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scamps1966

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Onto your £20.42 of non-comparables (but check a.com!), I've got you £19.85 of T spend which should get you a £9.25 PP:

Heinz Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice (4x400g)£2.00 £1.00
Dole Tropical Gold Pineapple Slices in Juice (567g)90p 50p
Cif Floor Cleaner & All Purpose Cleaner - Ocean (1L)£2.00 £1.00
Cif Camomile Wood Floor Cleaner (1L)£2.00 £1.00
Tesco Antiseptic Disinfectant Liquid (500ml)£1.00 85p
Tesco Celery89p 50p
Tesco Spring Onions£1.00 50p
2xTizer (2L)£1.04x2 Any 2 for £1.50
Paxo Golden Breadcrumbs (227g)99p 75p
Alpen Light Cherry Bakewell Bars (5x19g) (other versions are avail - check msm, and then a.com!) £1.99 £1.00
2xL'Oreal Paris Men Expert Deodorant Spray - Fresh Extreme (150ml) (other versions avail, as above)£2.50x2 £1.00x2

You can, of course, instead, buy more than one of the above comparables (where not going vs an A multibuy) and fill your basket that way - e.g. more of the Heinz Tomato multipacks (but careful - not all As stock them and do we have price confirmation on T PP that they are comparing)?

I'm sure people can do better than this (i.e. and get full £10 PP, without going over, as well as every comparable item to be cheapest, by far more than 10%, in A and to represent good value in itself at A's price).

I have to say, You are bloody brilliant, I've had a drink (or 2), but your posts are great. You must spend a lot of time in M's and comparing the other stores. How do you find time for yourself? Is this all you do? I'm not knocking you, but I'd love to take you out for a pint.

scamps1966

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thick_tom wrote: »

tesco gardening items now 75% off

dipdap - what about some of these non-comps (instead of some of the first list, the non-comps, of the groceries)?

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viv0147 wrote: »

Home Bargains in Port Talbot 1/2 dozen Large Eggs 69p

Thank you. Unfortunately the cost of getting to Port Talbot would outweigh the saving on those eggs to me! So I think I'll stick with the Sada 6 Medium Free Range Eggs Avs M's 97p.

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pattylabelle wrote: »

Have a smile at this womble dated today AVS

Total 8 diff items on receipt

1 x Twinings Fresh & Fruity Strawberry & Mango Tea £1.00£1.00
1 x Twinings Revive & Revitalise Lemon & Ginger Tea£1.00£1.00
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Toffee & Pecan Swirl (2)£1.00N/A
1 x Muller Light Fat Free Strawberry Yogurt (175g)£0.68£0.34
2 x Muller Light Banana & Custard Yogurt Fat Free (175£1.36£0.68
2 x Muller Light Cherry Yogurt Fat Free (175g)£1.00£0.68
5 x Muller Light Raspberry & Cranberry Yogurt Fat Fre£2.68£1.70
1 x ASDA Hero Dental Chews with Pumice (7 per pack -£0.92N/A

They bought 10 Mullers!:j:j
My latest womble - I should not even have bothered. Found a fairly small receipt (a good sign:D) - slightly smaller than my own (but then my own had lots of lines of MOCs off:):)) but not so small as not be enough items.

Or so I thought. Turned out they bought Stella (in the wrong week of course!:() but then bought several of the same Stella and three of the same another booze. So.. 2 different items:(:(:(:(:(.

scamps1966

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hannahp wrote: »

I saw the 'Flora £2 at Morrisons' on Martin's article :money: about the Tesco fuel promo & as I will save the £1.80 difference on the cost of my fuel at the pump the Mr T's PP was to be a bonus.

However my PP results have come back as N/A & customer services are refusing to refund the difference without a 'screenshot'

Unfortunately I can't find any internet reference to this deal apart from amongst MSE forumites

Anyone had any success with this on the Price promise ?

Another example of CS being either ill-informed or acting as if they were ill-informed - this is in relation to M so the screenshot is irrelvant. M does not have an online grocery website, so prices are collected instore. By rights, therefore, a cameraphone shot of the aisle of Butterys in Ms should be enough.

However this is T and you always lose out with them I feel! Simply a broken promise. I've had them before, both when this was Price Check and under Price Promise, where things have come back N/A and T have NOT made up the difference. If their system fails, it's non-comparable and, in practice, I've found they do rely on a term in their T&Cs (as opposed to the prominent message of their huge advertising) to avoid making up the difference. You could go to the advertising watchdog (although it'll award no compenation to yourself:() but you'd have to show there was a general failing in T PP coming back with N/As such that it invalidated their general claim. I could give you several examples as support where they have not refunded to the difference had I shopped at a competitor, and I believe I even have email corrrespondence somewhere in which they refused to make it up.

