View Full Version : THE PERFECT SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD AND STOCKING FILLER
Don't know about the rest of you, but every year the cost of a card for those I want to give a special card rather than one from a box of "assorteds" goes up, as does the cost of small "stocking filler" type gifts.
Well this year what better to send and give that the new Man of Steel single? At £1.99 from HMV it costs little more than some individual cards, and less than many boxes of chocolates .. and having seen my list for small gifts/special cards numbers 15, there's free postage too :)
And what could be better than receiving a CD with Man of Steel, Tear Me Down and Love You Out Loud on it?
One list of Christmas shopping aced!!!
mariella
24 Nov 2003, 10:21
YES! Fantastic idea!
xxx
Mariella
At each and every town I shop in over the next few weeks to include, Hounslow, Twickenham, Richmond, Kingston, Slough and Staines, I will be buying a single from every store that is stocking man of Steel.
Good on yer Dots :)))))) xoxoxo
you talked me into it you smoothie ever thought of a carrear in sales
meat for no1
If I travel to London in December I will be buying cd's for all the german fans of course!!! :P
Love
Eva
ChrissybabezNI
24 Nov 2003, 14:23
I bought 5 just like he requested, going to get more to add to everyones christmas presents
I bought 6 this morning, well I'm off - good start. Informed HMV I'd cleared their shelves, could they make sure that they re-stock :lol:
martha_mae
24 Nov 2003, 22:50
:lol: I got my copy for £2.99 but thats cos i support my local independant retailer :lol:
Great pressie idea tho' guess i'll go & get some more tomorrow 8)
georgy7856
24 Nov 2003, 23:05
evening everybody,i bought three copies this morning two for presents :D georgettexxxxx :D
BadAttitude
25 Nov 2003, 00:59
Wow, what a great sales pitch for Meat's single, your sales pitch was so good that I now three people that will be getting a copy for there Christmas present. :D
I have been trying to get more of my friends and relatives into Meat's music and what a better way this will be like a sampler pack for them, great idea CarylB. :) :) :)
Love & Happiness
Autumn (BadAttitude)
Well mine arrived from HMV this morning .. not bad for free postage eh? :)) .. and there's something quite personal about this CD as a Christmas card/gift .. for you can ask if the recipient can spot your pic in the poster .. lol .. so it's a customised gift too!!!
Caryl .. off to find an eskimo for this dang fridge I have hanging around :)
mellis107
25 Nov 2003, 20:14
I bought another copy in Asda today as an Xmas gift to my Dad. There were quite a few on the shelves, but it was no.10 in their chart.
mike
i thought the single was 3.99... sooooooooo i'll be buying 20 copies tomorrow not 10
Cpl Mickey
25 Nov 2003, 21:55
:D I will be shopping tomorrow so will buy a few extra as i know a few people in the USA that would love it for Christmas :P
At each and every town I shop in over the next few weeks to include, Hounslow, Twickenham, Richmond, Kingston, Slough and Staines, I will be buying a single from every store that is stocking man of Steel.
bought another 3 yesterday :D MVC Hounslow then sold out, said a bit sharpish well you'd better get some more in than hadn't you, the guy laughed, he's used to me badgering him
Does he want us to get 5? (hadn't heard about this)
-Kathy
I bought 5 just like he requested, going to get more to add to everyones christmas presents
i brought 5 copies, most of them are for friends abroad who want the english version like they're sending me copies from their countries, anyway, after a mad diversion- the guy at the shop told me that i wasn't old enough to appreciate meats music!?!?!?!?!? and then he told me that i was stupid to but 5 copies of any single.......i promplty replied that it was my money and i'd spend it how i like and meats music was probably lost him so would he kindly keep his opinions to himself and let me get meat to the number 1 spot!
Kathy asked:
Does he want us to get 5? (hadn't heard about this)
No he didn't ask us to buy 5 copies Kathy :) .. that was way back when the single of CHSIB came out and there was a huge problem with distribution .. Meat asked us if those of us who could find it could buy extra in that week so that sales figures weren't depressed by product inavailability generally.
But this time we hope the CD is readily available .. It just struck me that it would make an excellent substitute for more expensive cards or chocolates as Christmas tokens/gifts .. and would put Meat on lots of people's tables this year as well as helping sales :) .. particularly as Meat has been hors de combat and unable to promote sales in a week he had obviously hoped to do ..
the guy at the shop told me that i wasn't old enough to appreciate meats music!?!?!?!?!? and then he told me that i was stupid to but 5 copies of any single.......!
How can you be too old to appreciate Meat's music? And what business is it of his to comment on how many copies you buy? :? He should be grateful he's making a profit!!
Good on you, girl for standing up to him! :lol:
Louise x
DebGreaves
27 Nov 2003, 20:45
I went to local woolworths in Mexborough yesterday 2 treat myself to Man of steel seen as it was my birthday, they had no copies left on the shelf and none in their store cupboard and said they didnt know when they are getting any more copies in. My friend had also been down Wednesday morning n there were no copies then. So ill have 2 look in HMV when I go 2 Doncaster at the weekend
Debs
ChrissybabezNI
28 Nov 2003, 00:17
Thats good then it means they've sold out cos everyones been buying them. Anyone who I'm buying for this year are getting mos as part of their present, plus more for anyone i forget about!
Caryl, thanks for the explanation! And you're right, you know now that I think of it I have a niece and nephew I usually just give a check to; this year I'll stick the checks in a Meat Loaf CD! I have NO idea what kind of music they listen to - they live far from me (in Texas) - but who knows, maybe they would like it. Maybe I'll give one to my sister, too. Would you believe this had not even occurred to me :))
-Kathy
Brilliant .. what better holder for a cheque or gift voucher than Meat's new single :))
How can you be too old to appreciate Meat's music?
or too young!
How can you be too old to appreciate Meat's music?
or too young!
that's what I meant! :oops: Oh well, it is nearly weekend! :lol:
Louise x
no problem, im on a stress relief, so whateer i write may very well be insane!
kaz,
sounds like that sales clerk better look into a different line of work. Wonder if the boss knows how he speaks to customers...what a bozo!
You're never too young (or in my case, too old) to appreciate good music and great craftmanship!
T
kaz,
sounds like that sales clerk better look into a different line of work. Wonder if the boss knows how he speaks to customers...what a bozo!
You're never too young (or in my case, too old) to appreciate good music and great craftmanship!
T
probably not, but i don't care really- i'm going back to buy another 5 and i just want to go back to annoy him!
oh! and the fact that the cds fab etc but just to the shop to annoy him!
Kitty Kat
01 Dec 2003, 20:26
I bought the last 4 copies in Asda on Saturday for £1.97 each and it was listed as being new entry at no 10 in the singles charts.
On Saturday I was at the hairdressers and they were playing this really funereal type of music - you know the sort that sounds like it is being played at the wrong speed. I told the hairdresser that the music was absolutely awful but she said it was the bosses choice of music. When she isn't there they play Meat at full blast. Next time I go I'll make sure its the bosses day off.
IMO you are never too old or too young to listen to Meatloaf.
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