Tesco charity roundup

diceydeb

Tescos are doing the charity roundup again which I was OK with but this time its not 10p its up to £1 !  So if you spend £1.01 you could be asked to add 99 p to charity . In the current climate with people struggling I think this is bad timing Tescos ! 

bradders1983

For gods sake. Nobody is forcing you to do it, it isn't done by default and the cases in this thread where it has been done in error is clearly that: an error.

ask66

bradders1983 said:

For gods sake. Nobody is forcing you to do it, it isn't done by default and the cases in this thread where it has been done in error is clearly that: an error.

@bradders1983 I think you're being a bit unfair to the OP... my wife shopped in Tesco this morning and has just realised that her bill was rounded up from £50.05 to £51.00.  It wasn't mentioned by the checkout operator.  Yes we can afford to give 95p to charity, and yes these are worthwhile charities.  That doesn't make it OK for Tesco to take the money without asking!

Sandtree

Still doesnt explain why this is posted in the Small Business section as I doubt many small businesses are buying their supplies from Tesco nor would Tesco qualify as being a small business.

If you are concerned about rounding up to the pound you'll really hate the "invisible chips" that a number of restaurants are having on their menu which is a circa £3 donation to a charity supporting those individuals in the hospitality industry that are struggling because of Covid.

The cashier or pin pad should give the option to participate or not but rounding to a pound certainly would be my default expectation if someone mentioned rounding it for charity. 

CarolineMary

I think tesco are already getting a fair bit of flak for this.

At around 11 am my husband went in there. The bill shows a 93p roundup and a reversal of that. Cashier apparently didn't say a word.

If they take money from you without asking, its the equivalent of picking your pocket. So what if it's only pennies? No one should have to justify refusing.

lincroft1710

Sandtree said:

Still doesnt explain why this is posted in the Small Business section as I doubt many small businesses are buying their supplies from Tesco nor would Tesco qualify as being a small business.

The board title is Small Biz & Charities' MoneySaving

Mistral001

lincroft1710 said:

Sandtree said:

Still doesnt explain why this is posted in the Small Business section as I doubt many small businesses are buying their supplies from Tesco nor would Tesco qualify as being a small business.

The board title is Small Biz & Charities' MoneySaving

Yes that is what I thought when I saw the post complaining about it being posted here, but on second thoughts the forum is for people who run (small) charities.  There might be more replies if this thread was posted on the "Charities" or "Praise Vent & Warnings" forum. 

I think we will probably see quite a lot of out of place threads now that the "Money Saving Arms" is in Lockdown.