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Imagine picking up a brand new snooker table worth £13,000 for only £5,000!  This is just one of the many bargains that was on offer over the weekend when the Hamley's online store went into melt down as a voucher scheme offering 60% off went pear shaped.

Their warehouse was completely emptied as shoppers flocked to pickup serious bargins, leaving both online and offline store without anything to sell!  Hamley's will continue to honor the vouchers but has shut down the scheme, that ran a little too long for their liking.

Where will Santa get his toys now?!?!  

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