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

kunst nugget

moodrater wrote: »

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

I haven't seen that on any of the correspondence. Henry Dawson from customer service actually said

It would be better to sell them at 1c then have to throw them away

That doesn't sound like they are going to charity, does it?

Woodpecker1

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?

LOL. There is no 1 cent TVs . Every Tesco should have a clear back store this time of year. The chance of getting an end of line are very slim at this stage .

I was messin. I hope and wished everyone on here got one.

If Soarer got one. Fair play. I take it that it was a Display Soarer?

Did you get any resistance.

Soarer

You shouldn't mess about taking people's bargains away. They get fair annoyed.

As for my one, yeah 'twas a display model. I actually mentioned it on the previous page, but you must've missed it with all your hilarity.

There was a small bit of resistance until I showed the email. Then it was cleared.

ButtersSuki

Picked up one of the EZ Mount tv brackets in Ashbourne this evening scanning at 1c this evening but one would assume nationwide. Marked at €19.99, scanning at 1c…...;)



Pic from google above, there were 3 left on the shelf after I bought mine. Did encounter some initial resistance though whilst they removed the security tag. The self-check area supervisor scanned it at her own area whilst she removed the tag then told me she couldn't sell it for 1c. Cue discussion and calling of manager. Manager was totally cool about it though, yup, fire away.

Soarer

Good job Butters.

So no email needed?

ButtersSuki

Soarer wrote: »

Good job Butters.

So no email needed?

No, manager was fine about it, lady at the till wasn't. Sorted in less than a min

D Trent

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Picked up one of the EZ Mount tv brackets in Ashbourne this evening scanning at 1c this evening but one would assume nationwide. Marked at €19.99, scanning at 1c…...;)


.

How do you know an item or product is 1c other than bringing it to self service checkout to scan?

ButtersSuki

D Trent wrote: »

How do you know an item or product is 1c other than bringing it to self service checkout to scan?

Most (not all) stores have price-check scanners located throughout the store.

Someone posted that item from, a few weeks back as scanning at 1c. I hadn't seen any in store until this evening so just chanced scanning it to see if it came up at 1c……..it did.

irishproduce

I take it no one found any irons at 1c or any decent reduction?

moodrater

Lennox Lively U-boat wrote: »

with it being valentines day tomorrow you cant go wrong with a pressie of a brand new shiny iron :cool:

The_Conductor

Reminds me of that add at Christmas- of all the guys in A&E with household appliances stuck in various orifices and various improbable injuries. Think it may have been for Argos......

Axel Lamp

Do Tesco sell roses?????

Yes, last minute I know

Axel Lamp

Do Tesco sell roses?????

Yes, last minute I know

wmpdd3

Yes

casio4

The roses in Lidl are cheaper than tesco

tatli_lokma

Axel Lamp wrote: »

Do Tesco sell roses?????

Yes, last minute I know

Get there early to get any decent bunches. Same for Aldi/Lidl

RobbingBandit

You buy the missus an iron for a gift you will be getting iron shaped holes in all your shirts and slacks for the next few weeks, can't go wrong with chocolates, flowers and or wine.

RobbingBandit

Axel Lamp wrote: »

Do Tesco sell roses?????

Yes, last minute I know

They are beside the quality street.

kunst nugget

Soarer wrote: »

You shouldn't mess about taking people's bargains away. They get fair annoyed.

As for my one, yeah 'twas a display model. I actually mentioned it on the previous page, but you must've missed it with all your hilarity.

There was a small bit of resistance until I showed the email. Then it was cleared.

I went to buy a Toshiba blu ray player that was scanning in at 1c at my local store and they wouldn't sell it to me. I had emailed Tesco Customer Service seperately so I had my own query code at the top of the mail and I had a copy of the email with me. I had probably 5 different staff members, none of them management, come up to me to tell me I couldn't buy the item (in front of other customers) and the most senior member on duty eventually came up to look at the email. The said they had to verify that the person in the email existed in the morning and that the correspondence was real and they said that what was stated in the email was contrary to what they were told was to be done when a customer was buying a 1 cent item. I left my number and they told me they'd ring me tomorrow. Really shoddy tbh and a fair bit embarrassing.

I've emailed the person that sent me the original email to outline to them what happened and to ask if they could let me know if anyone from the store gets in contact with them in relation to this and to see what they think is the proper resolution for this - I've got a feeling I'm going to get nothing from it. It's pretty annoying tbh. I'm not giving the store location for the time being because it's me local and I just want to see how it pans out. I'm just posting this to let people it might not all be plain sailing with the emails - I tried to dig my heels in this evening because I knew I was in the right but it was an embarrassing experience and I wasn't getting anywhere because they didn't believe that I had contacted customer service or if they did they didn't care.

wmpdd3

Jez, that's not on, whatever about someone on the floor not taking the risk letting the item go for 1c but the duty manager? They should be able to make a call in relation to customer service.

Do get back the the contact in customer service and get them to do the donkey work for you, get them to contact the store and instigate the call to you to resolve the issue.

kunst nugget

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Jez, that'snot on, whatever about someone on the floor not taking the risk letting the item go for 1c but the duty manager? They should be able to make a call in relation to customer service.

