I honestly don't understand why people get so worked up about the Next sale.

For starters, their clothes are average. Quality seems ok, style seems ok-ish (some of the stuff I see in there is dreadful, some of it is average. But no more than that) and I would say it's nearer the bottom end of being value for money (ie. not great).

But I just can't understand anyone who would queue up at 5am just to be one of the first in. Come on people, it's Next, not blooming Alexander McQueen or Burberry.

It's really quite sad to see people going nuts over a half price shirt from Next. People who get excited about this need to re-evaluate their lives.

Voted cold.

I'll stick with online shopping. Your more likely to find what you want instead of instore.

Shouldn't this be in Misc? I don't sww any specific deal.

How you find that out ? insider info ?

Usefull knowledge when to avoid the shopping centre as people are like animals at the next sale.

The sales assistant told me in next. Sorry i werent sure where to add it.

If anyone can put up with the barging and the elbowing and most of all rudeness that these sales bring out in people, in what a sad state the population has become, you're more than welcome to the savings.
Heat added for the brave.

Agreed 100% .. some people take the entire family just to stand and hold stuff that they have grabbed whilst they try and work out if they want it.

Don't think next sale's are that good , I bought a shirt and the next week it was in the sale more expensive that what I bought it for, I take it that is why they take off the original price tag.

Anybody know when it starts online?

Yessssss! thank you!

It usually starts online on the same day at 8am, unless you meet the criteria to receive an email inviting you to shop the sale earlier.

I'll stick with online shopping. Your more likely to find what you want instead of instore.

Anybody had a priority VIP invite yet?

I will take my rolling pin with me, thanks op

I did the Next sale twice and couldn't do it a third time. It was shopping Armageddon!

I never get lucky with an early VIP slot either so I guess more money saved for me :smiley:

I honestly don't understand why people get so worked up about the Next sale.

For starters, their clothes are average. Quality seems ok, style seems ok-ish (some of the stuff I see in there is dreadful, some of it is average. But no more than that) and I would say it's nearer the bottom end of being value for money (ie. not great).

But I just can't understand anyone who would queue up at 5am just to be one of the first in. Come on people, it's Next, not blooming Alexander McQueen or Burberry.

It's really quite sad to see people going nuts over a half price shirt from Next. People who get excited about this need to re-evaluate their lives.

Voted cold.

Shall I start queuing now?

How do you get a VIP slot??

Burberry???????? Lol.

I personally don't queue but I will shop online because when the clothes are reduced by half they are worth it.

Each to their own eh?!

Maybe just maybe people queue at that time because they cant afford to pay full price! Dont knock people because they cant afford designer!

I voted hot. I like next. I like the kids clothes and home, some stuff I wouldn't personally wear but you get that with many shops things you think no one would buy. A lot of stuff is way overpriced I agree but this post is about the sale which everything is normally cut by 50% that is a good saving whether you like next or not. I've never been to next sale in store and it does sound of putting however in Northampton we have just had a new 2 storey next built half home and half clothing so I am tempted to go I must be mad lol :smiley:

f**k going to the sale instore. What's more relevant is that they usually coincide the £10 off £15 online spend codes with a sale, so hopefully these will be released soon.

U have to have an account with them. To qualify for vip slots u have to Purchase the catalogue every season and shop every so often without returning stuff. Also need to have ur email registered and have clicked the option to recieve marketing info etc

5am **** that

I raise this every time and have had response back from mods - ( in a thread ) to me this is not a deal And is misc

I have got my tent up already waiting

next stuff is terrible now, light, see through wrinkly fabrics and sizes are huuuuuge. Even a 6 is massive on me now. one of the well built ( muscular as opposed to fat) held one top up and it was perfect for him. online sale is rubbish unless you get the first VIP slot. quality has really gone down hill in last few years.

mods should this not be in misc?

.[/quote] Agreed 100% .. some people take the entire family just to stand and hold stuff that they have grabbed whilst they try and work out if they want it.[/quote]
Ha ha this made me Lol because it's true I've witnessed it several times :wink:

I read this on fashionpixie.com about the VIP criteria.
Have a Next flexible credit account with at least £250 credit available.
Have ordered from the Next Directory this year.
Make sure you are registered to receive sale and promotional emails (you can amend these details when you sign into your account.
Agree to have a copy of the Next Directory.
You must have returned less than two thirds of the items you bought this year.

