wombling in tesco - what's safe

MarkyMarkD

Great, thanks.

Discodee

Groovy!
no doubt the youngsters here haven't a clue who I am on about.

auntymabel

Surely, the points belong to the person who paid for the goods. If they decide not to use them why should it be assumed that they have given them back to Tesco rather than to whoever picks them up in the car park?

conger007

I am sure Tesco's would plead that a discarded receipt is not theirs if facing a waste or litter charge. I believe the ownership of the receipt and responsibility for the littering would rest with the person who was given the receipt by tescos therefore picking them up from the ground you would be doing the owner a favour for a small reward. Putting the points on your account is surely at Mr T's discretion.
Once deposited in waste bins they would become Mr T's who has a duty of care to dispose of them as controlled waste.
Not sure who owns the the ones discarded in the trollies though.

I would prefer if Mr T's kept its car parks litter free so wombling wasn't an option. Until that day, womble away.

Discodee

Permission to womble! Thank you

Found another 28 points today and put 32 points on my hubby's card

Discodee

auntymabel wrote: »

Surely, the points belong to the person who paid for the goods. If they decide not to use them why should it be assumed that they have given them back to Tesco rather than to whoever picks them up in the car park?

Ooh Aunty Mabel, my daughter know a lovely story rhyme about you! :money: I won't tell you tho as it's not too flattering. (Obviously it isn't about you personally! She just noticed Aunty mabel there LOL)
She's just said you're Pippin's owner too!:cool:

mshappy

I can't believe how people are reacting to this thread.I don't have a clubcard and don't womble and personally I see nothing wrong with doing so.The points people are wombling don't get claimed twice, so Tesco's isn't losing anything.People who discard of their receipts obviously don't have a clubcard so I don't see any harm with other people wombling them.

silkysmooth69

one mans trash is anouther mans treasure

MarkyMarkD

auntymabel wrote: »

Surely, the points belong to the person who paid for the goods. If they decide not to use them why should it be assumed that they have given them back to Tesco rather than to whoever picks them up in the car park?

mshappy wrote:

I can't believe how people are reacting to this thread.I don't have a clubcard and don't womble and personally I see nothing wrong with doing so.The points people are wombling don't get claimed twice, so Tesco's isn't losing anything.People who discard of their receipts obviously don't have a clubcard so I don't see any harm with other people wombling them.

Both of these posts demonstrate that you don't understate how the Clubcard scheme (or any loyalty scheme) works.

The receipts don't have any value. The receipts aren't like "bearer bonds" which have value for anyone who happens to scavenge them. The receipts are merely evidence of the transaction that the customer involves has undertaken.

Tesco don't give away points when they issue a receipt. They give away money or goods or services when the points are redeemed.

The idea that points are "floating around" ready to be claimed by womblers is rubbish. Points only exist when they've been added to a clubcard account.

So wombling involves stealing money (in the form of discounts/goods/services) from Tesco. It's that simple.

Points do NOT belong to the person who paid for the goods. They belong to Tesco unless they are claimed by the Clubcard holder who spent the money. They are not transferable to your friend/your bin man/your wombler.

vincenz

Have got to admit, wombling is taking money saving too far, and it has degraded the kids TV program, sort of like freddy and AIDS