Do get back the the contact in customer service and get them to do the donkey work for you, get them to contact the store and instigate the call to you to resolve the issue.

I had no bother with the person that was serving me going to get the manager as I had nothing to hide but half the staff seemed to have been told and they took the time out to tell me they couldn't sell it.

Email has already been sent to customer service. I was only getting it as a present for a friend but tbh they way I was treated was a real pisser so I want to see what customer service say when they get back to me.

eggerb

That's not on at all. Will be interested to hear how this pans out....

ButtersSuki

hope you get a positive solution to this but anyone else expecting that blu ray player to go "missing" before this gets resolved?

kunst nugget

Just an update.

I've got a reply from Customer Service apologising for the confusion the sale is causing and telling me my comments have been noted for Higher Management.

They also said they were talking to the Duty Manager this morning so I'm waiting to hear back from the store. I'll let you know what happens from there. Hopefully there'll be no problems from now on.

I'd suggest that if anyone wants to try to avail of the 1c items without skulking around self service, email Customer Service querying about the company's position on them. That way you have a line of communication with your own query code if the store refuses to sell to you. If you copy and paste they info from other people, it's going to be no use to you. I'll also be printing out all the correspondence so far to bring with me.

kunst nugget

The Store Manager rang and told me he couldn't sell the item but could only offer it to me at half price because it was a high end electrical good. I told him any correspondence I or others received made no distinction between items marked 1 cent but he remained firm on that. I told him I'd check with customer service and I've emailed them to confirm their position so I'll let you know the story.

moodrater

kunst nugget wrote: »

The Store Manager rang and told me he couldn't sell the item but could only offer it to me at half price because it was a high end electrical good. I told him any correspondence I or others received made no distinction between items marked 1 cent but he remained firm on that. I told him I'd check with customer service and I've emailed them to confirm their position so I'll let you know the story.

Faire dues for sticking with it. He must be under the impression its coming out of his paycheck!

kunst nugget

moodrater wrote: »

Faire dues for sticking with it. He must be under the impression its coming out of his paycheck!

Tbf, I just want it clarified for my own sake because it's annoying getting seemingly conflicting messages from both sides. If customer service come back to me and say that they can't sell high end electrical goods at that price I'll say fair enough. I would have preferred to have known that at the beginning and saved myself the mild embarrassment of being confronted in the store.

meathman0

moodrater wrote: »

Faire dues for sticking with it. He must be under the impression its coming out of his paycheck!

If an item is marked at lets say €50 but scans at 1 cent, surely they don't have to sell it, as it's marked at €50 ? If it's marked at 1 cent then that's a different story.Last week I got a DAB radio for 1 cent, it was marked €30, but I didn't have to get a security tag removed and went through self service and got away with it.

moodrater

meathman0 wrote: »

If an item is marked at lets say €50 but scans at 1 cent, surely they don't have to sell it, as it's marked at €50 ?

No they don't but its been outlined here and on hotukdeals that its at the managers discretion considering the customer service have already said you can buy it and the bargain bins are often brimmed with electrical stuff at 90% off how is he coming up with 50% off.

Who came up with the ludicrous idea of setting all the prices to 1c anyway if you don't want people to check out.

Tesco already have a system for safety recalls where the tills beep and flash up warnings and won't let you checkout with a safety recalled item, if they didn't want you to checkout with the 1c items they could leave the price at full and just flag them as recalled.

savemejebus

In terms of emailing Tesco about 1cent items, it seems to be hit and miss. I got a reply saying:

When an item is reduced to 1c the product should have been removed from the shelves and either returned to the supplier or wasted. If by mistake the item was not removed and a customer had gone through the checkout then the sale would stand but if it was noticed before it went through the checkout then we have the right to refuse the sale.

savemejebus

Doublepost

moodrater

The only logical explanation I can think of for this hairbrained scheme is that is some kind of sneaky way of checking staff performance. i.e. if the staff don't race around taking this stuff off the shelves and they show up at the checkouts it reflects badly on them. Otherwise ask any classroom of school children and they will come up with a better system.

kunst nugget

This is the reply I got back in relation to the conversation with the store manager:

Thanks for getting back to me.

This would be done purely on the discretion of the Manager and there is no policy that this would be repeated. In light of this I think the half price offer is very generous as a gesture of goodwill.

Should you require any assistance in the future please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Happy enough to leave it there. I got clarification on it. Probably won't be going near my local Tesco for a while…

mjv2ydratu679c

More sloppiness from Tesco - great PR for them

Soarer

kunst nugget wrote: »

The Store Manager rang and told me he couldn't sell the item but could only offer it to me at half price because it was a high end electrical good. I told him any correspondence I or others received made no distinction between items marked 1 cent but he remained firm on that. I told him I'd check with customer service and I've emailed them to confirm their position so I'll let you know the story.

I bought a 32" Sony tv. Don't think you're getting a much more high end electrical good than that.

meathman0 wrote: »

If an item is marked at lets say €50 but scans at 1 cent, surely they don't have to sell it, as it's marked at €50 ? If it's marked at 1 cent then that's a different story.Last week I got a DAB radio for 1 cent, it was marked €30, but I didn't have to get a security tag removed and went through self service and got away with it.