Start date and time 2 days before got it. Lovely baby clothing, amazing styles and colours. At times not for yourselves but for others. I shop at Zara ;-)

Love seeing sad people waiting early hours of the morning just to buy cheap tat just so no one else can get it.Is there anything actually worth buying? Nope nothing.

I already knew this couple of days ago...I just Googled it and it told me...its later than normal because they wanted to do it when the world cup had finished.

I voted hot. Thanks for the heads up. Baby clothes I find excellent quality and good sizing. Home stuff nice too.

will home stuff be included?

Next great for kids clothes and homeware in the sale. Would never pay full price though and don't like the adult clothes!

I love VIP slots

Can't wait for the VIP slot

When can I look

Went once for 5am opening Never again stood an hour to get served at till

All my friends who work at next tell me there sales are terrible now, the was good once upon a time but now apparently they just use old warehouse stock. Bring out the Animals for that old stock :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks OP!

Looking forward to my VIP slot.

im one of the wierdos that gets up early and queues and spend alot on clothes for me my bf and my little girl. I kit us all out for the year or until the next sale neways. Usually get a VIP but still go instore. Bad stores and good store experiences. Trafford centre is usually the best for me security guards, constantly restocking & plenty of staff so smaller till queues. I love next and save myself a fortune so defo heat!!

I also knew about it from mse but voted hot - I'm one of those mad people who queue for all 4 annual sales but like previous posts have said - for the prices I am able to kit my little girl out for a good while for half of the piece I would have paid and I think the kids stuff is great. The home stuff is also great in the sale - I may get myself one or two bits but I mainly go for kids and end up spending around £100 or so, which would have cost me £200.

It's one of the only retailers nowadays that don't have a sale every week (M&S springs to mind!) so you know they only have 2 big end of season and 2 smaller mid season sales a year.


I'm actually surprised at the number of people with negative comments, if it wasn't so popular they'd have come up with a different sales tactic by now.

I like next clothes, even better when there's a sale, some things I think are over priced but I'd pay that little extra if my kids are going someone special, most supermarkets sell just as good clothes these days, I always forget sainsburys when shopping for kids clothes and there stuff is lovely.

What about the river island sale ???

Lol! I love next clothes and I always get it for children..infact..they don't wear anything else! Next are over taking marks and Spencer's by a mile! Why...? Because they listen to their customers and have so much better range of children and adults clothing than m&s! I will be one of the ones queuing outside next at 5am to get a bargain!

LOL, this did make me smile Ian. I agree that I must have been misinformed in some respect as I thought the purpose of this website was to inform people of deals, not to insult other members.

I don't get the negative comments....this post is for information purposes and if you're not interested in next then why comment? Thanks for the post, heat added

Corrected.

Never have the suit jackets and trousers together - and let people buy trousers alone - so always plenty of jackets but never any trousers in the right size left...

Just to let people know.. Staff will be giving people a ticket when queuing up outside so they can get in the shop for the sale. This is to stop people queue jumping/saving places for friends and family when others have had to queue up. Maybe will stop all the mayhem outside??

I used to get the vip email. Even if I only bought one item in the sale it seemed to ensure I got another the next time until one day I couldn't find a simple thing I wanted so I didn't bother. Never got another invite after that :disappointed:

How do I make sure I'm signed up for maketing emails? Anyone know?

Lol love the quotes im still scared and beaten from the last sale my motto is wheres theres blame theres a claim

Glad I brightened up your day.

whether they'll be doing this ticketing for all stores I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. I'm normally in the first 15 or so queuing up, sometimes a little further back but it really annoys me how people just turn up who have either just had a bit more of a lie in or been sat in their car/macdonalds then roll up 5 minutes before opening and join someone in the queue.

As for the greed and grabbing rails worth of clothes - I think it depends on which store you go to - I live around 10 min from a large shopping centre with a huge next and around 2 minutes from a small store at an out of town retail park. I always go to the small one as I know where everything is & there's none of the grabbing loads. I've been told from friends that there's a certain type of person that go to the large shopping centre store and grab rails worth of clothes...I couldn't be doing with this and it probably would put me off. Thing is Next aren't going to do anything about this type of customer as at the end of the day it's custom for them.

