Tesco 11+ support group for incurable gasbags and addicted bargain hunters!

bensonsmum

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

I've added a bit to my post and I've got a bit more...

If the Mac is running Lion but it didn't come direct from Apple with Lion pre installed then that's going to be a wee bit of a problem. Lion is a download from the Mac app store to upgrade Snow Leopard. To use the Mac app store you need an iTunes account. You might find (but don't quote me on this) that when you go to download any updates for Lion it will ask you for the persons iTunes password that was used to purchase Lion. It's not a problem to sign out of the sellers iTunes account and sign in with your own. When you go to update the update might work no problem, or iTunes might charge you £20.99 (the cost of Lion) This is where the CD's come in, you can reinstall Snow Leopard and then purchase your own copy of Lion that way everything is correct.

I wouldn't say it was a no go if the discs aren't there. There are 3 sizes of MacBook Pro (13, 15 and 17 inch). The Mac OS Discs are screen size specific so it's not just a case of borrowing the CD from your mate down the road who has 13 or 17" model. When I reinstalled Snow Leopard my Mac never asked me for a product key leading me to think that the discs might also be machine specific in another way. Apple will keep you right on this though and if need be, can sell you the discs at a cost. Lion is download only, Mountain Lion is due out in the summer as a download only so it will only be a matter of time before Snow Leopard discs become discontinued then ultimately, Snow Leopard becoming unsupported by apple. If you need the discs, get them sooner rather than later.

As for telling whether it's hot, if the owner has reported it to the police/apple as lost stolen and has given the serial number (apple can also track this back to when it was purchased so even if the machine is gone the owner can still get it from Apple to give to the police. Get the serial number (should be etched on the bottom of the machine) take it to the police and call/go to apple and explain why, if it's been reported lost/stolen with them then they will tell you. If you buy it and take it to apple and they discover it's stolen then they will take it off you. Also you need to get the seller to write you a receipt confirming you bought it from him and he is transferring ownership to you, make sure he puts the serial numbers in the letter so you have proof of ownership to show apple if you ever have to take it in for a repair.

I have just spoken to my son after reading your reply and he has given me the serial number off the bottom, its a friend (acquaintance) of his thats selling it, so i can get it checked out, my son has said that all the discs are with it and he's not worried about giving me the serial number as he has had it from new so knows its not hooky, so fingers crossed i will be the owner of a mac book come the weekend. Thanks for all the info you have given me, i really do appreciate it

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houseofpat

My price check came back today and they haven't compared the Duracell batteries.

We couldn’t match your shopping
Unfortunately, we couldn’t match your shop against any products at ASDA this time.

TOTAL £ 0.00 £ 0.00

2 x FAIRY WASH UP LIQD APPLE&LIME 450ML £ 2.00 N/A
4 x DURACELL AA4 ULTRA CLIPSTRIP £ 19.96 N/A
1 x AW11 FF VEST SJ PLAIN GREEN 12 £ 2.00 N/A
1 x AW11 FF VEST BASIC SCOOP PINK 12 £ 2.00 N/A
1 x DETTOL NO TOUCH ORIG ANTIBAC COMPLETE 250ML £ 9.99 N/A

1 x AW11 FF TOP SS COTT STRIPE MULTI 10 £ 4.00 N/A
1 x SS12 FF CARDI VISCOSE V NECK RED 8 £ 5.00 N/A
1 x SS12 FF CARDI VISCOSE V NECK RED 12 £ 5.00 N/A




I can see on the Asda website that the batteries are 2 for £5.

Is it worth phoning Tesco or emailing to get them to check?

HappyChappy84

bensonsmum wrote: »

I have just spoken to my son after reading your reply and he has given me the serial number off the bottom, its a friend (acquaintance) of his thats selling it, so i can get it checked out, my son has said that all the discs are with it and he's not worried about giving me the serial number as he has had it from new so knows its not hooky, so fingers crossed i will be the owner of a mac book come the weekend. Thanks for all the info you have given me, i really do appreciate it

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Brilliant:beer: Even better if you're buying it from a friend as opposed to a total stranger than you'll never see again. Just make sure he writes a simple 'Transfer of ownership' letter and that he signs it.

