More Tesco Bargains [No Off-Topic Chat - See Post #1]

RayCon

stevieob wrote: »

I'm not very good at this game, actually I'm shockingly bad having never played anything other than football / golf and car games before!

waste of a cent

Bring it back for a refund ... tell them its faulty :pac:

okidoki987

Trade it in and get something else.

Sam Mac

B0jangles wrote: »

Giant boxes of magnum ice-creams (8 full-sized ones, 2 of each flavour - classic, white, caramel and almond) are only 2 euro. I saw this in Bray but I think they are nationwide.

Perfect for this warm and sunny weather!

I posted this already before you in a regular thread

athtrasna

Sam Mac wrote: »

I posted this already before you in a regular thread

Why? I thought all Tesco bargains went in this one?

leck

Plenty of the Magnum Mania in Claremorris Tesco - 8pk regular size bars for €2. They were mis-shelved, which might be why they are still there.

B0jangles

Sam Mac wrote: »

I posted this already before you in a regular thread

If I'm destined to die of ice-cream headaches I want to take as many of yez with me as I can :pac:

nudger

Jim Beam Devil's Cut 70ML 45% was €33 now €20.99, Clearwater.

Dont know if it's everywhere, looked like they were clearing stock.

HairMare

dunworth1 wrote: »

It was a cordless drill
I didn't really get the feeling that she wanted it for herself I reckon she was worried about being questioned about it on the cash count

Hi it's not illegal to sell it at 1c, its managers discretion. All low value items like these are supposed to go charity, they don't, staff buy them or they go in bin! If you pay at self service before tag removal you win!

Woodpecker1

HairMare wrote: »

Hi it's not illegal to sell it at 1c, its managers discretion. All low value items like these are supposed to go charity, they don't, staff buy them or they go in bin! If you pay at self service before tag removal you win!

Actually I should correct you there on a couple of things.:o

Its not illegal to buy 1c items in Tesco:) But it is against policy. But you are correct about management discretion on the matter. If it was something small I would let it go through as it is not worth offending a returning customer. A TV on the other hand....

I work for Tesco and have never ever heard of a member of staff buy a 1 cent sale item. They know they are not for sale and it would not be worth disciplinary actions. Any that you may have witnessed are foolish.

These items are kept for charity and fund raising for the chosen charity of the company which is AWARE at the moment. They raise quite a bit of money for a very good cause.

These are my own opinions and not that of Tesco.

loyatemu

some mundane grocery offers:

various large boxes of nestle cereals (Cheerios, Shredded Wheat, Shreddies, Cookie Crisp) - half price
Twinings Everyday Tea (very nice tea IMO) - 160 bags half price.

they have some Crazy Prices wine sale on as well but I don't think Tesco is a great place to buy wine...

wotzgoingon

loyatemu wrote: »

some mundane grocery offers:

various large boxes of nestle cereals (Cheerios, Shredded Wheat, Shreddies, Cookie Crisp) - half price
Twinings Everyday Tea (very nice tea IMO) - 160 bags half price.

they have some Crazy Prices wine sale on as well but I don't think Tesco is a great place to buy wine...

Is that nationwide?

Seve OB

Woodpecker1 wrote: »

Actually I should correct you there on a couple of things.:o

Its not illegal to buy 1c items in Tesco:) But it is against policy. But you are correct about management discretion on the matter. If it was something small I would let it go through as it is not worth offending a returning customer. A TV on the other hand....

I work for Tesco and have never ever heard of a member of staff buy a 1 cent sale item. They know they are not for sale and it would not be worth disciplinary actions. Any that you may have witnessed are foolish.

These items are kept for charity and fund raising for the chosen charity of the company which is AWARE at the moment. They raise quite a bit of money for a very good cause.

These are my own opinions and not that of Tesco.

I was told it was illegal for them to sell me the PS3 game @ 1 cent, but they gave it to me anyway.

What a load of Horse Manure. Of course it is not illegal to sell something at 1 cent. I see you are actually talking sense though and saying it is against policy.... well this might be more appropriate.

But why? Why is it against policy? and moreso why are the items priced at 1 cent? it is clearly not a mistake as there have been so many of them. Somebody is pricing them up and then people are being stopped from purchasing them.

chasm

Someone queried being refused sale of 1p items on Tesco UK FB page last year, other people joined in the conversation but the main points were:

"Can you please clarify your position on 1p items in your stores please? I have just been stopped from buying some Jacobs crackers at my local store and feel both annoyed and embarrassed."

The response was:
"If a product has been reduced down to 1p the store should not refuse the sale, are you able to advise where in store these were advertised as 1p and in which branch? .........

