Tesco Coupon policy Complaint thread

tammigirl

i've just been into my local and next to all the tills are little blue cards asking customers to "give us your feedback" it gives e mail phone and text numbers for people to let tesco know what they think of the store....I have rang already today as they had run out of the bottles of whisky for £10 wys £30...thats the only reason I went there today The numbers are:

text for free 08081356183
e mail [EMAIL="6183@tescocomments.com"]6183@tescocomments.com[/EMAIL]
phone for free ..(to a voice mail) 08081356183

hillybilly22

mrs_angry wrote: »

if we all compose an email, (bits added by all here who this affects) we can all paste our names on to the bottom and send it to him, i think we need to know facts

i'll start
Dear Martin Lewis

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mad continues...

madmuppet5 wrote: »

Dear Martin Lewis,

It took me a couple of seconds for the penny to drop on this one and then laughed out loud:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mad, you're a complete star

hillybilly22

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I agree with what Browntoa says. The decision was made because of ABUSE, that's it.

Can't help but disagree slightly - abuse was a big reason for sure, but pressure from manufacturers, IMHO, MUST be a contributing factor. If it was just because of abuse fullstop then there wouldn't have been any need to ban the branded coupons would there?.

I suppose it depends on your definition of "abuse". Some would say that using MOCs, without buying the product IS ABUSE.

I guess you're talking about "abuse of the policy" not "abuse of MOCs"
Let's be honest - OK, many MOC users, me included, did not abuse the Tesco policy, but have for months and months ABUSED COUPONS. We can all read, it tells you to buy the product on the bit of paper. The mumplusone website says one coupon per household - we all ignored it and have used Cif x2, domestos x2 etc time and time again. I raised my concerns a couple of times and was either ignored or told not to worry.


Sorry, I'm getting a bit heavy, better go and make a cup of tea.

Welshwoofs

neas wrote: »

And for anyone wanting to see the nail in the coffin.

http://www.gm.tv/videos/money/38881-money-man-martin-lewis.html

Some styrong emotions come to mind:

Betrayal,
Hate,
Disgust..

If you are so incensed that the owner of a free site which has saved you money and continues to run without donations or advertising has given information on money saving to the general public (which if I'm not mistaken, is the aim of this site anyway), then how about you pony up and create a site yourself? I'd estimate you'd probably only need a few thousand a month to keep a site the size and breadth of this one running. Good luck!

I sometimes dispair at the ingratitude and 'me, me, me, screw everyone else' attitudes I see on these boards.

Domthemon

Welshwoofs wrote: »

If you are so incensed that the owner of a free site which has saved you money and continues to run without donations or advertising has given information on money saving to the general public (which if I'm not mistaken, is the aim of this site anyway), then how about you pony up and create a site yourself? I'd estimate you'd probably only need a few thousand a month to keep a site the size and breadth of this one running. Good luck!

I sometimes dispair at the ingratitude and 'me, me, me, screw everyone else' attitudes I see on these boards.

You miss the point though. Yes any matters like new ways to claim unfair charges etc should be broadcast to the masses. However many things on here are, to use Martin's own terminology, 'loopholes'. They are policies or offers which are not widely advertised, or are very limited in supply. When anyone complains about these being broadcast outside MSE or sites like PTS we get accused of 'me,me'me' attitude. NO. We put them on these sites for the relatively small number of keen bargain hunters to all enjoy. A few thousand from the population of 60+ million.

Policies like 'one per coupon up to full value of shop' are not advertised by Tesco as it is obvious to anyone with a tiny brain that they don't want everyone doing that. They do however want the big bargain hunters, the shopping tarts if you like, to shop with them. A few thousand out of the millions. Another example was the £8 Oxygene fragrance with 500 points.... not a loophole per se but a hell of a good offer but clearly limited to low stocks. However Martin went on national TV and told millions, end result very few people on here could then find them.

