Why do Tesco insist on giving me money?

globetraveller

globetraveller wrote: »

I wish they would give me money! Even the till splits I get ( few and far between) are rubbish. I think I must actually spend too much money in tescos and so they don't bother

can't believe it- just got a £6 off £40 split:j(just after using my DM £5 off of £40 voucher)

pimento

bigpound wrote: »

If you are using credit card and/or loyalty card, their computer system is tracking your purchases and trying to work out which vouchers to send you which will encourage you to spend more.

If you suddenly stop shopping there, you may find an even better deal show up on your door mat, begging for you to shop there again.

I tried that. It doesn't work for me.

My mum regularly gets mail shots giving her £5 if you spend £50 or £7 if you spend £50, but I get nothing. Ever.

bigpound

Maybe you haven't been shopping there regularly enough? I think they only bother targeting weekly shoppers.

Azari

Another week, another £9 voucher on a £50 spend.

This is just getting weird, now.

Zedicus

There's no way that should be happening. These till splits are generated with extremely complex algorithms that are designed to keep customers loyal and giving someone 12-20% off their shopping every week for 8 or nine consecutive weeks is ridiculous. I suspect that there is some bug in their program that is causing you to be repeatedly hit. As it's entirely automatic no one is noticing. I'd keep quiet about it and just enjoy the savings.

Azari

Zedicus wrote: »

There's no way that should be happening. These till splits are generated with extremely complex algorithms that are designed to keep customers loyal and giving someone 12-20% off their shopping every week for 8 or nine consecutive weeks is ridiculous. I suspect that there is some bug in their program that is causing you to be repeatedly hit. As it's entirely automatic no one is noticing. I'd keep quiet about it and just enjoy the savings.

I'm inclined to agree with you.

When I first posted this thread I had only received 4 vouchers and that seemed pretty odd.

Now I've received 6 £6 vouchers and 2 £9 vouchers. There's absolutely no way there is any valid commercial reason for that.

I'm just stocking up on wine each week to spend the ~ £5-10 extra I need to activate the voucher. Once this little run comes to an end I won't need to buy any wine for weeks!

It was even better today as they gave me 25% off six bottles of wine - I can't see anything about that deal being current. So I get 6 bottle of wine for £30 - £7.50 discount - £9 voucher yielding an effective price of £2.25 per bottle. (And it was 'half price' in the first place but if you believe that you'll believe anything. )

globetraveller

I am now on my third £6 off of £40 till split. And I only went in for a card and some chicken! Three shops running - three vouchers. Very strange. They must have heard my earlier moan here:rotfl:

geordieracer

Azari wrote: »

Yes it does, it's cost them £35.
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I have to disagree with you here. The goods they have bought that you have saved money on would never have cost them £35. Also , they have already bought them so this is included in their accounting figures for stock bought & turnover. Now You may have saved by not paying for the goods but someone else will buy them and at a nice little mark up which would cover the £35 you are saving so it doesnt cost them anything at all as it shows they are turning over goods at a higher rate then other stores may do which in turn leads to the suppliers/producers of the goods giving them a bigger discount on buying the goods in future as they can shift more of them.

Therefore they have not lost anything and are probably making more through giving you a saving of £35 as they will get the stock that little bit cheaper next time.

Azari

geordieracer wrote: »

I have to disagree with you here. The goods they have bought that you have saved money on would never have cost them £35. Also , they have already bought them so this is included in their accounting figures for stock bought & turnover. Now You may have saved by not paying for the goods but someone else will buy them and at a nice little mark up which would cover the £35 you are saving so it doesnt cost them anything at all as it shows they are turning over goods at a higher rate then other stores may do which in turn leads to the suppliers/producers of the goods giving them a bigger discount on buying the goods in future as they can shift more of them.

Therefore they have not lost anything and are probably making more through giving you a saving of £35 as they will get the stock that little bit cheaper next time.

I'm sorry to be direct and, possibly, rude, but the above is complete and utter nonsense!

Each one of those vouchers is something that I have used instead of handing over the equivalent amount of cash (directly, or indirectly by credit card).

Stop confusing yourself by thinking about stock levels and margins. Consider, instead, that for all practical purposes Tesco have given me 6 £6 notes and 2 £9 notes.

That money comes straight off their bottom line. The only difference, in accounting terms, is that it may more some revenue from one quarter to another.

geordieracer

No - Its ALL about stock levels and margins. This is how they work. They already have the goods so giving you £6 off whatever it is you regularly buy shows their supplier that they are shifting more of the product so they can negotiate a better price for it in the future when they need to buy in bulk again.

The vouchers have no monetary value whatsoever - it is NOT £6 or £9 at all, it is you who thinks it is but like all money off vouchers they have no monetary(or very little) monetary value whatsoever, so it is you who is wrong.