MSE News: Top ten supermarket pricing blunders

anoncol

Nada666 wrote: »

I don't think there is a problem with beef and lamb - everybody knows the dishonesty of the 'British' moniker and only ever buys Welsh or Scottish or New Zealand - they know not to buy British.

Rubbish. The entire EU was caught up in the horse scandal.

callum9999

thor wrote: »

That is a pretty bold statement to make. I assume of course that you have evidence to back this assertion?

Yes.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/24-x-500ml-bottles-thatchers-gold-cider-for-5-tesco-1535088#comments

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/price-glitch-everyday-value-4-cheese-tomato-pizzas-only-37p-instore-tesco-1560216

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hello-kitty-romper-suit-3-price-glitch-instore-tesco-1540136

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tesco-weekly-coupons-for-money-off-a-40-etc-spend-glitch-accepts-coupons-one-go-1545832

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/new-york-yankee-cap-4p-tesco-1555822

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/9929881/I-paid-9-for-yogurt-worth-133-shoppers-exploit-Tesco-price-glitch.html

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/new-tesco-price-glitch--buy-one-get-three-free-105944991.html

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4528803

It wasn't actually a bold statement for anyone who has the blindest idea what they are talking about though! Bizarrely, many people just seem to enjoy being a victim and seek out ways to become one...

fionajbanana

aau1 wrote: »

The 4-pack was £2.63 before being reduced to £2

Its an example of the thicko shelf fillers Tesco seem to employ. If you scanned one of the 4+2 packs, it still scan at £2.

Don't start me with the cat food.........

Nada666

fionajbanana wrote: »

Its an example of the thicko shelf fillers Tesco seem to employ. If you scanned one of the 4+2 packs, it still scan at £2.

Don't start me with the cat food.........

The labels are still not consistent - the crossed out price on one is £2.63 which is not £3.74. It's not the fillers at fault it is the whoever-it-is-who-composes-labels that are wrong. They are dishonestly pricing a flashed-with-free pack at a six pack rather than four pack price.

Edit: Hmm, okay, I'm probably wrong, it could be the fillers - looking again the 4+2 packs are misplaced at a 6 pack SEL.

Nada666

anoncol wrote: »

Rubbish. The entire EU was caught up in the horse scandal.

Not sure that that is remotely relevant to what I wrote.

stephen77

Nada666 wrote: »

The labels are still not consistent - the crossed out price on one is £2.63 which is not £3.74. It's not the fillers at fault it is the whoever-it-is-who-composes-labels that are wrong. They are dishonestly pricing a flashed-with-free pack at a six pack rather than four pack price.

Edit: Hmm, okay, I'm probably wrong, it could be the fillers - looking again the 4+2 packs are misplaced at a 6 pack SEL.

A larger photo of the whole bean fixture may help. We do not know what is to the left of the beans. May be a whole stack of 6 pack beans? So could be shelf stacker not looking properly or moving price ticket to the left.
Could even be stock rotation. Eg they had not sold all the 2 free can stock up yet, but changed shelf edge label earlier in the day etc.
It could even be a customer putting products back on a shelf in the wrong place.
Or just a big mess up at head office.
From one photo we can not tell.

Still if product scanned at £2.00 and you thought it was going to cost £3.74 cheaper than your going to be happy.

stephen77

Nada666 wrote: »

Not sure that that is remotely relevant to what I wrote.

I interpreted your comments that "british" moniker is not a selling point in your view of most people buying habits. While Welsh or New Zealand were signs of quality.
I may have interpreted what you wrote wrongly.
Please feel free to state your reasoning behind not being a fan of britsh moniker.

juno

callum9999 wrote: »

And unless someone can confirm otherwise, I find it hard to believe that they'd be charged 80p for 2. Promotions generally work by putting through the items at full price and then calculating an amount to deduct - I doubt it's possible for that deduction amount to be positive.

Play.com did have an offer a few years ago that worked like that - I can't remember the exact prices, but it was about £5 or 2 for £15 and if you put 2 in your basket it added money on to make it £15.

Lieja

fionajbanana wrote: »

Its an example of the thicko shelf fillers Tesco seem to employ. If you scanned one of the 4+2 packs, it still scan at £2.

Don't start me with the cat food.........

I'm not sure that bean placement is any reflection on the shelf-stacker's intelligence. It probably more accurately reflects their mind-numbing boredom and general disinterest in where tins of beans are shelved. I sincerely hope that they had something more interesting to think about while they were stacking.

spidereyes

Not really a pricing error; but typical examples of "extra free" or BOGOF promo's which make the customer think they are getting more for their money.


Duracell 8 pack (5+3 free) - at standard 8 pack prices
When have you ever seen a 5 pack of Duracell anyway?


Another good example is Poundland...
eg. shampoo 100ml for the price of 50ml, yet normal sizes elsewhere are 100ml and only costs 98p.

People see a "offer" and don't actually take the time to consider if it genuinely is one or not