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31/10 5.30pm apg= £13.05

8 items (6 different) on your bill qualify for comparisonTesco+£11.76 1 x Cadbury Flake (14g)£0.20N/A
2 x Cadbury Fabulous Fingers (3x110g)£14.00£5.98
1 x Green's Egg Custard Mix (54g)£0.50N/A
1 x Green's Lemon Pie Filling (2 per pack - 140g)£0.50£0.50
1 x Huggies Pure Baby Wipes (64)£1.00£1.00
1 x Cadbury Freddo (18g)£0.20N/A
2 x Kellogg's Special K Red Berries (320g)£5.36£5.00
1 x Soft & Gentle Sensitive Antiperspirant Deodorant (...£1.89£0.20
1 x Soft & Gentle Body Responsive Antiperspirant Deodo...£1.89£0.20
Comparison total (compared products only)£24.64£12.88

+ 1x Vinnie

mhoc

HopePray wrote: »

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I think we are all worried about the Sada spies who lurk on our forum and stop nice glitches within hours of them starting

David.

mhoc wrote: »

In theory if the wine discount starts on Thursday then you should be able to do the 1st trial shop about 2 or 3 am - I was told their computers update around this time ( mind you I was told this years ago )

My store had the right wine today but no 34£12 sign - so will this offer still be on tommorow or will they do like s did in previous wine festivals and remove the multibuys ....

Well no doubt a few people will be interested

aaarrrggghhh

mhoc wrote: »

Not good, I've been using one beans and 3 greens as 4 of my fillers and sometimes I get 4 soups as well so that's 6 of my fillers.
So no printed mocs would result in me having a strop at the till and leaving everything at the till.
Mind you I would then be writing to CS to complain about Sada not being able to keep to their "happy to help" ethos :rotfl:

I had my first ever major trouting today at ASDA. Here's the email I sent to the CS dept which details my story:

"I am emailing you in relation to the way I was treated and spoken to at your B*********l store today.

I spent over an hour and a half wandering around your store and filling my trolley with £90+ worth of groceries. As the manned checkouts were busy, presumably due to half-term, I opted to take my time packing my goods at the self-service checkouts instead. After scanning all my items, I proceeded to the payment screen and took the dozen or so coupons out of my bag to scan before parting with my cash. These coupons were all legitimate, either printed from the electronic, online version of Metro newspaper, taken from manufacturer's pages on Facebook or printed PDFs provided on the manufacturer's website. As these coupons required assistance, I waited for a member of staff to help me out.

Upon her arrival, she picked up the first coupon (valid for a free can of Heinz Beanz) and immediately stated, "we can't take this, it's fake". Obviously, I argued my case and pointed out where I had found the coupon online but she was adamant. She said she'd have to speak to a manager and disappeared to do just that. Upon her prompt return, she stated that the coupon wouldn't be accepted. I decided not to argue the point and instead asked for assistance with the rest of my coupons.

This was at 1.35pm. She took all of my coupons after a short look through them, stating "none of the barcodes (on the coupons) match the barcodes on the items" - a totally ridiculous point to make, as if they did, they'd just scan at the price of the item, surely - and again went to speak to a manager. I was left at the self-service checkout with my bagged shopping until 2.10pm. Throughout some of this time, I could see the member of staff a number of aisles away perusing my coupons with another member of staff. Occasionally, the other members of self-service staff popped over to them and huddled around my coupons as if they had never seen printed paper before. During these 35 minutes, not one member of staff apologised for my inconvenience, nor the wait I was enduring waiting to find out if my legitimately-obtained, perfectly valid coupons were, indeed, just that.

This is not the first time I have used these coupons in the B***********l store - in fact, only two days previously, I used a number of them at a manned checkout and they were accepted graciously.

At 2.10pm, the member of staff returned with the words, "Bad news, I'm afraid. We can't take ANY of them". These coupons were, I repeat, a mixture of PDFs, Safe Coupons (with unique barcodes), Facebook offers and e-Metro issued print-outs. After a 35 minute wait, with no apology, to have staff insinuate I was committing fraud in order to obtain a tin of beans, amongst other items, I abandoned all of my shopping and left the store. Again, I received no apology for the stress, embarrassment nor time wasted in shopping at the store.

In addition, I spent £6.80 in bus fare to get to and from the store. At least, in one respect, I have saved money as it is extremely unlikely this will be resolved to my satisfaction so I will instead take my business to Tesco. I am appalled, furious and bewildered that this happened, particularly as I'd used coupons in this store without hassle before. These coupons are legitimate and should be accepted. I will be forwarding this email to the manufacturer's of the products concerned to make them aware that their promotions are being hindered by badly-trained staff and poorly-implemented store policies. Let me just say this - although I've not had a problem until today at ASDA, I have never had an issue at Tesco, Sainsbury's or Waitrose. It was a not insubstantial amount of money I was due to spend in your store and I am baffled as to how what amounted to £5's worth of coupons were refused for the most tenuous of reasons.

What seems ironic is the way suspected shoplifters are taken to one side and spoken to discretely, yet myself, using coupons, was embarrassed in front of everyone using the self-service checkouts during the 30 minute period I was there.

I fear now, I will be too embarrassed to return; too fearful that my time will be wasted and my coupons not accepted."

artypaws

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Vinnie and 2 fab fingers work with a Waitrose shop?

No the fab fingers compare as £14.00 in MrA and £13.98 in MrW - hth

Snap-ant

marrbett wrote: »

Oh Snap-ant, that's sad news. Is another store not going to take it over?

Thanks - yes it is sad & no - as the building is in a very out of the way place - no one goes there except locals & shop lifters :mad:
It would make a great Farm Foods as it's got a car park

ni-mum

McClelland's cheese is buy 1 get 2 free but is showing on MSM as 3 for 2. I wonder which price the PP uses - it's £4.93 in T and £2 in A.

Bananababe

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Vinnie and 2 fab fingers work with a Waitrose shop?

No they don't as I found out earlier by accident

Iamsohappy

Snap-ant wrote: »

Our local Co op is closing & lots of staff with no jobs to go to
I'll miss being able to nip there as it's 5 minutes closer to us than Mr T.
Lots of 50% reductions. This is good but you feel awful as the Staff are so depressed.
My sister is one of them & today she emailed her CV & could I read it?
2 hours later we had rearranged it & presented it properly. What she thinks is important & unimportant caused some crossly exchanged words.
She thought they was no need to include her O & A Levels :eek::eek:

That is rough for the staff

I am sure your sister appreciates the help

Snap-ant

Iamsohappy wrote: »

That is rough for the staff

I am sure your sister appreciates the help

Got a lift to Mr T from it :T