As always, Hot UK Deals is sopping wet with top deals to save you cash. Avid Bitterwallet reader MusicRab noticed that there are plenty of savings to be had on Revo nettops at the moment, so has been sifting through the deals to bring you a rundown on the top bargains to be had:

ACER Aspire Revo R3600 with HDMI – Ebuyer
The “cheap-as-chips” deal for £140 from Ebuyer gives you a single core 1.6GHz processor and a Linux based operating system. However, with nvidia ION graphics and an HDMI port you can still watch those HD videos on your 1080p telly. That’s after you’ve installed the likes of Ubuntu and XBMC. There are lots of tutorials for installing these dotted around the web but beware that it’ll take you more than five minutes to get it all sorted.

Acer Aspire Revo R3610, Atom N330 dual-core – Ebuyer
This will set you back £200 – it’s the same as deal as above, but with a dual core processor, optical S/PDIF port, more memory and a bigger hard drive.

ACER Aspire Revo R3610 with Windows 7 Premium – Maplin
This is the cheapest deal on a Revo with Windows 7, and will cost you £230 with the voucher and minimum order.

Acer Aspire Revo R3610 – Play.com
The full monty version with Windows 7 Home Premium, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and dual core processor.

Obviously, a nettop/netbook style PC is no match in terms of speed or graphics for the big boys; as MusicRab points out, even in dual core form the Intel Atom 330 is still only a 1.6GHz processor and so you shouldn’t expect it to run the latest 3D games without a major struggle.

The “For Sale/Trade” section of HUKD is a great tool. Unlike eBay, there are no listing or final value fees. You also get to interact in real time with prospective buyers, and as long as your item is reasonably hot, you’ll probably shift it. While the pool of potential buyers is smaller, the chances of making a successful sale are, if anything, better than they would be on a site like eBay. Contrary to popular belief, just because it is a bargain site does not mean you’ll get crap prices on stuff you sell. Here are a few pointers to keep in mind:

1. Read the rules. Here is a brief summary: you can’t list stuff twice, you can’t sell the same item anywhere else, and you must take pictures of the item you are selling. You’ll also need to post a description of whatever you’re selling. Bear in mind that once an offer has been made or accepted through the discussion thread, all transactions must proceed. All negotiation must take place on the discussion thread. Private messages are for exchange of personal information only. Buyers who spoil threads by posting rubbish risk getting banned, as do those not following the rules.

2. Post good pictures. You can’t post pics in the original post, except for a thumbnail pic, so to increase viewer interest in your item, you can add a second post and insert a link to the picture. Use a site like Imageshack, upload the pics, and place the [img] [/img] tags before and after the link to have them inserted into the post. You can obviously also use the image button to do that. Put a piece of paper with your HUKD username and the date next to the actual item for sale before taking any photos (or just watermark your pics with a program like Google’s Picasa). This shows the condition of the actual items and proves that you didn’t copy the photo from another site.

3. Check your thread. Don’t forget to check the thread after you list your item. It’s easy to forget doing this, so one way to remember is to subscribe to your own thread to get updated. Also, make sure you respond to your buyers. Ask those who PM you to post in the thread. They also act as social proof to increase interest in your thread.

4. Post at busy times. Posting something at 3 in the morning is probably not the best time for making a quick sale, so post at times when HUKD is busy. Like most sites, this usually is around lunch or in the evenings when people wind down from their days at work. Your threads don’t rise to the top with each reply, which makes it even more important to pick the right time to post to increase viewings. Let us know if you find the best times to post items from your own experiments in the comments below.

5. Be realistic about how much you can make. You’ll be surprised how well you can do on HUKD selling stuff, but it is also important to be realistic. I’ve sold stuff that probably wouldn’t really fetch as much on a site like Gumtree, while some other items I’ve sold for loads on ebay would not generate much interest, because, of course, HUKDers are awesome. By following some of the steps above, you will maximize the probability of your item being seen by people, to increase perceived value.

6. Build your feedback. Establishing trust on HUKD is not different from building your rep on eBay or any other site. Since most transactions will occur online, you should offer an offline option to collect in person in your area (which also saves you from posting the item), and also start by selling enough smaller and/or cheaper items to build up your positive reputation.

As an alternative to eBay, sellng your stuff on HUKD can save you time, money, and frustration.  As long as you follow the rules, you will successfully list and sell your items on HUKD and optimize your profits.

