Tesco misprices thread 7 - please only post misprices here

TehJumpingJawa

Hehe, no doubt. :rolleyes:

Incidentally, browsing the DVD section I found *dozens* of mis-prices by simply comparing item stickers with the SELs.

However, most of them were just 1 or 2 pounds - not worth DTDing.

However:
1) 2001: A Space Odyssey - stickered @ £5, SEL was £10 - bought.
2) Schwarzenegger Triple (Terminator, Predator, Commando)- stickered @ £10, SEL was £15 - wasn't tempted. (about 3 minutes after spotting it a PI staff also noticed it, and quietly ferritted it away in the not-for-sale drawer)

Also picked up the "£12" Simpsons game. - I bottled out of trying to buy 2 @ the same time, and damn good thing I did too! Customer services were having none of it!!

Initially it looked like all was going fine - until she handed me the refund receipt to sign - she had only given me TD not DTD.
I queried this, and ended up with the following marathon! :-
CS: We don't do DTD anymore
Me: But the sign behind you says.....
CS: We stopped doing it 2 months ago
Me: But the sign behind you says.....
<repeat a few times, with varying excuses from CS>
CS: Ok, that's all I can give you - let me check with my boss.
minutes>
Me: Is the store manager coming?
CS: No, but she's sending someone down.
<anonymous Tesco staff arrives>
<misc chatting between the two>
Anon Tesco Staff: Hang on a moment, I'll go check the prices...
Me: Ok....
My Sister(quiet): What are they checking? the prices are right there on the stickers!
Me(aloud): Obviously they think I changed the stickers...
<5 minutes pass, various banter regarding the impracticality of changing a price label through a security case - one of houdini's exploits nodoubt>
CS: I can give you DTD on the Simpsons game as it is a misprice, however 2001 has a SEL of £10 so I can only give you TD.
Me: But the sign behind you says.... "If you are charged more than the price on the product OR the shelf."
CS: Ok.... let me check with my Boss.
minutes talking on phone to someone>
CS: Ok I can give you DTD on them both tonight
Me: Thanks.
<2 minutes of messing with till, voiding previous refund receipt, generating a new one, taking down my name & address(oh no, i'm on 'the list'!), etc>
<I get 10 feet away, and realize she has short-refunded me! Back to the CS desk we go!!>
Me: Hi, did you just give me DTD on both of these?
CS: Yes.....
Me: So, £10 for the 2001 DVD?
CS: Yes....and £27.42 for the Simpsons.
Me: Erm....
CS: (27.71-14)*2.
Me: The Simpsons game is labelled £12, not £14.
<CS pauses and looks at the box>
<CS silently goes to the till, pulls out £4, and drops them in my hand>
Me(smiling): I'm trouble arn't I.
<CS gives me blank stare>

I love DTD shopping... though I think I need to find a new local shop

TehJumpingJawa

Btw, I gave the 1st Simpsons game to my nephew as a present - so I don't think 'buying' a second is particularly greedy. :A

jaffacat_2

TehJumpingJawa wrote: »

Btw, I gave the 1st Simpsons game to my nephew as a present - so I don't think 'buying' a second is particularly greedy. :A

plenty have done it and plenty will continue to do it....doubt it had anything to do with Tesco retracting RnR!

Good on you...go for it!

TehJumpingJawa

1) Mission: Impossible ultimate missions collection (5 disc edition, all three movies) - Labelled £10, SEL £20, tilled @ £20 too. Bought & DTDed.
There was also one labelled £15! Tesco PI realy is pretty poor!
Both were in security cases, so got no arguement from the CS staff.

2) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Labelled £5, SEL £6. Although a good film £4 isn't much of a bargain, so passed on buying it.

In this 3rd store (Irlam) The Simpsons Game had a blank label, rather than £12, so no DTD

Interestingly enough, when going through the till, I swear the till staff spotted the £10<->£20 discrepency in the price - but failed to raise it to my attention...
I get the feeling Tesco staff are instructed to purposefully ignore misprices when they are in Tesco's favour.

fantastico_2

TehJumpingJawa wrote: »

Hehe, no doubt. :rolleyes:


Also picked up the "£12" Simpsons game. - I bottled out of trying to buy 2 @ the same time, and damn good thing I did too! Customer services were having none of it!!

So let me get this right in my head:p

You bought simpsons game for £12 but came up on till at 27.71 - so they gave you a DTD refund of £31.42 - is that correct? :rotfl:

TehJumpingJawa

fantastico wrote: »

So let me get this right in my head:p

You bought simpsons game for £12 but came up on till at 27.71 - so they gave you a DTD refund of £31.42 - is that correct? :rotfl:

Yep, pulled it off twice so far.

Ofcourse, you should be thanking the discoverer of this fantastic DTD, dickieg.

candyfloss333

just been to tesco, large cans of green giant kidney beans at 13p, on bottom shelf in veg aisle, b&w label. Also in freezer section, salmon in watercress sauce, and haddock in watercress sauce, Both are 37p ( were 2.99 I) think. yellow label. Unfortunately sold out in Bradford branch:mad:

Bookworm63

DVD - Annie & Oliver boxset, stickered at £10, SEL & scans at £12.

Also Peppery Wild Rocket has an in-date offer of 2 for £1.75 displayed, which wasn't working today.

TehJumpingJawa

Bookworm63 wrote: »

Also Peppery Wild Rocket has an in-date offer of 2 for £1.75 displayed, which wasn't working today.

Do you happen to know how much the normal price is?

Bookworm63

TehJumpingJawa wrote: »

Do you happen to know how much the normal price is?

It's £1.10, so a 45p overcharge, DTD 90p.

Not a huge amount, but good if you were buying it anyway.