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Crafty way of receiving higher value supermarket vouchers
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Billesleygriffo
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This may sound a bit weird, but I think I'm onto something to receive high value money off vouchers for the main supermarkets. I'm fortunate to live within 5 minute drive from a large Tesco and Sainsbury's, and I use both their reward cards. But I don't do a major shop in either of them (say over £80-£100). I shop maybe once a week and only spend £20-£30 on average. Now I guess to entice me to spend more, I regularly receive money off vouchers for Tesco that offer £2 off a spend of £20 or £3 off a spend of £30 - that's a 10% saving (and the first weekly voucher is usually a higher percentage, say £3 off a spend of £20). And with Sainsbury's , my latest vouchers are for £6 off a spend of £30 - that's an incredible 20% discount. The trick is to try and restrict my spending to only a few pounds above the voucher minimum spend. I also regularly use the Asda Price Guarantee web check against my receipt. The voucher amount relies on the Asda shopping being 10% cheaper than the other 4 main supermarkets - so it's random and really unknown what you'll get. But my highest price check voucher to redeem on my next Asda visit has been over £3.50 for a shopping of less than £20.
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That's interesting, I'm going to try it! Thanks ��0
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Billesleygriffo wrote: »This may sound a bit weird, but I think I'm onto something to receive high value money off vouchers for the main supermarkets. I'm fortunate to live within 5 minute drive from a large Tesco and Sainsbury's, and I use both their reward cards. But I don't do a major shop in either of them (say over £80-£100). I shop maybe once a week and only spend £20-£30 on average. Now I guess to entice me to spend more, I regularly receive money off vouchers for Tesco that offer £2 off a spend of £20 or £3 off a spend of £30 - that's a 10% saving (and the first weekly voucher is usually a higher percentage, say £3 off a spend of £20). And with Sainsbury's , my latest vouchers are for £6 off a spend of £30 - that's an incredible 20% discount. The trick is to try and restrict my spending to only a few pounds above the voucher minimum spend. I also regularly use the Asda Price Guarantee web check against my receipt. The voucher amount relies on the Asda shopping being 10% cheaper than the other 4 main supermarkets - so it's random and really unknown what you'll get. But my highest price check voucher to redeem on my next Asda visit has been over £3.50 for a shopping of less than £20.“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
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I definitely get more vouchers from Sainsburys when I spend somewhere in the region of £20-40. When I spend more, I feel like I should be rewarded more but often I get nothing. It's better (voucher-wise) to do more shops of approx £30 than do fewer shops where you spend more money.0
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In the past 12-18 months, I've gone from doing all my shopping at Tesco (spending over £100 a week) to doing only a small proportion of it there as I find better buys at Iceland, Aldi etc - in an average week I now spend around £20-£25 at Tesco. I've never yet had a money off coupon from them, other than the "buy x and save 20p" type coupons you get with your Clubcard tokens. So your theory certainly doesn't work for me, unless they haven't noticed my spending there has plummeted?!0
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bootstrapbillie wrote: »That's interesting, I'm going to try it! Thanks ��0
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Like cagsd, I've suddenly gone from doing a weekly online shop with Tesco to virtually abandoning them, because Sainsbury's has been sending me offers I couldn't refuse. Tesco doesn't seem to have spotted this tho, and has just let me go without a fight.
As for Morrison's, they are a huge let down atm - Match & More card devalued and nothing worth having in vouchers.0 -
I often don't do a shop within a week of getting a money off voucher (Sainsbury's) as I'm only shopping for one. Usually spend between £20 and £30 at a time.
What I am thinking of doing next time is to buy just a few items to see if I get a voucher and then immediately do the rest of my shopping so that I use the voucher then and don't miss the ending date.Not Rachmaninov
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Frogletina wrote: »I often don't do a shop within a week of getting a money off voucher (Sainsbury's) as I'm only shopping for one. Usually spend between £20 and £30 at a time.
What I am thinking of doing next time is to buy just a few items to see if I get a voucher and then immediately do the rest of my shopping so that I use the voucher then and don't miss the ending date.
Well, that worked.
I bought some milk and cheese which netted me a £2 voucher off £20, I then paid for the rest of my shopping and got £2 off.
frogletinaNot Rachmaninov
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The heart asks for pleasure first
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Talking of Sainsbury's they've got a trial website called "My Coupons": https://mycoupons.sainsburys.co.uk
It uses your shopping habits based on your Nectar card and has some great/not so great bonus points on items.
Using the site last year I earned 2,461 extra Nectar points (£12.31).
In terms of Tesco I'll find they'll send me some vouchers for £4 off a £30 spend. Once I've used those they'll then increase it to £40 before going quiet for a few weeks and repeating the offers.It's not your credit score that counts, it's your credit history. Any replies are my own personal opinion and not a representation of my employer.0
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