A couple of weeks ago we received an email from a distraught customer of Littlewoods called Mary. According to Mary, the catalogue company had added £500 worth of charges to her account for goods ordered over a six month period, because she had used discount voucher codes circulated online.

Now another case has come to light, this time in the HotUKDeals forums – a member called Toratown claims to have received a phonecall yesterday from Littlewoods’ “fraud department”:

I have been using these vouchers for about a year and all was fine… now the Littlewoods Group solicitors are going to retrieve all the voucher amounts, from all of my accounts.

This has happened countless times before; a quick search of the net will reveal plenty of chatter concerning this in the HUKD forums and elsewhere online. Last year we highlighted a similar issue with Littlewoods attempting to claw back a specific discount which essentially equated to free money, and we eventually got a result for customers.

The issue from the company’s point of view goes as follows: Littlewoods states that discount vouchers are intended for specific individuals and may only be used by them, regardless of whether they appear in public forums – if a third party is found to have used them after the transaction has been agreed and the goods dispatched, then Littlewoods’ terms and conditions give them the right to retrieve the discounts back from the customer.

There are plenty of HUKD forum members who don’t necessarily agree with Littlewoods’ conduct but have in the past pointed out the dangers of using circulated vouchers; they point out that the terms and conditions for using the vouchers apply, regardless of whether a customer reads them or not; in the eyes of the law, ignorance is no excuse and customers who use voucher codes not intended for them are committing fraud.

Then there are those who believe that Littlewoods are in the wrong, both morally and legally; they say that to demand monies up to a year after a transaction is unfair on the customer, and that including a clause in the terms and conditions of a contract does not necessarily mean it has any legal standing. Others question why, after several years of this problem occurring, has Littlewoods not introduced any measures to prevent misuse of codes, such as matching specific codes to specific customers, as countless other online retailers do. These sentiments were summed up by one forum member on HUKD:

Is it possible that they might be deliberately slow in picking people up on using invalid codes – after all, how much more money can you make by sending out codes, letting thousands find them on the interweb, take in a load of orders based on apparently lower prices and then clean up 6 or 12 months later?

Just how long did they take to find these inconsistent usages? It must have been quite a while if one person has managed to build up so many. And it must be pretty bleeding obvious if you send out 1000 codes and get 10,000 people using them that something isn’t working right – so why does it take them so long to work it out?

In fact, why does a company like Littlewoods need a fraud team at all? As others have pointed out, if their systems were set up correctly to check codes against email addresses that the codes were sent to then there wouldn’t be any need.

Clearly there may be customers abusing codes through multiple use across multiple accounts, but when voucher codes intended for individuals (which Littlewoods states they are) can be published and circulated online, sometimes by annonymous sources, then there’s bound to be innocent misuse of them. Bitterwallet is looking into the matter and will get back to you shortly.

Holy moly! Andy was desperate to get home and play naughty teachers in his new school uniform, so he whipped out HotUKDeals of the Day staggeringly early, which means he missed this head-bogglingly brilliant deal.

Posted by HUKD member dufus 124, Singapore Airlines have a sale starting tomorrow which will see flights to Australia and New Zealand from as little as £359. Some of the destinations include:

• Christchurch £359
• Auckland £369
• Melbourne £389
• Sydney £399
• Adelaide £395
• Singapore £295
• Phuket £329

These are phenomenal prices, for New Zealand especially. None of the team here have flown Singapore Airways – would you recommend them? Regardless, if you want more details on other destinations, head on over to Hot UK Deals.

Perhaps someone should declare Opposite Day, like on Spongebob Squarepants. Here are five deals on HUKD that are cold enough that you’ll wish you had the balls off a brass monkey handy to warm up with.

Starting with the warmest of the cold, here they are :

5. Alli Slimming Pills £35 at Asda: -75^o

The first nonprescription slimming pills in the UK can be had at Asda for about £15 less than a month’s supply at Boots. The lack of heat apparently stems from coldness toward the concept of slimming pills rather than the price. These have been available in the US for a couple of years now, and perhaps Brits wanting to try them should learn from some of their mistakes. After all, when the company’s website suggests that you wear dark pants … seriously, I ask you to think hard, just as Kimberly Davies should have done with Phillip’s literally pants idea on the recent Apprentice.

4. Guitar Hero £125 for Xbox 360 at Tesco: -96^o

Although the OP waxes enthusiastic at finding this for under £150 while gathering all those Clubcard points, those leaving comments point to Morrison’s £119.99 price as a reason for the lack of thermal love given to the deal.

