Economic Living Is The Exercise

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Good afternoon everybody, I hope you are all well and enjoying this lovely Sunday.

Savvybuyer

Of course (this isn't sarcastic, there is no hidden meaning and you should take this at face value), it's perfectly possible, and consistent, to say that they've changed their opinion and no longer believe that we won't need to shop around for own label. (Even though that's not consistent with their previous opinion:rotfl:. But it's a consistent approach, in the sense that it is consistent with their changing opinions as to whatever they hold at any one time. Be interesting (or not:rotfl:) to see what the website changes into saying once they exclude the own labels.) Consistency. You have to be consistent (and logical) all the time for this particular Asperger's person, or [Strike]they[/Strike] I will catch you out every time:D:D:D:p:rotfl::rotfl:. (More to the point, they'll simply say so:D, and cause :o every time:rotfl::laugh:. Well... that's because it's true:idea:!! The more you know it's true, the more problems you'll have with it:p:D:rotfl:.) In fact in normal life I just button my lips so as not to cause any problem.:) Very wise. (Even if it's frustrating inside that no-one will ever listen to me:mad::mad::rotfl: and doing what you (not "you" literally) do increases my communication difficulties even more.)

Snap-ant

wendyak wrote: »

thanks for that ......think you can get it cheap from most chemists xx

But Boots own is the best

Snap-ant

emerald21 wrote: »

Hi what is the name of this magic elixir please as my hubby coughs and coughs all the time lately and it gets on my nerves

Good Afternoon all

Snap-ant

Fourp has had to rush down to SW as his DB is having a meltdown in their Parents empty house

Bestest ♥

Munqui

Dippydoo wrote: »

stop fibbing bubbaloo told me you dont have plums yours are prunes

:eek:

bubbaloo been telling porkies

Dippydoo

Munqui wrote: »

:eek:

bubbaloo been telling porkies

you wish :rotfl:

Savvybuyer

He said: “We test all sorts of different mechanics. There’s a difficulty in changing a mechanic and finding out what the customer response is, so we test lots and lots of different things.”
http://www.retail-week.com/sectors/food/tesco-overhauls-price-match-scheme-as-lewis-pulls-trigger-on-price/5079918.article

He's right there. The 'difficulty' is you get pedantic people like me commenting on this forum(:rotfl:). Gosh, I agree with the Tesco boss.:)

I don't know what the "trigger" (that, we're told, is to be pulled on price) will be. Hopefully it'll see price reductions that are real for us, but maybe not - we shall see. Maybe it'll be reality, maybe it's rhetoric more than reality and more a turn of phrase and said more as public relations. Which means the T boss is doing his job and doing it right as that is how to speak with the media and that's the context in which he was doing when speaking with Retail Week. If I said anything about Philip Clarke in the past, I don't think the 'new' boss is any "better", or "worse", than Mr Clarke. (I have no view on the matter.) It's a matter of opinion so how can I have any of that?:huh: I deal in objective and substantiated facts and not opinions:D:rotfl:.

Munqui

Savvybuyer wrote: »

"We know you want great value for money and the best deals, but that you don't want the hassle of shopping around. That’s why we price match the products you love, not only branded, but fresh and own-label too."

https://www.tescopricepromise.com/

So now, on their own argument, assuming their own argument to be correct, we'll have the hassle of shopping around (for own-label products) after, in the future, the own label products are excluded.

(Might write to them:rotfl:. Would be pointless though I feel, so I'm not bothered. Why are you giving us the hassle of shopping around for own label products?)

However, on my own view, we'd always had to "shop around" and it was not a "hassle" that they are trying to convince me it is. It's all in their own interests (and therefore I reject every bit of it:rotfl:). I've always said what the price guarantees do is to try to get us to shop blithely at one place and to forget how about much it is costing and try to make people think there's no point shopping around as 'all their purchases will be price-matched and therefore they'll get the best deal on them anyway', whereas, we know, you can only get this if you shop absolutely even more carefully and check everything in the basket and compare. This means that price guarantees increase the need to shop around (not the other way around as the stores (all the different ones not just T) like to try to convince us).

"Our Price Promise matches the food you love, so you don't have to shop around."

Oh we do:p. The food I "love" might be more expensive elsewhere and its price be matched to that:(, so that we definitely need to shop around!

EDIT: And I suspect the answer to my hypothetical and, of course, point-nailhitting question "Why are you giving us the hassle of shopping around (for own label)?" would be something like the following: "At Tesco, our price promise has always provided great value for our customers. That's why we're making it simpler":(:(:(. (In other words, the usual neurotypical response that fails to answer any question whenever it hits the nail firmly on the head.)

It will be such a shame if Tesco do reduce the scope of PP, and with Morries already announcing they won't compare - I do hope that Asda don't follow suit, they don't seem to be advertising their guarantee as much recently.

Munqui

Savvybuyer wrote: »

He said: “We test all sorts of different mechanics. There’s a difficulty in changing a mechanic and finding out what the customer response is, so we test lots and lots of different things.”
http://www.retail-week.com/sectors/food/tesco-overhauls-price-match-scheme-as-lewis-pulls-trigger-on-price/5079918.article

He's right there. The 'difficulty' is you get pedantic people like me commenting on this forum(:rotfl:). Gosh, I agree with the Tesco boss.:)

I don't know what the "trigger" to be pulled on price will be. Hopefully it'll see price reductions that are real for us, but maybe not - we shall see. Maybe it'll be reality, maybe it's rhetoric more than reality and more a turn of phrase and said more as public relations. Which means the T boss is doing his job and doing it right as that is how to speak with the media and that's the context in which he was doing when speaking with Retail Week.

Does Retail Week require a paid sub, I can't follow your link without it asking for money (actual cash money!)

edit: found how to register, I failed the human test though first time lol, still think I need spend actual money to see the full story

One good thing about this, is like Sainsbury's you shouldn't have to consider fillers comparing unfavourably.