I do not shop with them anymore, such is their blatant taking of money from me and the constant battle of wits to try to get it back. Why are people going for this petrol promotion, spending over the odds on overpriced products to get a few pence a litre off (even if they fill up and it amounts to a few pounds) and no matching to a competitor's cheaper price? You've paid the £1.80/£2.00 in the product you've bought to qualify for the £2 off the fuel!

Instead I'd be inclined to go for the Pampers Simply Dry A vs M - even if you have no kids - as perhaps that may give a £1.47 payment for buying it (vs cheaper at the competitor and 10% off) to 'try for free'. That £1.47, plus the 10% cheaper off a competitor's basket price, should save you the £2 amount, that you can then use towards your 1 or 2p per litre cheaper at the pump price of petrol at A, compared to what T's petrol prices generally seem to be (i.e. priced about 1 or 2p more than A's national price maximum).

As for what I've lost -
The Happy Egg Co. eggs at £1.90 (or £1.70?) in T came back N/A vs A. A was about £1.48 on them (in the time when I wasn't as savvy as I am now:D) - although I probably had a 'buy Happy Eggs in T' coupon against them. T Price Check returned N/A - despite two separate emails, they still refused to refund - sorry we will not be refunding, that's our official policy I'm afraid. Official? (Wonder what the ASA would have made of that had it been instead in advertising? "Official" implies it is by a government body and should not be used by organisations unless they are part of the government. Needless to say, I didn't think it worth pursuing that point!)

The Eday Value Apple Crumble returned N/A vs Morries. T 89p M 80p. I rang and told them - it was 'only' 8p so I didn't really push it - but then again, they should have said no problem we will refund you automatically, whether you're happy or not, whether I'd asked for it or not, but did they do that? No, of course not. Would that not however have been the approach of an enlightened company that really understands its customers' interests and serves to meet them (as well as fulfilling a 'promise' the company makes)???

And of course the Eday Value Parsnips. That was the final straw. My phone call to them and their response lost them this former customer. And of course I'm now telling my friends, people on here and X number of people etc...

T it seems never learnt about this part of marketing.

But of course, as a 'former' customer, I am not a customer anymore, so I am now not within their 'customer base' and thus they don't have to serve me or fulfill any promises they made to me at all.

If you have an A, SHOP IN ASDA!!! You'll always, in effect, beat T's cheaper prices by 10% (using the APG - and often by more than that - as your regular 'special' items, e.g. new pots/butter, show!). And you will not be ripped off by a price 'promise' that doesn't compare. And, if A doesn't have them, buy those in Sainsbugs.

I don't work for A and nor do I seek to promote them. It's just that their scheme always comes up trumps - and I've never had any luck with DTD. For those who can get DTD, use it freely and without limit and take as much as you can please!!:):)

A warning therefore: do not buy in T as there may be no recompense if their system comes back with N/A.

Over and out... goodnight!!!

Savvybuyer

scamps1966 wrote: »

I have to say, You are bloody brilliant, I've had a drink (or 2), but your posts are great. You must spend a lot of time in M's and comparing the other stores. How do you find time for yourself? Is this all you do? I'm not knocking you, but I'd love to take you out for a pint.

I'd love to come out too!:beer: In fact I came back from the pub tonight - hence being here a little later. It's certainly not 'all I do' (as my disappointment over the distraction of work will indicate, that takes me away from being able to use the glitches properly - or to stay in the loop rather than constantly falling behind and then catching back up each week). Perhaps I should be a tad more in RL though - that does need catching up in a while, will take me from here for a short while and then once done back on here!!

1: My suggestions in the last two lists (Tvs A) aren't in any way all the details I have, but were tailored to that query.

2: I can't guarantee the Avs Morries Pampers Simply Dry will work by the way. Surely worth a go though? At the worst, can't you merely "try it for free" (or your 10% thing on top doesn't work) or maybe I am missing something???

As a final brilliance (for now), you could have added T Eday Value Melon (how big are they though?) - now at 50p each, and the usuals as fillers vs A, Eday Value Fruit Pastilles 49p and Tulip Chicken Slices £2.

This from having had a lot of practice on this when I did shop at T.

Alright...bye folks!!:):)

Savvybuyer

Shana Onion Paratha (400g) or Original Paratha (400g) - 90p T N/A in A
Patak's Ready to Eat Pappadums (8) or Garlic & Corriander version (8) £1.00 in T, N/A A

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CookieRaider wrote: »

Wow loving your work, but take some time out and chill in this weather

Chilling here at home:D.
(It's actually relaxation, for me, being on this forum.)