Is anyone surprised? Just like 'The Sales' and that Black Friday cobblers. I worked in Curry's PCWorld once over that period. They have cheap(er than usual) cack shipped in just for that.
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Yeah you just can't trust sales prices these days, I reckon Amazon deals are the dodgiest of all
Yep, I hate this. I’ve avoided “loyalty” cards all my life because I’m not interested in giving valuable data to corporations that I already hate away for a tuppence. But now that they’re doubling prices on stuff unless you use the loyalty cards there’s not a huge amount you can do. What I’m doing at the moment is avoiding those shops that do this as much as I can, and when I do go there, a bunch of friends and all use one of our elderly mum’s loyalty cards, with the hopes of making their data just complete nonsense. That little old lady is sometimes vegan, sometimes not, she buys condoms, men and women’s hygiene products, various different brands of pretty much everything, she’s truly living life to its fullest!
Where I live, there are like 5 Tesco stores and just one other major supermarket. Definitely some corruption in the local council going on.
I hate that the member prices don't show the unit rates. I prefer to buy in bulk where it works out cheaper for some things and it's impossible now without taking a calculator.
Even before, they were trying to prevent you comparing without a calculator - e.g. every type of M&S tomatoes has price per kilogram except for the cheap ones which have price per item.
Yep, this - deal prices as well. It should be the law that all prices, promotions and deals must show the per-unit price as well. Also they should just standardise on per 100g for everything. I hate the “per biscuit” or “per serving (35g)” unit prices
Wait 'til you see the various benefits packages allocated to people with white collar jobs. Through my work I get a flat 4% off everything at Tesco. Sometimes I even get 6%.
The catch is that you have to (a) work for an employer providing the scheme, and (b) have enough cash in your bank account to pre-pay the account by a couple hundred pounds.
These systems are evidence that the sticker price is a tax on the poor.
Lets not forget that almost all deals are being put behind a phone app.
This is why I no longer shop at either of these stores.