Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

emerald21

Nellie35 wrote: »

The cups are a set price but you can also use bags which are weighed. Cups are generally better value depending on how much you can cram in

Absolutely Nellie lol . I got a 50p one for myself and a £1 one for Dawn in Chester and a lady in front of me offered to give me two plastic bags to put them in when she had paid for them lol but they weren t needed as the staff very kindly sellotaped the lids on for us. Now that’s what I call good service unlike Asda.:D

I don’t pay for tapwater I even take my own tiny bottle of concentrated juice to change the taste. Thrifty Susie

bubbs

God you lot must be bathing in wine:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Wheres_My_Cashback

braveheart60uk wrote: »

Charge? Up here, I am sure it has to be free for tapwater.

Depends on the premises and whether it's unadulterated tap water or filtered.

Free tap water is intended to cut crime and disorder from occurring by people drinking too much alcohol as water inbetween drinks will keep you sober longer.Places which sell alcohol should provide it free, however.....

if it's filtered they may charge,
if you're not drinking alcohol they could charge,
they could charge for the time, effort, cleaning and not the water.

If you're a business who wishes to retain customers then probably best to give it free regardless

emerald21

bubbs wrote: »

God you lot must be bathing in wine:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Not me bubbs I haven t bought a one

Savvybuyer

I've got another receipt, only because someone called me out to pick them up and it was on the route to A.

I was initially happy, for about five seconds, when I saw the first item they had bought was another £15 gin. Lots of 1L alcohols on £15 in M currently. Then I realised, typically, the shop had been done early in the week before all the £15 offers went on:(. It had even been bought before Wednesday, so I thought this was going to be full price M.

However, when checked, the receipt is a nice one. Versus M is, as usual, the best comp. They've only gone and bought the 1L alcohol, Gordon's, that was the only one on £15 in M earlier:T. So I still get a £16 vs £15 comp:rotfl::

1x Gordon's Special London Dry Gin (1l) £16.00 £15.00 (expired)

This is expected not to work for shops done now - the Gordon's gin went up in price since and then went down but not as good - now on £16 'offer'.

In fact, this shop was done on Monday this week and I believe this shows how the price collection works. One of the two days of the week on which the prices are usually collected (exception if there is a Bank Holiday) is Monday. However the prices don't get updated on the collection day. This has the result that the system, at the end of Monday, ends up still on the last Wednesday data. So, that when the receipt is subsequently checked, on any later date that isn't over 28 days from the shop, it returns the pricing that applied at the end of the day on which the shop was done. This was what applied on the APG and not the actual price on that date in the competitor - in other words, for Mondays, non-updated M stuck on the previous Wednesday as prices had not been updated to Monday before the end of Monday.

I think the day of this shop, Monday 19th March, may have been the day on which the Gordon's gin went up from £15 to full price £18 in M.

However, it was the previous week that was the time the Gordon's was on £15 in M - in other words stores showing SELs of that in their normal aisle run stock regardless of the actual price in M at that time (although it probably was £15) - and, as this shop was Monday, it gets the previous Wednesday's SELs so was £15:rotfl::rotfl:.

In fact, I think it may have have been £18 at the start of the Monday previous to this shop but went to £15 on the Wednesday (stores having £16 showing on their awnings - so conflict between £16 and £15 - but the actual SEL in the aisles, that matters, said £15 in all my stores) but I found the product showing back at £18 - unfortunately all SELs changed to that for me - on the Monday after. So, I think they bought on a day when the product was back at full price £18 in M but the APG system does not get updated on that day so it has the previous collection price and probably falls in the only part of the week of the previous week when the price was £15:rotfl::rotfl:. It was the only one on £15 at this time in M too.

So, having got £16 vs £15 on the shop with the other gin thanks to S being £15 on that one (and possibly on a receipt date for which the system has S prices), I get £16 vs £15 on this shop on the second gin due to M having that at £15 just before the prices were updated:rotfl:. S is £16 on the Gordon's on this shop. Best comp. on both (but I suppose it was more likely to be) is £16 vs £15 on the different gins. I am happy that this shop was done on Monday as M is now £16 on the Gordon's (could have got £18 price if the shop was done on Tuesday, and most probably would have got £18 if it was completed on Wednesday) and S is now £20.

braveheart60uk

bubbs wrote: »

God you lot must be bathing in wine:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Shares in Alka Seltzer have rocketed recently, I wonder why?

Serendipitious

bubbs wrote: »

God you lot must be bathing in wine:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I have been thinking that if all these wine conversations were about tobacco products, the world would be watching in horror !

Just imagine, special trips to get them, targeted shops to maximise the apg, the joys of building up a massive stash on the cheap, planning who to give them to as gifts... :rotfl:

Savvybuyer

A speculative one again. Does A have Jacob's Mini Cheddars - Cheese & Onion 7 pack to use as a trigger now that we have lost the Walkers from the offer?

nettiebobs

davemorton wrote: »

Well that was a result!
Took the tattinger back, and instead of a £50 cash refund, and £20 on a gift card for the APG's used, they just gave me it all in cash.

Bet that was a relief to you.:)

bubbs

emerald21 wrote: »

Not me bubbs I haven t bought a one

Nor me:rotfl::rotfl: