11+ Elite Coupon-Crazy Glitching Mega-Bargainhunters. Part II

ExTesco

Shopping costs you more at Co-op when it applies a "better deal". Check your totals. Email sent off to customer services as follows........

I was shopping at your Inverness, Telford Street branch on Saturday 7/4 and ended up paying more money when the till applied a "better offer".

I always try to know how much my bill will come to when shopping to avoid the embarrassing situation when you dont have enough money on you and especially when there are special offers on to make sure they all kick in.

I was buying 3 meal deals and wasn't sure if the powerade drinks were in the deal so I had these items go through first and asked the checkout operator what the sub-total was and she confirmed it was £9. So I now knew that my shopping should come to £13.45. When it went through it was £13.80, so after I paid I went over to the side to check the receipt.

After the meal deal items I had 2 Pepsi max (2 for 1.80, running total £10.80) then 2 slices at 1 pound each (12.80) then finally a crunchie for 65p, making 13.45. But the til spit shows "better offer applied" total £13.80! I know it was only 35p more but there is a principle here.

I went to customer services and they could not work out why this offer was not working and went into training mode on the till to test it out. They put through the meal deal items with the crunchie as one of the snacks (i did not know this was included) and the till showed £9.00. Then the Pepsi and the till showed £10.80. Then the 2 slices, till showed £12.80. All well and good. Then she scanned the packet if crisps for 58p and it added £1 to the total - £13.80! With the crunchie being part of the meal deal this meant I was now being charged 42p more!

I think part of the problem is the meal deal combinations because not only have you got the 3 items for £3, but the cheese layered salad had "2 for £3.50" stickers on and the powerade looks like it may be on "buy one get one free" although there was no sign on the shelf but receipt shows a link save. Can the tills accurately get the best deal for the customer when there are at least 3 promotions going at the same time?

Eventually after about 45 minutes the store refunded me £1 but how many other people have paid more than they had to?

My receipt near the bottom shows the following details... "0023 4 6862 07/04/12 16:53:55 3031" so hopefully you can obtain all the items from there.

streetlights

zippydooda wrote: »

try level 3 again with volume up high.

Thanks I'll give it another go later

midwinter

Off to T's for a JTD/£5 off £40 spend

All carefully worked out, but bet your bottom dollar there'll be something not in stock that will need replanning around!

purdita

Morning all.
Raining down here, but musn't grumble.....it's the first we've had in weeks and the garden could definitely do with some.
We were planning a lazy day of watching films but DS has just informed me he's not feeling well so I need to pop out to Sainsbobs for some throat sweets.
Nice to see Lala's brief appearance last night....what's the betting she's sitting on the naughty step right now!
Good luck with the blowdrying Nannylala. If you need to get some volume ( just think of this smiley :eek:) get Lala to put her head upside down....
then post any pictures on here :rotfl::rotfl:

aau1

izzeyb wrote: »

You need to lay them out carefully on the back seat of the car!

I put wet receipts straight in my jacket pocket whilst i'm walking about. When i get back to the car they unstick easily enough to be laid out on the seat

I offten wonder what people think when they look in my car!

Smart1e

:T:T:T

Thank you everyone I knew I could rely on you!

I shall be doing some wet wombling I think!

rolo-polo1965

aau98113 wrote: »

I put wet receipts straight in my jacket pocket whilst i'm walking about. When i get back to the car they unstick easily enough to be laid out on the seat

I offten wonder what people think when they look in my car!

I also put them in my pocket or even hand bag!

Than when i get to the car i place them carefully on the dashboard to dry out!

aau1

After 1.5 hours i finally saw the news piece about professional shoppers

Thank goodness. I was getting fed up of hearing about the Titanic, Camilla and HMS Elizabeth which all seem to get repeated 2 or 3 times

jumblejack

Good morning all

I am so behind on posts, I may have to just start from here. Yesterday was quite hectic so no time to browse.
Hope all are well, especially the 3dogs household.

It's raining here but at least it savese the job of watering the seeds.

Need to do a shop today but my back went last night. I'm hoping the pain killers n muscle relaxants will kick in in time for this evening's planned shop as we are out of milk and my money off coupons expire today:eek:

artypaws

Good morning - it is dull but dry here slight breeze we only need milk so will have to pop to shop sometime today might see how fast it goes down and wait till whoopsie time

Thank you celebrate and karlie88 for the info on stamp deals at Ocado but alas they don't deliver to my area

izzeyb wrote: »

You need to lay them out carefully on the back seat of the car!

I do this as if they stay curled up especially where the numbers are they can become illegible when you open them out

Have a great day all