I got caught with a little Sainsbury's scam

chelldavies

Tesco are very much guilty of this too!

bcl999

Lynsey wrote: »

If you think Sainsbury's is bad, try Morrison's!!!

How many times do they fill an empty gap of an offer item with something else and NOT changing the signs prices.
It must work for them as it's been going on for ages and ages now!!
I have been caught a few times in the past and got refunded, but it still happens now!!

Lynsey

My local M&S Simply Food is forever doing this. When I asked why, the assistant said it was because they were not allowed to have empty spaces on the shelves!

Zandoni

rrf494g wrote: »

I think its unfair and over-sensational to use the word "scam".

You freely picked up and bought an item. How's that a Scam? Yes, all supermarkets change the layouts as stocking lists change, and they they also move things around, to get you to look at new things and implulse buy. But to suggest that you were tricked into buying a product as a deliberate scam seems to me to be way over the top. What are the rules you think should apply to store layouts? Warning signs about every change? I try to take responsibility for my own actions.

I did say a little scam.

But supermarkets do lots of things to trick you, this one in particular was just swapping the display around, it wasn't part of a major change around.

This thread was meant to be light hearted but shopping is a minefield you have to keep your wits about all the time, otherwise they s*** you.

Edwardia

my younger bro used to be a supermkt manager and one of my cousins is and yep supermarkets regularly change stuff around on purpose.

Firstly they don't want you going to just the aisles with certain products they want you to browse as it gives you more opportunity to impulse buy.

Secondly they do deals with manufacturers to place products in certain postions.

Here's one from Tesco .. last week in a big 24hr Tesco as you came up the travelator there was the smell of hot cross buns and right by the entrance, big display of packed hot cross buns. Since they weren't warm, that was a synthetic smell.. worked on my mother though!

DCFC79

Oh man, this is the worst "scam" ive ever seen on here. Its not s scam at all OP, all they've done is swap the JS and schwartz around smple as. Is it the retailers fault you dont look when picking up teh item ?

Do people even know what a scam actually is as its clearly not this.

PasturesNew

PLRFD wrote: »

Try Costco for herbs i havent found anywhere cheaper.

Nearest to me's a 350 mile round trip.... they only have about 22 shops in the whole of the UK - none of which are south of the Bristol-London line.

PasturesNew

DCFC79 wrote: »

Do people even know what a scam actually is as its clearly not this.

Yes, it's when the Govt take money from me to educate the population .... and I can see I was short-changed.

georgiesmum

Lynsey wrote: »

If you think Sainsbury's is bad, try Morrison's!!!

How many times do they fill an empty gap of an offer item with something else and NOT changing the signs prices.
It must work for them as it's been going on for ages and ages now!!
I have been caught a few times in the past and got refunded, but it still happens now!!

Lynsey

I am soooooooo sick of Morrison's doing this. it happens week after week. :mad: And yes for all the clever no-alls, I should be more vigilant. But when you are in a hurry it's hard to examine every little thing.

mallada

Cant see how this could be a scam, as if they expect this to happen it surely affects the other way around also.

Ie, customer normally buying schwartz picking up the own brand product instead. Though they probably make more money from the own brand...

terra_ferma

if only all the scams were like this, life would be easy, you'd just have to actually look at what you pick...