Explanation sought for Sainsburys meal promo

fjsfjs

Sainsburys have an online, and perhaps instore promotion, expiring on 3rd December, for Indian and Chinese ready meals. You get one main course and one 'side' for *only* 10 GBP. The main course is priced at 3.50 GBP ordinarily, and the most expensive 'side' is 2.50 GBP.

Has anyone else noticed this offer, which charges you 3 GBP or more than the regular price, which itself was raised 17 per cent three weeks ago.

I rang up Customer Service, but they can neither add, nor explain the 'offer'.

Mulder00

Don't these usually also include a bottle of wine? I wonder if they bump up the price if you buy these items together???

fjsfjs

Yes, they normally do include wine, but there is no wine tab on the offer page, which there usually is.

alanq

fjsfjs wrote: »

the most expensive 'side' is 2.50 GBP.

Typo? Prawn Toasts £3.50. So the minimum the shopper is being overcharged is £3 (as you stated) not £4 as would be the case if " the most expensive 'side' is 2.50 GBP".

anniemf2508

I thought the deal was you get 4 mains and 2 sides for £10

dlusman

anniemf2508 wrote: »

I thought the deal was you get 4 mains and 2 sides for £10

yes - looks like it was just mis-described on-line

Has now been updated to be :

• 
• Perfect for a great night in
• For delivery by: 03/12/2013
• Add to your trolley 4x main & 2x side from the lists below to qualify for the discount

fionajbanana

The Indian/Chinese meal deal with 4x mains and 2x sides - you normally save £8-10.50 depending on what you buy.

Becareful with the online shopping as if one of the dishes or sides you ordered is OOS, the shopper will pick something which isn't on the offer and then you are charged £18.70. It happened to my friend with the 4xcurries & rice and 2x sides offer they had 6 weeks ago. She was angry why couldn't they picked another curry of the same, instead of the curry without the rice (which weren't in the deal).

Mulder00

And that's why I like shopping online with Tesco, because they will honour the original price/offer even if they send an alternative.

fionajbanana

Mulder00 wrote: »

And that's why I like shopping online with Tesco, because they will honour the original price/offer even if they send an alternative.

This particular deal my friend ordered 4 different curries, of which one was OOS. Why couldn't the shopper give her another one of those curries she ordered? Not rocket science.

I have no idea why Sainsburys don't price match the alternatives.

sarah1972

Mulder00 wrote: »

And that's why I like shopping online with Tesco, because they will honour the original price/offer even if they send an alternative.

I shop online with Tesco and have stopped buying the meal deals because when there is something out of stock they always sub it for something thats not in the meal deal so I end up either paying full price for everything or arguing with customer service every week.