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I got assualted in Tesco!

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  • elljay20
    elljay20 Posts: 5,200 Forumite
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    mishkanorman wrote: »
    Poppy9

    surely your argument/point is only vaild if the OP went and added edible bananas to his bag after removing less than perfect ones ??

    He hasnt really 'cherry picked the best' as he has ended up with less bananas in a bag than he would have done if he kept the nasty one ?? the price was calculated with more weight in it that he was actually getting so in effect he was paying too much money.

    I think the reaction from tescos was wrong, he attempted to buy something and was refused, he then commited the awful sin of photographing it ! Even without the others wading in that guy had no right to lay his hands on a shopper

    mishka

    damn, you got there before me and explained it better:rolleyes:
    :p It is better to be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
  • LuciferTDark
    LuciferTDark Posts: 1,525 Forumite
    My question still hasn't been answered. Why didn't you go to the Fruit aisle & pick a bag of Fresh Bananas & pay full price instead of going to the reduced aisle & picking up a bag of Bananas that might have been able to walk out on their own?

    If you're as picky about your bananas as you make yourself out to be you shouldn't have picked up a bag of over ripe bananas in the first place, you really were just looking for a fight weren't you?
    Winnings :D
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  • Poppy9
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    mishkanorman wrote: »
    Poppy9

    surely your argument/point is only vaild if the OP went and added edible bananas to his bag after removing less than perfect ones ??

    He hasnt really 'cherry picked the best' as he has ended up with less bananas in a bag than he would have done if he kept the nasty one ?? the price was calculated with more weight in it that he was actually getting so in effect he was paying too much money.
    The OP said the bag was 20p per kilo so he removed the bad banana to pay less as the final price was based on the number of bananas in the bag. If the bag had been flatly priced at say 50p it wouldn't have made a difference as he would have paid the same amount regardless of how many he removed/added.

    The fact is when Tesco bag up old fruit some is better than others. Often decent bananas that have just been detached from a bunch are added as people don't like buying loose bananas at full price. However the price per kilo was decided upon based on the make up of the bag and the make up of the bag was mixed.
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  • Poppy9
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    superscaper wrote: »
    That's a good point, he's not gaining anything from it and Tesco's aren't losing anything. It's absolutely no different than the people who choose to leave excess packaging at the supermarket rather than throwing it away when they get home.


    The OP is gaining as he is buying decent fruit at the price per kilo of damaged fruit. To reiterate the OP said they were priced per kilo not per bag.
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • elljay20
    elljay20 Posts: 5,200 Forumite
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    LuciferTDark wrote: »
    My question still hasn't been answered. Why didn't you go to the Fruit aisle & pick a bag of Fresh Bananas & pay full price instead of going to the reduced aisle & picking up a bag of Bananas that might have been able to walk out on their own?

    If you're as picky about your bananas as you make yourself out to be you shouldn't have picked up a bag of over ripe bananas in the first place, you really were just looking for a fight weren't you?

    err, because he could??? as a consumer he has choices?:confused:
    :p It is better to be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
  • LuciferTDark
    LuciferTDark Posts: 1,525 Forumite
    elljay20 wrote: »
    err, because he could??? as a consumer he has choices?:confused:
    No he should have picked up a bag of fresh bananas if he didn't want bad ones mixed in, he was spoiling for a fight & got what he wanted.
    Winnings :D
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  • elljay20
    elljay20 Posts: 5,200 Forumite
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    i cannot believe that there is all this going on over a rotton banana.:eek:
    :p It is better to be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
  • Poppy9
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    debtdestroyer wrote: »
    Regardless of the banana (which was in a plastic bag sealed with the rest of the bunch - this is why I had to remove it. They were reduced to 20p/kg, so it wouldve made a difference to the cost) .


    Glad I hadn't dreamt that bit;)
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  • elljay20
    elljay20 Posts: 5,200 Forumite
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    LuciferTDark wrote: »
    No he should have picked up a bag of fresh bananas if he didn't want bad ones mixed in, he was spoiling for a fight & got what he wanted.


    that's ridiculous. it's like saying in order to have these edible bananas you must buy this rotton inedible one.

    and talking of spoiling for a fight...........
    :p It is better to be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    elljay20 wrote: »
    that's ridiculous. it's like saying in order to have these edible bananas you must buy this rotton inedible one...........

    at the reduced price it's the only way you can have them.
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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