Yes this is a fairly exclusive site. Only a few thousand (or a few hundred) are hardcore regular visitors scouring for offers. Ditto PTS, Ditto UKHotDeals. Many of these offers can be hard for us to find without blabbing to the masses.

Most of us aren't 'me,me,me' but 'US,US,US'. We join these sites, we participate, we post news of glitches and loopholes and excellent but limited supply offers for the benefit of our relatively exclusive groups of keen members, we don't write to the Sun or phone GMTV to announce them.

It does stick in my throat Martin that you don't realise that some things shouldn't be broadcast to tens of millions of people.

Triker

Aldi and lidl are considerably cheaper than Tesco.

These are lidl specials this week here


These are Aldi's here.


There's really no reason for people to starve.

Home bargains, Poundland, your local fruit and veg market and butchers and bakers have bargains in to.;)

jill36_2

Triker wrote: »

Aldi and lidl are considerably cheaper than Tesco.

These are lidl specials this week here


These are Aldi's here.


There's really no reason for people to starve.

Home bargains, Poundland, your local fruit and veg market and butchers and bakers have bargains in to.;)

I have only been in a lidl once and that was many years ago (it is only 6 miles from where I live). My impression then was it didn't have a lot of choice. This has obviously changed. There is one being built near me just up the road from my large Tesco. I have just looked at Trikers link and will definately pay it a visit when it's built this side of christmas. I have bookmarked this link for future reference.

I have just come back from Asda, I must admit it felt strange not using coupons. I did get some bargains so that helped.

2 months ago I noticed on Martin's home page that Virgin credit card was allowing people to transfer balances at 0% and interest free for 16 months. I applied and was accepted. I wouldn't have known about this offer if MSE wasn't there to help us save money.

:T

alared

Went to Tesco today who wouldn`t take any coupons so left and went to Asda who did.

As each supermarket watches their rivals like hawks, it may be just a question of time before Asda will only accept them if you actually buy the product.

Must say printing off loads of £6-89 pedigree chum vouchers and bombarding Tesco with them is 100% ABUSE.

Dr.Who-Who

:rotfl::rotfl:I just found this thread!!

mrs_angry wrote: »

if we all compose an email, (bits added by all here who this affects) we can all paste our names on to the bottom and send it to him, i think we need to know facts, i'll start, Dear Martin Lewis

I 2nd that, I don't know how to draft professional business like letter/email but I am willing to put my name down on the petition as well.

DomtheMon wrote: »

However many things on here are, to use Martin's own terminology, 'loopholes'. They are policies or offers which are not widely advertised, or are very limited in supply. When anyone complains about these being broadcast outside MSE or sites like PTS we get accused of 'me,me'me' attitude. NO. We put them on these sites for the relatively small number of keen bargain hunters to all enjoy. A few thousand from the population of 60+ million.

However Martin went on national TV and told millions, end result very few people on here could then find them. Yes this is a fairly exclusive site. Only a few thousand (or a few hundred) are hardcore regular visitors scouring for offers. Most of us aren't 'me,me,me' but 'US,US,US'. We join these sites, we participate, we post news of glitches and loopholes and excellent but limited supply offers for the benefit of our relatively exclusive groups of keen members, we don't write to the Sun or phone GMTV to announce them. It does stick in my throat Martin that you don't realise that some things shouldn't be broadcast to tens of millions of people.

hear hear :T

alared wrote: »

As each supermarket watches their rivals like hawks, it may be just a question of time before Asda will only accept them if you actually buy the product.

Asda do accept coupons if you buy the products, infact any supermarkets even tesco.

I don't totally agree with some of the previous posts saying that this is freebie MSE site, in that case can some expert tell me what is this?

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chardonnay_2

martin, i am astounded that someone with your supposed intelligence would think it was ok to broadcast this to millions on national tv. many people rely on this policy to get by, especially in the recession. fortunately, you do not live on the breadline and use coupons to survive, unfortunately, you didn't think of your loyal members who do. i think this will hit many hard, especially with christmas coming up.