Tesco/Asda Pricechecker Thread - part 4

tbw

ukpogg wrote: »

all this stuff about the spreadsheet, I'm thinking I'm in the minority that just reads the current version and uses pen and paper to make my list, or cut/paste into notepad and works it all out that way...no sorting or whatever, just old fashion searching and hand notes ....and I didn't even realise the format had changed and whichever format I looked at, I love it ...thanks for all the hard work guys.

I'm in your minority club too! I am very grateful to anyone and everyone who works on the SS though - its a wonderful guide.

cambermam

Too much to read back now that you lot have been arguing, so dare i ask... are we still ok with leg of lamb, beef and pork leg today?!

sasilverman

I don't see why people are arguing, or getting upset over pennies in a DTD that went wrong.

General Routine

Each day i check the spreadsheet (and thanks so much for the hard work that goes into this). I look for things that i might normally buy or need and highlight these (I don't really want a cupboard full of snacks and treats i will never eat!), particularly if DTD is equal to the value of the product, or even pays me to purchase. I then check that product on the asda website. If the prices match up, i write down the item on a piece of paper, along with asda price, tesco price. I also write the DTD value on the right hand margin, as this allows simple totaling up over numbers to get as near to £20 as possible.

I then do my additional shop as normal. Yes a few items here or there will be cheaper than asda, so remove some pennies (yes pennies!) from the new voucher. Generally if you avoid the offers, it should never be more than a few pence.

I thought it was common knowledge that asda is cheaper on products, but tesco is better on offers. That's why when my parents do a £100 shop every few weeks, they find the shop is cheaper than at asda (being promotion savvy). Of course this is what the DTD offer is for, for the average customer who will buy a mixture of promotional and normal goods. Also for all those incensed at Tesco being 'rip off merchants' remember the main 'deals' on hear where there is the most DTD to gain, is where there was a multibuy offer. ie 1L Vodka £20, buy 2 for £26.


Fair Use Policy

The fair use policy is clear on the tesco website. 10 vouchers per month per house hold, and redeeming 1 per day. Don't be surprised, or upset, if in future certain stores start clamping down and refuse your vouchers, as they are allowed by terms of the fair use policy



DTD Value

Remember, a £20 voucher isn't £20 saved - it's £10 saved. It's double the difference, so £10 difference between spending at Tesco or Asda.

The best way to look at money saved is to remove the value of the voucher off the shop you just did. Ie i spent £26 and got a £20 vouchers, therefore, for £6 I got x amount of shopping.

BlueICe_2

VOUCHERS are in :j

dtd_crazy

jbrockwell5081 wrote: »

Admins are moving on people - on with another day of DTDing.

Any deals for us to post anyone?

Is it just me but whenever I see jbrockwell5081 has commented my heart races LOLOL something about that name ...... ANYWAY dtd wow going great isn't it!?!?? :cool:

tara747

OK, have been skim reading as am 40 pages behind, and will never keep up. Sorry if anyone's asked me anything and I haven't answered.

sirbrainy wrote: »

There was an old shop from Cheshunt
Whose prices were a total
Travesty

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

whamfanuk wrote: »

ive had a funny sort of allergic reaction to summat, it better not be vodka, magnums, finest pizza, surf, comfort, rippa dippas, dairylea , wolf bass, jaques, gin, carling, doritos , billy bear meat, cornettos, fairy gel, fairy liquid, tesco value loo roll, toffee crisps, mcoys or sure deo or i am f**ked cos ive loads of all that

What's billy bear meat??????


Happy birthday Manchester1!!! :beer: I loved reading your post about how DTD is making your life a little better. :A

Where are today's vouchers???? Hurry up Mr T!!!

Googlies_2

AshtonBRSC wrote: »

I've just released an app on the Android Market that I wrote and have been using for the last few days to help me calculate how much I am spending (so I can use a previous voucher) and how much DTD is to avoid going over £20.

You can search the Asda website when entering purchases to confirm the price hasn't changed and also view the spreadsheet to get inspiration if your intended purchases have sold out.

It's free and there's no adverts just a link in the menu to my other apps.

It's not pretty but I find it very useful and figured others may too.

You can find it and see screenshots by searching for "DTD Calculator" on the Android Market or on the Android Market web site. I've kept the description quite sparse because the app is only really going to useful to us lot. Unfortunately I can't put a web link to the Android Market here because I don't have enough posts. If you have any problems finding it send me a message and I'll send you the link.

Any feedback would be great. Hope it is ok to post this and it's the right place.

Thats absolutely brilliant, thanks very much.

(Orange San Francisco, if that helps)

Ashley3283

edwhale wrote: »

Me too. I figured out you only needed to enter three characters in the old Tesco Price Check comparison with Asda thing, so I entered common three letter combos (est, ers, sta, etc.) to get a lot of data back and then dumped the results into Excel to find the best deals. Is that what you did?

I'm a geek!

Or modify the code behind the product checker to remove the 3 character minumum and then enter a space. Took about 20 mins to run but returned 99% of the products as most have a space!!
Shame they disabled it as that would be really useful now!!!

emmliss

BlueICe wrote: »

VOUCHERS are in :j

mine arnt:(:(:(:(:(:(

Dr.Who-Who

My turn .. skip loadsa loadsa pages since 8.30pm yesterday... can't keep up with all the fun here..

neas wrote: »

on PTS there is another on there along with a website..

:rotfl:guess PTS kicked you out eh!

neas wrote: »

I'd love to post the PTS website where you dont need a spreadsheet but not got permission..

ah... the mod does not like your posts you know, they are the high horse there , I can access it, if I have time might pop over & have a look.