M&S 2 dine for £10

pinkshoes

They have this thing called a till, and when it sees main course, side dish, desert and wine swiped, it goes "KACHING" and totals it at £10, deducting all other costs.

If one of the items is missing, it can't recognise the offer. quite simple. quite obvious. It is a computer after all, not a human being...

I don't really see why it's madness.

Our local M&S will put out substitute items when they run out, although they do tell you to get there early incase they do run out...

Personally I think it's a great offer!

hoyles10

Like any offer it say's 'Subject To Availability'. They have run out of stuff in our local one before so I asked a member of staff if the missing item could be substituted with anything else, she went away to ask the manager and came back with 2 items I could choose from as a substitute. If they had come back and said there wasn't therefore I would be charged for each item individually then I wouldn't have bothered and gone to Tesco for the same offer for £9 instead

geordieracer

Laz123 wrote: »

I think this is down to a matter of intelligence. There's obviously posters here who just post for the sake of it to bump up their postings.

There's too many assistants who don't know how to use discretion. Like asking for id when the person is obviously old enough to buy whatever. Or if the store in question hasn't got enought items in a 'special' then they could use a little bit of nowse.

In these days of recession and retailers have to fight tooth and nail for any business, the customer has to be even more right, or they'll lose that customer.

I'd write to head office and see what they have to say. I'm sure Rose would give you what you want.

but if the clerk does nto ask for ID and it turns out the person was too young then they would get into serious trouble, so they all err on the side of caution for thier own sakes.

They are not allowed to use discretion as its not their shop and the offer clearly states that you will get the DEAL if you have all the items. not individually selected items. Its not a pickn mix at woolies you know

spamberler

I put a pinot grigio in my basket a few weeks back cause they advertised it on the internet advert for 2 can dine and it didnt tot up on my bill. I queried it when I realised and they said it was a mistake on the advert. I have also been ID'd which was frustrating as I only had a form of ID they didnt accept on me at the time.

Laz123

geordieracer wrote: »

but if the clerk does nto ask for ID and it turns out the person was too young then they would get into serious trouble, so they all err on the side of caution for thier own sakes.

They are not allowed to use discretion as its not their shop and the offer clearly states that you will get the DEAL if you have all the items. not individually selected items. Its not a pickn mix at woolies you know

Yes, but sometimes these thickos don't have two brain cells to rub together. This is just one example: Off-licence staff asked two PENSIONERS for proof they were over 18
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1127367/Off-licence-staff-asked-PENSIONERS-proof-18.html



...They have this thing called a till, and when it sees main course, side dish, desert and wine swiped, it goes "KACHING" and totals it at £10, deducting all other costs...

They also have supervisors who can override the tills.

charlesworth82

has gone down hill so much in the last few years. better food and deals elsewhere now

Freddie_Snowbits

Great_Hairdresser wrote: »

I went in to my local M&S last night to get the 2 dine for £10 offer.

1 Get up earlier or go to the chippy


(Had to record resturaunt in our Living Room on Friday, as one cavvie numptie misses (Company Director Wife) insisted that a frozen food compnay did decent canapes.)

Her customers saw straight through them!

hoyles10

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

1 Get up earlier or go to the chippy


(Had to record resturaunt in our Living Room on Friday, as one cavvie numptie misses (Company Director Wife) insisted that a frozen food compnay did decent canapes.)

Her customers saw straight through them!

haha we watched that as well and couldn't believe they served that stuff. Especially the prawn ring where each customer sat in the back of the car could take one prawn and have a dip before it was passed on.

Freddie_Snowbits

hoyles10 wrote: »

haha we watched that as well and couldn't believe they served that stuff. Especially the prawn ring where each customer sat in the back of the car could take one prawn and have a dip before it was passed on.

Good job Freda was doing Yuff Club (or Club Yuffs), otherwise I would had been on another pint of Batemans!

(You mean more than one of us watched it!)

viktory

trisontana wrote: »

There was something similar to this featured on either Watchdog or That's Life years ago. In that case somebody at a motorway service area ordered the "special breakfast deal" but he said he didn't want the sausage. So they priced it as separate items and he ended up paying a couple of pounds more for the meal.

Clearly the diner was an idiot.