50% back in points on Xbox360s & Wiis in Tescos

corblimey

Does anyone know any Tescos in the Cork area that sell consoles? Tried Wilton and Mahon this morning, but to no avail.

Jip

smccarrick wrote:

which makes it defacto false advertising, as they are
advertising something which is simply unavailable.

No it's not, items were available, albeit a small number, therefore there's no false advertising, there's no legal requirement that requires a minimum number of a certain product to be available.
Supermarkets and shops are in the business to make money, and offers such as this entice people into their store in the hope that they'd also buy something else when they're in there.

MOH

Tesco jervis had nothing except original xboxes. No decent 360 or ps2 games there either. The missus just went into Tesco Arklow and met one woman with two wiis in her trolley (i hope she drops them later) and none on the shelves. They will try and get some more tomorrow apparently.

In fairness it is a bit of a shambles if things like this are going on.
Should have been a limit of one per clubcard customer.

Sure I could go in and buy 4 for 1080, get 540 back in shopping vouchers, sell 3 for 200 quid each, and have a free wii and be 60 quid up.

donegal11

okidoki987 wrote:

Will only show a nominal amount on your till receipt.
The 50% rebate is seperate and will be posted out to you in November.

do they not show the extra points(the 50%) you recieve on the receipt???

AlmightyCushion

donegal11 wrote:

do they not show the extra points(the 50%) you recieve on the receipt???

They don't show up on the receipt but you will definitely get them.

donegal11

cheers

dunser

just have checked out Bray , greystones, Wicklow. Arklow, & Gorey nothing left anywhere

Does anyone see any DS anywhere

Placebo

what use are the points? if i get an XBOX for 400
do i get around 200 euro WORTH of points?

does this mean i can get 200 euro worth of groceries for free?

AlmightyCushion

Placebo wrote:

what use are the points? if i get an XBOX for 400
do i get around 200 euro WORTH of points?

does this mean i can get 200 euro worth of groceries for free?

Yes. This money can be spent on anything (except lotto tickets, cigarettes and some other things). Wait until new years when they do a drinks promotion and stock up on free booze.

Tabitharose

dunser wrote:

just have checked out Bray , greystones, Wicklow. Arklow, & Gorey nothing left anywhere

Does anyone see any DS anywhere

got a nintendo DS lite in Nutgrove at 1 o'clock today - they are not on the shelves, they have / had a limited number of them which they had not put out but were handing out to customers who asked...... the person I asked was a manager, the person on the till then turned around & asked me where I got it as she thought they'd none - even got to pick the colour

manager said they got them in late yesterday, and had no idea if / when any further deliveries were coming

sweetie

MOH wrote:

In fairness it is a bit of a shambles if things like this are going on.
Should have been a limit of one per clubcard customer.

Sure I could go in and buy 4 for 1080, get 540 back in shopping vouchers, sell 3 for 200 quid each, and have a free wii and be 60 quid up.

True but maybe they refused her. I asked for two yesterday (as a test) when buying my Wii in Clearwater and he said no.

To the other poster above; yes, you get 200 or whatever to spend in one go on beer, nappies or condowm!

AlmightyCushion

sweetie wrote:

True but maybe they refused her. I asked for two yesterday (as a test) when buying my Wii in Clearwater and he said no.

To the other poster above; yes, you get 200 or whatever to spend in one go on beer, nappies or condowm!

I don't think it has to be in one go. They usually give them out to a max of €25 or something. So you'll get 8 x €25 vouchers.

Placebo

so if i spend 20-25 a week on groceries i can get 8 weeks of groceries FOR FREE?

is there no catch as in spend 50 then take advantage of the 25 euro voucher?

just dont see what good this deal is to them.
might have a go at the xbox !

AlmightyCushion

Placebo wrote:

so if i spend 20-25 a week on groceries i can get 8 weeks of groceries FOR FREE?

is there no catch as in spend 50 then take advantage of the 25 euro voucher?

just dont see what good this deal is to them.
might have a go at the xbox !

Actually now that I think of it, the total money you are owed is split into three vouchers. But you can use one or all at once.

MOH

sweetie wrote:

True but maybe they refused her. I asked for two yesterday (as a test) when buying my Wii in Clearwater and he said no.

Ah that's fair enough then.

dunser

any know where i can get DS please

sweetie

ring them..... www.tesco.ie

okidoki987

Head Office won't tell you.
They will only tell you which shops took deliveries.

embraer170

Just was in Tesco Tralee and a staff member (just pointing it out, not commenting) had the last Wii. Claimed she got it from another store?!

Spipov

was in coolock/beaumont one. no consoles at all. any in dundrum?which one closest to city centre would have the wii?

EyesOnly

as 1 Wii and 3 XBox360 GoW packs in Tesco Roscommon last night.

was in their like 20mins ago and all but 1 wii was left and i think that was sold because as i was getting in the car, a kid with a smile from ear to ear had 1

Basq

Was in the Sligo store.. got an XBOX 360 GoW pack.. huzzah!

There were 4 - 5 other GoW's packs and 6 - 7 CoD packs.

yabadabado

is this deal available on ps3 games?any deal on other electronics -tv's and the like

sue97

Its on the playstation 3 and they have them in Clare Hall as we speak.

Just back, they have none but are getting them on Monday, the day after the promotion ends.

They have empty boxes on display behind the desk but no Wii's or DS actually for sale.

I saw the boxes on the shelf, rang kids to say I had one only to find there were none left.

Not a happy tesco customer at the moment.

EyesOnly

does tescos in swords have a electrical section?

colmranger

Only xbox 360s left tonight 10pm in Tullamore.

