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MSE Blagged special offer deals

Below are the latest MSE exclusive deals arranged by the MSE Deals team – we call them MSE Blagged deals. We include these and more of the best deals we've spotted in the weekly MSE Money Tips email.

5 current deals

6,000 available

MSE Blagged deal makes it £70 instead of £120

Go to our special Vax link* and you can get the Vax Air Stretch Pet corded upright vacuum for £69.99 all-in, instead of £119.99 – a £50 saving.

The discount should be automatically applied when you visit the link above. If not, enter the code MSEASP at checkout. The deal will end at 11.59pm on Sunday 7 June or when the 6,000 available units have gone, whichever's sooner.

It's limited to one vacuum per household, and it's only valid through our special link*, not the regular Vax website. The deal is only on the 'Pet' variant, not the base or 'Max' models.

How good is this deal? This is the cheapest we've ever seen this model. The current next cheapest we've found it elsewhere is £119 at AO.com.

Vax Air Stretch Pet upright vacuum specifications

Model number

U85-AS-Pe

Additional tools

3-in-1 crevice tool, turbo tool, stretch hose

Weight

4.9kg

Capacity

1.5L

Cord length

13m

Guarantee

One year

Standard delivery's free and Vax says it should take three to five working days to arrive, though the following postcodes may take a bit longer: AB31-38, AB41-45, AB51-56, FK17-99, HS1-99, IV1-99, KA27-28, KW1-99, PA20-99, PH15-99, ZE1-99, IM1-99, TR21-25, JE, GY, BT1-99.

All done and dusted here? See more Home & Garden deals.

MSE Blagged

Download and read offline via app. For new & returning Readly subscribers

Readly* is to magazines what Spotify is to music. It gives unlimited access to 6,000+ magazines and newspapers including some big names such as Hello!, Good Housekeeping, Women's Health, BBC Gardeners' World, Vogue, Good Food, Men's Health, Daily Express and The Guardian (see more of what's included below).

You can download and read magazines and newspapers anywhere offline via its tablet/phone app – perfect for long train journeys or flights.

It's usually £12.99 a month, but go via our special link* before 11.59pm on Thursday 18 June and you'll get your first 100 days free – this is the longest trial Readly offers. Plus, if you decide to continue, this deal will get you a reduced price of £11.04 a month for 12 months instead of £12.99 a month.

This offer is available to anyone who hasn't had a Readly subscription in the last six months.

Important: After 100 days, you'll be charged £11.04 per month for 12 months (£12.99 thereafter), unless you cancel (you aren't locked in and can do this at any time). If you decide not to keep it, you won't be charged as long as you cancel before the end of your 100 days – you can do this online at Readly*.

What magazines and newspapers are available?

There's no limit on how many magazines and newspapers you can download. The 6,000+ titles include:

- National newspapers: Daily Mirror, The Guardian, The Independent, Metro, The Observer
- Regional newspapers: Liverpool Echo, Manchester Evening News, South Wales Echo
- Celebrity & entertainment: Hello!, Bella, Yours, OK!
- Health & wellness: Women's Health, Men's Health, Vegan Life
- Fashion & beauty: Vogue, Elle, Tatler, Cosmopolitan
- Food & drink: Easy Cook, Great British Food, Bake & Decorate
- News & politics: MoneyWeek, The Big Issue, The Week
- TV, film & cinema: Radio Times Magazine, TV Times, What's on TV, Empire
- Home and Renovation: Country Life, House & Garden, Livingetc, Good Housekeeping
- Gardening: BBC Gardeners' World, Grow Your Own, Garden News, Amateur Gardening
- Tech: T3, Stuff, Tech Advisor, Wired
- Music: Rolling Stone, MOJO, BBC Music, Total Guitar, UNCUT
- Crafts & DIY: Simply Knitting, Love Sewing, Crafting Specials
- Gaming: Retro Gamer, EDGE, Blocks
- Science & nature: New Scientist, How it Works, BBC Science Focus
- Puzzles: Family Crosswords, Sudoku Selection, Family Codewords
- Kids: Beano, National Geographic Kids, KRAZE, 100% WOW

Readly also has a new 'Games' section with daily puzzles such as sudoku, crossword, arrow word and more.

