Free Hot drink and cake every month @ John Lewis

Africat

mhoc wrote: »

Might it be an idea to just make sure we do spend something even if its only a £1 item - has anyone any suggestions?

You can have your purchases delivered to Waitrose to make things easier.

I think just keep reviewing it - they will annonce their new terms if they change I'm sure.

m1kjm

thriftymanc wrote: »

If people are that bothered about needing to spend money in John Lewis to make sure they get the voucher, why not just pay for the coffee and cake in the first place?! I don't mean that to sound rude but it's making me laugh that people are getting het up about spending money to make sure they get their vouchers - it's not a freebie if you're buying something for the sake of it

No-one is getting het up. We are all entitled to discuss the scheme without coming across as het up.


No-one MSE is going to spend £5.85 on a hot chocolate and carrot cake :rotfl:


And no-one is advocating spending money unnecessarily. I really appreciate the coffee and cake vouchers and they're worth £70.20 to me annually. We all have to buy bits like birthdays cards, gifts, kitchen stuff, and I'm happy to spend x amount on that sort of thing in JL to make me feel more confident that I'll keep getting the vouchers. It'll make me feel less greedy too :rotfl:


At least we've given you a laugh this weekend

miss_scrooge

Does anyone ever just get a slither of a cake instead of normal sized one last time I did heard one staff say is she buying anything else next minute get just tvery hin slice.First time that's happened thing is was the nicest cake I've had there.

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miss_scrooge wrote: »

Does anyone ever just get a slither of a cake instead of normal sized one last time I did heard one staff say is she buying anything else next minute get just tvery hin slice.First time that's happened thing is was the nicest cake I've had there.

Never heard of that happening before.

Deanied

miss_scrooge wrote: »

Does anyone ever just get a slither of a cake instead of normal sized one last time I did heard one staff say is she buying anything else next minute get just tvery hin slice.First time that's happened thing is was the nicest cake I've had there.

I thought the Victorian Sponge was cut into smaller slices this time. The first time I had it, it was huge.

I might be wrong, but I think the cake was cut in 8 before. This time I think it was cut into 12. I might be wrong or it might have been a bigger cake, but it did cross my mind and I figured they are trying to save some money as they are losing so much with the freebies.

catwoman73

No-one MSE is going to spend £5.85 on a hot chocolate and carrot cake

I really appreciate the coffee and cake vouchers and they're worth £70.20 to me annually. We all have to buy bits like birthdays cards, gifts, kitchen stuff, and I'm happy to spend x amount on that sort of thing in JL to make me feel more confident that I'll keep getting the vouchers.

So you appear to have just argued against the point of the whole exercise there.

If £5.85 for coffee and cake is 'too expensive', then the vouchers aren't worth £70 a year to you, they are worth whatever you think coffee and cake is worth?

As I've yet to find a mass produced coffee shop cake that is anywhere near as nice as home made, I would say it is worth very little to me. Bought cake is almost always a disappointment.

Birthday cards are probably much cheaper at Card Factory and gifts and kitchen equipment will be cheaper at supermarkets, ikea and wilkinsons.

So therefore, while coffee and cake at John Lewis might be a bit of a 'nice treat' all this messing about with vouchers seems to be a bit of a pointless exercise to me and a bit cheeky too.

John Lewis aren't going to carry on giving freebies like this for ever to people who buy the odd birthday card.

Africat

Deanied wrote: »

I thought the Victorian Sponge was cut into smaller slices this time. The first time I had it, it was huge.

I might be wrong, but I think the cake was cut in 8 before. This time I think it was cut into 12. I might be wrong or it might have been a bigger cake, but it did cross my mind and I figured they are trying to save some money as they are losing so much with the freebies.

Haven't noticed a differance in portion size in my John Lewis but I do think that will probably be the first thing to change if they haven't already done so.
That would make more sense than just pulling the promo - it is fetching extra potential trade through their doors even if some people don't spend much. People tell their family & friends who may also make purchases in their stores too.

I did notice on the vouchers I've received this week it states 'regular' hot drink - correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the other vouchers said 'any' hot drink - I've had the luxury hot chocolate the last couple of times which I thought was large.

It will be reviewed I'm sure as Waitrose stopped giving the free biscuit to people who got the free drink using the My Waitrose card. They also upped the amount you had to spend to get the free newspaper.

Upsidedown_Bear

Africat wrote: »

It will be reviewed I'm sure as Waitrose stopped giving the free biscuit to people who got the free drink using the My Waitrose card. They also upped the amount you had to spend to get the free newspaper.

They have just (this week) changed it back to a £5 spend Monday to Friday with the weekend still £10.

I will be checking cake slice size next time I am in John Lewis :cool:

sumoqueen

How do they know who is and isn't using their vouchers as there is no idenitifer on them? I think you should be able to scan your card for coffee shop purchase as we have often bought other caf! items whilst there!

anamenottaken

sumoqueen wrote: »

How do they know who is and isn't using their vouchers as there is no idenitifer on them? I think you should be able to scan your card for coffee shop purchase as we have often bought other caf! items whilst there!

post #158 also suggests that it would enable them to see that other items are purchased in the cafe by those with vouchers if they did accept the card. Perhaps they are too busy!

However I think there is an identifer/unique number on the reverse of the vouchers and that they are recording that. I seem to recall receiving an email from them about the vouchers within a couple of days of using the very first one.