It may just be a training issue and as far as we are concerned these items are priced like this is to encourage the sale of the item as it is being removed from the range.

Thanks
***** - Customer Care

Personally i have been told (by friends who work in tesco) that these items are not meant to be sold - but considering the fact that when you get overcharged in my local tesco the type of refund they offer you depends on who happens to be serving on the CS desk rather than sticking to the Tesco "our promise" double the difference policy. If i had a query i would only trust the reply from head office not from anyone instore tbh. Not that my local store seems to have much by the way of offers just recently - even our TV section has been limited to all Technika/Toshiba tvs now

Woodpecker1

stevieob wrote: »

I was told it was illegal for them to sell me the PS3 game @ 1 cent, but they gave it to me anyway.

What a load of Horse Manure. Of course it is not illegal to sell something at 1 cent. I see you are actually talking sense though and saying it is against policy.... well this might be more appropriate.

But why? Why is it against policy? and moreso why are the items priced at 1 cent? it is clearly not a mistake as there have been so many of them. Somebody is pricing them up and then people are being stopped from purchasing them.

The mistake is that they are on the shop floor. They are not reduced to clear at that price. There has been a mistake

loyatemu

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Is that nationwide?

dunno - I haven't visited every store.

these were in Greystones.

Soarer

Right guys and gals.

I emailed Tesco Ireland customer services while ago and received the following reply.

"With regards to the 1c items these items are being discontinued. A customer can purchase these as it would be better to sell them at 1c then have to throw them away.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us and if I can be of any further help please let me know.

Kind regards

Henry Dawson
Tesco Ireland Customer Service"


So I guess we should be able to fill our boots guilt free.

RobbingBandit

Like I posted a few days ago many items I seen or bought for 1c have now returned to their pre clerence prices, Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides is now €7 again, I got it for 1c. Just seems they reupped the price of stock rather than throwing it out. Harry Potter 7part2 bluray was 1c this is now back upto €12.99

Agent Smith

Deal of the (last) decade in tesco Ballybrack




Microsoft Student 2006(!) for €84.99

WITH A FREE MOUSE!

The_Conductor

Are they seriously selling it for that? Or is this a joke?

Agent Smith

The_Conductor wrote: »

Are they seriously selling it for that? Or is this a joke?

Swear to god! That's why I took the picture.

RobbingBandit

What's worse is it is tagged, who the **** is going to steal this, time travelers, a museum.

Agent Smith

Seems to have been discontinued since 2009!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta

MB05

Toffifee's 400g box (48 sweets) is marked half price. Should be €3.42 but they are actually scanning in at €1.71 (75% off)! I got them in Clarehall and there were still a couple on the shelves.

coldfire1x

Got one of those Breville Irons for €7.33 in Cabra today.

deise08

Single bounty bars for 15c in tesco poleberry. Waterford not out of date until mid March

moodrater

Tesco roscommon but possibly elsewhere
Dolce gusto chococino half price,
Tesco columbian 454g hald price and one other tesco.
Bewleys Indian Araku half price (cleaned out by the person before me so must be nice)

wmpdd3

Agent Smith wrote: »

Deal of the (last) decade in tesco Ballybrack



Microsoft Student 2006(!) for €84.99

WITH A FREE MOUSE!

I was told someone got a Nintendo game cube for for €15, never opened.

RobbingBandit

wmpdd3 wrote: »

I was told someone got a Nintendo game cube for for €15, never opened.

Tell them I hate them. Avengers bluray was 1c now €12:(

hfallada

Volvic 1.5 Liter is only 50 cent in all Tesco at the moment. 1.5 liter is handy sized bottle.

Plus Ben And Jerrys is around €3 again (half price). But if you seriously pay €6 for a tub of ice cream you need your head examined

Tesco also have cute 200 gram heart shaped boxes, of heart shaped caburys for only €3

The_Conductor

Tesco have a few 'own-brand' wines like their Finest Chenin Blanc, Rose or Bordeaux- for very good prices (typically 7-8 Euro a bottle). Quality and drink-ability very good- and a damn sight better than the brand names in their wine sale, often at over double their price. Note: avoid the Chablis.

Nanazolie

The_Conductor wrote: »

Tesco have a few 'own-brand' wines like their Finest Chenin Blanc, Rose or Bordeaux- for very good prices (typically 7-8 Euro a bottle). Quality and drink-ability very good- and a damn sight better than the brand names in their wine sale, often at over double their price. Note: avoid the Chablis.

Thanks, I love the Chenin Blanc.
Chablis, like Pouilly, is worth paying extra for. Get it from a good off license

Soarer

Soarer wrote: »

Right guys and gals.

