What is this green coins thing in Asda?

Altarf

Stompa wrote: »

See my earlier post:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=56243495&postcount=40

Oh dear, actually involving the customers. How terrible.

MothballsWallet

fluffnutter wrote: »

I think you're missing the point a little. This is how it works in Waitrose - each month three local charities have a box behind the tills. You read about each one and decide which of them you'd like to support. If you don't like any, you don't have to post your token. You can give it back, leave it in the bottom of your bag, or whatever.

At the end of the month, the number of tokens is converted into pounds and Waitrose gives the three charities the money. It's a way of supporting local charities, and allowing the consumer to decide which ones they'd like to give their money to.

Now, see, fluffnutter managed to make it nice and simple: why can't the supermarket explain that to customers who ask and / or don't know about the scheme?

fluffnutter wrote: »

I hardly think putting a green token in a slot as you walk past is behaving like a 'clockwork mouse' and I think it's a real shame you seem so antagonised by being given the opportunity to support your local community.

I think the OP's frustration is the lack of information from the checkout operator they spoke to - if the supermarket can't / don't / won't explain about the scheme, then how are people going to know about it (and I don't just mean point them to the website) and be able to make their own mind up about it.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

I love them. At w8rrrr Bedford, I collect them. At w8rrrr Stroud I redistribute them. Overtime, Bedford will run out and Stroud shall be awash with them.

sillygoose

Stompa wrote: »

That's not what I said, I have no problem with them giving money to charities. All supermarkets do that.

It's the green token scheme that's daft. It's pretty clear that it's designed to make the supermarkets look good, by giving a lot of publicity to their charitable donations. And by giving customers a token which they then place in a slot, they are trying to make their customers 'feel good' (as if they've made a personal charitable donation, when of course they've done nothing of the sort).

It'll also be costing the supermarkets money to implement the scheme, money which IMO would be better going directly to the charities.

ABSOLUTELY nail on the head, I was always taught to give to charity modestly, Asda are making sure everyone sees look at us we give to

OUR CHARIDY! (but I don't like talking about it mate)

DCFC79

DKLS wrote: »

What does get on my norks is the sainsburys scheme, "are you collecting child vouchers" is chanted at every transaction.

To be fair the staff have no way of knowing you aren't collecting the kids vouchers.

Pound

thatguy1 wrote: »

I went to the Asda the other week & was given some of these, couldn't see anything to put them in, so they're in the car lol.

If you collect enough Asda will donate some money to you

scooby75

I'd be more impressed with supermarkets if they engaged in some real social responisbility, like not buying up community facilities and school playing fields to build supermarkets on (and then pretending they are interested by giving a tennis ball to a school after someone has spent £10000 in their shop and collected tokens for it).

Steve059

jamespir wrote: »

i thought it was funny the other day when they gave me one i still have it infact wasnt sure what it was for i thought it for the trolley or something

I wonder if they work in the trolleys? If not, I'm sure that they could be made to work. After all, charity begins at home.

DKLS

DCFC79 wrote: »

To be fair the staff have no way of knowing you aren't collecting the kids vouchers.

To be fair the staff should recognise immediately that I dont have children by the fact I never have children with me, and the contents of my trolley is rather telling of my lifestyle also I dont look knackered and stressed like most parents.

arbroath_lass

DKLS wrote: »

To be fair the staff should recognise immediately that I dont have children by the fact I never have children with me, and the contents of my trolley is rather telling of my lifestyle also I dont look knackered and stressed like most parents.

To be fair you could still have nieces or nephews collecting them. Some people might even hand them in to their local school "just because".