Tesco's introduce rationing !

jb66

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

'everyone' may not need sweetcorn though so the retailer would be the first to complain if they were stuck with a consignment of them!

Some people rely on reduced prices, whoopsies etc as they are on cruelly low food budgets, its wrong to penalise or blame customers for trying to shop intelligently.

Also wrong is the cynical way supermarkets target customers to buy things (they don't need). Just look at the amount of advertising, the way supermarkets are set out with fresh bread smells piping around the store, all the rubbish at the front of the shop and the stuff you need at the back so you have to walk all the way round, the amount of agencies (such as lightspeed) that conduct consumer surveys so they can target us even more.

When I buy 20 tins of beans at a reduced price, its not because I am suffering from an attack of affluenza but because I will eat them and it makes sense for me to buy them at that price this month because next month they will be more. I am using the same principle that stock market workers use, wait until the stock is at a certain price then buy a lot as the price will invariably go up. I get a better return on my money than if I had put it in the bank.

This site is about beating them at their own game and this is what I am doing, if they want to sell things to me then I'll buy what and how much I want, not what they say I can buy.

Quote from Martin ''It's about cutting bills not cutting back and being a sassy consumer. Companies try to screw us for profits. MoneySaving shows you how to (legally) screw them back."

I'd be pretty !!!!ed if i wanted to buy a tin of beans and there were none left and you had 20 in your trolly. So i can justify why tesco impliment this rule.

mum26

DrScotsman wrote: »

Anyone got a source? In training we were told it isn't the law, and if you made a mistake it wouldn't matter - not to mention I'm sure they'd have programmed an alert to come up if it was the law. That said, my Sainsbury's wasn't entirely good with training, with the older checkout staff being really out of date on it.

And if Costco isn't a proper pharmacy then explain the 100s of tablets my mum bought

I've noticed at Costco that the allowed amounts are different if you have a trade member card rather than the other membership x

DrScotsman

mum26 wrote: »

I've noticed at Costco that the allowed amounts are different if you have a trade member card rather than the other membership x

That would make sense then in my case. Although makes the law pretty silly then if all you need is to know someone who has a trade member card, then you can buy it in bulk.

CG19a

Also wrong is the cynical way supermarkets target customers to buy things

Please don't be naive, its a business they are trying to run. They are there to make money. We just need to have our heads about us and decide whether we want to buy it. As my Grandad says "You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

DianneB

I got caught when buying Easter Eggs on promotion this year, tried to buy more than 6 (for family, friends and some to donate to a raffle) and left feeling like a criminal!! I hate Tesco's!!!

victoriajj

DianneB wrote: »

I got caught when buying Easter Eggs on promotion this year, tried to buy more than 6 (for family, friends and some to donate to a raffle) and left feeling like a criminal!! I hate Tesco's!!!

but Tescos's let me buy 12 at once with no problem, I think it just depends on the sa/supervisor at the time. Go to the youngsters, they really don't care. Tescos's WANT you to buy wine in bulk, they give you 5% off if you buy 6 bottles and what about the recent doubling of tescos vouchers, one of the options was for wine

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

CG19a wrote: »

Please don't be naive, its a business they are trying to run. They are there to make money. We just need to have our heads about us and decide whether we want to buy it. As my Grandad says "You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

OK then, forgive my naiveness but it goes to show you that its dog eat dog out there and people have to look out for their own interests as the supermarkets clearly can't be trusted to act with any sort of social conscience. Anyhoo, I have a business to run too...my household!

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

jb66 wrote: »

I'd be pretty !!!!ed if i wanted to buy a tin of beans and there were none left and you had 20 in your trolly. So i can justify why tesco impliment this rule.

I don't care or live my life abiding by so called 'rules' that supermarkets make up on a whim. I choose what I buy, how much and its not my fault if the supermarket has not pre empted the need for enough of one kind of stock. Its fairly obvious to me that if an item is reduced, it will sell faster then at a higher price. Do they want to sell things or don't they? No point blaming the customer for their poor salesmanship.

Having said all this I would not be so rude as to bag all the bargains if there were people waiting behind me to buy things. This is out of respect for fellow shoppers not in deference to supermarket management strategy.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

CG19a wrote: »

The reason they do this is not to help protect availability for all customers. There is no restriction on buying that amount, but the signs do ask that you place an order for any large amounts. This can be done one week, to collect the next etc. Each store has an individual bulk purchase policy, in my store it is only 4 items, but this policy is only enforced on the very special offer items for example beer deals.

The cynic in me says that if the store get notice of a rush in orders they can then put the price up...

trynsave

CG19a wrote: »

The rule for a max of 2 paracetemol isn't supermarkets being difficult, its the law. Only proper pharmacies are allowed to sell more than 32 tablets at the one time. If you came through a till I was on, even if you did split up the tablets into 2 or 3 transactions, I'd refuse to sell them as it would be breaking the law.

I totally accept that paracetamol and asprin are controlled for sale, but I have never yet been able to find the legislation that restricts the sale of ibuprofen. My local Mr T. swears blind that it exists and refuses to sell me 16 paracetamol and 16 nurofen at the same time. If they are going to enfore the law, and no one is arguing otherwise, I wish they would get it right!

If I am wrong on this I'd love to be pointed in the right direction,