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"Now it's illegal to write down prices in a Tesco supermarket"

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  • Timalay
    Timalay Posts: 957 Forumite
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    So surely their iPhone app should be banned then.
  • Barneysmom
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    That bloke needs to get a proper job.
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  • eeeeeee
    eeeeeee Posts: 459 Forumite
    wish i had his job ... easy money ... writting down a few prices. without looking shifty .. dodging he security guards ... being gobby too the store manager... then paid a mint too write a simple article for the guardian once a week on the rip off supermarkets ... easy ... so many do it all the time on here for free ! ... copy paste ... dictionary edit .. alter ... done in 5-10 mins easy money !
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  • texranger
    texranger Posts: 1,845 Forumite
    edited 6 November 2011 at 9:59AM
    i was in Asda the other day and saw some items that would be good for xmas and took my phone out and took photos and was not challenged once.
  • lilac_lady
    lilac_lady Posts: 4,469 Forumite
    Mr T seems to be under the illusion that they reun the country.
    " The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

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  • pmduk
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    Much as I loathe Tesco there was a follow-up story to that where Tesco admitted their staff were in the wrong.
  • OMG thats bad! I write prices down when I'mm shopping too and I've never been stopped! Hmm... ,maybe he just looked really suspicious?! What I dont get though is why he didn't just compare online, isn't it the same thing?
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  • ses6jwg
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    Many of these incidents are down to the ineptitude/ misunderstanding of the law combined with inadequate training by individual members of staff rather than the deliberate policy of the store.
  • ses6jwg wrote: »
    Many of these incidents are down to the ineptitude/ misunderstanding of the law combined with inadequate training by individual members of staff rather than the deliberate policy of the store.

    Good point - the rules and regs of a supermarket company must be ginormous, and with the best will in the world they would never know them all even if they wanted to.
    I can imagine a lot of them just finding it easier to err on the side of caution to avoid the big bosses coming down on THEM like a ton of bricks... although it obviously misfires at times!
  • vax2002
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    mainly down to giving people authority and power who are not fit to hold it, power always corrupts the weak.
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