Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

cjj_2

Anon think mine said £38 more than Feb fix. Don't forget to factor in the free canvas xx

josie_ann57

MKS wrote: »

Please can you show me a picture so that I know what it should look like. TIA.

Hi, it looks just like your second photo once it has been mixed before serving onto plates. The only difference is I cut the potatoes into chunks not slices. Yours looked really nice. The longer you cook it in the slow cooker the more it melds together. I prepared everything today and am only cooking it tomorrow (change of plan from yesterday) as I had free tickets to see Deepwater Horizon and needed an early super so can't take photo, sorry.

Sarahdol75

Oh Underperky, you do make me laugh.
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


I was just coming on to say is anyone still waiting to get their tumble dryers repaired, I am still waiting, I was told at christmas I would get a phonecall, and still waiting.

I have just sent an email to them but its been returned saying address not known.

Has anyone got an email address, as the one I am replying to is not working:(

My machine is brand new aswell, so not impressed.:(

gocat

MKS wrote: »

Please can you show me a picture so that I know what it should look like. TIA.

Thought you were replying to underperky then, asking for a pix of the fit young male waiter :rotfl:

gocat

tbw wrote: »

Might be old news but T's have the tubs of sweets - celebrations etc on offer at 2 for £7. Not sure if we know if they are comparing on an A's apg shop.

Anyone found a revelant womble yet to see if the tubs compare A vs T?

gocat

a vs W womble
1x Lenor Fabric Conditioner Moonlight Harmony 44 Washes (1.1LTR)
£2.00
£1.50

gocat

A vs T
1x Bisto Cauliflower Cheese (375G)
£1.00
N/A
0.16x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Golden Delicious Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.31
N/A
0.16x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Conference Pear (Typically 0.3kg) (PER KG)
£0.32
N/A
0.16x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.11
£0.10
0.15x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.11
£0.11
0.19x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Braeburn Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.38
N/A
0.24x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Carrot (order by number of carrots or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.14
£0.14
0.29x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Bramley Cooking Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.48
N/A
4x Quorn Meat Free Vegan 4 Hot & Spicy Burgers (264G)
£10.00
£8.00
0.18x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Granny Smith Apples (PER KG)
£0.35
£0.36
1x ASDA Whole Milk (4PT)
£0.95
£1.00

gocat

A vs S

1x Bisto Cauliflower Cheese (375G)
£1.00
N/A
0.16x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.11
N/A
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Garlic (EACH)
£0.30
£0.30
0.15x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.11
£0.10
0.21x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Carrot (order by number of carrots or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.13
£0.12
1x SoBe Fruity Appleberry Burst (250ML)
£1.49
N/A
0.29x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Bramley Cooking Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.48
N/A
2x Quorn Meat Free Vegan Pieces (280G)
£5.00
£3.00
0.22x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Granny Smith Apples (PER KG)
£0.44
£0.44
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Iceberg Lettuce (EACH)
£0.43
£0.45

gocat

A vs W

1x Bisto Cauliflower Cheese (375G)
£1.00
N/A
0.17x Loose Red Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.12
£0.12
0.3x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Golden Delicious Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.60
N/A
0.22x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Conference Pear (Typically 0.3kg) (PER KG)
£0.43
N/A
0.14x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.09
N/A
0.15x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.11
£0.10
0.18x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Braeburn Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.35
N/A
0.24x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Carrot (order by number of carrots or select kg) (PER KG)
£0.14
£0.14
0.25x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Bramley Cooking Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG)
£0.40
N/A
0.18x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Granny Smith Apples (PER KG)
£0.35
N/A
1x ASDA Greek Style Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G)
£0.79
£1.00
8x Glaceau Vitaminwater Power-C (500ML)
£14.00
£8.00

Vitamin water also compares the same A vs M

Savvybuyer

preciousillusions wrote: »

RE previous post on BG comparing reduced items, It's worth queuing as just had this response on twitter: "Hello X, thanks for waiting whilst we have looked into this for. The Brand Guarantee would not include reduced items, such as the yellow stickered items. You can view the full Terms and Conditions, here: https://secure.tesco.com/BrandGuarantee/TermsConditions." I've replied and said there's an error on my receipt, then, so will see what comes back.

Hello folks!
I notice I've come back in to my nice waffly post from myself about TBG that I left last time:o:o, so I'll try to do better with this post.

I'll fail now on this though:rotfl:, as there's never any way I can explain that isn't complex. I just see too much detail! It's me that's now confused. I've now re-read the full terms and that's not what they say to me. Maybe there is a breakdown in communication between the rest of the world and myself - as it's now how they write and they don't mean it technically. That, however, is the way in which I work to interpret their email and now it all settles on a single word, and the meaning of that single word, again:rotfl:. It depends what they mean by the word "Guarantee". By "guarantee", are they referring to the discount that the scheme offers or are they referring to the scheme as a whole? If it's referring to the discount, then it's suggesting that reduced T price should not be compared against elsewhere. If however it is referring to the whole scheme, then does this mean that reduced sticker items do not count as an item? Nowhere in T&Cs does it say this, and it may reasonably be assumed that an "item" is any item at all, other than an excluded product given in the list at the foot of the T&Cs - so if this were a reply to me (thankfully it is not:rotfl:) it would be no good referring me to the full terms as I would come back on them dissecting every word in them and disagreeing with any point they put forward that does not seem to follow them absolutely.

Actually the bit about an item being everything but not an excluded product is not true since the "excluded products" include own label and non-branded grocery items (as if there is a difference between these, as two categories that they've now purported to create?:think: - could someone ask them what an own label item is and what a non-branded grocery item is - are these two separate categories or do they completely overlap and if they are the exact same thing, why have they now used two different descriptions for them implying the two are separate and distinction classifications?:rotfl:. You see the problem they have with their use of different words and my technical interpretation). Nowhere in "excluded products" does it mention anything about yellow stickered (or any colour stickered) items and there seems to me to be no authority in the T&Cs for the assertion that the Guarantee scheme "would" not, rather than does not, include yellow stickered items. It does not specifically state any such exclusion in the full T&Cs and there is none implied to me in anything that it does state.

Do they mean that the Guarantee "would not" include such items... therefore implying "...but we have decided on this occasion that it does" - "would not" under what circumstances? Why are people not specific and exact?:rotfl;:rotfl::mad: Can they not specifically state "DOES NOT" (my emphasis) if that is what they actually mean?:mad::mad: "Would not" is like unhuman jargon - can't they be straightforward and explicitly state that it does not? Or maybe should not? It would not... then leaves room for us to imply in response: (...but clearly it has on my occasion in which they did appear on the comparison and compare!:mad:).

If they're suggesting that the Guarantee doesn't include stickered items, then do these class as items towards the 10 or not? So does it include them or exclude them? Or does it include them to some extent (namely they count as an item, or don't) and if so to what extent? They might say own label items (or maybe non-branded grocery items if there is any difference between those and own label items) are not included in the Guarantee (meaning they don't compare). But they are included in the Guarantee, as counting as an item towards it (namely the required number of 10). What therefore do they mean by "include"?:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Every word they use and it's subject to lack of clarity! The problem with the English language once again:rotfl:. I think I'll actually leave the unrelated topic I was going to post to another post now as that will be clearer.

Clearly, items that do not (or should) compare, such as own label, are included in the Guarantee as they fall within the meaning of T&C no. 1 as amounting to a "Different Product" and therefore are within a T&C of the Guarantee. Otherwise, you'd have to buy 10 different branded items. So, own label items do fall under the Guarantee as being a qualifying item (although this seems a bit confused and relies on our existing wider knowledge of the scheme and the historical legacy schemes as this category of excluded items counts as a "Different Product" but I assume some of the other categories do not?).

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Yep, had that reply before too. It has been happening forever, they have never managed to fix it yet.

But is it an error though (as you imply something that needs to be "fixed") pr is it in fact the way the scheme should work and is, indeed, working? I think even CS staff of T may not know what their own organisation's T&Cs actually mean (I'm not saying that I do). My understanding - and I have only the full T&Cs to go by and don't see anything beyond what they say - has always been that reduced sticker items would appear, and should compare if they are branded items that are available at a competitor, with the reduced price that they scanned at in T as the T price. Good on them though if they are wrong and mistaken in our favour. I can't see anything in the T&Cs that mentions reduced stickered items and nothing that says that, if they are branded grocery, that they should not compare.

However, we know that they don't think through what they write in T&Cs beforehand:rotfl:. (I think they're like the vast majority of people - that is, most likely to be you! People are generally not accurate and exact and don't say precisely what they mean - they often say something else instead, they often think they are saying what they meant but they've actually used a word that meant something else. And usually :doh:, they are unaware of it. Only a person like myself notices it. Whereas, with me, particularly in oral communication (there you are - the general world would incorrectly use the word "verbal" instead of "oral" - but I'm pedantic, accurate and correct again) - unless I am just blurting out on a specialist topic - every word is thought about in advance and has to be processed through my academic brain before I say it out - which is why I am often very slow to say anything (unless it's automatic socially learned/conditioned responses such as "thank you" or "sorry" whenever someone else bumps into me etc.) - so, if you're waiting for a response, you don't get an off-the-cuff response with me - that's why I am delayed in replying to you out loud - I'm thinking what exactly to say. Every time. Every word is the precise and accurate word meant (unless I'm forced by social restrictions not to - and then I usually say nothing at all as anything I do say will be wrong - and so is silence but I can't help that:rotfl:). Whereas, with people normally, you don't think exactly what to say - you just either "know" it or give some inaccurate, imprecision that will do for everybody normally but not for me - as you did not say exactly what you meant - and therefore I struggle to understand you - but said something else instead that you didn't think you were saying - but, look at your words and you are! I guess there's a lot of that in the T email:rotfl: (and probably in the T&Cs too - that maybe don't specify exactly how the scheme does operate, even though they should. Maybe it does operate in accordance with the T&Cs by comparing from reduced price branded items, but they think that it should not. I doubt they read [reed] the full T&Cs themselves that they refer to).

Let's read the T&Cs now - and now I see it:doh:

14. However, there are some promotions that make it difficult to make a fair comparison - no matter who's running the offer [my emphasis]. The promotions we don't include are: ...

d. Clearance lines – for example ‘reduced to clear £1’

So that, where an item is part of T's own clearance, that promotion should be excluded. Does that suggest the item should compare from T full price?:think: But I wouldn't have seen a whoopsie or a yellow reduced stickered item as necessarily a "clearance line" - to me, I was using a technical strict interpretation of "clearance line" as meaning something that literally said "reduced to clear" on the shelving - or otherwise should say that. Perhaps however they have a wider view of "clearance line" - indeed if there is any ambiguity it should be taken in our favour - and that's where they are getting that reduced stickered items should not compare (if they're brands available at the competitor) from the reduced T price. Otherwise, it's in that context that they mention "reduced" items in the T&Cs - there is no other mention. A "whoopsie" isn't an item on promotion. It's an item that whose date is due up and which the store needs to get rid of. That may well be called "cleared" if it sells out. However, it's not a clearance line. Or wasn't under my strict interpretation - that, maybe I've been reading the T&Cs differently to what they intended.

Clearly whoopsied items at competitors are excluded. They don't appear online anyway (for A and S). In M, I've never thought they were included and that such store specific whoopsies would ever be compared against by a price collector. Whoopsies were always out of comparison - they won't pick up competitor whoopsies but the standard pricing (assuming they have it in their Ms or online on a.com or sains.co.uk) and I took the T&Cs as meaning RTC items in M, as indicated as "reduced to clear" (for that's what the T&Cs say!), would not be picked up. (They may however, as I see it, pick them up if one or more of my Ms is stating "reduced to clear" but the product is in one of their Ms and the straight price is stated on the SEL but no indication that it is RTC:rotfl:.)