I emailed Tesco Ireland customer services while ago and received the following reply.

"With regards to the 1c items these items are being discontinued. A customer can purchase these as it would be better to sell them at 1c then have to throw them away.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us and if I can be of any further help please let me know.

Kind regards

Henry Dawson
Tesco Ireland Customer Service"


So I guess we should be able to fill our boots guilt free.

Following on from the above, I emailed Henry asking the following....
"So is it Tesco Ireland’s policy that these 1c
items are to be sold, and it’s not at the discretion of the individual store
managers? "

To which he replied....

"When an item is reduced to 1c we do advise the store to remove them. If they do not remove them and a customer attempts to purchase them, the store must sell the item to the customer for 1c.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us and if I can be of any further help please let me know. "

So that fairly bookends that, and should do away with the need for all the self service sneakiness.

Soarer

I can confirm the above works!

RobbingBandit

Soarer wrote: »

I can confirm the above works!

What did you get for a cent?

ButtersSuki

RobbingBandit wrote: »

What did you get for a cent?

A penny sweet.

Sorry, couldn't resist…. :rolleyes:

sarah88

Soarer wrote: »

I can confirm the above works!

did you have to show them your origional email?

Soarer

RobbingBandit wrote: »

What did you get for a cent?

A tv.

ButtersSuki wrote: »

A penny sweet.

Sorry, couldn't resist…. :rolleyes:

You're not allowed read above for being so cheeky!

sarah88 wrote: »

did you have to show them your origional email?

Yup. Weren't gonna sell at first until I showed the email.

RobbingBandit

**** off did you get a tv, really... I hate you.

Seems you are getting my good karma, the avengers bluray I bought for 1c has the wrong disc in it, some bloody star wars demo bluray instead. Only opened the box last night so no chance of returing it.

Soarer

Wouldn't give me any discount for it being a display model either!

Woodpecker1

What store did this happen in .

mac1961

Soarer wrote: »

Wouldn't give me any discount for it being a display model either!

How did you know what tv to look for, have you the model no.

Picked up mario vs donkey kong for ds, it scanned at 1c, but the girl said she couldn't sell it, so I showed her the post on Boards, she went off to look for her manager and came back and said thats fine an email came from head office yesterday and they were allowed to sell 1c items.

smelly sock

Castrol edge engine oil.

1lr was 26 euro now 13 in maynooth.

Soarer

mac1961 wrote: »

How did you know what tv to look for, have you the model no.

They've little paper slips in the tv section with model numbers and barcodes. Picked up a lash of them, went up to the price checker, and scanned them.

Simples.

Seve OB

Soarer wrote: »

They've little paper slips in the tv section with model numbers and barcodes. Picked up a lash of them, went up to the price checker, and scanned them.

Simples.

Care to share the relevant model number

Soarer

Ye have to do something yereselves.

I can't spoonfeed ye everything.
I've clarified the situation with Tesco Ireland so we can all buy the 1c items without issue. I've told ye I bought a tv and I've told ye how I found the price by scanning barcodes.
I don't live in Tesco's. I had to go out of my way every evening for the last couple of weeks, once the kids were in bed, to head over to a couple of different Tescos and scan codes. I finally came across one and purchased.

Really don't think it's too much to ask that ye go out and check model numbers yereselves.

D Trent

Soarer you are dead right

Woodpecker1

Soarer wrote: »

Ye have to do something yereselves.

I can't spoonfeed ye everything.
I've clarified the situation with Tesco Ireland so we can all buy the 1c items without issue. I've told ye I bought a tv and I've told ye how I found the price by scanning barcodes.
I don't live in Tesco's. I had to go out of my way every evening for the last couple of weeks, once the kids were in bed, to head over to a couple of different Tescos and scan codes. I finally came across one and purchased.

Really don't think it's too much to ask that ye go out and check model numbers yereselves.

Thanks for the info.
Did a stock check today and sent five boxed and one display 1 cent TVs back into the stores.

kunst nugget

Woodpecker1 wrote: »

Thanks for the info.
Did a stock check today and sent five boxed and one display 1 cent TVs back into the stores.

Out of curiosity, what difference does it make to you taking the stock off the floor besides giving yourself the satisfaction that no one here will be able to take advantage of 1c stock?

moodrater

kunst nugget wrote: »

Out of curiosity, what difference does it make to you taking the stock off the floor besides giving yourself the satisfaction that no one here will be able to take advantage of 1c stock?

Well according to tesco they normally go to charity as opposed to the charity of mé féin.

Luno

Woodpecker1 wrote: »

Thanks for the info.
Did a stock check today and sent five boxed and one display 1 cent TVs back into the stores.

Stop ruining the fun for everyone