3. Gold plated QED HDMI cable fit for King Midas for £50 at Audiovisual Online: -1077^o

Why spend £5 for a plain old HDMI cable when you can spend £50 and get one that comes with the following lofty promises: unrivalled immunity from interference, ergonomically profiled plugs with gold plated contacts, and silver plated AWG conductors for optimum digital signal transfer. Yes, these cables only transport the finest of electrons, unlike those mingy electrons your £4.99 HDMI cable picks up from heaven knows where.

2. KFC bargain bucket plus sides costs same as Family Feast (£12.99) but with more chicken: -1304^o

KFC has made it easy for customers to spend the maximum for chicken by offering their family feast of 8 pieces of chicken, 4 chips, 2 large sides, and a bottle of Pepsi for £12.99. Those who read slightly farther down the menu will discover that a 10 piece Bargain Bucket with 4 chips costs £9.99. Two large sides will set you back 1.50, as will a bottle of Pepsi added on. Let’s see, £9.99 plus £3.00 equals … that’s right, £12.99, same as the family feast, only with two more pieces of chicken! Mmm. Tastes especially good after all that mental arithmetic. Presumably the cold reception is the result of a combination of KFC being bad for you and the OP’s brilliant mathematical skills.

1.1.  Jade Goody Commemorative Candles for £4.99: -1514

While comments are now locked concerning the £4.99 commemorative candles from Candles by Laurence in honour of the funeral of reality television star Jade Goody, there is still plenty of heat given off in the HUKD discussion thread. Part of the proceeds from sales of the candles goes to cancer charities, according to the Candles by Laurence website. Most complaints in the thread focused on the crass commercialism of cashing in on someone’s death and of the far more efficient charitable act of simply giving money directly to charities rather than having it sift through a retail transaction first.

Conclusion: If you spent today taking Alli, playing Guitar Hero from Tesco, pimping your computer with a fancy cable, eating fried chicken, and buying commemorative candles in hopes of filling your karmic bank account, don’t count on feeling any love from the folks over at HUKD.

(Deals found by budley, lovelldr, biyitch, acecatcher3, and iglimpse)

Looking for mobile broadband? Below are 3 cracking deals currently listed on HUKD:

1. ‘Vodafone – Mobile Broadband – USB Modem Stick – £39′ (found by zermattbusby): This is a good alternative to contract deals. For £39 you get the USB Modem with 1GB of data and you can top up at any time for £15 per GB. Download speeds of 3.6 Mbps. Covers 80% of the UK. No contract. No monthly bills. Reader Mumbojumbo says that the selling point here is that the data allowance has no expiry date, meaning you can continue to use it after 1 month if you still have bandwidth. Yay.  Quidco users get £10 cashback. The deal is currently on the Vodafone website. Deal from [Vodafone]

2. ‘3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband only £29.99 at Maplin’ (found by tryptase): Original price of £49.99, a saving of £20. Sale price available until 14/04/2009. For this price you get the USB self-installing dongle and can top up when you need mobile broadband. Compatible with both PCs and Macs. 91% population coverage. Typical download speeds of 1Mbps to 1.5Mbps and up to 2.8Mbps in HSPDA areas (3G+). No contract required.

Tips: Free delivery for orders over £35 (or £2.99 for delivery). Reader decron says that she works all over the country, from Birmingham, Plymouth, London, Portsmouth, Poole, and Reading. She has never had an issue with coverage.

Deal from [Maplin]

3.‘O2 Pay and Go Mobile Broband £29.35 for dongle – Then £2 for Top Up’ (found by Pep77): This deal caught my eye due to the flexibility of the top up. You can buy either daily, weekly or monthly top ups with prices starting from £2 which gives you 500 MB and unlimited access to 6100 Wi Fi UK hotspot locations for 24 hours. This article from The Guardian states that O2 has ’slashed the cost… from an off-putting £99 to a more palatable £29.99.’ Benefits include: PC & Mac compatibility, and a 30 day happiness guarantee. Plug & Play installation and connection speeds up to 3.6Mbps. Reader Pep77 suggests that there is the possibility of cashback from Quidco to. [O2]

With our fellow editors Paul S. and Andy D. both out of the BW HQs today, there’s no one to feed me lunch (they usually do). Paul is twitchhiking across the U.S.A. on a bus full of immigrants trying to steal his laptop, while Andy is fighting off a man flu with courage, in bed.

