Luncheon vouchers - has anyone noticed....

imajica

I had a really surreal one at a Somerfield this year. I was buying £2.50 worth exactly of goods and handed over £2.50 in LVs. The staff member looked at them, then the till, then me, then the till again and said "but there is more". I assumed I'd given her the wrong vouchers so tried to give her another. She said "No, you need to give me more, it is asking for another penny." I only had a £20 note which she wouldn't accept, and I'd used upwards of £30 luncheon vouchers in the same shop before and was questioning why I suddenly needed to pay part cash as the queue behind me got crosser and crosser and I paniced. Eventually the woman behind me shoved a penny in my face with a big sigh and eye roll and I handed it over to the sneering staff member...

...who then proceeded to give me my receipt with a penny change :mad:

Petlamb

I usually use mine at Iceland, where there are a mix of staff... some, who've met me before, now know about them. There are others who have no clue... One even tried to have a row with me, saying they do NOT accept them. My response (calmly) "in my experience, you do. I have used such vouchers here before without problem, could you check please?".

Thing is i generally use them when I have sod all cash so it is important we get to use them, and I know the branch in question does take them... Like most others here I get them for p1nec0ne

Rienchen

I use them at Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Costa without any problems, Waitrose only accepts 5 vouchers at a time though, that's the only restriction.
None of the cashiers have ever questioned them...maybe it's because I'm in London?

Kirri

Rienchen wrote: »

I use them at Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Costa without any problems, Waitrose only accepts 5 vouchers at a time though, that's the only restriction.
None of the cashiers have ever questioned them...maybe it's because I'm in London?

I've used more than 5 LV's at a time in various Waitrose stores in London though, maybe different stores are different?

Jinx

I use mine in Boots, doesnt seem to be a limit on the number of vouchers - I wait until the 3 for 2 on gifts at xmas. I also use them at the self-scan machines in Tesco, it scans like any other coupon and you 'post' it into the little box. Gotta love Pinecone !

OrkneyStar

hellokitty08 wrote: »

I use mine mainly in Tesco, Morrisons and Asda, I always get a look like i just handed them a wet fish! lol, I tell them that they usually get put through as coupons, not vouchers and most of them just do as I say. Sometimes I have to wait for the supervisor to come over, but I have never been refused them.

Even had a lucky day the other day where they got put through for £4 instead of £3, good times!

Do you point this out ?
Would you have it if had been the other way ?
:mad:

Chocmonster7

Used some in Morrisons yesteday for a garden parasol (for me) and a bottle of after shave balm (Father's Day gift). Nice lady was quite happy as I was the one who told her last time how to enter them into the till!

nannaC

Chocmonster7 wrote: »

Used some in Morrisons yesteday for a garden parasol (for me) and a bottle of after shave balm (Father's Day gift). Nice lady was quite happy as I was the one who told her last time how to enter them into the till!

I used some in Morrisons cafe [Squires Gate Blackpool] last week when Grumpy Grandad and I treated ourselves to a big breakie,the lady at the till had never seen them and she and her collegues all gathered round to see how to process them. they were lovely as was the breakfast.

Sarahf

does anyone know if Sainsburys still accept them?? Planning on using against my christmas turkey but have only ever used them if McD's or BK before as a treat for my little girl.

Thanks & roll on saturday:j

Charliezoo

Are Luncheon Vouchers produced by Accor? Sorry but its bit off subject but I get given dry cleaning vouchers made by Accor for my uniform and have always been surprised when places have been reluctant to take them. I would often get a disgusted look and some places even ask for double vouchers or they refuse to do the cleaning! I recently asked a manager at a dry cleaners what this was all about and apparently they get about a pound per voucher for a job that they'd normally charge about £10 for!

I can imagine the retailer who redeems Luncheon Vouchers also get a tiny fraction of the price they've sold the goods for and for smaller retailers its probably not worth their while.