Tesco Coupon policy Complaint thread

Princess_Coupon

LizzieS wrote: »

You cannot stop some-one from broadcasting deals on TV, so there is little point moaning about it.

In that case why are you moaning about the people who are moaning about it?.
The title of the thread is Tesco coupon policy COMPLAINT thread, pretty obvious it would contain errr.........complaints

Princess_Coupon

moggylover wrote: »

So, what you are telling us is that it is okay to run off one single copy and use it when not purchasing the product, but it is not okay to do this multiple times.

It is this very "loose" interpretation of morality/integrity that has put the Nations finances into melt-down, and the attitude of "it is okay when I do it but not when anyone else does it" that really stinks:D

Please do not ask us to believe that you can put your hand on your heart and swear that you have never run off more than one coupon for something you have no intention whatsoever of buying and then using it multiple times. I'm 51 not 24 hours old.

If you are unhappy with Martins site then leave! You are free to do so, and should have made sure you read the terms and conditions of the site before posting here if you feel you have a gripe now. It is not exactly small print on here: I believe Martin is VERY open about the way the site makes money and also VERY clear about all content that we post being up for use by himself:D

I'm not asking you I'm telling you, and I resent your suggestion I commit fraud, the coupons in question are personalised with a pin and only 1 copy is valid any further copies are classed as photocopies, using them is the same as used fake banknotes and if caught the store could call the police.
I shopped in a Tesco Metro for years and was trusted by the staff, I would be horrified if I used a dodgy coupon in error nevermind intentionally.

I have never been on the consumer vent board before (never had to vent about anything), so do people just go through the threads choose one and then tell the posters that they have no right to vent, make accusations, and try to arugue with them? I have reported your post for slander.

windywendy

I used vouchers regularly in Tesco. The latest ones were sent to me by Sainsburys for £4 off a £40 spend - for 6 consecutive weeks. I was told that they accepted them at Tesco - which they did. Presumably they don't return them to Sainsburys - they are happy with the fact that I did not use them in Sainsburys but chose to shop in Tesco.

I am now doing more shopping in Aldi. They do not accept any vouchers or coupons or even credit cards but the prices are excellent. I see people shopping in Aldi and then see the same people shortly after in Tesco which is across the road!

gill377

Originally Posted by moggylover
So, what you are telling us is that it is okay to run off one single copy and use it when not purchasing the product, but it is not okay to do this multiple times.

It is this very "loose" interpretation of morality/integrity that has put the Nations finances into melt-down, and the attitude of "it is okay when I do it but not when anyone else does it" that really stinks:D

Please do not ask us to believe that you can put your hand on your heart and swear that you have never run off more than one coupon for something you have no intention whatsoever of buying and then using it multiple times. I'm 51 not 24 hours old.

If you are unhappy with Martins site then leave! You are free to do so, and should have made sure you read the terms and conditions of the site before posting here if you feel you have a gripe now. It is not exactly small print on here: I believe Martin is VERY open about the way the site makes money and also VERY clear about all content that we post being up for use by himself:D
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If I were you I wouldnt make such statements,you must be a very sad person to think that no one is telling the truth about the use of the coupons (only one print) none of us regular mse'ers abused this as we didnt want to jepodise (wrong spelling) the use of the coupons as we knew it in tesco, oh and it wasnt "martins" thread,we in put the links and also tried to police it, maybe some of the managers at the tesco stores should have been more observant when all the photo copied pedigree coupons were going thru, they must have known it wasnt right.its a bit late bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted.!!!!!

tescoisace

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Originally Posted by moggylover
So, what you are telling us is that it is okay to run off one single copy and use it when not purchasing the product, but it is not okay to do this multiple times.
hi moggylover,
yes......the above is correct, to have used a coupon multiple times with the same id number on it is not okay:D


It is this very "loose" interpretation of morality/integrity that has put the Nations finances into melt-down, and the attitude of "it is okay when I do it but not when anyone else does it" that really stinks:D
moggylover.....it is ok when i do it....mine were all different id's......tesco would be able to redeem them all

