Paul Berger is a staff writer at The Forward. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The (London) Times, The Daily and Guardian.co.uk.

Nov
30

Fancy 40% Off Your Booze This Christmas?

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Well, you have to live in the UK. And you’ll need a coupon. Take a look at this.

UPDATE:

Web discount frenzy at Threshers

Off-licence chain Threshers is braced for an onslaught of bargain-hunting drinkers as an online discount voucher is downloaded by millions of people.

The 40%-off wine and champagne voucher was intended for suppliers and their friends, but has been distributed widely via blogs, email and chatrooms.

Queues have formed at one store while the Threshers website has crashed under the strain of demand for the offer.

“It was never intended to get this big,” a company spokesperson said.

More here.

2 Comments

1

Cheers Paul, for posting this detail-I’ve forwarded it to everyone I know.

2

Paul mate this little initiative is causing problem to Threshers.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2512251,00.html

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