Supermarket tricks - watch out for these...

GeorgieFTB

squeaky wrote: »

Thanks!

I hadn't spotted that one before.

I dunno... you need eyes like a hawk and a degree in maths these days!

You called...:D seriously even I miss things sometimes, caster sugar, 63p for 500g, £1.28 for 1kg, I bought the 1kg, doh!:o

If it makes anyone feel better most mathematicians are pants at mental arithmetic!

Gx

Flat_Eric

it drives me dotty how confusing it gets. even online they don't make it easy

mmmsnow

Piquant wrote: »

The new design packs of Whiskas, less packaging to save the trees, same price as the old, but low and behold only 9 pouches rather the original 12!

Well, that definitely saves on packaging

savingqueen

I agree with all the posts. One of my bugbears that supermarkets play these games. My local Aldi and Lidl seem to avoid these tricks.

On a related and very obvious note - don't forgot to check your till receipts before you leave the store as well. I find the big ones, especially Tescos are the worst culprits, always leaving me out of pocket rather than the other way round.I very rarely have a problem with smaller or independant/local shops.

sq:)

lilac_lady

As I only shop for me, I've reverted back to buying what I need and not the "bargains" that appeared to save me money.

The only exceptions are items I buy regularly because then I can see if it IS a bargain.

jpscloud

Flat_Eric wrote: »

it drives me dotty how confusing it gets. even online they don't make it easy

Yes... such as the mysterious "out of stock" sign on some things on mysupermarket - out of stock everywhere?!

Stephen_Leak

The latest possible ASDA pricing "silly".

The new reduced salt OXO cubes, 71g/12 cubes (beef & chicken only, they don't sell the vegetable ones for some reason) were on offer for £1.00. This morning, the price on the website has almost doubled to £1.95. Sainsbury's & Tesco still have them (and the vegetable ones, BTW) at £1.05 and £1.07 respectively. It almost makes me wonder if someone has miskeyed £1.05 as £1.95.

PS. And yes, give your receipt a quick check on the way out. This is a case of "do as I say, not as I do", as I didn't on my last trip to ASDA, and I now have a problem with some "3 for £10" wine. All three bottles were definately in the offer on the shelf label, but two weren't in the offer and £3.00 each on the till. Whilst £3.00 is cheaper than £3.33, it means that I got charged full price for the third one.

I can't blame ASDA: as the price of the 2 bottles was going down, they updated the tills first. If I'd bought 3 bottles for £9.00, I'd be laughing. I'm sure the nice CS people will sort it out with smiles all around.

I always get small refunds like this put onto my savings card, and redeem this every Christmas. Last year, I had just over £10 on it, ie. 3 bottles of wine! I like the way it turns something slightly bad into something very good.

PPS. Wine problem sorted amicably.

anguk

I would love it if I never had to step inside a supermarket again, I hate the places. I hate the way everyone seems to drift around the aisles all going in the same direction (apart from the odd renegade granny) chucking stuff in the trolley and the bright migraine inducing lights.

I hate the way the supermarkets control shoppers, they tell us they sell what we want but that's rubbish, we buy what they want us to buy, because many people have no other choice as there's no other independent shops around, the supermarkets have closed them all. In my small town there's a really poor quality butchers and a Greggs, I would love a decent butchers, a decent bakery and a decent grocers but they've all closed. If I want to buy something like flour or butter I have no choice but to go to the supermarket.

I hate the strangle-hold they have on this country. :mad:

Stephen_Leak

learning_to_save wrote: »

I have also noticed that they no longer have scales. When it says price per pack/ per item I would like to weigh the pack, to see if they work out cheaper or not but can't!

Fishing/luggage scales?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Hanging-Weighing-Fishing-Suitcase/dp/B002MUS34Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330779178&sr=8-1

anguk

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

Fishing/luggage scales?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Hanging-Weighing-Fishing-Suitcase/dp/B002MUS34Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330779178&sr=8-1

Good idea but isn't it ridiculous that we would have to resort to something like that just to make sure we're getting the best price and they're not ripping us of?

I think the problem is people like us are in the minority, I think most people just walk round the aisles chucking what they want or need into the trolley. My guess is the supermarkets got rid of the scales in the fruit & veg aisle because not many people used them, most people just pick up the nearest pre-pack.

It seems to take so long now to do the shopping because I'm constantly checking or comparing prices, someone who has children with them or a few minutes after work just wouldn't have the time to check prices.