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Tesco fricking Club Card / two tier pricing

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Fahbeep · 31/10/2023 09:18

AIBU to hate Tesco Clubcard App and the two tier pricing in store. It rely annoys me on principle that Tesco actively sets out to overcharge customers in store if they haven't got the app handy or the card, in which case, massive palaver at the tills. They do this so they can scrape your personal data. It just puts me off shopping there TBH.

Moan over. I'm in Tesco's car park as a I write as I've flounced out in outrage!

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MassageForLife · 30/11/2023 17:07

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 17:04

I give Ocado my address, not details of everything I buy ever in the shop.
And you are forgetting that TESCO normal price is £22.

Your example backs up what I said. The clubcard price is the normal price and the without clubcard price is taking the piss to try and get people to sign up for the card and give their data.

Don't ocado only do online ordering? How's on earth do you avoid giving them the details of everything you buy from them .. ??

MassageForLife · 30/11/2023 17:05

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 17:01

ASDA Baileys £10 a bottle. Baileys is traditionally something supermarkets discount at Christmas.
https://groceries.asda.com/product/liqueurs/baileys-irish-cream-liqueur/18882

That's the 70cl bottle.

The tesco offer is 1litre. Which is definitely not £10 as standard. And the Asda link says the 70cl is usually £13...

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 17:04

I give Ocado my address, not details of everything I buy ever in the shop.
And you are forgetting that TESCO normal price is £22.

Your example backs up what I said. The clubcard price is the normal price and the without clubcard price is taking the piss to try and get people to sign up for the card and give their data.

BIossomtoes · 30/11/2023 17:01

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 16:59

Link to Ocado Baileys £10 a bottle. And no need to give you their data that Tesco sell.
https://www.ocado.com/products/baileys-original-irish-cream-liqueur-16665011

But you’re giving Ocado your data - they can’t deliver otherwise! And it’s only that price because they’re price matching Tesco.

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 17:01

ASDA Baileys £10 a bottle. Baileys is traditionally something supermarkets discount at Christmas.
https://groceries.asda.com/product/liqueurs/baileys-irish-cream-liqueur/18882

https://groceries.asda.com/product/liqueurs/baileys-irish-cream-liqueur/18882

Behindyouiam · 30/11/2023 17:01

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 16:59

Link to Ocado Baileys £10 a bottle. And no need to give you their data that Tesco sell.
https://www.ocado.com/products/baileys-original-irish-cream-liqueur-16665011

Good luck with getting anything reasonably priced in Ocado!

Behindyouiam · 30/11/2023 17:00

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 16:58

I literally said. ASDA and Ocado.

I literally looked at Asda and it's £13

Tesco fricking Club Card / two tier pricing
BIossomtoes · 30/11/2023 16:59

What data is being used? Your name and contact details.

Which you could make up. Nobody checks.

Depdawg · 30/11/2023 16:58

What data is being used? Your name and contact details.
So you'd rather miss out on great deals, pay more than members and then complain about it.

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 16:58

I literally said. ASDA and Ocado.

Behindyouiam · 30/11/2023 16:55

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 16:52

@MissBuffyAnneSummers £10 is the normal price in some places - ASDA and Ocado.
£22 is taking the piss.

In what places? Can't see it for £10 anywhere other than Tesco Clubcard.

Depdawg · 30/11/2023 16:55

Rincol · 30/11/2023 16:54

So penalising people for not handing over data is atrocious behaviour. Your data is making Tesco a lot of money. Fine (ish) if people choose to hand it over and get a fraction back of what Tesco makes from them in the form of pizza express vouchers. Not fine if people actually have to pay more money for food and household items as a direct consequence of not handing over their data.

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That's really how you're looking at it?
Strange.
So you miss out then. That's on you.

Rincol · 30/11/2023 16:54

BIossomtoes · 30/11/2023 16:39

Loads of companies, particularly online sell data. So what?

So penalising people for not handing over data is atrocious behaviour. Your data is making Tesco a lot of money. Fine (ish) if people choose to hand it over and get a fraction back of what Tesco makes from them in the form of pizza express vouchers. Not fine if people actually have to pay more money for food and household items as a direct consequence of not handing over their data.