New issues become available at approximately the same time as they would hit the newsstands, and you can also look back over previous issues of some magazines as well. Of course, you won't receive the free gifts that sometimes come with magazines.

It's compatible with iPads, iPhones, Android smartphones and tablets, Kindles, Windows and Apple Mac. One Readly subscription can be shared across up to five devices, so if you do decide to continue with a paid subscription, you could split it with a friend, or share with others in your household.

If you're also interested in books, see 16 tricks to access 1,000s of free e-books & audiobooks.

MSE Blagged

Plus 50% off your third & fourth boxes

Organic online grocer Abel & Cole* is offering 60% off your first two fruit and/or veg boxes when you enter the MSE Blagged code ACMSEMAY at checkout by 11.59pm on Tuesday 30 June. The offer's for new customers, or those who've not placed an order within the last six weeks.

If you decide to continue with the subscription, you'll also get 50% off your third and fourth boxes, with a free 500ml olive oil in your second box.

Each order within the offer must be delivered within four weeks of the previous one, or the promotion will expire.

The boxes range in size, price and variety, but the cheapest is an Extra Small Fruit & Veg box*, which works out at £9.30 delivered after the code (£5.80 for the box, plus delivery).

Delivery costs £3.50 and to keep driving to a minimum, Abel & Cole only delivers to areas on a certain day of the week. It covers England and some parts of Wales and the South West – use its postcode checker to see if and when it delivers to your area. You can't change your delivery day or choose a time slot, but you can give an option for a 'safe place' for your box to be left.

Abel & Cole normally has a £12 minimum order fee, prior to any discounts, but this doesn't apply to any of the boxes included in our deal.

Important: You'll be automatically enrolled into a weekly subscription, but you're able to skip or cancel at any time. If you do decide to continue, the code also gets 50% off your third and fourth boxes. If you want to cancel a box, you'll need to do it at least two days before your next delivery is due – so if your next box is due on a Friday, you'll need to cancel by 11.59pm on the Wednesday before.

An image of an Abel & Cole box, full of fruits and vegetables, on a door step. There's also a box of eggs, a carton of milk, and a loaf bread in the foreground

Here are a few more examples of boxes you could get*, and how much your first box would cost when using our code, including delivery:

The Everyday Essentials Veg box* contains eight types of vegetables – so with the code it works out at about 88p per portion of veg.

Abel & Cole sells a range of products (including recipe boxes, meat & fish, and bakery boxes, as well as general grocery items), but our code only works on the 'Fruit & Veg' boxes.

Check out more ways to save on food & drink.

MSE Olivia says:

The example box mentioned above works out at 88p per portion of veg with our code. Obviously, this isn't the cheapest way to buy veg, as you could pick up a bag of carrots for about 70p at most supermarkets. However, the cost of organic carrots at supermarkets is about £1.30 a bag.

This deal could be good for you if you're happy to pay a little extra for the convenience of having fresh, organic food delivered, but also want to shop in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way.

When we checked on Tuesday 5 May, Abel & Cole had an 'Excellent' 4.6 out of 5 rating at Trustpilot from 14,700+ reviews.

MSE Blagged

Normally £38 to £50

Update Friday 17 April: Grüum decided to allocate more sets to this deal, and there are currently 8,000 remaining.

