Buying from Tesco online

shjo558

Hi,

I would like to pre-order all my Christmas groceries online and get them delivered as I have a serious lack of tolerance in shops in the days before Santa comes. My local Mr T is just 6 miles away so I've never done this before and was wondering if someone would be able to answer a couple of questions for me?

• What are the chances of seasonal items being unavailable, for example Christmas hams or cranberries etc?
• Can I keep adding to my order after booking the slot?
• When do the Christmas delivery slots become available?
• Do BOGOF items change on a certain day of the week so I don't look the next day and find out I've missed out on something?
• Can I use my Tesco clubcard vouchers for online shopping?

Thanks:D

buyitall

shjo558 wrote: »

Hi,

I would like to pre-order all my Christmas groceries online and get them delivered as I have a serious lack of tolerance in shops in the days before Santa comes. My local Mr T is just 6 miles away so I've never done this before and was wondering if someone would be able to answer a couple of questions for me?

• What are the chances of seasonal items being unavailable, for example Christmas hams or cranberries etc? quite possible
• Can I keep adding to my order after booking the slot? yes, normally until 10pm the day before delivery. It will say on the confirmation the last time for amending order.
• When do the Christmas delivery slots become available? don't know, I booked my waitrose slot about a month ago. All slots will go soon after release obviously.
• Do BOGOF items change on a certain day of the week so I don't look the next day and find out I've missed out on something? Yes, if you order special offers which will expire before your delivery, a pop-up box will tell you that when you add the item to your order. There are key dates for changeover, normally on a Wed, so you would need to keep checking for new ones.
• Can I use my Tesco clubcard vouchers for online shopping? Yes, I think so, there is abox for promo codes at checkout.

Thanks:D

Good luck!

sukysue

I don't want to be a killjoy but in my experience Mr T has let me down three years in a run, loads of the stock is not available.I expect some ppl have been luckier than me though twill be interesting to see what others say.

snoopy58

I'm not bothering with Mr T this Christmas, it's good old Waitrose delivery for me.
Happy Christmas

shjo558

sukysue wrote: »

I don't want to be a killjoy but in my experience Mr T has let me down three years in a run, loads of the stock is not available.I expect some ppl have been luckier than me though twill be interesting to see what others say.

That's what's bothering me to be honest - imagine no real cranberry sauce:eek:

I might just order heavy stuff - beer, coke etc and have a very early trip to Mr T as I'm off work Christmas week anyway:j

daska

shjo558 wrote: »

That's what's bothering me to be honest - imagine no real cranberry sauce:eek:

no! can't imagine that! which is why I will be bottling the cranberry sauce tomorrow:) cranberries freeze really well, don't wait til the last moment.

shjo558

daska wrote: »

no! can't imagine that! which is why I will be bottling the cranberry sauce tomorrow:) cranberries freeze really well, don't wait til the last moment.

*MOAN ALERT*

I would normally buy now and freeze, however my fridge/freezer stopped working in March and Indesit still haven'tmanaged to fix it:mad::mad::mad:. I only have a little 'under the counter' type fridge that I managed to pinch of my MIL.

Oh well, I can always buy a jar of cranberry sauce:eek:

Bet your house smells all Christmassie now with the smell of warm cranberries, mmmmmm.

effingpot

In my experience - if you pay the max for a delivery first thing on Saturday morning you get as close to everyting you order. Other times I always get things missing. The drivers say its because they spend all Fri night stocking up for the big Sat shop - but your 'picker' gets in first!

shazronnie

I do lots of Tesco online shopping and have only been dissapointed a couple of times and they do their very best to offer substitutes! . At xmas I usualy go to the store for those ''special'' bits and bobs.... its handy having the heavy and bulky stuff delivered though, drinks tins etc.