3 for 2's can do you too!!!

dehowletts

this is probably already mentioned somewhere and most will have noticed for themselves but as most of my immediate family hadn't thought i'd just point it out....

In woolworths and boots especially always hand them each set of 3 for 2 as otherwise you can be losing lots of money and woolworths have no way to rectify it (as of my last visit anyway).

e.g. you have three lots of 3 for 2 in your head they are:
a) £7 + £7 + £6 (cheapest free) = £14
b) £5 + £5 + £3 (cheapest free) = £10
c) £2 + £2 + £1 (cheapest free) = £4 giving you a total of £28

but they put them through like this
a) £7 + £2 + £1 (cheapest free) = £9
b) £7 + £5 + £2 (cheapest free) = £12
c) £6 + £5 + £3 (cheapest free) = £11 giving you a total of £32

ok basic eg but illustrates what i mean :j :rudolf:

(at woolies i had to get the girl on the till to re do a £200 shop as there was no other way - boy was i popular...!?)

Turning_into_scrooge

You have completely lost me, can you add a bit more to your post please.

rach1973

I'm cheeky and put them through 3 at a time to avoid this. Pay for them and do the next 3.

Sales assistants love me.....:rotfl:

Techno

I think what the OP means is that you put things that are a similar price through together - most of the 3 for 2 deals take off the cheapest rather than a 1/3 as illustrated

tr3mor

Turning_into_scrooge wrote:

You have completely lost me, can you add a bit more to your post please.

If you buy 9 items on a mixed 3for2 offer - three of them priced £5, three priced £2, three priced £1 - you'd get the three cheapest items free meaning you'd saved £3.

If you put them through separately - ie the three £5 items, then the three £2 items, then the three £1 items you'd save £8.

Quite a difference!

Turning_into_scrooge

got it now. I thought everyone knew it was 3 for 2 each transaction. I have always put them through separately.

platterfish

dehowletts wrote:

this is probably already mentioned somewhere and most will have noticed for themselves but as most of my immediate family hadn't thought i'd just point it out....

In woolworths and boots especially always hand them each set of 3 for 2 as otherwise you can be losing lots of money and woolworths have no way to rectify it (as of my last visit anyway).

e.g. you have three lots of 3 for 2 in your head they are:
a) £7 + £7 + £6 (cheapest free) = £14
b) £5 + £5 + £3 (cheapest free) = £10
c) £2 + £2 + £1 (cheapest free) = £4 giving you a total of £28

but they put them through like this
a) £7 + £2 + £1 (cheapest free) = £9
b) £7 + £5 + £2 (cheapest free) = £12
c) £6 + £5 + £3 (cheapest free) = £11 giving you a total of £32

ok basic eg but illustrates what i mean :j :rudolf:

(at woolies i had to get the girl on the till to re do a £200 shop as there was no other way - boy was i popular...!?)

The woolworths tills always work out the best deal for the customner with the biggest savings no matter what! However this only happens after the TOTAL button is pressed, im guessin you paid by card? cos you dont necessarily have to press total to do a card transaction for some random reason!

dehowletts

Turning_into_scrooge wrote:

got it now. I thought everyone knew it was 3 for 2 each transaction. I have always put them through separately.

:rotfl: bingo! that's what everyone (to be honest i thought did) should do... but as i said i was alarmed that my mother and sister (who are both teachers) didn't so just thought i'd point out the obvious just in case!

dehowletts

platterfish wrote:

The woolworths tills always work out the best deal for the customner with the biggest savings no matter what! However this only happens after the TOTAL button is pressed, im guessin you paid by card? cos you dont necessarily have to press total to do a card transaction for some random reason!

no it was actually park phewhigh street vouchers... and it was last xmas and my assisstant how can i say nicely - didn't seem to have all her fairy lights lit on the xmas tree! i'm glad if they have rectified it cos i was going to brave that one tomoz!! xmas snuck up on me this year

dehowletts

tr3mor wrote:

If you buy 9 items on a mixed 3for2 offer - three of them priced £5, three priced £2, three priced £1 - you'd get the three cheapest items free meaning you'd saved £3.

If you put them through separately - ie the three £5 items, then the three £2 items, then the three £1 items you'd save £8.

Quite a difference!

that's a much better explanation than mine!! thanks for clearing my sometimes murky muddle of a brain!:T

juno

I had a similar problem with books in WH Smith.