Please do not ask us to believe that you can put your hand on your heart and swear that you have never run off more than one coupon for something you have no intention whatsoever of buying and then using it multiple times. I'm 51 not 24 hours old.
you cannot get multiple coupon net ones, but any other pdf "in date".......yep.....done it loads, tesco tills were ringing, all redeemable:D .....and im older than you

If you are unhappy with Martins site then leave! You are free to do so, and should have made sure you read the terms and conditions of the site before posting here if you feel you have a gripe now. It is not exactly small print on here: I believe Martin is VERY open about the way the site makes money and also VERY clear about all content that we post being up for use by himself:D
i do believe we were "directed" to this site.....for complaining

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

I'm not asking you I'm telling you, and I resent your suggestion I commit fraud, the coupons in question are personalised with a pin and only 1 copy is valid any further copies are classed as photocopies, using them is the same as used fake banknotes and if caught the store could call the police.
I shopped in a Tesco Metro for years and was trusted by the staff, I would be horrified if I used a dodgy coupon in error nevermind intentionally.

I have never been on the consumer vent board before (never had to vent about anything), so do people just go through the threads choose one and then tell the posters that they have no right to vent, make accusations, and try to arugue with them? I have reported your post for slander.

LizzieS_2

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

In that case why are you moaning about the people who are moaning about it?.

The title of the thread is Tesco coupon policy COMPLAINT thread, pretty obvious it would contain errr.........complaints

1) I'm not moaning.
2) Correct title is complaining about TESCO withdrawing THEIR policy
3) First few pages are full of accusations directed not at Tesco, but at your (that is a a collective your, not just you personally) idea that you own the information and Martin should not have published it on GMTV
4) There is the odd comment mixed in about how a few abused the scheme.
5) Everyone responding to you (again not meaning you personally) has tried to widen your vision and correct a few statements.
6) You have no right to dictate what people post or insist people should only post if they agree your (as before) opinion.
7) There has been a lot of constructive comments to help fill the hole in your lost budget.
8) Despite repeated attempts, some are still making the same nasty comments instead of looking constructively at how Tesco may be encouraged to re-introduce a smaller scheme.
9) Certain comments on here will be doing nothing to encourage Tesco to change their mind.

Coupon-mad

BTW, those who were not regulars on the printable coupons thread would not be aware of this:

About 2 months ago, several of us emailed 'SmartCoupons' (a classic oxymoron if ever I saw one!) when we spotted their new system was flawed.

And some on the coupons threads also emailed the manufacturers who had started using these new-style coupons. This was before Pedigree even got on the same system.

They were all very clearly warned that the system was allowing coupons to be duplicated, when that shouldn't have been possible. Pedigree was also emailed by several members here - the potential for fraud was obvious.

I don't think SmartCoupons replied at all.

Domthemon

What amazes me about this thread is this:

A lot of us have legitimately used coupons, following tesco's not advertised policy, for many years. Many of us have asked for clarification (like me) and got it in writing (like me). We have then worked to this policy.

We have made reasoned arguments why we are unhappy about Martin spouting off on MSE, my main one being this was not advertised by Tesco, was not sustainable for millions to do. Its been on here and PTS for years, where those who take the time to read and look find it and apply it. Relatively few, a few thousand probably, it was sustainable. Not a secret, its here if you want to find it, and has been for years: sustainable. Telling millions about something its not sustainable for even tens of thousands to do is just pointless because it leads to it being withdrawn from the few that used it, so nobody saves. Simple, reasoned argument.

In response we get accused of fraud, accused of having no lives, told to get jobs or find other ways to save money!!! Why on earth should those of us like me, who work full time, earn cashback and shop around (and yes I thank Martin for that), save where I can..... why on earth can I not also use coupons when I have a letter from Tesco telling me 'we are happy to...' take coupons to the full value of the shop?!?! This is Moneysavingexpert - why shouldn't I save as much as I can?!