“McFlurrys are the secret to eternal life. And custard,” he says, as he hoards the dessert like the elixir of life and the ultimate flu cure.

So as I sit here all by myself, hoping that a 3 course meal would fall from the sky, I decided instead to take some responsibility to whip myself up a good meal, for once.

The good news is: there’s some good deals today, thanks to our fellow readers on HUKD:

First is a 1kg bag of Tesco Long Grain Rice reduced to just 50 pence from £1.65 (thanks to mummy2harry). “But isn’t basmati rice better?” some of you ask. Of course, it sure doesn’t take a wine connoisseur to tell them apart, but at 50p a bag, I am just going to down this like a cheap glass of wine to replace the depleting insulin levels.

But what if the rice does taste like crap, you ask? It’s okay, I have a cure. According to a childhood friend turned chef wannabe, mixing rice with ketchup is the perfect combination.  “It goes down like cheap pasta with tomato sauce,” he once said.

And Morrisons has made that affordable today for me at £1 for 2 342g squeezy bottles of Heinz Tomato ketchup. I won’t need both bottles, so I’ll make sure to send one to Andy, as an alternative to soup. It mixes nicely with the McFlurry and custard too.

Now that I’ve just downed two food items frowned upon by most modern day health experts, it may not be a bad idea to keep an eye out on my ever increasing weight.

Which is why a Salter electronic scale with a 15 year guarantee for just 50p may very well be worth it, especially since it comes with 2 Lithium CR2032 batteries, worth more than 50p alone (thanks, thekudos!) Fingers crossed I’ll find one in the local store.

Finally, maybe for dinner, I’m going to feast on a proper Slovakian steak with basmiti rice to make up for my below average late lunch, as SkyEurope is offering flights from £17.50 to various destinations in Eastern Europe (thanks, sconto). Flights are available from both London and Manchester.

Remember to bring ketchup.

We’re all in need of a short break away, even in this recession. So here’s a few travel deals to consider suggested from other readers:

1. 2 Nite Rail & Hotel by NX east coast trains (found by richardderbys): A two night break to a choice of a number of UK cities including London, Edinburgh, York, Newcastle, Dundee, Glasgow and Leeds. Price includes return rail travel plus your hotel accommodation and breakfast. The offer is available for departures before December 2009 (except Christmas) from any national express station (East Coast line), and is based on 2 adults sharing a twin/double. You might also have to dig around for ticket availability. [Link]

2. 2 nights for 1 @ Intercontinental Hotels (found by elmore): This offer has been running for a while now, from the group behind The Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express. The deal applies to hundreds of hotels around Europe and is available for stays taken up to 05th May 2009. Elmore advises that a credit card is required for on-line bookings, but you can pay by debit card via the phone. This deal is non-refundable and non-changeable, so make sure you are certain of the dates and the locations before you book. [Link]

3. Free Hotel in London when you buy a theatre ticket (found by dorgie77): Hotelshop are offering a free night in a 3 star hotel with continental breakfast when you buy your theatre tickets. There is also the opportunity to upgrade to a 4 star hotel for just £20 per person or a 5 star hotel for £35 per person. Select shows include Joseph, Chicago, Wicked, and more. The offer is based on two people sharing either a twin or a double room. The deal starts at just £44.75 to see Joseph.  Note: Offer expires 31 March 2009. [Link]

4. Apartments Across Europe From £23 (86%): Do you like your independence when you’re away? If so, this is the deal for you. From £23 per day, you can stay in a studio apartment available in various cities across Europe such as Barcelona, Lille, London, Brussels, Paris, and more. This offer is from Citadines Apart’hotels, thanks to celebrating their 25th anniversary up to 86% OFF the regular rates. There are only 25 studios available a day, and valid for stays up until 03 May 2009 with a 4 week advance booking, so make sure you look for dates soon. For more information please visit here.

5. ‘MacDonald Hotels Aviemore resort 1500 rooms’ (found by angelfins): This offer has expired on HUKD, but if you follow the link to the deal, you will see that the hotel group are now re-running the offer at the price of £24.99 per room per night for stays up to 2nd April 2009. So if you fancy a trip up to Scotland and want one of the 1500 rooms up for grabs at this discounted price, get booking.  Note: Aviemore is about 30 miles away from Inverness. OrigamiNinja suggests looking at flights to Inverness Airport with air carriers including Flybe, RyanAir and Easyjet.

Have fun!

