Tesco misprices thread 8 - please only post misprices here

paul.carter

welshcat1957 wrote: »

I have just been in Tesco Coldfield Drive Redditch about 6pm Wednesday 28th January. I picked up a pack of four Ruddles beers which had a cardboard surround saying buy 3 get 4th free. It was priced at £5.16. I picked it up thinking it was an error on the pricing label (as I had purchased some Ruddles beer without the offer a few days previously at £5.16 i.e 4 cans for £5.16. It went through the checkout at £5.16 when I queried it the girl went to the beers wines and spirits and was told no that was the correct price (which would have put the price for 4 cans at a laughable £6.88 (5.16/3 x 4). I was told at customer service that the beer must have gone up and they couldnt do anything about it. £6.88 for 4 cans of Ruddles is ludicrous.I would be interested to hear your comments. I know from previous experience that the gentleman in charge of that particular section is not very helpful. I am sure that this is not in line with consumer law. I am still looking at ways of getting to the bottom of this. Because Tesco didnt seem to care. The girls or at least 3 out of the 4 girls were quite concerned. The fourth seemed to think it was nothing to do with Tescos as it was not a Tescos product Hmmmmmmmmm anyone got any advice.

£5.16 for 4 on the website. Think they must have drunk at least a dozen cans each to come up with this story.

quoia

welshcat1957 wrote: »

I have just been in Tesco Coldfield Drive Redditch about 6pm Wednesday 28th January. I picked up a pack of four Ruddles beers which had a cardboard surround saying buy 3 get 4th free. It was priced at £5.16. I picked it up thinking it was an error on the pricing label (as I had purchased some Ruddles beer without the offer a few days previously at £5.16 i.e 4 cans for £5.16. It went through the checkout at £5.16 when I queried it the girl went to the beers wines and spirits and was told no that was the correct price (which would have put the price for 4 cans at a laughable £6.88 (5.16/3 x 4). I was told at customer service that the beer must have gone up and they couldnt do anything about it. £6.88 for 4 cans of Ruddles is ludicrous.I would be interested to hear your comments. I know from previous experience that the gentleman in charge of that particular section is not very helpful. I am sure that this is not in line with consumer law. I am still looking at ways of getting to the bottom of this. Because Tesco didnt seem to care. The girls or at least 3 out of the 4 girls were quite concerned. The fourth seemed to think it was nothing to do with Tescos as it was not a Tescos product Hmmmmmmmmm anyone got any advice.

I'm presuming that you thought since you had previously paid £5.16 for 4 then a can cost £1.29 (£5.16 / 4) and therefore a 4-pack with the "4 for 3" offer on should cost just £3.87.

However if the RRP of a single can is £1.72 then 3 would cost £5.16 and if you get 4 for this price then the 4 for 3 offer on the pack is not incorrect.
Just because the 4 for 3 offer was not "advertised" on the packs you bought previously doesn't mean that you were not actually getting the same deal. You previously got 4 tins for £5.16 (the price of 3 at RRP of £1.72) it's just that Ruddles didn't tell you about it on a "pack flash"

Whether £1.72 IS the RRP of a single can is another matter.
As is what Tesco might actually sell a single can for.

You dont specify size of can or what Ruddles beer it is.
I do know that a single 500ml Bottle of Ruddles County HAD an RRP of £1.79 about 18 months ago.

ednotdave

welshcat1957 wrote: »

I have just been in Tesco Coldfield Drive Redditch about 6pm Wednesday 28th January. I picked up a pack of four Ruddles beers which had a cardboard surround saying buy 3 get 4th free. It was priced at £5.16. I picked it up thinking it was an error on the pricing label (as I had purchased some Ruddles beer without the offer a few days previously at £5.16 i.e 4 cans for £5.16. It went through the checkout at £5.16 when I queried it the girl went to the beers wines and spirits and was told no that was the correct price (which would have put the price for 4 cans at a laughable £6.88 (5.16/3 x 4). I was told at customer service that the beer must have gone up and they couldnt do anything about it. £6.88 for 4 cans of Ruddles is ludicrous.I would be interested to hear your comments. I know from previous experience that the gentleman in charge of that particular section is not very helpful. I am sure that this is not in line with consumer law. I am still looking at ways of getting to the bottom of this. Because Tesco didnt seem to care. The girls or at least 3 out of the 4 girls were quite concerned. The fourth seemed to think it was nothing to do with Tescos as it was not a Tescos product Hmmmmmmmmm anyone got any advice.