Wouldn't worry about the alarm if you're going through self serve. Go through, pay, and get your receipt. Then get the alarm taken off. They can't say a word to you then as the goods are yours. If they try take it off you, get them to call the guards.

moodrater wrote: »

No they don't but its been outlined here and on hotukdeals that its at the managers discretion considering the customer service have already said you can buy it and the bargain bins are often brimmed with electrical stuff at 90% off how is he coming up with 50% off.

Who came up with the ludicrous idea of setting all the prices to 1c anyway if you don't want people to check out.

The 1c thing is creative accounting.
Reduce 10 €400 tvs to 1c. When they're thrown out, they have to write off 10c as oppesed to €4000.

whiteshorts

Let's see how much overpriced flowers they have left tonight as Lidl and Aldi flood the market with much cheaper items.

kunst nugget

Soarer wrote: »

I bought a 32" Sony tv. Don't think you're getting a much more high end electrical good than that.

Ah, yeah, you done well there. I suppose I'd tell people to exercise caution. If you get the item, fair play to you but be prepared to be refused the sale.

RobbingBandit

I got over 40 items for 1c each, dvds, games, cds and blurays all in the one transaction. This was on the 30th of January, I went to the self scan, only later when I went to the checkout to buy a few I had missed first time round did the guy on the till ask me who authorised the prices on these and I told him I had just bought a load of stuff a few minutes earlier.

Last Saturday I tried to buy a star wars toy for 1c in Jervis street and the staff member went nuts saying she had removed this item from the shelf and it is not for sale, seems a bit stupid really and I think many of us now would rather be spared the ****e from staff members flouting these every changing rules.

Good luck to anyone else still on the hunt, I am sure there will be loads of posts here in the coming days of loads of half price chocolates, flowers and teddy bears after today is over.

rubadub

If they wanted to stop them being sold they I imagine they could just change the prices to €10,000 rather than 1cent.

Spiceburger twin packs are half price 99cent

HALF PRICE Was ...
valid until 25/2/2014

ButtersSuki

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I got over 40 items for 1c each, dvds, games, cds and blurays all in the one transaction.

Fair play...and wow! Just wondering what you got?!
Wish I'd gotten more than my tv wall support for 1c and one blu ray at €2.50

brianregan09

Where are ye finding these things? My locals are Tesco coonagh and the crescent

kunst nugget

brianregan09 wrote: »

Where are ye finding these things? My locals are Tesco coonagh and the crescent

Tbf, most of the stuff is gone at this stage as most shops have had a complete stock clearance. I just happened to scan in the blu ray player and it came up as a cent.

D Trent

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I got over 40 items for 1c each, dvds, games, cds and blurays all in the one transaction. This was on the 30th of January, I went to the self scan, only later when I went to the checkout to buy a few I had missed first time round did the guy on the till ask me who authorised the prices on these and I told him I had just bought a load of stuff a few minutes earlier.

Last Saturday I tried to buy a star wars toy for 1c in Jervis street and the staff member went nuts saying she had removed this item from the shelf and it is not for sale, seems a bit stupid really and I think many of us now would rather be spared the ****e from staff members flouting these every changing rules.

Good luck to anyone else still on the hunt, I am sure there will be loads of posts here in the coming days of loads of half price chocolates, flowers and teddy bears after today is over.

You sure are living up to your name

brianregan09

Ah balls

Seve OB

Soarer wrote: »

The 1c thing is creative accounting.
Reduce 10 €400 tvs to 1c. When they're thrown out, they have to write off 10c as oppesed to €4000.

Very creative accounting that...... totally incorrect and wrong.

Goods should be shown in the stock valuation at the lower of cost price or the net realisable value. So a €400 TV would have probably cost €133 (guessing). So to reduce the Sale price from €400 to €0.01 would mean an adjustment (or write off) in the stock valuation of €132.99.

Now when they actually throw the thing in the bin, there will be a further write down of €0.01.

So the write off will always be the cost price, no matter what it is and never the higher selling price or the ridiculous €0.01

Soarer

Don't really understand it myself. It's how the manager tried to explain things to me before he crumbked and sold the telly for 1c!

Woodpecker1

Back on topic about normal stuff. The 1c thang is getting old..

Soarer got a lucky break. Fair play.


These are shockin good. Got a few boxes for the freezer 2 euro



http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=274109038

dinorebel

Jim Beam Devils Cut for 20.99 in Letterkenny which is pretty good bang for your buck.

PETERDGRIFFIN

Long time lurker.

Got iPad Smart Cover in Tesco Merrion for 1c today. There are more there. Not sure all were 1c. Bring to self service as teller was saying no price available when checked and giving a one finger signal to the manager.

matchthis

PETERDGRIFFIN wrote: »

Long time lurker.

Got iPad Smart Cover in Tesco Merrion for 1c today. There are more there. Not sure all were 1c. Bring to self service as teller was saying no price available when checked and giving a one finger signal to the manager.

What colour cover and model was it for?