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Tesco think I spend £40 a week? Yeah right!

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  • squeakysue
    squeakysue Posts: 908 Forumite
    I would use them to build up stocks of stuff like soap powder, loo rolls, tins, meat etc. stuff you use anyway
  • Wizzbang
    Wizzbang Posts: 4,716 Forumite
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    You can give them away, I give mine to my mum and vice versa, they never query why the names or clubcard numbers don't match.
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  • HOWMUCH
    HOWMUCH Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    I'd go with buying clothing and keep your receipt and return and get a refund. Then follow the same process for the following weeks
    Why pay full price when you may get it YS ;)
  • VoucherMan
    VoucherMan Posts: 2,799 Forumite
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    I get these too. My theory is the way they're hiking prices all the time it will soon be easy to use them.

    I just shop at Asda instead where it's normally 10% cheaper anyway.
  • Lip_Stick
    Lip_Stick Posts: 2,415 Forumite
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    I got some of these yesterday. I'll stock up with the £6 off £40 spend, but won't bother using the £4 off £40 ones.
    There's a storm coming, Mr Johnson. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.
  • Funnily enough i had some £2/£3 off a £20 spend rather than the £40 they send.

    :)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 17,413 Forumite
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    Funnily enough i had some £2/£3 off a £20 spend rather than the £40 they send.

    :)


    Sainsbobs tend to do this if you haven't been in for awhile and a couple of quid off £20.00 is worth having as I too live alone and never spend anything like £40.00 in one transaction.In fact I only shop as and when I have more than 6 things on my list of essentials and often adapt what I have indoors rather than going shopping By doing this for the past few months I have cut my food bill down by about a third and never buy things that I really am not going to use within that time.I probably shop about every ten days or so when I have run out of fresh fruit or veg or need milk
  • I received similar only mine were for money off £90 spends. It seems they see what your usual spend with them is, add a bit, then send you a voucher based on that. All to try to get you to spend more no doubt!
  • zygurat789
    zygurat789 Posts: 4,263 Forumite
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    I shop at Mr T about once every 3 weeks on average, as its out of my way. In March, I received some MOCs off products and I used these as the items were on various offers. I spent no more than £20.

    Today, I have received 1x£6 off £40 and 5x£4 off £40 coupons.

    The only time I spend more than £40 in a single transaction in a supermarket is when I buy booze and clothing - mainly at Asda and S and that is about 5 times a year. I live alone and my shopping bills vary from £10 a week to £55 - depending on offers etc. On weeks I spend just a tenner - that's milk, a few reductions and Aldi veg.

    So how on earth did Mr T think I spend £40 in a week? Ten weeks, yes.

    On the other hand we have to work really hard to spend less than £40 pw and we've been sent nothing.
    Be careful what you complain about.
    The only thing that is constant is change.
  • paulineb_2
    paulineb_2 Posts: 6,489 Forumite
    Im using the £5 off a 40 quid spend in aldi today, splitting the shopping with my mum. Im trying to shop more in Aldi just now, Tescos prices are just too expensive. Thats a coupon in the record/mirror.
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