I haven't seen it, but doesn't it mean "buy 3 packs, get 4th pack free"?

nikkit72

ednotdave wrote: »

I haven't seen it, but doesn't it mean "buy 3 packs, get 4th pack free"?

thats just what i thought

heskpesk

Tesco Greener Living 11 Watt Stick Bulb displayed on a plastic strip:

SEL (out of date yesterday) states 98pence each or 5 for 40p. Purchased 10 and charged £9.80. Went with staff member to the strip with SEL on showing 5 for 40p. Customer service agreed they would honour price so should be 80p (2 x 40p) and therfore offered £9 refund. I mentioned the DTD promise on the board and after asking manager received DTD of £18:j

ampersand

When the sums are nice, they are very, very nice.
Well done heskpesk.
I think I've done the lightbulb thing beyond lifespan now though - remember when they were all 2p a few months back?
Mind you, being paid to take them is altogether preferable.

ratboy01

heskpesk wrote: »

Tesco Greener Living 11 Watt Stick Bulb displayed on a plastic strip:

SEL (out of date yesterday) states 98pence each or 5 for 40p. Purchased 10 and charged £9.80. Went with staff member to the strip with SEL on showing 5 for 40p. Customer service agreed they would honour price so should be 80p (2 x 40p) and therfore offered £9 refund. I mentioned the DTD promise on the board and after asking manager received DTD of £18:j

!!!! well played
my manager at work told me about seeing the sel run out couple days ago but i havent been over to check if i can get it

ampersand

Good luck ratboy - hope you get a chance to hunt and gather.

quoia

ampersand wrote: »

When the sums are nice, they are very, very nice.
Well done heskpesk.
I think I've done the lightbulb thing beyond lifespan now though - remember when they were all 2p a few months back?
Mind you, being paid to take them is altogether preferable.

ON THAT SUBJECT ...

How many MSE members does it take to CHANGE A LIGHT BULB ?




1 to change the light bulb and to open a thread detailing the replacement.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the process could have been performed differently.

7 to post tales of caution, warning of the dangers of changing light bulbs

7 to point out the spelling errors and poor grammar used in several of the posts about changing light bulbs

5 to flame those that criticized the poor spelling using even worse grammar themselves

3 to correct spelling and grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"

6 to condemn the previous 6 as stupid idiots

2 lighting industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct

19 to post that is NOT the correct place for a chat about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum.

11 to defend the discussion taking place here, saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant in this forum

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and some highlighting what brands are cheap but poor quality and therefore not a money saving concept afterall.

7 to post URLs where one can see examples of different types of light bulbs

14 to post almost simultaneously that ONE of the URLs failed with Error 404 "Page not found"

5 to post that some other URLs were incorrect and then post the corrected URLs

7 men to post that they enjoyed, even preferred, the incorrect URLs that had naked women on the end, especially the one with the enormous pair of 200 watt beauties.

3 to post about links they had found from the URL's that proved how light bulbs pertained to thread members which makes light bulbs relevant to this forum

18 women (that were only going to read the thread and not post comment UNTIL the men posted about enjoying pictures of naked women) to post how degraded and insulted they now feel, that the men are insensitive sexist pigs and have a quick b1tch about the 200 Watt beauties NOT being real.

13 to link all the posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" to the end !

2 women to post in defence of the mens' comments and supply URLs to pictures of naked men to even up the debate and strike a blow for equality.

11 women to post "lewd" comments about the naked men along the lines of "not being very illuminating" (Ha-ha) due to "the rather small size of their CANDLES!"

3 to post "CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK ON TOPIC"

4 to post that "It's NOT polite to SHOUT!

5 to post that they will make no further posts because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

4 to say "didn't we have the same discussion last month ?"

3 to say "For God's sake, haven't you heard of Google ? Just do a Google search on light bulbs before asking stupid and inane questions about light bulbs. Find the answers yourself you lazy bar-steward"

1 to most vehemently and fervidly suggest blasphemy for taking the lord's name in vain

13 to make light bulb jokes replying to the "religious nut" with "incandescent" puns and "saving their energy" remarks in reference to the latst CFL technology

and finally ...

1 member to stumble across the thread 6 months from now, respond to the original post and start it all over again.

chalkysoil

:rotfl: :T :j :rotfl: :beer: :rotfl:
Thats the best post I read all week