The xbox 360 is not that good of a deal because they are Gears of War Packs marked €459 with one game.

Recent prices in other shops are much better with bigger game bundles than that.

mickoneill30

EyesOnly wrote:

does tescos in swords have a electrical section?

No. It's not much bigger than a newsagents.

Basq

colmranger wrote:

Only xbox 360s left tonight 10pm in Tullamore.

The xbox 360 is not that good of a deal because they are Gears of War Packs marked €459 with one game.

Recent prices in other shops are much better with bigger game bundles than that.

€449 actually.

Nothing wrong with the deal in my opinion.. as a regular shopper of Tesco, the vouchers will be welcome.

It may be more expensive before the reduction but still a great price if you take it into account.

EyesOnly

No. It's not much bigger than a newsagents.

Ah thanks, im off up their tomorrow and thought id call in if they did

Fnz

basquille wrote:

Nothing wrong with the deal in my opinion.. as a regular shopper of Tesco, the vouchers will be welcome.

It may be more expensive before the reduction but still a great price if you take it into account.

It's not bad... but is still a bit lousy of them to charge over the odds for the 360 - assuming its the Premium model with the 20GB hard drive.

okidoki987

Recent prices in other shops are much better with bigger game bundles than that.

but is still a bit lousy of them to charge over the odds for the 360

Think you're missing the main point here lads.
It doesn't really matter what price Tesco are charging, it's the fact that you are getting 50% of it back, that's the important news.

Bettyboop

okidoki987 wrote:

Just in case anybody's looking for a Wii.

Dundrum SOLD OUT
Stillorgan SOLD OUT
Ballybrack SOLD OUT
Jervis SOLD OUT
Nutgrove SOLD OUT
Lucan SOLD OUT
Clarehall SOLD OUT

as at 10am today

PS3 games
I'd have a look in any of the above larger stores in Dublin
also Finglas.

Bray advertises the deal but doesnt stock them:mad:
Greystones didnt know what I was talking about."What offer"??:mad:

EyesOnly

lol i went into roscommon this morning to ask if they had any, they had a normal pack no games etc... long story short i got me a GOW pack

EDIT: Thanks OP

Basq

EyesOnly wrote:

lol i went into roscommon this morning to ask if they had any, they had a normal pack no games etc... long story short i got me a GOW pack

EDIT: Thanks OP

There was a story there?

god's toy

You wont get a Wii anywhere now, the day after the promo started most Tesco's had run out. If you did find one anywhere it's a staff member holding on to it and was found out...

johndoe77ie

Any PS3's available in the Dublin area ????

spongbob

any psp's left any where in the country?

sue97

Hi Johndoe,

Try phoning Clarehall, they had a few on Friday night.

whatsupdoc?

Dundrum had PSP's on Saturday.

spongbob

Dundrum is a bit out out for me, im living in the midlands... Co longford.

whatsupdoc?

Bring the wife/mother and make it a SHOPPING trip :eek:

spongbob

LOL - I MIGHT TAKE A SPIN TO ROSSCOMMON / CARRIC ON SHANNON STORES 1st

Rashers72

Linked to the use of the vouchers that you get, if you take up this offer, see my posting at:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=54025195&posted=1#post54025195

Any feedback welcome...via the other posting. Thanks

Yellow Dog

Had planned on buying a PSP Lite for around €180.

Looked in my local Tesco today and see they have a PSP for €179.95 and a PSP 2Meg with Media Manager for €289.95.

Can anyone advise me which is the best deal taking the 50% voucher offer into consideration?

EyesOnly

spongbob wrote:

LOL - I MIGHT TAKE A SPIN TO ROSSCOMMON / CARRIC ON SHANNON STORES 1st

Roscommon didn't have any when i was in yesterday, they had filled the shelf that had console/handhelds with Ps2 joypads

Sqaull20

Yellow Dog wrote:

Had planned on buying a PSP Lite for around €180.

Looked in my local Tesco today and see they have a PSP for €179.95 and a PSP 2Meg with Media Manager for €289.95.

Can anyone advise me which is the best deal taking the 50% voucher offer into consideration?

2 gig stick is worth about €30 as is media manager....Media manager is a waste of money you can get freeware programs like pspvideo9 that work just as good for video converting...And moving photos,music and such is just just drag and drop with psp...

€179 plus €90 voucher = €90 for psp....
€289 plus €145 voucher = €145 psp

Is Media manager worth €15?Not imo

I would get the €179 package

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/741951/Sony-Memory-Stick-Pro-Duo-2GB/Product.html Sony Memory Stick 2GB €27.99 Delivered

Yellow Dog

Thanks for that, squall20.

I guessed that.

spongbob

Yellow Dog wrote:

Had planned on buying a PSP Lite for around €180.

Looked in my local Tesco today and see they have a PSP for €179.95 and a PSP 2Meg with Media Manager for €289.95.

Can anyone advise me which is the best deal taking the 50% voucher offer into consideration?

im only after returning from Tesco Tullamore, got the last psp but it was 259euro, i know i will get 125back in vouchours, i am a bit confused "YellowDog" did you only pay 179 for yours today?

colmranger

spongbob wrote:

im only after returning from Tesco Tullamore, got the last psp but it was 259euro, i know i will get 125back in vouchours, i am a bit confused "YellowDog" did you only pay 179 for yours today?

Thats strange i was told Fri night everything was sold out except for xbox 360s?

spongbob

yeah they still have around 6 xbox 360s on the shelf!! had 1 ps3 left and a 1 psp... i got the last one... i paid 254- Yellow dog said he seen them for 180. i wonder what store he seen them in!?