Hawkin's Bazaar Blog

Credit Where Credit's Due

We included a story in the Bazaar Times about one of our customers, Mrs Neville, who took a 25 year old credit note in to one of our shops. Despite the note having expired by some 24 years, our bemused shop manager honoured the note and reduced Mrs Neville's payment by the £2.03 that was due.

Since then we've been delighted to have our attention drawn to an entry on an economists' website analysing the value of Mrs Neville's note in 1983 compared to today. The author summarises by saying "£2.03 in 1983 would be worth £5.01 today - enough to buy a Hatchable Penguin (£4.99) instead of a lousy kaleidoscope (£1.99). And we all know that a Hatchable Penguin is a jabillion times cooler."
We're very grateful to the author for all their effort and are curious to know if 'jabillion' is a technical economists' term that we are not familiar with?

Click here to view the full entry.

Put a Sock In It!

We've already had some fantastic entries to our Sock Puppet competition that was launched in the Bazaar Times. This wonderful creation, called 'Thingymebob' is a crazy, happy monster who likes dancing to freaky music, and was sent in by George Osgerby, aged 12 (almost).

Click here to view some more of our favorites puppet entries

We want lots more, so keep sending them to 'Put a Sock In It' at the usual address. Entries have to be with us by April 30th 2008 and don't forget, the winner gets £75 of Hawkin Vouchers.

Bazaar Times

The first ever edition of the Bazaar Times is out now - our new 24 page newspaper is crammed with all our latest products, stories, competitions, puzzles, news and nonsense about Hawkin's Bazaar. If you haven't already got your copy, you can pick one up in our shops or request a copy by clicking here.

We've already had some fantastic letters and emails from customers telling us what they think of the Times and we would love to know your opinion so we can make the next edition even better. Please enter your comments below.

Welcome to BazaarBlog

Good day to you and welcome to our first foray into the world of blogging. It's all new to us and we're simply quivering with excitement. Our blog will allow us to communicate much closer with you, letting you know about enticing new products, competitions, store events, special offers and lots more news and nonsense about Hawkin's Bazaar. In return we hope you will chat to us about what you like / dislike, ideas, comments, stories and anything else you would like to tell us.
Whether you are a regular customer or just discovering us for the first time, keep checking the blog, embrace your inner child and join in the fun.