Especially Lovely Is The Elite

The mbuy pricing on products leads to one of my stories from M from Monday.

It was the grapes (and yes they still being thorns in the side on comps. in A:(). A man and woman were shopping as I passed (presumably OH or partner). She picked up one pack of 400g grapes at £2. The man then said "2 for £3" and picked up the second pack and put it in the trolley. He seemed very gleeful at that as well (not that I can interpret those things really well:rotfl:) - but, no, he did come across as being very happy.

:(My guide price is below £1.

But...just shows how that mbuy has them picking up twice as much and... paying over the odds on each pack! People often go for these popular offers (of definition, as they are popular:D - figures!:rotfl::rotfl:). But, no, they pick up these standard range M grapes, right in front of them, at 2:eek: for £3:eek::eek:_pale_. Just 400g packs. What was wrong with the M Savers grapes, I thought, that are at £1.25 and are 500g packs rather than 400? Presumably some snobbishness - even if it is subtle, subconcious, and an ingrained impression that they have gained they can't question why they hold it or get rid of it - impressions matter - in fact, they not merely matter, they are absolutely decisive and determining - people often have bad impressions of people with Asperger's you know - in the flesh, they never look at people, make eye contact - must be shifty - absolutely the complete opposite of the truth as Asperger's people tend to be more truthful than anyone else - but those impressions, and first impressions, hold sway and are probably the reason why people with autism (or Asperger's, I forget which:cool:) have the highest percentage of any disability group in unemployment. It's the interview process itself;). Thus people who make eye contact and small talk, and are actually unable to focus on or pay attention to their work are employed whilst people who would do the job better are ruled out, because of some subconscious impression that the interviewer could not discount. Indeed, as it is a subconscious impression, formed by the brain's subconcious picking up (zzz..., I know I'm losing most readers by this moment) of social cues signals, that by definition the person is not even aware of themselves having that impression then how can they disregard something about which they are not even aware or not fully aware?

So, anyway. The Savers grapes are perceived as less worthy. In fact they're probably the exact same grapes, simply the packaging designed to make it look less appealing. Whilst not under £1, and could do better, at other times, elsewhere, as regards shopping in M at the moment and not having a sorted out list vs somewhere else, if I had to, it would be best to have a 500g pack of Savers grapes at £1.25 than the more costly packs - even after the mbuy price - that give somewhat less product per pack.

I need to spend a lot (well to me) of money at WIckes, TBC are giving 2.1% quidco are 2%…. is there any more similar site? I have not even started to get my head around this aspect of Elite x

thanks

Sunshinemummy wrote: »

I need to spend a lot (well to me) of money at WIckes, TBC are giving 2.1% quidco are 2%…. is there any more similar site? I have not even started to get my head around this aspect of Elite x

thanks

Can you buy £100 worth at B&Q instead so you hit the Quidco Christmas Bonus in one go? :rotfl:

bubbs wrote: »

I cant see the 3 for £10 chocs on .com:cool:

Me either- I suspect the Op has caught sight of an impending update which unintentionally went live and then was hidden again until tomorrow/when the offer starts as their offers tend to update on Wednesday night/Thursday morning?

There seems to be a few more items at £5 than I remember which may be a sign that prices have been increased ready for a 3 for £10 offer.

Just a theory

Anon