Supermarket Rip Off?

psuedonym2009

We have purchased from Asda and Morrissons, Twinnings Green Tea for months now.
My wife has allways collected the 50p off voucher which is inside the packs and unseen untill the box is opened, however, when checking the use by dates we notice the dates all run out prior to actual purchase :mad:
This is despite huge price increases and due no doubt to the "recession" and automatic price hikes from retailers seizing the opportunity to raise their prices.
Are the supermarkets (and no doubt all others) allowed to sell at increased prices despite proof that they bought the products many months prior to their price hykes? Or is it just opportunism?

Hintza

You don't have to buy an if enough other people agree the price is excessive then the price will drop.

Tea is a commodity and prices will rise and fall dependent on a number of factors such as supply and demand, rainfall, drought cost of transport, cost of processing etc.

Collect acorns and make your own beverage for free. That will show them!

psuedonym2009

Regardless of the morality of production of goods, that we all buy, the question is : are they allowed to rip people off?

arcon5

They are not ripping people off - they offer you a product at x price and you choose whether you accept it or not.

Your poll is poor - more options are needed for those who just think the question is ridiculous.

vuvuzela

psuedonym2009 wrote: »

Regardless of the morality of production of goods, that we all buy, the question is : are they allowed to rip people off?

They can choose to sell at whatever price they want to. You can choose not to buy.

vuvuzela

arcon5 wrote: »

They are not ripping people off - they offer you a product at x price and you choose whether you accept it or not.

Your poll is poor - more options are needed for those who just think the question is ridiculous.

I've noticed it's mostly newbies that start polls and they never word them in anything other than an utterly biased way. The poll function is pretty much redundant on this forum.

antrobus

psuedonym2009 wrote: »

We have purchased from Asda and Morrissons, Twinnings Green Tea for months now.
My wife has allways collected the 50p off voucher which is inside the packs and unseen untill the box is opened, however, when checking the use by dates we notice the dates all run out prior to actual purchase ...

So you're saying that the expiry date for the 50p off vouchers was before the date of purchase. So you couldn't use the vouchers because they'd already expired. I'd contact Twinings and complain - http://www.twinings.co.uk/about-twinings/contact-us

psuedonym2009 wrote: »

This is despite huge price increases and due no doubt to the "recession" and automatic price hikes from retailers seizing the opportunity to raise their prices.
Are the supermarkets (and no doubt all others) allowed to sell at increased prices despite proof that they bought the products many months prior to their price hykes? Or is it just opportunism?

It doesn't prove anything about supermarkets. I'd have thought that the most likely explanation is that somebody at Twinings has forgotten to ask the printers to either a) stop printing the coupon or b) update the details.

Enfieldian

If you put as much effort into contacting Twinings regarding the issue as you have bleating on here and setting up that silly poll and you might get somewhere.

mattyprice4004

I buy and sell in the course of my business - and if I can sell something for a high price I will do, regardless of what it cost me to buy.

It's not illegal, it's business.

DCFC79

OP have you thought that these boxes of tea bags have been stored away in asda/morries and they have only come to light and been used to replenuish the shelf.

Oh and theres no rip off.

Contacting twinings is an option as well.

cajef

There should be an option in your poll to vote for people who post daft polls on internet forums.