dickhead thought this combination up needs to be looking for a new job
Posted by John Shanks | November 16th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

Shanks here. All of these ‘world beer selection’ beers are actually brewed in the UK.
Posted by Pizza_D_Action | November 16th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Above comments are all correct but you can hardly blame Boots, they probably buy these in for about 75p and you know some muppets / well meaning relatives will buy them for family members.

These will be £3 in the sale and they’ll still make a killing on them with the “ooh look, its half price, must buy it”
Posted by CompactDistance | November 16th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Surely this is a false description considering all these beers are brewed in the UK…
Posted by darren_p | November 17th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

brilliant!!
Posted by Alan | November 22nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Wait while they’re £1.50 at 75% off in the New Year
Posted by roo | November 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm

Oh dear.

Boots have finally lost the small amount of self respect they had left.
Posted by Bill Richardson | November 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm

Well said DeeJay, its Midges piss in a can like all corporate “beers”.