Worst money off coupons.

rufydoofyM

stedwell wrote: »

I spend a huge amount of money at s****burys as it is the only place I shop! I only ever receive points for a certain amount spend. I never ever get money off a £40 or £20 pound sepnd. Why would this be?

Using different nectar cards and rotating their use seems to generate more vouchers. When expensive stuff is on offer like loo rolls, cleaning product, pet food or other things regularly used are on offer I try and stock up for several months. Sorry but I don't understand those that only buy what they need weekly unless their income is so low that its impossible. Its difficult at first but most offers seem to rotate every few months and so I rarely pay full for anything. I rarely shop without extra nectar points and If by chance I have no coupons I buy something for a couple of quid before I go round and get my shopping and that usually gets me coupons which I then use and only spend enough to get me the points and only on stuff that I need and is on offer. Only spend points on household stuff and clothes that are 50% or 70% off. I love Sainsbobs and hate Toscos. If I see offers at asda or tosco then I still buy at sainsbobs and put it through as a separate transaction so I get the maximum brand match offer back and then use it for the rest of my shopping. I have always struggled on a low income and have had to ensure that all customer loyalty schemes work to my advantage and not the supermarkets and with planning and a bit of research it can be done.

Lynsey

I got £3 off £20 and £2 off £20 Tesco coupons.

stedwell - try putting a few small spends through, like £2 and £3's. I get loads of £2 off £20 till spits from Sainsbury's, but haven't had a £3 or £4 off for a while. If you can, use two Nectar cards - one just for small spends.

Lynsey

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I had a £5 off £35 from T's which was useful this week. Won't be using the rest though.

Coop £2 off £20 are no good as our local is small and poorly stocked.

I just wish Waitrose would do similar conditional spend offers. That would be great.

fionajbanana

stedwell wrote: »

I spend a huge amount of money at s****burys as it is the only place I shop! I only ever receive points for a certain amount spend. I never ever get money off a £40 or £20 pound sepnd. Why would this be?

On your Nectar card application form, did you tick 'I don't want to be contacted with Nectar and receive post and coupons' or something of this nature. A quick call to them will make you get the coupons through the post and till spits. It takes about a week for it to kick in. I signed up with Nectar in 2004 with selecting this and contacted them a few years back and its was the best phonecall I made that year.

Helix

stedwell wrote: »

thought so! Time to go somewhere else!

They all do it, today I got one for Tesco for £6 off a £40 spend. I never spend £40 in Tesco. Morrison's have started as well, although they have less data to go on as they don't have a loyalty scheme.

Asdas seem to be the only ones that don't do it.

jackomdj

ImDoingItForMe wrote: »

And all i get from Mr T are coupons for 25points off £1 spend on fruit, 25points off £1 spent on dairy etc. I very rarely get anything worth having..

I quite like these though as I always use my points when they are worth 4 times the value so effectively getting product for free.

flubberyzing

I got a pack of coupons from Tesco the other day for £3 off a £25 spend. I very rarely spend that much in one go!
Till spits are generally useless for me. They are usually for some product I would never buy, or require a large initial spend to get any sort of discount. One of my favourite recent till spits was something like "20% off a specific model of Dyson vacuum." I can't imagine the uptake of that offer was very large! I mean, how many people would look at it and go "that's exactly the vacuum I wanted!!" And 20% off a £300 item isn't a huge saving by any standards.

I do like the quarterly clubcard vouchers from Tesco though. I save them for the double-up event they do about twice a year and use it to stock up my freezer.

JesseJames_2

rufydoofyM wrote: »

Using different nectar cards and rotating their use seems to generate more vouchers. When expensive stuff is on offer like loo rolls, cleaning product, pet food or other things regularly used are on offer I try and stock up for several months. Sorry but I don't understand those that only buy what they need weekly unless their income is so low that its impossible. Its difficult at first but most offers seem to rotate every few months and so I rarely pay full for anything. I rarely shop without extra nectar points and If by chance I have no coupons I buy something for a couple of quid before I go round and get my shopping and that usually gets me coupons which I then use and only spend enough to get me the points and only on stuff that I need and is on offer. Only spend points on household stuff and clothes that are 50% or 70% off. I love Sainsbobs and hate Toscos. If I see offers at asda or tosco then I still buy at sainsbobs and put it through as a separate transaction so I get the maximum brand match offer back and then use it for the rest of my shopping. I have always struggled on a low income and have had to ensure that all customer loyalty schemes work to my advantage and not the supermarkets and with planning and a bit of research it can be done.

That's an excellent tip - Thanks for sharing that.

Edwardia

Actually, I think the only people who really benefit from these loyalty cards are the supermarkets. I don't have them anymore.

When I'm in Sainsbury's with my mother I put my points on her Nectar card because I will spend in one transaction what she would spend in two weeks so it helps her build her points up faster. She would go to Sainsbos regardless.

Lidl seems to be stocking more organic food now and if that continues I can go back there more and save more dosh than I ever would at Sainsbury's.Lidl organic Fairtrade bananas £1 same in Sainsbury's 1.50

m00min

Sainsbury's have warped logic

I get a voucher for £10 off a £100 shop (10%)

My father-in-law get a voucher for £5 off a £40 shop (20%)

So not only am I expected to spend more money to take advantage of the offer, I get less benefit than someone who needs to spend less. Clearly, they think I'm a 'captive' shopper and don't have to encourage me to shop there....