MSE News: Tesco fined £300,000 for strawberries 'sale' offer

Marisco

RHYSDAD wrote: »

which i do!! Of course you could always share a tray with someone.....

Or put them in punnets and sell them for £1.99

UKGuy

Marisco wrote: »

Or put them in punnets and sell them for £1.99

Now that is a good idea, or better still £1.98 to undercut Tesco! :T

VitaK

Lidl's have strawberries (400g) for 79p if you don't need that many.

Lynsey

Marisco wrote: »

I presume that if you (general) find a "glitch" in the system and bottles of wine (or whatever) are getting sold for 10p a bottle, you report it to the store?

To the store?? :eek:

No, I'll report it to the MSE forum. :rotfl:
Hopefully as many members as possible can get back what they've been "screwed" to equal things out a little.

Lynsey

Marisco

Lynsey wrote: »

To the store?? :eek:

No, I'll report it to the MSE forum. :rotfl:
Hopefully as many members as possible can get back what they've been "screwed" to equal things out a little.

Lynsey

Why screwed? Don't like the price? Don't buy it! If you have the time and the inclination (which I don't! ) then shop around until you find something at a price you are willing to pay.

UKGuy

Marisco wrote: »

Why screwed? Don't like the price? Don't buy it! If you have the time and the inclination (which I don't! ) then shop around until you find something at a price you are willing to pay.

That is exactly what I do, there's plenty of choice out there, why is it so hard for some people to do this, haven't they got a brain, can't they think for themselves?

Stompa

Lynsey wrote: »

Hopefully as many members as possible can get back what they've been "screwed" to equal things out a little.

They've not been 'screwed' at all. If anything, Tesco have done them a favour by selling the strawberries at the lower price for longer than would otherwise have been the case.

Broadwood

I've been predicting the fall of Tesco for some time.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/51426869#Comment_51426869

Remember what happened to Ratners once the penny dropped with Joe Public?

geordie_joe

Broadwood wrote: »

Remember what happened to Ratners once the penny dropped with Joe Public?

Yes, it changed it's name to Signet Group and is now the world's largest specialty retail jeweller.

Edit: Just thought, you didn't think it had gone down the pan just because the word Ratners disappeared from above a few jewellers shops, did you?

[Deleted User]

For the people posting and making comments in the media elsewhere along the lines of 'caveat emptor' and 'people aren't stupid & should know when a price is fair' - I would ask them to consider the shoppers who may be learning disabled or impaired and actually cannot make the savvy choices we all take for granted. Most of these shoppers are on a small income to start with & I regard the action by Trading Standards in Birmingham as at least protecting people who can't make the 'obvious' budgeting decisions.