{"id":94,"date":"2009-07-08T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=94"},"modified":"2017-12-07T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T22:52:27","slug":"beware-of-cheap-imitations-and-deals-too-good-to-be-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/07\/beware-of-cheap-imitations-and-deals-too-good-to-be-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Cheap Imitations and Deals Too Good to be True!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8216;25% OFF!<\/strong> Buy any theatre ticket on-line today and it will arrive with a voucher offering 25% OFF your purchase of wines&#8217;. But 25% off what? Are they telling you the naked truth or simply selling you knackered wines? Then there are the <strong>BROADSHEET WINE CLUBS<\/strong> with the promise of a case of wine delivered to your door for just \u00a349.99! 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