One thing Next is good for (applicable to menswear) is reducing their suits. A majority of the suits currently in stock in the shop at full price will go half price on the 19th. A majority of the t shirts / jeans etc seem to be recycled old stock.

I've had a Next account for the last 2 years and use it frequently, I've never once received an invite...!

No VIP invites sent out yet

just booked a slot for 5pm on Wednesday

Just booked 5 p.m. wednesday :-)

:-( I haven't had an invitation.

Just logged in to pay a bill and saw I could book a vip slot, no email or text received yet though. Got Weds at 5pm.

Wednesday 5pm :smiley:))

Just booked my VIP.

Because they are sending so many emails, some are delayed, just go online and check anyway. http://www.next.co.uk/vip and see if you can book a slot or not :smiley:

Got mine too, so pleased : )

Booked mine too for wednesday 5pm.I didn't have an invitation but used an old one i had christmas time,wasn't sure was going to work but thought i'll give it a go anyway.I recieved a confirmation email just seconds after registering.

Just got an email to book my slot....5pm Wednesday.

Got 5pm Wednesday too. Wonder if there's been any earlier slots as I never usually get an early slot?

EArliest is 5pm I just got 6pm

Managed 6pm. Probably won't be anything left after the first hour is over but i'll give it a go.

Managed to get a slot for Wednesday for 5pm. Kept checking through VIP link and about 10am I booked it, other wise my VIP email came through at 1pm and I wouldn't have been able to get this slot.

Got the email at 10. Booked for 5 pm Wednesday. :wink:

VIP slot booked Wednesday @ 5pm!! Thanks so much for the post - heat added!!

Can anyone give me advice?
I have a next account and regularly shop with them, this time i didnt get the directory, have any of you had a vip slot but not had the directory?

Same, never get the directory and don't spend a lot on there really and have had the past 3 VIP slots.

Thanks, ive had the last couple vip but yet to receive an invite for this one

When using the sale online, would these items stack with the £20 off invite a friend to sign up for a Next Account?

The friend has to spend £50 or more and the discount is automatically applied.

You also receive £20 for inviting a friend once their order has been fully processed.

As usual once the first hour is over - don't bother!

Everything I wanted bar one thing was gone :disappointed:

I got quite a lot of stuff but a few things not there. But they will definitely come back once people start returning stuff coz they ordered too much

Its the eBay sellers. They bulk by everything.

I got a 9pm slot, just looked and all that I wanted has gone
Will try again in a week

Its awful I know there's no point moaning but there was loads of things sold out within minutes of the 1st slot opening. I think you shouldn't be able to buy more than 2 of the same item, I know it's still money for them and the staff get 1st slots and there's only limited stock on each item but it was a poor sale this time for anybody without a 5pm slot I feel sorry for anybody with later slots than I had. :disappointed:

I got most of what I wanted but some sold out by the time I got to them - I don't think it's they ebay sellers, can't imagine they make that much TBH - why would you pay RRP or more from them when you can go and buy the new season stock straight from Next?

I was on at 7pm got my son all I wanted - school shoes, joggers etc better than normal I thought x

Any links to the sale preview?. Also anyone know when matalan are having their sale. Thanks.

can anyone tell me if boys formal suits are in the sale, please?

For people without vip slots what website will the online sale be on Saturday? The next/clearance the next/village?

Sooo, Who's actually going to start queuing up in the next 18 hours?

I'm going lol. I had a later VIP slot (6pm) and there were a few bits of homeware I wanted but missed out on so i'm going to brave the next sale instore for the first time lol

Stores open at 5am, what time will you be going?

Would you think i'm mad if I say around opening time haha :confused:

LOL, yes! Well it actually depends on the store your going to . I've only ever been (dragged by a friend shall i say) to one sale and as it wasnt a large store and A LOT of people were there we were being let into the shop in groups, When a few people left another lot of people were let in, so if you want the decent stuff you should aim to get there around 2 hrs before opening. That way you'll be one of the first ones to go in and you'll have to wait just as long anyway if you queued later.