If you go via our special Grüum link* you can choose one beauty set that would normally cost £38 to £50 for £4.95 (just the cost of delivery). You can pick one from the following sets:

Spring Reset Skin & Hair Set – Grüum says the items would normally cost £38 separately

  • Hair and body wash in 'Bergamot & Grapefruit' (35g) – £10

  • Brightening face wash (35g) – £9

  • Facial moisture bar (35g) – £12

  • Roll-on fragrance in 'Scandinavian Spring' (9ml) – £12

Skin & Scent Set with SPF (Spring Fragrance) – normally £49 separately

  • Roll-on fragrance in 'Scandinavian Spring' (9ml) – £12

  • SPF30 5-star UVA face sunscreen (50ml) – £8

  • After sun bar (35g) – £15

  • SPF lip conditioner (9ml) – £14

Skin & Scent Set with SPF (Summer Fragrance) – normally £50 separately

  • Roll-on fragrance in 'Santorini Summer' (9ml) – £18

  • SPF30 5-star UVA face sunscreen (50ml) – £8

  • Tan intensifying moisturiser (50ml) – £10

  • SPF lip conditioner (9ml) – £14

If you don't want to pay for any extra items, make sure to click "No thanks, I'll skip this one".

The offer is available until all 10,000 sets have been claimed (there are more than 3,000 of each set), and it's limited to one set per customer. Delivery takes three to five working days.

While Grüum doesn't usually offer these particular sets for sale, similar bundles on its website start from £22, so we reckon this is a decent deal.

What is Grüum? It's an online beauty and grooming business. When we checked on Tuesday 14 April, Grüum had a 4.6 out of 5 Trustpilot score based on 6,600+ reviews.

What if I have questions about my order?  You can contact customer service by searching for your issue on Gruum's Help page.

For more ways to save, see our Fashion & Beauty deals round-up.

29 days left

Via MSE Blagged code

If you've been eye-ing up Ted Baker prescription specs or sunnies, you can get a pair for £37 delivered (normally £135), with the MSE Blagged code MSE37TB via our link at SpeckyFourEyes*. The code's valid until 11.59pm on Tuesday 30 June.

The code is only valid on selected Ted Baker items found via our link, and you'll need to enter it in the vouchers box on the 'Shopping cart - summary' page once you've chosen your frames and lenses.

Need-to-knows for getting the cheapest price

  • To get them cheapest, pick 'continue with free lenses' when asked to choose your lens package (stage five of the checkout process), as thinner or scratch-resistant lenses will cost £15-£150 extra. To avoid other extras and keep costs down, select 'skip step & continue' until you reach the checkout.

  • You can either enter your prescription during the checkout process, or opt to send it later. Some frames aren't suitable for high prescriptions, so keep an eye out when choosing. Do note that only standard lenses are included in the price – you'll pay extra for bifocal or thin lenses.

  • Select 'Royal Mail Standard' delivery – our code will make this option free (normally £6.99). Delivery takes 7-20 working days.

You can use the code more than once but can only use one code per item, per transaction – so you'll need to make multiple transactions if you want more than one.

SpeckyFourEyes says there are good stock levels available, but all frames are subject to availability, so they could still sell out fast if demand is high.

If you need to contact SpeckyFourEyes about your order, you can do so via this special contact page.

MSE Georgia-May says:

It's tricky to compare prices for these exact frames, as many of them are end-of-line and aren't sold elsewhere – but I reckon £37 all-in for a pair of branded prescription specs or sunglasses is pretty decent. They're normally £135 at SpeckyFourEyes, and when I checked on Tuesday 26 May, I found some for up to £190 at Boots.

SpeckyFourEyes may not always be cheapest, so do your own price comparison before buying. See our Cheap Glasses page for other deals on specs.

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If you answer 'NO' to any of the following questions, don't buy.

Are you

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Will I use it?

Is it worth it?

Are you

Skint? Ask:

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Can I afford it?

Free protection for all shopping!

There's a little-known piece of legislation that turns any credit card into a financial self-defence superhero. 'Section 75' of the Consumer Credit Act means your plastic must protect anything you buy for more than £100 for free, so if there's a problem or the company goes bust, you can still get your money back.
And although Section 75 doesn't apply to debit cards, there is something else to fall back on if you've paid using a debit card, or used a credit card for a purchase under £100. Known as Chargeback, this is part of banks' and card companies' internal rules and not a legal requirement. Read full details of Section 75 or Chargeback, plus how to claim, in our guides.
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