Tesco misprice discussion area part 12

spa2k

Clasics wrote:

Do I detect from that post that they previously DIDN'T have chip n pin?? :eek:

You are correct, there was a big hoo-ha in the press earlier last week about it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/05/tesco_security_loophole/

bagand96

Richie23 wrote:

Heres a clever one...dont think i'd try it though..not an ranr but how to pay for 4 cans but get 24!

When buying a create of booze through the self service some of the creates are cardboard and some are plastic. Instead of scanning the barcode on the create you twist one of the middle cans and scan a can.. scanner thinks its a pack of 4..not 24 so you get it at the lower price. How i found out was i saw an out of date sel for fosters and ive had plenty of fosters so i mentioned it to a bloke who was in there by the booze and said to him what to do. He said "i dont like fosters i like cider.." then mentioned his trick.. he stunk of booze and what did he have in his hand.. create of cider.

I know its not an ranr just thought i'd share it.. good little trick but only for the strong hearted...and i'm not one of them!

Anyone heard of that before?? I guess you would have to add a few more items as on the selfscanners dont the staff have to clear the system to say you are over 18??

I would be tempted to take this Gents story with a pinch of salt. Self service tills are fairly clever, and should pick something like this up. When you scan an item you have to place it in the carrier bag (express tills) or down the belt (normal tills). At this point it weighs the goods, and the till knows the weight it should be looking for. If the weight doesn't match then the till will throw up an error and not continue until its sorted.

This coupled with what you said about age verification makes me think this would be very hard to pull off.

306NOTOUT

WLFC1 your inbox is full!!!

Clasics

bagand96 wrote:

I would be tempted to take this Gents story with a pinch of salt. Self service tills are fairly clever, and should pick something like this up. When you scan an item you have to place it in the carrier bag (express tills) or down the belt (normal tills). At this point it weighs the goods, and the till knows the weight it should be looking for. If the weight doesn't match then the till will throw up an error and not continue until its sorted.

This coupled with what you said about age verification makes me think this would be very hard to pull off.

Actually, something similar happened to me at Morrisons a couple of months ago. I picked up a crate of own brand gnats urine for my pop and the SA scanned it as £1.70 (the price for 4, not 24!). This may surprise some of you on here :rolleyes: but I told her about the wrong scanning and she said it's when the barcode scanner catches the barcode on one of the individual cans. Took me a while to get my head round this but it's entirely probable; supermarkets don't sell cans singularly so the smallest amount of cans they sell is a 4 pack, hence if you scan just one of the cans the till assumes it's a 4 pack? Am I close?

Edindevon

Clasics wrote:

it's entirely probable; supermarkets don't sell cans singularly so the smallest amount of cans they sell is a 4 pack, hence if you scan just one of the cans the till assumes it's a 4 pack? Am I close?

That's what a Tesco sales assistant told me yesterday. When I was getting an R&R on a four pack multibuy, to save me getting all of the cans out of my backpack, she said she only needed one can, as it would scan as four.

Edindevon

bagand96

Clasics wrote:

Actually, something similar happened to me at Morrisons a couple of months ago. I picked up a crate of own brand gnats urine for my pop and the SA scanned it as £1.70 (the price for 4, not 24!). This may surprise some of you on here :rolleyes: but I told her about the wrong scanning and she said it's when the barcode scanner catches the barcode on one of the individual cans. Took me a while to get my head round this but it's entirely probable; supermarkets don't sell cans singularly so the smallest amount of cans they sell is a 4 pack, hence if you scan just one of the cans the till assumes it's a 4 pack? Am I close?

Yes thats it, if it catches an individual can instead of the barcode on the pack, it scans as a 4 pack.

Very honourable of you to tell the cashier :beer:

Still hard (and illegal I imagine) to pull off on a self service till.

deanos

Heinz 4 pack of soup sign said 2 for £3 but on the SEL it said 2 for £1.50 8 packs for free

Hey_Dude

thegoon wrote:

has anyone had their cheques from the gotw from ho?

Ah it's the 360 or PSP R&R VIP - were u MIA?

:cool:

Just kiddin Dude, just kiddin.

Duder

PS Prove me wrong and post a mis-price tomorrow!

Hey_Dude

Richie23 wrote:

Heres a clever one...dont think i'd try it though..not an ranr but how to pay for 4 cans but get 24!

Anyone heard of that before?? I guess you would have to add a few more items as on the selfscanners dont the staff have to clear the system to say you are over 18??

No Dude, that's theft.

This is R&R.

Hope you have fun in your cell with Bubba!

Duderino

cotsvale

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

I know the SEL isn't linked to the tills. However, if the SEL says the item is discontinued and the price is £14.98, then surely this is the correct price, and not the £15.98 at the till. That's basically the point I was making.

My washing powder was clearance £1.18 scanned at £4.57+= refund.

Yes you are right