What are your thoughts on ‘Three for Two’ gift offers in the run up to Christmas? Boots in particular seem to like this approach to tempting Christmas shoppers to fill their baskets to the brim! I’m not sure they actually represent that good value for money. I suppose it depends on what kind of shopper you are. If you’re focussed and you know exactly what gifts you’re after, and they just happen to be part of the three for two offer then you’re quids in. If, on the other hand, you’ve got a tendency to shop like I do, then you might end u spending a whole lot more money than you intended. Basically, these kind of offers often have me standing in the shop deliberating for far too long. I’ll pick up a gift that I wanted to get for someone, then notice it’s part of the three for two offer. Sometimes I’ll notice a second gift that’s just perfect for someone else, but more often than not I can’t suit the third gift to anyone I’m shopping for. Still, it’s free and the first two are perfect, so I’m not missing out. The real problem arises when I only really need one gift from the display, but spend ages choosing two more so as not to miss out on the offer. This really is a false economy as I’ll decide who to give the second two gifts to, but because I’m not entirely happy with them, I’ll go out to buy something to go with them. Therefore, I haven’t saved money at all. And, there’s nothing worse than going back in to those shops a few days after Christmas to see all those tempting gift boxes being sold for practically nothing!