What also amazes me is those who are making these silly arguments against those who use coupons, and saying of course Martin should proclaim every offer to everyone in the land..... but cannot come up with a well argued point against what I have said above, ie that some things are indeed by Martin's own admission, loopholes. By definition some 'loopholes' are not sustainable for hundreds of thousands of people (those that have been reported on boards and happily exploited by a small number of members that have found them, reported them knowing a small number will bother to read up and find the info and enjoy it too, its ok to share with a few but if thousands do it theres either not enough stock or the cat will be out of the bag and it gets pulled) - I simply don't understand why Martin wants to get such things to a big audience, when in these cases not only is most of that audience going to be disappointed but those who found the information and posted it, or those who diligently spend time searching the site will then be disappointed too.

Naturally more people will keep things quiet and just tell a few friends privately.

Lets look at the perfume 500 points on £8 spend. It was on PTS and lots of us were getting them no problems. It went on here and still they could be found. Those keen moneysavers who regularly bother to trawl the boards found the offer and took advantage. Next week it went into the newsletter email. Within 24 hours we couldn't find them anywhere.

Now if I am selfish for not wanting such things presented to the masses on a plate then OK, yes, I am selfish. BUT then wait for it, Martin then says on here I want it kept secret, members say I want it for me, me, me and others say he should publicise it. Fact is it was here, fact is this board is open to all who bother to join and then bother to look up the offers. Fact is those that hunt the treasure get the prize.

The problem is Martin seems intent not only to go on TV and publicise MSE generally and talk about general stuff we can all enjoy (0% cards, cashback, claiming stuff back, shopping around for utilities etc) but wants to excitedly say to an audience of millions 'there is some buried treasure, enough for 1000 people, and it is buried at this point here (waves a map around). The 1000 people on here and PTS, UkHotDeals etc who have just found the buried treasure through bothering to read and work out where it is, are then swamped by hoardes who have been handed it on a plate by Martin and take it from in front of them.

Can you not see the argument, and can you not try and understand why we feel a bit peeved? So Martin wasn't the catalyst to it being withdrawn you say? Well after 10-15 years its a big coincidence it goes just after his TV appearance! But even if it was coincidence, why spout about it when it was never something Tesco wanted to advertise to the masses anyway, and were clearly never going to allow the masses to use?

I've made a well argued case but I don't see any well argued responses, just insults from non-couponers waffling about fraud and me,me,me and not wanting to share, all of which has been calmly and factually refuted. The impression I can only gain is that those people, Martin included, do not have a valid argument against our complaints?

Coupon-mad

LizzieS wrote: »

1) ... Everyone responding to you (again not meaning you personally) has tried to widen your vision and correct a few statements...
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Can I correct a couple of statements from earlier? Please forgive me if any of these were not from you, if so my mistake but still worth putting right:

1. It was stated as if it was fact, that Asda allowed coupons 'years ago' but changed the policy 'long before sites like this existed'? Strange, on the moc thread we all knew that Asda in fact only changed their policy a few months ago. This time last year they were still allowing coupons without product purchase.

2. Then it was said on this thread that 'Tesco changed its policy about a year ago to 2 coupons per product not purchased'. Completely wrong info - from a Tesco employee as well! The policy never actually 'changed' at that time, a many-years-old policy was simply clarified in a CS Update and that was over 2 years ago (June 2007). And the policy was never '2 coupons...blah blah', it was 1 of each coupon if not buying the product.

HTH




P.S. just like tescoisace, I also have 2 jobs, I never spent my life looking for coupons, lol!
But with 4 children and low incomes through no fault or lack of effort of our own (previous redundancies and forced career changes) OH and I wouldn't have got through the last couple of years financially, without coupon-use (not abuse).

moggylover

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

I'm not asking you I'm telling you, and I resent your suggestion I commit fraud, the coupons in question are personalised with a pin and only 1 copy is valid any further copies are classed as photocopies, using them is the same as used fake banknotes and if caught the store could call the police.
I shopped in a Tesco Metro for years and was trusted by the staff, I would be horrified if I used a dodgy coupon in error nevermind intentionally.

I have never been on the consumer vent board before (never had to vent about anything), so do people just go through the threads choose one and then tell the posters that they have no right to vent, make accusations, and try to arugue with them? I have reported your post for slander.

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