Tesco misprice discussion area part 15

mafia_boy

spa2k wrote:

Would that be like spilling a tin of alphabet spaghetti - Letters everywhere?

Oh dear, laugh or cringe? Probably both!

TescoEmployee

gari189 wrote:

You might think that commonsense would dictate that the current refund policy is unworkable (a system like Asdas would seem more sensible) but think about what would happen to Tescos if they did revoke the policy. Tescos have become so big and overpowering that they have become the supermarket everyone loves to hate. There would be hundreds of people (conservative estimate) on the look out for misprices ready to report to Trading Standards. From the posts on here it appears that Tesco seem particulary bad at getting their prices correct compared to other supermarkets (I don't know if any factual study has been done to confirm this).

Lets say each store has a hundred items overprice (lets say 5 misprices 20 items for each). I understand that the fine could be up to £2k for each item. So if given the max fine this would be £20k for the store. If this happened at only a 100 stores then this would be £2 million. At the mo tescos can minimise the fines by claiming they have this refund policy.

In the end it may be cost effective for Tescos to keep it. What would be even better would be to employ more staff to get their prices right (or change their prices less often).

As Spa (welcome back) and Constantine prove many users on here appeciate posts from Tesco employees. Humorous, informative and both contribute positvely to the questions and debates on here.

and can I just say that although Hey Dude is not a god he IS the "Zen" master of R & R

Cheers

From my expirience of working at both JS and Tesco, and having friends in the food retailing sector (Asda and Waitrose) - Tesco have no more or less mis-prices than the others its just our policy brings it to more peoples attention as the mis-prices are posted on various sites for example if you got overcharged at Asda would there be such a big deal of it made on here??

the_postman_2

Tesco dude, are you a shelf stacker on £7000 pa or a mangler or something>?

Just interested in your position in store chain.

Not that id be seen dead working in a supermarket.

The only working i do at tescos is when removing lots of goods eg holsten, tvs, dvds, cds, meat etc and placing it in my post van, or shopping, again often using my red van

toot toot

here i am at tescos

the_postman_2

gwgw45 wrote:

I'm just waiting for a certain letter I have been told to expect by Tesco and I will be the moment it arrives. I will keep you all updated.

you want me to "lose" this letter?

I have the power

mafia_boy

Postman that pose makes you look very camp. do we throw a hissy fit if you dont get your r&r? LOL

littlel_3

the_postman wrote:

Tesco dude, are you a shelf stacker on £7000 pa or a mangler or something>?

Just interested in your position in store chain.

Not that id be seen dead working in a supermarket.

The only working i do at tescos is when removing lots of goods eg holsten, tvs, dvds, cds, meat etc and placing it in my post van, or shopping, again often using my red van

toot toot

here i am at tescos

What great legs Postman :happyhear :whistle:

the_postman_2

mafia_boy wrote:

Postman that pose makes you look very camp. do we throw a hissy fit if you dont get your r&r? LOL

yes i do!

btw here is me last week loading up my Holsten export haul and all my xbox games :rotfl:

ginjim

mafia_boy wrote:

Postman that pose makes you look very camp. do we throw a hissy fit if you dont get your r&r? LOL

no he throws his handbag at the cs

frenchman_2

spa2k wrote:

TE, from time to time I too use information from here to the advantage of the store that i am in however i try not to patronise or belittle the people on here that supply the information that you and i use.

People dont get tetchy at the fact that you use the information, its the way that you convey your message that gets peoples backs up. When you genuinely help people will thank you for it but equally when you are less than helpful expect to be criticised.

Welcome back Spa2k, we missed you. The tread was getting a little bit boring with Tesco employee:D

ginjim

the_postman wrote:

yes i do!

btw here is me last week loading up my Holsten export haul and all my xbox games :rotfl:

have you got an xbox to play them on though