Christmas is as mad as a box of frogs – not just for the customers who risk a kick in the crotch and claustrophobia on the High Street, or the sales staff in imminent danger of being trampled to death, but for customer service departments, too. That’s assuming, of course, you aim to provide some level of customer service at this time of year.

Unfortunately, Bitterwallet reader Edi was left none too impressed by recent dealings with Bennetts Electricals:

I placed an order for a laptop last week with Bennetts Electricals online. The laptop was in stock at the time of order, payment was taken from credit card immediately and online order status was updated to ‘awaiting dispatch’. Heard nothing for several days hence contacted their online orders helpdesk (0808 178 1818) and was placed on a long queue only to be disconnected with an automated message saying that there wasn’t anyone to answer the call.

Took me a few days to realise their online helpdesk is CLOSED 24/7 and all calls are going in a queue before being disconnected with a message asking to email the customer service instead. NONE of the emails were answered too and as a final resort, I contacted the head office who apologised and took a message. Received a call later saying the laptop will be dispatched this week and I received the item today. Bizarrely, my online order status still showing as awaiting dispatch; may be they’ll send another one?

We called the number for online orders enquiries. Twice. Both times we were placed on hold by the disembodied voice of automation, and then… silence. Not even Greensleeves crackled in the ether to remind us we were still connected. We were kept on the line for nearly four minutes, before the voice re-appeared to disconnect us. Gah.

Edi isn’t the only customer to have reported problems; several HUKD members have a bone to pick with Bennetts over a recent laptop promotion:

bbazman Mine apparently arrived and was signed for yesterday – despite the fact that my order status was noted as awaiting dispatch this morning. Absolutely no communications of note from Bennetts. Their administration and communication is a nightmare.

Jefft I still have not received my refund despite several telephone calls to Bennetts and two assurances it has been done.

Reading through the accounts of other HUKD members, the root of the problem seems to be a classic case of over-promising and under-delivering; Bennetts has seemingly told some customers they sold more laptops than were in stock, not that that excuses the accounts of poor service.

So what’s going on? We called the number for Bennetts head office which, unless you know a specific extension number, puts you through to Customer Services. There wasn’t a press department we could talk to, but the adviser told us there are just seven members of staff handling enquiries for all online orders and, with it being Christmas, they couldn’t handle the volume of calls being received. If that number is busy, callers are then diverted to the number for Customer Services, where there are only three members of staff – and that’s the same Customer Service staff dealing with calls for head office, too. Don’t most public-facing retailers take on additional staff at this time of year, to avoid disappointment?

Oh, and we did ask what you should do if you’ve received conflicting emails or are awaiting a refund regarding the recent laptop promotion. Bennetts suggested you call Customer Services. Merry Christmas.

Last night over at HUKD, ASDA part-timer dh058977 released inside info that all xmas gifts at ASDA today would be discounted by 80%, reducing many presents to a mere £1 or £2 each.  

Despite a few skeptics last night, Mr. dh058977 proved himself right when this morning as early as 5am, HUKDers who turned up at their local ASDA managed to bag some amazing bargains.  Here’s a select few comments from HUKDers:

Harber78 wrote: “Offers did not start until 9am but got some great items for £1. Selling out quick and staff were trying to buy at same time too as they did not know in my shop. Stuffed Toys with bag of sweets, Simpsons gifts, High School Musical gifts, and Disney Princess gifts too. Mugs with teddys, or magnets and key rings and lots of candle and photo album/frame gifts too.”

skeeter909: “i can verify its true and starts at 7.30am… will be down to £1 for anything thats current in the 2for£8 range and £2-£4 for anything in the 2for16gbp range. Essentially the item on http://direct.asda.com/asda-fragranc…efault,sc.htm. This is IN STORE only” skeeter909: “i can verify its true and starts at 7.30am… will be down to £1 for anything thats current in the 2for£8 range and £2-£4 for anything in the 2for16gbp range. Essentially the item on http://direct.asda.com/asda-fragranc…efault,sc.htm. This is IN STORE only” 

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We’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’ve had a whip round and raised the bail for Bitterwallet editor and daily dealmeister Andy to be released from prison until his court appearance. The bad news is he quite likes it in there and is so far refusing to leave. So once more, you’ve got me for today’s round-up of white-hot deals from HUKD. And yes, you’re very welcome.

