Everyone Looking Into Trolley Excitement

fairclaire

logie wrote: »

Well just been informed I'm to be woken at 2am to be given new antiviral :eek: so going to be a lightweight and try and get some sleep now. Be good

night Logie :A

jamsponge

Evening all:A

Just had a catch up. Hope Logie gets out soon.:A

fairclaire wrote: »

lovely. I wish my animals liked each other so much. My dog is really missing Ds2....he sleeps on his bed and us very restless. All I can hear us his claws tippy tapping on the wooden floor

My dog sulks for a couple of weeks every time my DD goes back to Uni lol. Goodness knows what he will be like when DS goes as well.

ChrisEvanson

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Yes, I can clarify (teaching grandmother for the regulars, so can be skipped). I used to have a spreadsheet but it has fallen into disuse, as I don't get time to update it anymore. I suspect "we'll give you the difference" is capable of confusing. It doesn't mean you'll just get a price match - but the "difference" is the difference to the 10% cheaper than the (cheapest) rival - plus an odd penny sometimes to round up so that Sada is "at least" 10% cheaper than the others. Basically, if the comparable bill is the same at A and the rival, you get the amount that takes you to 10% cheaper than the rival - e.g. A and T both £10, ten per cent will mean a voucher for £1.00.

The refund to "10% discount" works this way: if A is more expensive, e.g. comparable items in your basket (which may, indeed likely will, vary depending on which competitor you're looking at) A is £11 and T is £10, you'll get (if T is cheapest) £2.00 voucher - £1 for the difference between the A and T price, plus another £1 making "the difference" of £2.00 in total to be 10% cheaper than T. The "difference" (under the price guarantee) takes you to 10% cheaper than the rival would have been on their equivalents. Of course, you still pay whatever the Sada price was on the non-comparable items in the basket (and on any non-grocery items or items that aren't on MSM.co.uk). Except that we on here use glitches and sometimes or often get to a lot more than 10% cheaper. E.g. the item not on MSM is part of a mix and match multibuy so it reduces the price we pay for the other item, that is on MSM.co.uk and the APG, but compares (as only that item of the mix and match - plus your other items that had nothing to do with that multibuy of course) at full price vs the competitor and adds to voucher to be 10% cheaper (calculating from the full price, where we've used an item that isn't on MSM to trigger it - otherwise, if both are in the guarantee, they come up as e.g. £1.50 each if it's a 2 for £3.00 multi, regardless of individual price and, if the items are not the exact same product, same weight, variety, flavour, brand, exactly the same, count a two sep. items). The triggers don't count, as they're not on MSM.

Thank you. I can follow the triggers and how it works ie the glitches, but doubted my assumptions on the 10% difference. useful post this though for anyone unsure, someone should link to the above for newbies.

perkypam123

locarr wrote: »

Seconded !!:j:T

so i can ask plenty questions now lol

Savvybuyer

ChrisEvanson wrote: »

Thanks guys. I definitely saw a post here the other day where someone said (can't remember the item but using mine as an example) about getting say £1.20 difference plus 12p (10% of the price difference) which didn't seem correct. I should have asked then as it has niggled me since wondering if I was working it out wrong. I tend to do a rough calc in my head of the benefits but never check the APG to the penny.

I like adding same price stuff I'd buy anyway to APG shops as its another 10% back but the person I saw posting doing the above would say same price = nothing back.

I used to work it out by calculating the "difference" on each item, we call it the "APG". So if a pack of biscuits was £1 at A and the rival, the "APG" would be 10 pence. If sugar was 80p at A but 82p at the rival... the APG is ... well 10% cheaper than 82p = 82p minus 8.2p = .... (off I go again with the calculations, the regulars will appreciate:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)... fingers and toes and fifth of toes! - 73.8p. A was 80p, to get to 73.8 is 6.2p "APG" on that item.

I could do it this way - i.e. per item - as none of the items in my shopping were 10% cheaper than the rival I was comparing to. Then add up (in my spreadsheet simple total) the amount per item and get the total APG voucher value (what it should be) - this may be a penny either side out, as the APG actually calculates by taking the total comparable at A and the total for those items/their equivalents (plus any weight adjustments, products should be within 10% weight difference to count, and same brand level). It calculates 10% cheaper than the amount of the competitor comparable bill - then refunds from the amount of the A comparable bill to that 10% cheaper amount (and then rounds up to the nearest penny). Hey presto - APG voucher (hopefully!!)

scamps1966

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Do you sniff as well scamps:)

With what my dogs and cats walk in, Eer, no.

aau1

ChrisEvanson wrote: »

Thanks guys. I definitely saw a post here the other day where someone said (can't remember the item but using mine as an example) about getting say £1.20 difference plus 12p (10% of the price difference) which didn't seem correct. I should have asked then as it has niggled me since wondering if I was working it out wrong. I tend to do a rough calc in my head of the benefits but never check the APG to the penny.

I like adding same price stuff I'd buy anyway to APG shops as its another 10% back but the person I saw posting doing the above would say same price = nothing back.

Lots of people make the same mistake

David.

DODO wrote: »

David - message from Tiny Shoes - she spotted your use of her in your signature and isn't sure whether to be flattered or not!

You are a brave man!


Tiny not only got 1p chocs she also pointed me in the direction of them too.....

Its only here for a while but flattered rather than not;)

davemorton

perkypam123 wrote: »

so i can ask plenty questions now lol

Calm down dear :rotfl:

uglybugball

If anyone has an " Assura " pharmacy in their area ( ours is attached to doctors surgery ) I found some cheap kitchen rolls @ 30p each.
Really good quality , so I bought a full pack of 20 .
As every cupboard in kitchen is overflowing they had to go on top of wardrobe.