Depdawg · 30/11/2023 16:52

Looking forward to my Co-op Christmas bonus.
£75 quid last year to spend in store.
That's what you get for being a member.

mantyzer · 30/11/2023 16:52

@MissBuffyAnneSummers £10 is the normal price in some places - ASDA and Ocado.
£22 is taking the piss.

Depdawg · 30/11/2023 16:49

MissBuffyAnneSummers · 30/11/2023 16:47

I've just picked up a few bottles of Baileys.

Full price £22

Club card price £10

That's fine with me. 🥂🍾🍺🍻🍷🍸

Exactly. Moaning about paying more when you don't become a member. Bonkers.

MissBuffyAnneSummers · 30/11/2023 16:47

I've just picked up a few bottles of Baileys.

Full price £22

Club card price £10

That's fine with me. 🥂🍾🍺🍻🍷🍸

adomizo · 30/11/2023 16:42

It's fine.. except when you are in Ireland on holiday and your UK card doesn't work and you don't have an Irish one. So annoying as it's so much more expensive.

BIossomtoes · 30/11/2023 16:39

Loads of companies, particularly online sell data. So what?

Rincol · 30/11/2023 16:29

BIossomtoes · 30/11/2023 16:10

How are you manipulated? Other than getting coupons for more money off the things you buy most often?

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-12190197/Supermarket-loyalty-cards-big-discounts-expense-privacy.html

Because your data is being sold.

Sainsbury's and Tesco sell the information to other companies who use it for advertising.

... 'It is worrying that a growing number of retailers are taking advantage of a cost-of-living crisis by pushing shoppers into swapping their personal data for discounts that used to be available to all.

'There is a serious risk that shoppers will be coerced into handing over their data if the trend of tying access to special offers to owning a loyalty card continues, making privacy a luxury available only to those who can afford it.'

'Shoppers will understandably use loyalty schemes to save money, but most people will have no idea that Tesco, Sainsbury's and other retailers sell on data gleaned from their weekly shop to third parties on an industrial scale.

It used to be that you'd get a bit of a trade-off in exchange for your data - not nearly as much as the company selling it but a little bit of a benefit - a day out at Legoland or something for eg.

Now however you are financially penalised for not handing over your data, because you will be overcharged for food and household goods.

What do supermarkets REALLY do with your loyalty card data?

Big member discounts have made loyalty cards hard to avoid. But what data do the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury's collect - and what do they do with it?

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-12190197/Supermarket-loyalty-cards-big-discounts-expense-privacy.html

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 30/11/2023 16:28

Trying to be balanced about it, I could see how supermarket loyalty cards could be used by the government or 'big society' when they bring in the social credit system, so that they would know how much 'bad' food you buy/have bought compared with your 'good' food choices, related to the size of your family, and prevent you from buying more or even ramp up your own personal price for it, as a disincentive - kind of like rationing, but 'for your own good' rather than because of shortages.

However, that would be driven by the government of the time rather than the supermarkets, and they would have to bring in some seriously totalitarian laws that the supermarkets, with all of their considerable might, would fight bitterly; and of course, you could always just not use a loyalty card at all - I presume they wouldn't make them compulsory (albeit you would then be paying the higher-tier prices anyway).

Friendfoe1 · 30/11/2023 16:27

I really like the Clubcard pricing, it’s hardly difficult 🤷‍♀️

BIossomtoes · 30/11/2023 16:24

VickyEadieofThigh · 30/11/2023 16:23

I have researched Lindor prices extensively and can confirm they're cheapest at Tesco IF you have a clubcard.

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I owe you big time and will be for ever in your debt. Thank you so much.

VickyEadieofThigh · 30/11/2023 16:23

Behindyouiam · 30/11/2023 16:21

@VickyEadieofThigh surely that can't be true.........it's all a con after all?

I have researched Lindor prices extensively and can confirm they're cheapest at Tesco IF you have a clubcard.