Today, the deals are manly. So manly in fact, you strike a match off their chin and grate a particularly stubborn cheddar on their abs. Let’s start with the man’s man: Jack Bauer. Neck-snapping, chopper-flying, gun-toting, knife-slashing, smack-addled Jack Bauer, dammit. If you know somebody who can’t enough of that digital ticking and split-screen action, then buy them the box set of the first six seasons for just £69.99 from play.com including free P+P. (deal found by JasonMason) (more…)

Bitterwallet is sorry, but not entirely surprised to report that regular HotUKDeals Of The Day scribe Andy has been arrested for lewd conduct. Until the court date, or the monastery drops the charges, you’re stuck with me. Hello.

As a modern metrosexual sort of bloke in touch with his femininity, today’s deals are all about the ladies. So let’s start with boobies, then. Boobies are brilliant. Not as good as my Nana’s chicken dinner admittedly, although she’s been dead three years so they’re not tasting as good as they once did. Anyway, Breastfeeding Heaven are having a sale, with up to 65% off.

Obviously, as a man, just the mention of bitty gets me all excited in a schoolboyish way, until I read the problems encountered during breast feeding: “Mastitis, nipple pain, thrush, engorgement, etc”. Ick. Doesn’t sound much fun, but now you know where to go for help. (deal found by antiLorna)

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‘Too sexy for your shirt’ and want the world to know about it?

Why not plaster your walls with a few photos from your glory days, enlarged up to 12 inch posters?

Suziebaby2002 posted the deal on HUKD, where you get 5 posters from Pixum for £5, using voucher code 9eb6d-98cae-265dc. Evilskanker also discovered that if you got an extra pic and decide to get 6 instead , you will get it for just £2.64:

Confirmed it seems. Just ordered 6 for just £2.64. Putting 7 in seems to put it up to about £5.50.

Just make sure you photoshop the blemishes out first.

For those of us less photogenic, here’s a few other ideas by HUKDers:

1. “Use free pics from the net for this if they dont have enough personal ones? These would make a nice cheap xmas gift, or posters for kids walls etc.” [DonnaDoop]

2. “I’m turning one of the spare rooms in my house in to a gym so I uploaded some exercise-related photos to print out as this will work out a LOT cheaper than me printing 6x full colour ink-hungry pictures on my own printer!” [abx]

3.  How about a mini ‘Vince Wong’ gallery’?  So handsome.  [anonymous]

Final note: You can possibly get £6 cashback as a new customer via Quidco.  But don’t quote me on this; usage of a voucher means this may not track.

5 Mega Posters for £5 (or 6 for £2.64) [HotUKDeals]

Virgin does it again. The Trainline’s new online mobile ticket dispatching system brings you £1 Virgin train tickets each way from London Euston to Manchester Picadilly.

Dates available run from 13/10/08 – 07/11/08.

However, some more than savvy but less than satisfied customers have pointed out that the system may be faulty in generating WAP confirmations, and that email confirmations are no longer available.

Then again, Branson does have bigger problems to deal with right now.   Cutting interest rates or keeping Virgin Atlantic alive certainly can’t be outsourced to the Indian sub-continent.

So here are a few tips from other HUKDers to try figuring this out amongst ourselves without having to deal with a Virgin Media rep in Mumbai or Bangalore:

1. Check www.saynoto0870.com before you call them (thanks attackwes).  Nevermind, I even searched it for you.  Try First Scotrail (Trainline Support apparently) who shows up as 01925 671729.  Let us know if it works, and if you find alternative ways.

2. Virgin’s PIC-EUS services will Call at Stockport, Macclesfield, Stoke On Trent & Normally Watford, though some may call at the trent valley stations and/or rugby & Milton Keynes.  Based on National Rail guidelines, it is possible to get off at any of these stops, if they take your fancy. (thanks emasu!)

3. Use this link if the direct link doesn’t work.

And if you get this to work properly, please do leave a comment below!

Direct link [thetrainline]
HUKD Discussion [HUKD] (thanks jason0215)

Update: Thanks to alicom007 for letting us know that this deal is now expired.

Got extra cash spare in your wallet despite the credit crunch? Looking to buy a new car, instead of donating it to us starving writers here at BW?

HUKDer J400uk posted this deal today that’s already reached over 500 degrees celsius and rising. It’s a new & unused Vauxhall Vectra at HALF the list price RRP of £15,920, down to £7,960.

The cars are new Vauxhall Vectra Exclusive 5 door hatchbacks, UK supplied, and carry a 3 year manufacture’s warranty. It is being offered by Thurlby Motors, apparently one of the UK’s largest independent Vauxhall dealers.

Here’s a top pick summary of the discussion.

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