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Post by itinerantchild on Feb 21, 2022 13:05:01 GMT
Having been back in the uk for about six weeks now I have had to get myself a club card as saw that there were items in the shop for between two to three times cheaper for the card carrier. My first shop with it came to thirty odd quid with a saving of six pounds fifty and points towards a one pound fifty voucher off. That is quite an important saving and am happy that I got the card.
However, before I got the card I must admit that I did not want one and was cursing the shop for selling stuff for three quid to me and then for a quid for a clubcard holder !! It seams totally uncorrect to me that a poor person who has not got a clubcard has to pay three times more (on some items ).
I used my girlfriends address on the on line application but was on line with the tesco ap and able to use it straight away, with the address only needed to send a material card to and probably junk mail. So I would dare say that if you do not have an address or do not want to be tied to one or connected to one then you can probably get away with making an address up as with the app it is still possible to get the reductions.
I dont see any moral dylemma in doing this !!
What do you guys think ?
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Post by bigbear67 on Feb 21, 2022 13:47:18 GMT
I got one recently, seemed every time I went north east I shopped in tesco at Redcar so it made sense. Happy with it so far, no junk mail & good discount in store. Also use it at my local tesco fuel station so plenty points there....
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Post by VanWoman84 on Feb 21, 2022 14:09:45 GMT
Since they started offering clubcard prices it's much more use. The address on mine is an old company address that we no longer have. I don't use the app but do have a physical clubcard.
The thing I don't like about the points is they expire, unlike Sainsbury's.
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Post by itinerantchild on Feb 21, 2022 14:32:24 GMT
Am not so bothered about the points, but the in store reductions are huge. There was one of those huge tins of WD40 which was priced just under 6 quid but with the card it was 2.50; Also some mr kippling chocolate cakes being changed from 2.80 Down to 80p Bargains :-) Prices that even Vanwoman would consider spending 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Post by NomadCris on Feb 21, 2022 15:54:50 GMT
Ive had a clubcard since they first brought them out over 20 yrs ago. You used to get a lot more points for your shopping back then,theyve cut the points back a few years ago but its still worth collecting the points because you get cash off vouchers every quarter.
I usually get about £15 worth of vouchers every quarter which comes in useful to knock off the bill and unlike the discounted item vouchers that they used to do, theyve usually got a years time limit on them so you dont have to rush to use them by the end of month.
The clubcard reduced items wasnt that useful really until they started price matching Aldi last year, now you get some decent money knocked off items. Also the bargain basement items are as cheap as Aldi or Lidl.
I tend to buy everything i need when its on offer. Last week i saved £9, the week before 12 so yeah,worth having. I can save £2 off my coffee(that alone makes it worth it) but lots of my other regular items with similar discounts.
I detest Tesco and my local Tesco is truly the pits,beyond dysmal, and loss of instore bakery and deli is a killshot for me, but dont have any other other stores near me apart from Tesco,otherwise its a 20 mile round trip minimum,so the clubcard just about makes it worth shopping there instead of other stores.When Aldi opens here i probably won't set foot in Tesco again.
As for poor people paying more, in all honesty ive not yet seen anyone not have a clubcard to use at the till and theyre very easily obtained from Tesco so if poorer people want to take advantage of the cheaper prices its a simple process.. and if youre on a long term low income, saving money and taking advantage of all the saving schemes going becomes normal practice.
I used to get my neighbour clubcard priced items and give him some of my cash vouchers but hes finally got himself one now. Makes no logical sense to not have one really nor use it especially if youre on a low income.Why throw money away.
I dont think much of the Sainsburys card its certainly is of no use to me.
The only other card ive got is a waitrose card which was useful because everytime you use it you get cash paid into your bank account comparable with the points total youd accumulated on shopping.
Everyone slags off waitrose left right and centre but if you buy the stuff thats on offer every week, not the regular price, which is price matched agsinst Tesco and Asds you dont pay no more than in Tesco and the fresh produce is a 1000% better than the rubbish Tesco throws at you..swings and roundabouts...unfortunately no Waitrose near me.
Personally i wish all the stores would bin all these clubcards and loyalty cards and the 'buy one get one free' scam nonsense and just offer lower prices across the whole range.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2022 19:55:14 GMT
I don't like it. I stopped shopping there for a while when offers became subject to club card.
I was conveniently offered a buddy card so do that.
My understanding is that tesco is favoured because its competitive and remains quite patriotic.
I hate signing up for discounts and rewards and would have continued to avoid shopping under the patriotic tesco model if I did not have a buddy card to get the standard discounts.
On inflation.... As an aside, its way above 10%,(year on year) for essentials...
I'm disgusted that gvmt has not revised their 3.1% for benefits and pensions in light of obvious runaway inflation on essentials.
... And the coming rise in the minimum wage has now been, at the very least, fully absorbed by REAL inflation.
Disgusting!
It is not OK for gvmts to undereact to inflation on basics..... Its not OK to assume the posture and laziness of the previous 2 decades. Real runaway inflation (which is what the poor are experiencing) is an issue that needs to be compensated and adjusted for on a triannual or at minimum biannual basis.
It's no longer OK to specify rises 6 months in advance based on an out of date figure.
Bastard, cunting, gvmt aresehole, dickwad trespassers.
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Post by NomadCris on Feb 21, 2022 21:00:23 GMT
Agreed
Also Tesco and any other supermarkets are doing consumer's no favours. They charge 'competitive' comparison prices amongst themselves in the top few major outlet chains but in effect this amounts to no more than a cartel fixing prices by comparison in such a way there is no effective difference nor choice for consumers.
The fake choice is that the consumer gets to choose where to shop but in truth, very little difference in what they pay out.
They all pay bare minimum rates to their suppliers and employees and pay fake patriotic homage to British suppliers (assuming they can screw them down to bare minimum rate otherwise theyre quite willing to ship alternatives half way around the world to prop up the 'ailing' Chinese economy and Thai monarchic dynasty (why the hell do i want to eat Chinese grown garlic (a vegetable once grown widely here,or Chicken reared in Thailand) but they conversely always charge the maximum price to the consumer per item that they think they can get away with before consumers say Nah'
They complain about inflation costs and escalating overheads and being 'forced' to 'reluctantly' pass these on to the consumer while separately making multi billions in profits for themselves and shareholders and simultaneously removing services consumers really want like fresh store baked bread,butchered meat and deli products, in a drive for market share (of profits).
Ripoff Britain ably inspired and willingly supported by a crooked corrupt government.
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