Everyone lost in the Ether II

Savvybuyer

I've been getting some good results lately. It seems that, in the run up to Christmas, people are indeed buying things that are expensive. I had a Smokin' Hot gift set earlier, and then someone bought a £5.99 toothbrush (possibly a Christmas present I don't know?) that was £3 in M. Of course they also bought more expensive M items:(, which lost a bit, but the toothbrush really helped and they also bought some Listerine that compared £2.50 (wish it was £4!) vs £2 M. There's also the possibility that people might buy things, at this time of year, that have quite high prices as that gives the item the perception of being more a luxury item and therefore an air of desirability for people and will also want to think they are getting something that is "worth" a bit more, in order to feel good about giving it as a present. Some pretty daft overpaying though could occur as a result:rotfl::rotfl:. Items that are placed among similarly expensive items might also tend to shift more:D. Hopefully they might be on a much cheaper offer somewhere else.

Now I have A cheaper, but I still get 10% due to £30-something comparable bill, which amounts to over £3! The Carling helps - some quite bad items bought along with it but the 10% still means the voucher offer isn't bad.

Just had someone buy 3 for £5 cider and pay outright for it:eek::eek::rotfl: (no vouchers used against the shop!) - and they got all the same one so ended up with 7 different items in total so not even any APG comp.!

10 items (7 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda tesco
2x McCain Crinkle Cut Micro Chips (4X100G) £3.00 £3.60
1x ASDA Shades So Soft White Toilet Tissue (24ROLL) £8.00 N/A
1x ASDA 100% Pure Orange Juice Smooth from Concentrate (1LT) £0.80 £1.00
1x Tampax Super Plus Tampons with Applicator (20PK) £1.75 £1.70
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Crisp Garden Salad (175G) £1.00 N/A
1x ASDA Extra Special Somerset Farmhouse Butter (250G) £1.70 N/A
2x Butcher's Selection Prime Beef Rump Steak (255G) £7.00 N/A
1x Plenty The Big One Kitchen Towel Single Roll (EACH) £2.00 £2.95
1x Wrigley Extra Peppermint Sugarfree Gum (42G) £1.00 N/A
1.13x ASDA Loose White Baking Potatoes (PER KG) £1.13 £1.13
2x Carling Lager (20X440) £24.00 £22.00
2x Air Wick Colours of Nature Cool Linen & White Lilac Aerosol Air Freshener (240ML) £2.00 £2.60
Comparison total (compared products only) £34.68 £34.98
cheaper +£0.30

Wrong Baking Potatoes. They paid more for 1.13kg than they would if they'd got a 2.5Kg bag and compared the APG:rotfl:. Or even if they had bought Baking Potatoes bag outright at T - they would still have paid less than their loose ones and had over twice the supply! People obviously like to pay too much for things, and not in the right way.

With Princes:D (branded, branded, branded - you love your brands Great British public:D:D) 1L at 75p why would someone buy A's own version at 80p? (I guess they are in a different section of the store - they don't see the Princes there and so don't notice its price and don't buy it - anyway, with it being more expensive for 1 than 2 at M, they'd probably buy just one carton:(. Since the Carling was way more expensive at M, this would be the right shop for Princes anyway, so I'm probably thankful for that as the T comp may not have been worse than what it was.)

They don't prepare these shops in advance, probably just go to the stores and hope for the best (then ending up buying more than they probably intended to). Very likely the worst way of shopping.

mhoc

aau1 wrote: »

Thanks for pointing that out

It's buy one get £1.85 and they are 2 for £2 in A, T, M, W :money:

so 2 bottles for 15p or 2 bottles for a profit of 5p if done as part of an APG shop :cool:

It also works nicely if you are doing a cidre shop in Morrisons taking care of the overage

mhoc

LEJC wrote: »

MHOC....try uploading on click s now...I've managed to get a few receipts through

I had a reply from Q and they admitted a problem and were vague about a fixing time but I just tried again and it's working :j

Just wish I'd known about the coke zero earlier but at least it will go on the Morrisons list for later

Anon

Bajjo wrote: »

Now that multis are coming off when put into basket on A.com are glitches like young's gastro fish, onken and crisps likely to work this evening and end tomorrow morning, or are they finished now?

Thanks,

Sorry I don't know - as mentioned previously, now isn't now in APGland so whatever the websites show now is not necessarily a reflection of what is in the APG system as the prices for that were taken earlier today.

Anon

mhoc

Sunflower1227 wrote: »

Dinner on the first night, but when they decide where and when they are going, I will ring up the hotel and pay for their dinner on the second night and get a bottle of wine in the room - Christmas Present for them sorted :T

Your gang are so easy to please, I still have not got a definitive answer from any of mine. I emailed both earlier in the week to ask what the wanted on their wish lists, eldest son is still deciding.
Eldest daughter we seem to have settled on a Time Out card and an electric toothbrush for BF but I am expecting her to change her mind - she did this last year

tweets

MKS wrote: »

One for Tweets and Snap.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EQ1SDEY?ref_=gbps_tit_s-3_8627_0ae2b6ff&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Thank you had a look but not big enough for me :A

mhoc

Sunflower1227 wrote: »

you can do it I did earlier in the week £58+ down to £6+ used 25 Barilla, 15 Schar, 6 cidre, couple of other random mocs and 1 £5 off :j Cashier I went to, was a young looking lad, thought I will be ok here - only the assistant manager !!!! but he was fine with them especially when i explained i was donating to food bank we had a laugh and chatted while he scanned all the coupons :rotfl:

Fingers and everything crossed and I've now got coke zero on the list so that's another £2 - just not used to doing such big shops

simone10

Afternoon All


I'm at work but just remembered the Smart Price New potato tin which were 15p in Asda for ages were 20p yesterday.
They were a filler on my Palmolive Handwash 3 for £3 shop and compared v Morries
1x ASDA SP New Potatoes in Water (550G) £0.20 £0.15
make a good filler item

tweets

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

I've been in work all morning fighting the urge to just get up and walk out of the door, when I thought I would check in on my elite buddies who have (most of you anyway!) made me smile again
You have a way of doing that without even knowing that you're doing it.


For that, I thank you

queen of cheap :hello::hello::hello::hello::coffee:

fuzzgun19

obama wrote: »

http://smoothieoperator.yazoo.co.uk

Does anyone know if this is one of those 'couponnet' ones? I can onnly pring them on my laptop.