Out of date stuff

melissa75_2

I thought everyone had made friends on page 2?:mad:

Butlers1982

I am not surprised you sleep on the floor or on the sofa

whys that? is it not you thats penny pinching?

tins for 3 quid in ASDA.
Me got 'em even cheaper and filled up wheel barrow full of 'em.

wanting compo for nothing?

I think youd bore anyone to sleep with your constant harping on ! !

VeryTrying_2

Does this get the thread back on track?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7204682.stm

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Noah'strolly

sarahlouise210 wrote: »

I think that the subject of this thread has got totally out of hand - the OP bought chocolate in Whittards fully expecting it to be in date and it was not. If it was delicious is not the issue - it was 3 months out of date and as such Whittards not only had a DUTY to refund him for the chocolate as he had not received what he had expected (ie in date chocolate) I feel they had an OBLIGATION to offer a gesture of goodwill as well. Maybe the OP should not have used the word compensation..would this have made a difference??
Many supermarkets etc offer a "refund AND replace" scheme for goods that fail to please let alone are out of date (by quarter of a year!!)

I bought a box of thorntons gingers for my father in laws birthday in December from Tesco. My husband notices they were a few days out of date when wrapping them. If they were for us we'd probably of just eaten them but you can't give out of date gifts. Tesco offered to replace them but their whole shelf was out of date! They have a double the difference policy now but said that was only on overcharging and this didn'y qualify. I got a refund and was left the night before his birthday looking for chocolate gingers! I feel agrieved that they didn't apply the dtd police as I had to make an unneccesary 1 1/2 hour round trip.

VeryTrying_2

Well, with your experience of buying out-of-date chocs, I'm sure you'll not be among the first to agree with the Tesco spokesman who told the BBC

"This is very unusual as our stores take part in daily audits to prevent any out-of-date food being left on shelves."

Hands up everybody who believes the Tesco spokesperson!

Noah'strolly

Tesco aren't the only ones. Just before Christmas Sommerfield had an offer on lurpak, so I decided to stock up and began reaching to the back to get the best dates (I checked this time - you do tend to with perishables more than chocs and dried goods). There I found six packs of well out of date butter. As an exshelf stacker it really annoys me to find the stock hasn't been rotated. So I passed the lot to a girl in the next isle. I know they check their dates daily because I pop in just to check their reduced items but someone going along those shelves checking the dates would probably not have checked the back as the produce at the front should have the shortest date. Companies can have policies but its up to the individual stocking the isle to carry them out.

tom.senex

Butlers1982 wrote: »

your constant harping on ! !

And your continued singing - :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

a round of applause for this Butler. :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Butlers1982

a round of applause for this Butler

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