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fairclaire

davemorton wrote: »

Robyn, why when I quote you does this come up in the bottom of the quote?
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Are your eyes getting bad?......I bet you're on pimptrest again :cool: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'm going to bed

robyn297

davemorton wrote: »

Robyn, why when I quote you does this come up in the bottom of the quote?
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/

I have no idea. :think:

Good night everyone, thanks for your help :j

springdreams

I found this explanation of a trigger to be helpful too:

Originally Posted by Bajjo
The saving caused by trigger is usually much greater than the 10%.

A trigger is an item which is not picked up on the APG which causes the APG to miss multi-buy prices.

For example you buy 3 different shampoos at 3 for £10. One is a trigger item and is not picked up by the APG because it's not yet in their system.

The APG thinks you paid full price for the other two shampoos (for example, £7), not the multibuy price of £3.33 (in the case of 3 for £10).

Therefore the full price is compared to other supermarkets, not the price you paid. This means you can achieve favourable APG results.

HTH

aau1

springdreams wrote: »

I found this explanation of a trigger to be helpful too:

That's not the be all and end all of triggers though. It assumes that a trigger is always missing from the APG and that's not the case

aau1

Any decent TCB SnS offers today?

*goes for a look*

ETA: not particularly

fairclaire

aau1 wrote: »

That's not the be all and end all of triggers though. It assumes that a trigger is always missing from the APG and that's not the case

That's why I said what I did earlier.......invisible triggers, visible triggers, triggers that think they're something else triggers, unexplainable triggers ( ambrosia pots :rotfl:) we should just call them magic items

Savvybuyer

:hello:I'm back later than usual (as dealing with family:D). I have a number of 'query items' that arise each week from my first M store but I've now already resolved most of them and updated this on M list accordingly. The pesky frozen pork steaks have disappeared again:( - I think they did this a long time ago when my list wasn't as 'completist' as it is now or else during a period when I was forgetting to add them on. I can't tell if the absence from my stores is a nationwide one, or just local to me, so they may compare to £2.00 or they may go N/A. Also I have no Tiger Baguette again! I have the White Baguettes, however, remaining at 50p in M. (And there I was, looking for SELs on bakery items that are OOS instore at that time of night:rotfl:.)

The following are missing out on the M list:

Foster's Radler Cloudy Lemon (12x300ml)£8.00 £6.00
Foster's Radler Ginger & Lime (4x300ml)£4.00 £2.50

However, they are very slightly not good enough on price per unit, as only 300ml. I also do not expect them to compare on the APG and consider them to be quite risky. They may surprise me, but, again, not considered good enough price per 100ml (even accounting for a 10% that I feel won't come off). I've added some Carling Citrus Zest to the list though, only available in M.

viv0147

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Any good jokes today viv:rotfl:

A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3 year-old grandson.

It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles.

Meanwhile, Gramps is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, "Easy, William, we won't be long . . . easy, boy."

Another outburst, and she hears the granddad calmly say, "It's okay, William, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here. Hang in there, boy."

At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the trolley, and Gramps says again in a controlled voice, "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay cool, William."

Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car.

She said to the elderly gentleman, "It's none of my business, but you
were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa."

"Thanks, lady," said the grandfather, "but I'm William . .. . the little
Sh--’s name is Kevin."

Savvybuyer

aau1 wrote: »

That's not the be all and end all of triggers though. It assumes that a trigger is always missing from the APG and that's not the case

We've been through this before. And the original explanation now given, that a trigger is missing from the APG is only one definition of a 'trigger'.

Just like a "filler" - that may be an item bought only in order to reach the minimum qualifying number of items, whether or not it compares to the competitor on the intended 'winning' comparison. Or it may be an item bought beyond that, that is (I hope) good price in the place being bought in but returns an N/A for the intended competitor.

I don't intend to revisit it all.

We also have "glitches" which, we hope, are errors in our favour. But I also occasionally use the word "glitch" in a very different sense - when I say something "glitched against me" - in other words returned much more expensive price elsewhere, perhaps because it didn't pick up the competitor's mbuy. Almost always involving comparisons attempted vs M.

Savvybuyer

Maybe some PP/BM items here. Check a.com on the day of your shop and then hope for the best.

23 items (21 different) on your bill qualify for comparison Tesco

+£8.59
1 x ASDA British Whole Milk 6 Pints (3.41L)£1.48£1.48
1 x ASDA Fairtrade Bananas (6)£1.20N/A
1 x Johnson's Baby Top to Toe Wash (500ml)£1.50£1.47
1 x Fairy Citrus Grove Washing Up Liquid (383ml)£1.00N/A
1 x Carex Complete Kids Handwash - Bubblegum (250ml)£0.87£0.90
1 x Heinz Reduced Sugar & Salt Baked Beanz in Tomato S...£0.68£0.50
1 x McVitie's Penguin Bars - Original (9 per pack - 21...£1.00£1.39
2 x McVitie's Breakfast Biscuits Red Berries (6x50g)£2.00£2.48
1 x Cadbury Strawberry Jam Mini Rolls (12)£1.50N/A
1 x Radox Bath Therapy - Relax with Lavender & Waterli...£1.00£1.50
1 x KP Discos - Variety (6x28g)£1.00£1.88 (are there any 6+ 6 extra 'free' packs in T?)
1 x KP Sizzling Salt & Vinegar Space Raiders (6x14g)£1.00N/A
1 x Cathedral City Lighter Mature Cheddar (350g)£2.00£5.00
1 x Fox's Rocky Bars - Rugged Chocolate (8 per pack - ...£1.00£1.29
1 x Warburtons Seeded Five Seed Batch Bread (800g)£1.50£1.50
1 x Cook Italian Organic Penne (500g)£1.00N/A
1 x Nestle Cheerios (600g)£1.50£2.00
1 x ASDA Long Life Cooked Beetroot (300g)£0.78£0.80
1 x Ryvita Pumpkin Seeds & Oats Crispbread (200g)£1.00£1.00
1 x ASDA Party Pork Cocktail Sausages (245g)£1.60£1.86
1 x ASDA Trimmed Sprouts (250g)£1.00£1.50
1 x ASDA Raspberries (250g)£1.60£2.00
1 x ASDA Trimmed Fine Beans (90g)£0.50N/A
1 x ASDA Cavolo Nero Cabbage (300g)£0.98N/A
1 x ASDA Strawberries (400g)£1.50N/A
1 x ASDA Hero Meaty Rolls with Chicken, Beef & Liver (...£1.00£1.00
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Sandwich Mustard (175g)£0.31N/A
1 x ASDA Drawstring Refuse Sacks (15)£2.00N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Cheese & Onion Rolls (6 per pac...£1.75£1.80
1 x ASDA Boneless Skin-On Salmon Fillets (340g)£3.70N/A
1 x ASDA Cherry on the Vine Tomatoes (225g)£1.00N/A
2 x ASDA Smartprice Digestives - Milk Chocolate (300g)£0.88£0.88
1 x ASDA Large Avocados (2)£2.50N/A
1 x Flash Strong Weave Wipes Fresh Lemon (90)£1.50£3.00
Comparison total (compared products only)£26.64£35.23

24 items (22 different) on your bill qualify for comparison Sainsbury's

+£13.64
1 x Johnson's Baby Top to Toe Wash (500ml)£1.50£2.25 (Avs T)
1 x Fairy Citrus Grove Washing Up Liquid (383ml)£1.00N/A
1 x Carex Complete Kids Handwash - Bubblegum (250ml)£0.87£1.60 (Avs T may be slightly better)
1 x Heinz Reduced Sugar & Salt Baked Beanz in Tomato S...£0.68£0.70
1 x McVitie's Penguin Bars - Original (9 per pack - 21...£1.00£1.60
2 x McVitie's Breakfast Biscuits Red Berries (6x50g)£2.00£4.58
1 x Cadbury Strawberry Jam Mini Rolls (12)£1.50£2.75 (Avs M £1.39)
1 x Radox Bath Therapy - Relax with Lavender & Waterli...£1.00£1.60
1 x KP Discos - Variety (6x28g)£1.00N/A
1 x KP Sizzling Salt & Vinegar Space Raiders (6x14g)£1.00N/A
1 x Cathedral City Lighter Mature Cheddar (350g)£2.00£2.50
1 x Fox's Rocky Bars - Rugged Chocolate (8 per pack - ...£1.00£1.60
1 x Warburtons Seeded Five Seed Batch Bread (800g)£1.50£1.20
1 x Cook Italian Organic Penne (500g)£1.00N/A
1 x Nestle Cheerios (600g)£1.50£3.20
1 x ASDA Long Life Cooked Beetroot (300g)£0.78N/A
1 x Ryvita Pumpkin Seeds & Oats Crispbread (200g)£1.00£1.59
[...]*
1 x Flash Strong Weave Wipes Fresh Lemon (90)£1.50£3.00
Comparison total (compared products only)£28.86£42.50

*A own brand items omitted as are non-comparable on BM.