Rewards For Scrap at Tesco

Nudge

In todays Sun there is an item about Rewards For Scrap
at Tesco, it states
Tesco is throwing open the doors to Scrap Today in a
nationwide green campaign
Customers will be able to take old Kettles, TVs, Cameras
Microwaves and Irons into nearly 240 Hypermarkets from
this morning
They will be offered Gift Cards or Clubcard Points for the
gear they take in
Sorry I do not know any more details but it could be worth
checking out
Hope i have posted this in the right area

mooomin

Thanks Nudge.

If anyone else has more information, please post as this could be useful to a few of us who are *cough*puttingoffgoingtothelocaltipwiththings*cough*

chunkychocky

Yes any more info anyone?

Could be a good way of disposing of the old 14" black & white portable I have in the loft.

Nudge

More added
A 32inch Tv could have a trade in value of £160, the scheme
covers 3,000 Electrical Products and will eventually be extended
to Toys and Power Tools
The brainchild of UK boss Richard Brasher, its been trialled at
11 tesco Extra stores since august
Matt Finch from Tesco Electricals said he hoped most goods
would be refurbished and sold on

Like above posts I am looking forward to more feedback from
anyone else

quoia

I've spoken with Customer Service at Tesco HQ and they are as much in the dark about it as everyone else.

They did contact another department and came back with a little bit more information.

Small electrical goods like toasters, kettles and irons have little intrinsic value and will not be suitable for refurbishing and accordingly customers will be offered just 5 Green Clubcard points for such items.

Anything valued at UNDER £50 can be exchanged for GREEN CLUBCARD POINTS OR a GIFT CARD , but anything OVER £50 must be taken as a GIFTCARD.

Something like the example of the 32" TV - the item must be taken to the Tesco Extra store where it will be "VALUED" and an offer made

Other than that details are very sketchy, didn't even have a list of stores.

Given this has been trialled in 11 Extras since August, surely SOMEONE :eek: from MSE MUST have encountered and used this facility

Nudge

Thanks for that quoia

I even checked the tesco websites and nothing at all came
up, it was a sun exclusive so i wonder if it was released too
soon
A list of stores involved would be useful

Siouxsie32

I can't wait to find out more about this - have an old 32 inch TV the size of a house that I'm desperate to dispose of to make room for a shiny new one (when I can afford it!)

quoia

Previous threads on it

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3303146

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/shopping/2011/06/tesco-launches-electrical-trade-in-service

quoia

susie-sue wrote: »

I can't wait to find out more about this - have an old 32 inch TV the size of a house that I'm desperate to dispose of to make room for a shiny new one (when I can afford it!)

From the article ...

"A 32in flat-screen TV could have a "trade-in" value of £160."

quoia

Nudge wrote: »

Thanks for that quoia

I even checked the tesco websites and nothing at all came
up, it was a sun exclusive so i wonder if it was released too
soon
A list of stores involved would be useful

The trial took place at:

The service is available at the following stores: Aylesbury Extra, Baldock Extra, Bar Hill Cambs Extra, Cheshunt Extra, Dereham Extra, Great Yarmouth Extra, Huntingdon Extra, Ipswich Extra, Norwich Extra, Hatfield Extra, Royston Extra, Peterborough Extra, Stevenage Extra.

gastronomix

Hmm...would love to give them back the microwave they sold me which has just stopped working after a couple of years...