Non-coupon related Drivel Thread 7

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myalphabetgirls wrote: »

Dear Snowdrop

I agree with Aesop about going to see your Dad. Thrown into a nightmare and having no experience of seeing someone who had left this world I was reticent, hell - scared to say the least about seeing Chloe, but from the moment I was alone in that room with her I felt such serenity. I spend every moment possible with her during the days before she was laid to rest. I used the opportunity to tell her all I wished I had a chance to say before, read her favourite childhood stories, stroked her hair and her flawless skin and kissed her coldness. Of course, there were tears, a tsunami of them, they fell, in slow motion and got mixed in with my words but I am so thankful that I did for you never ever get another chance. My only regret is not keeping for myself a lock of her hair, I so wish I had, it might be something you would like to do.

I appreciate its not for everybody and I may myself feel different when its my parents' time but I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever.

Be guided by your heart and trust its decision. Thinking of you at this so difficult timex

What a sad but inspiring post MAGS:A you are trully gifted in your way with words.

Auntycaz

shopndrop so sorry to hear about your dad.
Hugs to you and your family. Glad you have such a supportive husband.

Mags what a beautiful post.

jax.26

Well, I have a problem!

I can't print PDF's because the page is frozen with this message - has anybody else encountered this?


Runtime Error

Program C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an

unusual way

Please contact the application’s support team for more information.

jax xx

Dr.Who-Who

I skim read the other thread, and I would have thought the "season/glitches/whoopsie finders" would be more weary what should & should not be posted on an open forum:eek::eek:

Me don't think that posting their pictures will do good for those who shop at that particularly store.:(

I am still adamant that tekco management/staff read their thread. I have started writing supermarket is different spelling so they cannot find any of my posts if they do a seach.

Dr.Who-Who

TeKco puts a cap on pric3 ch3ck vouch3rs as it reshapes comparison service


By Debbie Davies
PUBLISHED: 09:20, 16 June 2012 | UPDATED: 12:17, 16 June 2012



Tekco has introduced a cap of £10 on Tekco Pric3 Ch3ck vouchers, a new name for its lowest price shopping basket guarantee and new terms for its pric3 comparison service.

Tekco's Pric3 Ch3ck service has been available to price econscious customers since last year. Shoppers use Tekco's pric3 comparison website to check the price of their shopping against Asda prices and discover if the equivalent basket would have cost less from Asda. The service gives customers who have paid more a T3sco Pric3 Ch3ck voucher to whatever the value of the difference is, up to a maximum of £20.

When the comparison service launched, it offered shoppers vouchers for double the difference. After eight weeks, however, this was changed to just the difference after customers discovered the scheme could be used to make a profit. :rotfl:



New title: Tekco has changed the name for its lowest pric3 shopping basket guarantee from Pric3 Ch3ck to Pric3 Pr0mise



Asda launched a similar price comparison website in 2010 called Asda Price Guarantee. It claims many of its customers are hooked, returning every week to compare prices with the hope of saving an extra few pounds off their weekly shop.:D


When Asda is not the cheapest, customers are entitled to receive a voucher refunding them the difference plus 10 per cent.



Tekco claims the changes it is now making, which include a name change to Tekco Pric3 Pr0mise, are the result of talking to customers.


A spokesperson for Tekco said: 'Our plan for the UK business has pric3 and value at its heart. We've been listening to what our customers tell us they want to see from us on price comparison, and we're going to be making some simple changes to our pric3 comparison offer.



We are changing the name from Pric3 Ch3ck to Pric3 Pr0mise, which is a direct result of our conversations with customers.'
Marketing materials about the new website have been introduced in some stores in Sheffield.:eek::eek: 'We want to be sure we're giving customers the best possible information when we start to promote the website nationally,' said Tekco's spokesperson. The new terms are not yet being enforced to allow a change over period, but will be in the next few weeks.


Reshaping: Tekco is changing their services for pric3 conscious customers


The new service is exclusively for Tekco Clupcard customers:eek::eek:, reflecting the supermarket's commitment to put Clupcard 'at the heart of everything it does'.



Vouchers will be bar code read rather than having a printed face value manually entered and deducted at the checkout (ok, I think this is better for the checkout to scan rather than enter the value ie : like I said before less than £10 it will scan without calling supervisor).



Like Asda's comparison service, shoppers must have at least eight different items in their basket in order to compare.



The changes have not been welcomed by customers on Tekco's FB page. 'If you are so confident of your pricing, why introduce the cap?' wrote a shopper in the name of Andrea Minx.

Customers said they were regularly receiving Pric3 Ch3ck vouchers in excess of £10. A shopper using the name Kelly Erker was expecting a Pric3 Ch3ck voucher for £17.92 and had not yet printed it. 'When I went to print it this morning, it takes me to the 'Pric3 'Pr0mise'' site and no voucher. I've noticed that you have now capped the limit at £10. How can I get my voucher?', she asked.



A spokesperson for Tekco said customers using the Pric3 Pr0mise website would find that the new conditions were not being enforced yet, so any vouchers due under the previous terms would still be available to print.



'The vast majority of shoppers will not be affected by the changes. Fewer than 5 per cent of vouchers issued are for over £10:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and the vast majority are for less than £2.00 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: for the minority of customers who find their shopping basket would have been cheaper at Asda,'


Introducing a requirement for eight different items brought Tekco's service in line with competitors. 'The average basket size at Tesco is 10 items :eek:,' said Tekco.

