Tesco Discussion chat & grabbits eleven PLUS

czerniacha

toni_ wrote: »

thanks, thought that was the case but i saw the 25% off last night advertised on tv as lasting until tuesday so was abit unsure. I was going to let my cousin no today if it was working as she wanted to get some wine for christmas prezzies maybe i should tell her not to try it...

you might get dtd if the posters are still up but I *think* it said 'ends Sunday' on them...

with dtd you'd get 6 bottles of the 3for12gbp for 6gbp

also I think Gordon Ramsey dinner sets are back up to 50 quid? if you can find a sel of 25 your luck is in fancy some posh plates for your wedding lunch?

cosmic-dust

smellyhubby wrote: »

Permission from Tesco was required prior to filming and filming was carried with strict conditions and under supervision from Tesco management. Filming would have stopped had Tesco felt there was a gross misuse of vouchers and the film was further scrutinised by C4 lawyers regarding any potential perceived fraudulent/illegal activity.

I appreciate you said you aren't going to post again, however the day after the programme was shown I was In Tesco doing some shopping and when I went to the till and paid, with some coupons the SA (of course this could just be idle gossip) laughed at me and said I can tell what you watched last night. She then went onto say that Tesco are actually trying to ban your wife from their stores, as I say whether it's true or not is another story.

French_Knickers

Nice post smellyhubby and very humble too. Thanks given.

nikkilala_2

Miss_Laid wrote: »

Forgot to mention I found one of these on a clip strip in the pet food aisle didn't buy it as I dont have a dog no b/c sorry but same as pic without the red writing 50p



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It's like a doggie handbag:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Love it, could put his brush, a toy and some treats in for when he gets peckish!! What a funny thing, who would buy one of those? My dogs treats just get stuffed in the "poo" bag when we go out. The bag that I take in case I need to clear up up after him;)

pretzelnut

HOw does JTD work, I have about 20 receipts here from the last 2 weeks or so, can I only input 1 a day, to my email address?

jumblejack

smellyhubby wrote: »

I am James father/Judiths husband we have just discovered that James has posted some messages on this forum. I SINCERELY APOLOGISE for his posts, having seen some remarks bordering on offensive towards his mum on other MSE forums he reacted. His motives were well intentional and admirable for trying to defend his mum but his posts were ill conceived and unacceptable. I am at pains to write as his father but he deserved the responses he got, I have read though the responses and even though some were a little harsh I don't have a problem with them, I found the post telling him to go to bed mildly amusing and ironic as we have to do this most nights. He though having sent his initial post that would be the end of the matter but he was unaware of the consequences of which he now has learnt a valuable lesson.

When Judith agreed to participate for the film we were aware she was at risk of being criticised it comes with the territory of being on TV however it was not her intention to upset fellow coupon users. The film was meant to be a quirky light hearted somewhat surreal look at the extremes of frugal living not to be taken seriously. Reading through this thread it appears she is as popular with some MSE users as Clarkson was with Unison and it strikers last week. :rotfl:
Being a midwife, Judith has had to work with and overcome traumatic situations in the delivery suite, therefore putting everything into perspective she can cope with the criticisms aimed at her. Unfortunately there has been some offensive remarks on other threads but reading posts in this thread from angry and aggrieved users I appreciate that your remarks have been measured, constructive and civil.

For what is worth I would like to comment on 3 areas of the film that has attracted the most criticism the shop, the showers , the Fairtrade Lunch.

Permission from Tesco was required prior to filming and filming was carried with strict conditions and under supervision from Tesco management. Filming would have stopped had Tesco felt there was a gross misuse of vouchers and the film was further scrutinised by C4 lawyers regarding any potential perceived fraudulent/illegal activity.

We have solar panels with hot water supplied by solar energy living in Gravesend (hottest/sunniest place in UK - FACT) we normally have sufficient hot water for daily showers however on cloudy days there may be sufficient hot water - it makes perfect economic sense to wait an extra day rather then turn the heater on. I see no issue with this as a growing lad in the 70's/80's we had 2 baths a week as did most people I cannot see what the problem is. You can see that I have taken this matter really seriously with my user name.:rotfl:

Finally the Fairtrade Lunch this is Judiths event that she has ran every 6 weeks for 3 years. She works extremely hard on a completely voluntary basis from publishing, printing and distributing flyers, emails, letters: buying all the food/drink: ensuring all environment health regs are met: setting up displays: baking cakes and hosting the event. She is not paid a penny however she is fully entitled to cover the cost of the food/drinks. This is no different from every charity who operate from high street shops, offices, etc who cover their costs from income generated. The point of the lunch is its completely free people pay by donation only, in this instance alone Judith is entitled to a free lunch even if we had a set price Judith and the other volunteers would still be entitled to a free lunch. Again most charities allow their volunteers to have free drinks, biscuits, cakes, sandwiches, etc nothing unusual here. At the end of the film she had to demonstrate the £15 cost (amazing really to cover a lunch for over 60 people) and Nathan counted the profit to £232.92. After filming we increased the donation to £250, giving £125 to Tearfund & £125 to Fairtrade Foundation - this was not mentioned.

The overwhelming response to the programme from family, friends, colleagues, local people, local media, facebook, twitter and lots of MSE forum users has been very positive.

I will not be posting again but had to apologise for James and make the points above. Please respect my decision not to post again there is nothing more that I can add, those users who remain unconvinced by the film and angry at Judith will not have their opinions (which they are entitled) changed.

Kind Regards
Smellyhubby

Thanks for the reply!:)

You are both obviously very good parents.

All the best

JJ

(ps, I'm full of envy for your solar panels!)

cosmic-dust

nikkilala wrote: »

It's like a doggie handbag:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Love it, could put his brush, a toy and some treats in for when he gets peckish!! What a funny thing, who would buy one of those? My dogs treats just get stuffed in the "poo" bag when we go out. The bag that I take in case I need to clear up up after him;)

:rotfl::o I have one.

czerniacha

princesswoo wrote: »

HOw does JTD work, I have about 20 receipts here from the last 2 weeks or so, can I only input 1 a day, to my email address?

10 a month I think, up to 100GBP in vouchers (that's per email address )

you can redeem one a day but afaik they don't "police" it

BigChrisC

reformedEffortmaker wrote: »

i replied before i saw your reply....i can delete it if you like?

That would be the polite thing to do, along with an apology!:cool:

nikkilala_2

cosmic-dust wrote: »

:rotfl::o I have one.

Noooooo.. I knew someone would!!:rotfl::rotfl: