Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

bubbs

tweets wrote: »

Hi bubbs :wave:

I walked into work and they laughed at me I was that wet

My leggings where stuck to my legs and when I wiped my legs with paper towel which was blue I ended up with blue bits stuck to my legs :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Was glad to get home and jump into a lovely bath that was after Poppy went walkies :A

Good job I always have spare leggings in work must remember to take another pair tomorrow

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: bloody hell, put them in/with your bag now;)

mhoc

Well I finally got around to ringing sky again after numerous interruptions and inevitably the person I last spoke to who promised she would make notes on the account didn't
and I should have made a note of her name but I didn't but I don't think it would have made any difference though.
So again I went through to retensions again but this chap I spoke to would not budge at all.
The best that he would offer me was £71.99 - a £5 discount :rotfl:
Up from £44.59 :eek:
He kept going on about loyalty discounts coming to an end, well so can customer loyalty.

So we have gone through with the 31 day cancellations :eek:

It seems a very daunting step but hopefully sky will see the error of its ways and get back to me in the next 2 weeks, she says hopefully. Its a war of nerves.

Otherwise plusnet will let me pay for line rental annually (so it works out at £15 something a month) and then £15 a month for fibre but half price for the first 6 months.
TV we can figure out something - Now TV or suchlike ...

but hopefully it may not come to this

mhoc wrote: »

Afternoon all

Just had the first of a the annual series of discussions with sky

we are paying now
TV box sets £27.19
Fibre unlimited £10
line rental £10
total £44.59

after July
TV £38
Fibre £20
line rental £18.99
total £76.99 :eek:

annoying having to pay any line rental when we rarely use the land line for any calls - only used twice this year.
Fibre, this is our first year and it is not brilliant, still very slow, 10 mb at best and we get a lot of line droppage
Never use the box sets but to get documentaries and history we have to have it as we have a HD TV

so we asked to be put through to customer retentions and after some discussion was offered 33% off the Tv and £5 off the fibre. They are keen to give you total prices but you need to ask for price breakdowns
so now
TV box set £25.46
fibre unlimited £15
line rental £18.99
total £55.43

still more than £10 more than we are paying.
I asked her to save the quotes and I would get back to them, not sure how far more I can push things.
Last year it took me 4 phone calls to get the right price and even then it was not actioned on the account so I had some credits to make up for the problems we had

I suppose I am hoping for a bill under £50 but I think that might be too much to hope for

LEJC

We have just had something similar with talk talk Mhoc.....25p reduction on monthly payment via the retention department and just nothing better they could offer.....

OH went away and found a better deal with another provider,cant remember who but it featured Qco....and it wasn't until we had told talktalk to cancel he contract that they finally matched the price....

sometimes you just wish they would take the first phonecall seriously and price match rather than turning it into a battle of wits.

tweets

bubbs wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: bloody hell, put them in/with your bag now;)

They are already in my bag with a couple pair socks :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mhoc

LEJC wrote: »

We have just had something similar with talk talk Mhoc.....25p reduction on monthly payment via the retention department and just nothing better they could offer.....

OH went away and found a better deal with another provider,cant remember who but it featured Qco....and it wasn't until we had told talktalk to cancel he contract that they finally matched the price....

sometimes you just wish they would take the first phonecall seriously and price match rather than turning it into a battle of wits.

very true. Last year it took 4 phone calls to get good enough offers and I think that was January 2016 when we went without a landline for 6 weeks. And even then the discounts were not applied to the accounts so we got 2 lots of credit and ended up with almost no bill for 2 months - very shambolic
I told the chap what plusnet would offer me and he still would not budge
Every year its the same misery. It makes sorting out the multi-car policy for 4 cars seem like a total piece of cake.

northerngeezer

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Anon

gemmylou1984 wrote: »

so messed this one up properly :-(

1x Sensodyne Repair & Protect Daily Repair Toothpaste (75ml) £3.50 £4.50
1x Colgate Total Whitening Toothpaste (125ml) £2.70 £2.00
1x Dove Deeply Nourishing Body Wash (500ml) £2.75 £2.00
1x Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief Extra Strength Whitening Fluoride Toothpaste (75ml) £3.00 £4.50
1x Colgate Total Advanced Fluoride Toothpaste (100ml) £2.70 N/A
1x Lynx Dark Temptation XL Body Spray (200ml) £3.00 £2.00
1x Lynx You Body Spray Deodorant (200ml) £3.00 £2.00
1x Sensodyne Whitening Repair & Protect Toothpaste (75ml) £3.50 £4.50
2x Colgate Toothpaste Advanced Whitening Pump (100ml) £5.40 £6.00
1x Lynx Africa Body Spray (200ml) £3.00 £2.00
1x Dove Silk Glow Body Wash (500ml) £2.75 £2.00
Comparison total (compared products only) £32.60 £31.50

Sorry that you messed up - we have all been there ... you can hand in your badge at the Elite membership desk .

I am sure we know it after this experience, but everyone needs to make sure that you only buy items that are the same price per item in A (so the cheapest one free is the same price as the others) to maximise your return - and all matching the same competitor.

Also it is worth people remembering, particularly if you are buying a lot, you are getting high value APGs and need to be able to spend them within 28 days of producing the voucher to get your cash back out. If you are doing multiple shops, it is best trying to rinse and repeat rather than spending lots of cash up front as otherwise you will end up with lots of vouchers left to spend on "normal" shopping (I know I now have more than I would normally spend on shopping, as I thought this may end quickly and so went in quick to get what I wanted, so I will have to decide what I need to buy to "cash out").

Anon

emerald21

Snap so sorry to hear about your poor sister and of course yourself and other family members

davemorton

Hugs and strength to Snap and her sister.

bubbs

shop from today
x ASDA Smartprice Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce (395g) £0.14 N/A
0.09x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Red Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg) £0.07 £0.07
0.11x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (per kg) £0.08 £0.08
1x Haribo Starmix (1pk) £0.10 N/A
1x MAOAM Giant Strawberry Stripes (1pk) £0.10 £0.10
1x Swizzels Refreshers Original Lemon Flavour (18g) £0.10 £0.10
3x John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Colour Preotecting Moisturising Conditioner (250ml) £18.00 £10.00
1x ASDA Smart Price Mushy Peas (300g) £0.20 £0.20
3x John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Colour Protecting Moisturising Shampoo (250ml) £18.00 £10.00
1x ASDA Smart Price Sliced Carrots in Water (300g) £0.20 £0.20
1x Barratt Flumps (12g) £0.10 £0.10
4x Wham Cosmic Chews Pack (36g) £1.44 £0.80
Comparison total (compared products only) £38.29 £21.65