Customers on Tekco's FB page disagreed.
'I often shop on a daily basis for fresh produce so don't always buy 8 items at a time. Now that I have to buy 8 items from Tekco, I may as well take advantage of the cheaper prices and better pric3 promise that they offer at Asda,' said Ms Minx.


A spokesperson for Asda said: 'We believe Asda does more than any other retailer to ensure its shoppers get the lowest prices in the country – something backed up this week by the Grocer Magazine, who named Asda the UK’s lowest priced supermarket for the 15th year running.'

BLUEWKD

[QUOTE=Dr.Who-Who;53850183
We are changing the name from Pric3 Ch3ck to Pric3 Pr0mise, which is a direct result of our conversations with customers.'
Marketing materials about the new website have been introduced in some stores in Sheffield.:eek::eek: 'We want to be sure we're giving customers the best possible information when we start to promote the website nationally,' said Tekco's spokesperson. The new terms are not yet being enforced to allow a change over period, but will be in the next few weeks.
Reshaping: Tekco is changing their services for pric3 conscious customers
The new service is exclusively for Tekco Clupcard customers:eek::eek:, reflecting the supermarket's commitment to put Clupcard 'at the heart of everything it does'.
Vouchers will be bar code read rather than having a printed face value manually entered and deducted at the checkout (ok, I think this is better for the checkout to scan rather than enter the value ie : like I said before less than £10 it will scan without calling supervisor).
Like Asda's comparison service, shoppers must have at least eight different items in their basket in order to compare.

The changes have not been welcomed by customers on Tekco's FB page. 'If you are so confident of your pricing, why introduce the cap?' wrote a shopper in the name of Andrea Minx.

Customers said they were regularly receiving Pric3 Ch3ck vouchers in excess of £10. A shopper using the name Kelly Erker was expecting a Pric3 Ch3ck voucher for £17.92 and had not yet printed it. 'When I went to print it this morning, it takes me to the 'Pric3 'Pr0mise'' site and no voucher. I've noticed that you have now capped the limit at £10. How can I get my voucher?', she asked.
A spokesperson for Tekco said customers using the Pric3 Pr0mise website would find that the new conditions were not being enforced yet, so any vouchers due under the previous terms would still be available to print.
'The vast majority of shoppers will not be affected by the changes. Fewer than 5 per cent of vouchers issued are for over £10:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: and the vast majority are for less than £2.00 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: for the minority of customers who find their shopping basket would have been cheaper at Asda,'

Introducing a requirement for eight different items brought Tekco's service in line with competitors. 'The average basket size at Tesco is 10 items :eek:,' said Tekco. [/QUOTE]

Tesco have a big stand as you go in a certain store in Sheffield and they are handing out leaflets about the new price promise. It is a massive cockup AGAIN by Tesco as nowhere on the leaflets does it say that you have to have a certain number of items, OR you have to use your clubcard OR it is capped ay ANY amount. It basically says you just put your recieipt in the price promsie website and if they are cheaper you will get a voucher back.

BLUEWKD

jax.26 wrote: »

Well, I have a problem!

I can't print PDF's because the page is frozen with this message - has anybody else encountered this?


Runtime Error

Program C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an

unusual way

Please contact the application’s support team for more information.

jax xx

I have had the above error message when I have backspaced on certain coupons to try and get a 2nd one

BLUEWKD

adoreholidays wrote: »

Blue just posting quickly to let you know I am indeed back:( so can get todays MOS and to Thankyou very much for getting and inputting my codes for me you are a diamond:A:A:A:A:A:A

So glad you enjoyed AT it is a lovely park and grounds, now you know why we prefer going all the way there as Thorpe Park is nearer although have to negotiate the M25:eek: but AT is in such wonderful grounds but it is very tiring getting around:D;)

I'm sorry AH, I've messed up:o:o I bought the copies of today's Mail forgetting I got fired yesterday:eek::eek::eek: If you can let me know if you managed to get 2 papers/no's and if so then I will offer them, but I won't until I hear from you.

Wecome back btw

adoreholidays

Afternoon Blue :A DH got 2 codes this morning as he had to drop DS's Girlfriend at station for train back to Edinburgh so all good here. Have you entered the Sat codes yet in case I enter Sundays before Sat:D;). If no one wants the spare on here they will bite your hand off on the mail rewards thread on discount forum:D:D:D:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's odd glad to be back so can start eating properly again their portions are so huge:eek: even thou we been to USA a few times we still underestimate their portions. But sad it all over it was a blast would definately love to go back to Boston again was lovely and alot more relaxing than NY we didn't spend too much on attractions in Boston as hadn't budgeted enough for that so will probs do it the other way round the next time.

BLUEWKD

adoreholidays wrote: »

Afternoon Blue :A DH got 2 codes this morning as he had to drop DS's Girlfriend at station for train back to Edinburgh so all good here. Have you entered the Sat codes yet in case I enter Sundays before Sat:D;). If no one wants the spare on here they will bite your hand off on the mail rewards thread on discount forum:D:D:D:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It's odd glad to be back so can start eating properly again their portions are so huge:eek: even thou we been to USA a few times we still underestimate their portions. But sad it all over it was a blast would definately love to go back to Boston again was lovely and alot more relaxing than NY we didn't spend too much on attractions in Boston as hadn't budgeted enough for that so will probs do it the other way round the next time.

Afternoon AH. Yep entered the codes yesterday:D I'll give here till Monday night then look for a deserving person on the DM thread. Only regulars request on here please as I will pick a non regular on the DM thread so any requests from newbies will be ignored sorry:D