Oh right the store I want to go to is a big one (ambitious I know lol) but I know it has the stuff I want in so i'm hoping that is I get there a little earlier I can grab what I want and go. However i've heard some bad stories about people grabbing clothes and dashing to the nearest corner or people arguing over the last size in something they want so if I dart straight for home instead of clothing (there now separate in my local home is upstairs clothing is downstairs) I should be fine lol (fingers crossed)

Well the stories you've heard are true, I mean its like the worlds going through an apocalypse. Good luck though! Let us know how you get on

Oh no I was hoping as somebody who has been to one you'd say it's not to bad but describing it as an apocalypse isn't giving me much hope lol and okay if I survive i'll let you know :wink:

I'd worry about the actual apocalypse if you are out queuing in these electrical storms tonight!

finding it and actually having it delivered are 2 very different things in my experiences ..... just don't bank on it arriving and you'll be just fine tho :wink:

See the preview online is that all the stuff on sale cause I wanted to buy a t-shirt but it's disappeared from the normal site and isn't on the preview site.

VIP slots started Wednesday. Hardly anything left 10 minutes after opening.....

Alexander McQueen or Burberry....enough said really. :-/ I hear the chavs love a bit of Burberry.

Is it online and if so what time?

Things are different to how they use to be. If they have it in stock you will get it. If it's a delayed item it will arrive but later. Gone are the days when it would be delayed but then you receive an email saying no further stock.

They always show what's left from the preview sale but will update the sale first thing in the morning.

normally 8am

I have been to lots of Next sales and would definitely be there by 4 a.m. if not earlier if you can manage it. Especially the summer sale when it's warm. I like to be one of the first in line, get what I want and first to exit - back to bed! the summer sales are really popular at my R*G store and the queue can snake all round the building - the first 300 people get in then it's one in one out, by which time it's a scrum and the item you set your heart on is probably gone. If you are going to lose sleep might as well do it properly!

Just got the first part of my VIP order BTW so won't bother going this year! first time I have had first slot in ages and managed to buy most of the items I wanted... If I was going would probably get up at 3 a.m. - store is a 20 minute drive...

I survived :smile: didn't get there until half 6 as the weather was awful lady in the shop said only 70 people were waiting when they opened the door as the rain was so bad. Went to the smallest store first then the bigger 1 after. Got lots of nice things flowers in vases were heavily reduced and looked really nice. You were right at the bigger next people were in corners with about 70+ items of clothing all in all we had an good experience there was a bit of pushing and shoving amongst other shoppers to get to new stuff that was being added to shelves, felt sorry for a couple of older ladies as they had put there bags of shopping down (they hadn't yet bought) and somebody had pinched half there stuff while their backs were turned they were obviously a little upset, but as I said I got a lot of items and more I wanted so a good experience put it that way lol :smiley:

Strolled in at 09:15am this morning
Went straight to the rails with the sale shirts on picked up the exact 2 I had seen in the week at over £30 each, strolled to the tills paid half price for both shirts in Large..strolled out..
Why would you want to be queing up outside at 5am in the morning

Sales girl said it hadn't been that busy and they opened at 5am this morning too, its just all the idiots creating mayhem and panic on the internet that turn it into a free for all, sites like this where umpteen brainless gorms want to que for 4 hours to run round like headless chickens picking up all sorts of stuff then leaving most of it to go back on the rails..

How money days the shope will be sale

Normally a week

I went, it was ****

Wandered to the nearest Home store just as it opened, queue was pretty small. Everyone was just running to the kitchen section to grab the unsold sale mugs for half price. Will never understand that one as mugs are always cheap everywhere, but anyways. Overheard one woman who was stocking up on candles saying to someone that they were 'always good for gifts'. Bet her friends can't wait. No decent furniture on sale this time, but picked up one really good floor rug at half price, just what I needed.
Then drove half a mile to the clothes store after it had calmed down a bit, this is clearly where everyone had been queueing, looked like bedlam had struck. Picked up a very nice blue italian wool suit half price, queued and left.
Then went home to sleep :sunglasses:

Is that right the sale don't start until Sunday

Has the VIP thing us out yet

I have my VIP slot for tonight @ 10pm, I think you just have to hold a next account to get a slot