How much do you save on your shopping using coupons?

WELSH-DRAGON_2

I used to go for the quick kill, handing over many vouchers in one hit and trying to cut my shopping right down but I always felt uncomfortable doing that and paranoid after a very nasty crabby supervisor at a local store.

So I now split my shopping into smaller chunks and sometimes visit 3 tescos in one day. This I did yesterday and saved a huge, huge amount off my shopping Mr Welshy was impressed and I was pleased.

One example yesterday I bought £50 worth of clothing, £30 of women's , £20 kids, used all the blue clothing vouchers in one go, so a £6, £6, £4 and £10, then also I had another tesco clothing voucher for £5.00 off and one for £6.00 off so I had £37.00 off a £50 purchase and then the till deducted 20% for the clothing sale so I only paid in total £3.00 for my purchases.

When it comes to book tokens etc I am slightly wary, if Tescos do not stock the item I am less inclined to use them, because (1) I don't want to get the SA in trouble for accepting them and (2) if they don't stock the product Tescos cannot claim the money back and I don't want to draw attention to myself.

Stilernin. - if you want any quick reads PM me your addy and you can have lots of my spare ones.


Welshy x

greengre

Hi,
im soooo new to this voucher thingy! without meaning to sound stupid, can someone explain how it works??? like, do you get the free magazines from the supermarket and those £1 off a certain product will work even if you dont buy the product?
and how do you all manage to get so many vouchers!
Im very impressed!

hotdog82

WELSH-DRAGON wrote:

One example yesterday I bought £50 worth of clothing, £30 of women's , £20 kids, used all the blue clothing vouchers in one go, so a £6, £6, £4 and £10, then also I had another tesco clothing voucher for £5.00 off and one for £6.00 off so I had £37.00 off a £50 purchase and then the till deducted 20% for the clothing sale so I only paid in total £3.00 for my purchases


Welshy x

hi welshy just read you spent £30 on womens & £20 on kids clothing using £6,£6 £4 and £10, is the till accepting the £6 off mens clothing as well or was this a different clothind voucher?

WELSH-DRAGON_2

Hiya hotdog the till does indeed accept the £6 off mens clothing without buying the mens clothing -

Welshy x

Miss_Money

WELSH-DRAGON wrote:

When it comes to book tokens etc I am slightly wary, if Tescos do not stock the item I am less inclined to use them, because (1) I don't want to get the SA in trouble for accepting them and (2) if they don't stock the product Tescos cannot claim the money back and I don't want to draw attention to myself.


Welshy x

im very lucky at my tescos that my nice a says that they are my tokens use as many as you like dear! i suppose that particualr tescos doesnt reprimand its employess for excepting quick reads.
When the quick reads run out im gonna go on to Daz tokens sent off for my 1st 30 last week.....:o

Miss_Money

lulu650 wrote:

You're very brave Miss Money. I'm starting to get a bit paranoid in Tescoes now as I'm in there so much. I shop little and often, handing over just 4 or 5 vouchers at a time.
Always aim for £50 off my shopping a week though!! :j

I as feeling sick the 1st time i did it and then i tought they are happy accept them so why not? i must admit ive got a bit more brave as the weeks have gone on... building up to that big shop on friday.

Miss_Money

Coupon-mad wrote:

Just want to say...well done Miss_Money! :T

thankyou i will try to keep the good work!!!

me4bargains

Miss_Money wrote:

im very lucky at my tescos that my nice a says that they are my tokens use as many as you like dear! i suppose that particualr tescos doesnt reprimand its employess for excepting quick reads.
When the quick reads run out im gonna go on to Daz tokens sent off for my 1st 30 last week.....:o

I started a thread here yesterday about the atrocious way I was treated in Tesco yesterday when I handed in £7 worth of coupons for a £85 shop.
I have complained to the HO not only about their attitude but the racist comments the SA made only to be told they have stopped accepting coupons unless the product was brought since February in all stores:eek:
They're gonna get back to me about the SA's behaviour though.

WELSH-DRAGON_2

Unfortunately, me4bargains it happens nationwide, there was one MSE member who was banned for using vouchers and myself personally I have been stalked by a supervisor whenever I visit one particular store because I dared to redeem vouchers against non-purchased items which were stocked at the store. I complained several times even writing to the top man at Tescos but still whenever I go there I feel uneasy so I take my business elsewhere.

As for the quick reads Miss Money you are lucky to have them accepted, one of my regular SAs at a local store received a verbal warning for accepting them against shopping. Since then this store refuses them so I have around 200 left.

Welshy x

Miss_Money

WELSH-DRAGON wrote:

Unfortunately, me4bargains it happens nationwide, there was one MSE member who was banned for using vouchers and myself personally I have been stalked by a supervisor whenever I visit one particular store because I dared to redeem vouchers against non-purchased items which were stocked at the store. I complained several times even writing to the top man at Tescos but still whenever I go there I feel uneasy so I take my business elsewhere.

As for the quick reads Miss Money you are lucky to have them accepted, one of my regular SAs at a local store received a verbal warning for accepting them against shopping. Since then this store refuses them so I have around 200 left.

Welshy x

ooo blimey!! the future does not look good i supose im very lucky. ill have to watch myself, id like to spread the shopping out between shops but i cant as i dont have tansport. my dad takes me shopping on a friday night with my nan(they go to asda i go to tesco then they meet me at tesco and dad does his shop) as for racist behaviour by sa's id be involving the poilce if it were me...or at least metion that to head office...