Shaki Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Something I've been doing for the past couple of months due to growing grippyness is checking every receipt when I shop. You would not believe the regularity that reduced items or 2 for 1 offers do not register as such at the till. Somerfield at Mannofield is the worst offender, followed by Morrisons on King Street. I've reclaimed about 15 in the past 2 months. Once you get over the initial embarrassment at holding a big queue up to argue over 33p you will begin to find it rewarding. You can actually see the staff begin to sweat when I join the queue now.......Why does it happen? Incompetence or corporate greed? Do make sure you are right though to avoid last week's embarrassment "Those Frosties are meant to be 1.19" "Sorry, let me check for you sir" (5 minutes pass, eyes burning into the back of my skull)"no, the sign says Save 1.19" "ah, my mistake" :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 i second the statement about somerfield at mannofieldmany times i have been victim to their tyrannic companys greed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Our local Nisa shop is a fucking pain for this. An absolute pain! I notice straight away because I only go in for the odd bits and bobs, but if you buy a heap of stuff, it's hard to tell.Last week, we took them up on their 2 loaves of Kingsmill for 1.70 deal. He put them through as 1.29 each. We called him on it, and even pointed to the leaflet they posted through our door with all the offers. He was still having none of it, arguing "no, that's a medium loaf, it's only on offer on the thick bread". in the picture, below the image of a thick loaf, was a medium loaf. He was still having none of it, saying "oh, the picture must be wrong".Eventually, after his moaning and groaning, we got our 2 loaves for 1.70. We held up a queue. It was good. This has happened so often though, and it's shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Buying cheese today at Somerfield on George Street, it was on special offer at 1, save 65p, and the woman behind the till actually said "is this not meant to be 1? its scannign as 1.65, fucking thing did it to me yesterday in all!" which I thoguth was affy nice of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I was in Morrisons King Street last weekend and I bought two square batteries for my guitar pedals. They were supposed to be 2.39 each and there was no signs anywhere saying they were on offer. And when I got to the till they scanned at 2.39 each then it said "DURACELL OFFER" and -2.70. So I got them both for 2.08. Score. Presumably they were about to go on offer and they just hadn't put the signs up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 It's ace when you get an offer! Somerfield on Union St just as bad... I argued for 6p off a bottle of Lucozade! But baring in mind this was to get me through a night of essay writing I felt justified!On the comment about the woman on the till saying it should've been on offer, I try to do that with as many customers at work as possible if things dont go through or they miss a great deal (like buy one get one free suncreams!) because I know how expensive stuff is... It's good customer service! Something Somerfield etc needs to learn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbroonbreed Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 get jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Outta curiosty I did this last night.. was ripped off on a multibuy at asda costing me 1.50.. but im too much of a wimp to ever compain.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Something I've been doing for the past couple of months due to growing grippyness is checking every receipt when I shop. You would not believe the regularity that reduced items or 2 for 1 offers do not register as such at the till. Somerfield at Mannofield is the worst offender, followed by Morrisons on King Street. I've reclaimed about 15 in the past 2 months. Once you get over the initial embarrassment at holding a big queue up to argue over 33p you will begin to find it rewarding. You can actually see the staff begin to sweat when I join the queue now....... Up until the point where they accept your money they haven't done anything wrong because it's not a fixed price but an "offer to treat*" and if they say that an offer is wrong they are perfectly within their rights to advise you of the price that it should be and then let you decide whether to continue with the transaction or not. So, let them overcharge you then go to customer services and clear it up there because you have them by the short and curlies at this point (and you won't have the embarrassment of holding up a queue of people) because if they have accepted your money they are now guilty of misleading advertising, which I believe can carry a fine of up to 2000 for every single item advertised.(e.g. 50 boxes of frosties on the shelves would be a potential 100,000 fine) I'm told that asda have a mispricing policy where they give you a 2 voucher for every mispriced item. *treat here is used in the sense of negotiate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Up until the point where they accept your money they haven't done anything wrong because it's not a fixed price but an "offer to treat*" and if they say that an offer is wrong they are perfectly within their rights to advise you of the price that it should be and then let you decide whether to continue with the transaction or not. So, let them overcharge you then go to customer services and clear it up there because you have them by the short and curlies at this point (and you won't have the embarrassment of holding up a queue of people) because if they have accepted your money they are now guilty of misleading advertising, which I believe can carry a fine of up to 2000 for every single item advertised.(e.g. 50 boxes of frosties on the shelves would be a potential 100,000 fine) I'm told that asda have a mispricing policy where they give you a 2 voucher for every mispriced item. *treat here is used in the sense of negotiateYeah there was a big thing last year when Tesco offered a refund and replacement, if the item you bought was more than on the shelf, you could complain to customer services, and get your money back, and keep the item. The biggest thing someone got was a laptop, effectively for free, due to this process. They stopped it now but people were getting their entire shopping for free using this loop hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Why does every Somerfield smell so bad. It's always the same smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Why does every Somerfield smell so bad. It's always the same smell. No offence Sam but wtf has that got to do with overpricing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Yeah, fucks sakes man, get a grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Absolutely fuck all but it seemed more apt to put it in a thread there had already been much Somerfield discussion instead of starting a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Is there any Somerfield's left any more? I thought they'd all been taken over by Morrisons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Personally, I'm minted, so I don't check my receipts. Having said that, I'm so minted that you'd never catch me (or rather, my personal shopper) in dives like Minkerfields or Minkerssons."this house is dirty...buy me another one" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Is there any Somerfield's left any more? I thought they'd all been taken over by Morrisons.There are 5 Somerfields in Aberdeen and only 1 Morrisons. That's an actual fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 There are 5 Somerfields in Aberdeen and only 1 Morrisons. That's an actual fact.Really?! Where? What's the one on Union Street next to the Music Hall that used to be Safeway? Oh, wait a minute - Safeway / Somerfield, I see what I've done. Did Morrisons buy all the Safeways then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Morrisons bought all the safeways, then the ones they didn't want they sold to Somerfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 So what happened to all the Prestos and Gateways? And Fine Fares? And while we're on the subject, what happened to all the Wimpys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Was Presto not bought by safeway?As for the others, not a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 I'm so minted that you'd never catch me (or rather, my personal shopper) in dives like Minkerfields or MinkerssonsHas anybody noticed that these supermarkets are pretty expensive?! The one on Union St must make a fortune as it's so handy. Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Does anyone else's Mum still refer to all Supermarkets as Norco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Morrison's is expnsive, and most of their own brand stuff is shit. Plus the King Street one just looks so dull and run down, in saying that the caf is quite good, even if the staff seem to be borderline retarded. There's a girl who works in the Dry Cleaning bit who is the most sour faced fucking boot I've ever had to deal with. Miserable slime ball pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergency72 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Does anyone else's Mum still refer to all Supermarkets as Norco?i sill call sainsburys (or is it somerfield?) at berryden the co-op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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