Something along the lines of...

I, *insert name*, of *insert address* do hereby transfer ownership of 1 x 15" Apple MacBook Pro, serial number ******* to Mrs *insert name* of *insert address* on *insert date*.

And then he signs it.:beer:

Something like that should do, but if someone can word something better then all the better.

Make sure he uses the address he used if he gave one at purchase time. Unless he's moved, but if he's only moved to uni and his parents are still at the same address then it isn't a problem using the parents address.

mharzuk

Thanks HC, got it though now :T

caz2703

houseofpat wrote: »

My price check came back today and they haven't compared the Duracell batteries.

We couldn’t match your shopping
Unfortunately, we couldn’t match your shop against any products at ASDA this time.

TOTAL £ 0.00 £ 0.00

2 x FAIRY WASH UP LIQD APPLE&LIME 450ML £ 2.00 N/A
4 x DURACELL AA4 ULTRA CLIPSTRIP £ 19.96 N/A
1 x AW11 FF VEST SJ PLAIN GREEN 12 £ 2.00 N/A
1 x AW11 FF VEST BASIC SCOOP PINK 12 £ 2.00 N/A
1 x DETTOL NO TOUCH ORIG ANTIBAC COMPLETE 250ML £ 9.99 N/A

1 x AW11 FF TOP SS COTT STRIPE MULTI 10 £ 4.00 N/A
1 x SS12 FF CARDI VISCOSE V NECK RED 8 £ 5.00 N/A
1 x SS12 FF CARDI VISCOSE V NECK RED 12 £ 5.00 N/A




I can see on the Asda website that the batteries are 2 for £5.

Is it worth phoning Tesco or emailing to get them to check?

As long as I've been doing price checks (coming up on 1 year now) I've never seen Ts compare batteries. The T&Cs say somewhere about not entering into correspondence about the price check so I'd be inclined to take them back and get a refund.

chandlerscroft

Thanks to OP I went to a normal Tesco's picked up 6 packs of the Duracells, an Aero 110g bar which was £1 as SEL (sadly no scanners in store) which I ate whilst waiting for my DTD on the batteries, I thought it would be easy if it's buy one get one free then double the difference is the full value, sadly CS had to check it several times LOL, o'h and I got a Finish Quantum starter kit which was on offer at £5.07 sadly not the lower price others have found or the price of £10.17 it scanned for yesterday in another store

grass_roots

dcon_blue wrote: »

Here's a top for ya ... don't iron (wombled) receipts to try and make them look better ... they go completely black :mad:

as do lottery tickets :eek::eek::eek:

neosi

bargainhuntergill wrote: »

If anyone has the price flop mag could you tell the the promo dates for the £1 haaden daaz please?

sorry to butt in hi everyone just in a rush, back thhis evening

Only one i can see is the Pralines & Cream 100ml was £1.69 on offer for £1 Valid from 5/3/12 no expiry but assume its 11/3/12 as thats when the flop thing finishes

btw did you sort you memory card issue out...

Fudge_Cake_2

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

Has anyone tried the WHSmith glitch today?

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carolt2

Hi everyone, just popping in to say that i did manage to get some of the SSM vouchers as well as a dettol vouchers (THANKS to whoever posted about it)
I was doing some shopping for a family member and i decided to split the shopping up, 1 lot of things that were on offer at tesco, so i knew they would not price check and full price items on the 2nd shop.
Managed to get
5 fairy WUL
3 lenor
3 toothpastes.
Paid about 2.76 for the lot, not bad ??

I got the no touch hand wash system using the £5 voucher Paid 4.99 for it.
Put receipts into tesco price checker and the 1st receipt came back as T were cheaper by about £5.
2nd receipt which was for the full price items has come back and i got a voucher for £10. The hand wash system DID pricecheck.
I got the aloe vera and vit e, stainless look one, which i remember someone saying pricechecked BC ends4838.
Thought it might be useful for someone.:D

Thank you to everyone that posts on here,
Hugs to those that need them as i know there as a few here that are going through alot at the moment:grouphug: