Tesco fricking Club Card / two tier pricing

Such an interesting thread... I'm amazed at how many posters don't mind having their shop adding an extra layer of complication... it's annoying having multiple loyalty cards- I use a few different shops on a regular basis. It's annoying that it's not easy to scan these cards at the self-service checkouts - 50% of the time they don't work and I have to get someone to help me.

Interesting that people don't mind the supermarkets harvesting their data.

Supermarkets know your name, date of birth, address and what you buy. They sell your data to other companies and make assumptions about your income.

I didn't like the hassle of having a purse full of cards but now I feel like I have to so I'm not ripped off.

Choose Aldi for a simple life.

Of course it's not fraud. What nonsense.

It is, though.

Or is it just general outrage that a company is charging what it wants for the stuff they sell?

No, that it is charging two different prices to customers for no good reason.

Because it works. People sign up and thereafter show a preference for tesco when shopping, boosting their profits and pleasing shareholders.

A totally pointless initiative which makes us think we are getting a bargain. Just why?

The £10 ketchup comment was hyperbole 🙄

Personally don't have an issue with the couple of quid difference but realise the hardship it can cause others but the one I really refused was Go Outdoors. I went looking for sleeping bags and the price difference was crazy £125 without card £35 with or something equally bizarre.

I like GO, but they are quite an oddity.

Whereas the likes of Tesco do display 'normal' prices for non-Clubcard-holders, GO don't really expect that anybody will buy from them without one.

Maybe their rationale is that, as it isn't the kind of place that you instinctively go on a regular basis (like a supermarket for your food), they like to keep in your thoughts by charging you that £5 'membership fee' and then spending that money on sending out marketing materials to your home.

If you're buying something that costs more than a fiver over the membership card price, they will actively urge you to sign up for a card then and there - which sometimes does cause a long queue at the till. At least Tesco heavily publicise their Clubcard and the benefits of it throughout the store, but always leave it up to you to capitulate decide to sign up for one.

It's got nothing to do with Tesco that someone "doesn't believe in charity" and "prides themselves" on paying the higher price so refuses to get a club card. When it is BOGOF does she leave one on the shelf in order to refuse this charity?

I think this is unfair. People of her generation grew up in very different circumstances from those of us who are middle-aged; and we in turn have grown up in very different circumstances from those of young adults.

When you've been used to a straightforward system of buying things from shops from a young age, and then they introduce more and more complications and gimmicks - any of which could be designed to hoodwink you, rip you off or persuade you to overspend - you have to see how a lot of very elderly people would lose trust with that shop.

Even the carrying plastic cards thing would make some think of credit cards - i.e. an expensive way to make you spend more and borrow to do so - and they would naturally be deterred. This isn't helped by the fact that Tesco and others do also offer debit/credit cards that are combined with the Clubcard.

I know that a lot of older people do manage to adapt and move with the times - whether willingly embracing it or reluctantly accepting it - but I think it's horrible how many government and corporate decisions are made that simply ignore the existence of elderly people and, too all appearances, look like somebody has officially decided that they should just hurry up and die.

So, so nasty; how will they feel when they are old and younger people are running the world in a way that alienates and excludes them?

They all do it,Sainsburys, Boots, Morrisons, Waitrose...

They couldn't make it easier, I have a small card on my keyring.

anyone I’ve heard talk about it think a lot of their prices are outrageous without the club card! I’ve had the odd “real” reduction but for the most part the club card price is the same as the normal price in Dunnes ime.

Tesco, overall, is cheaper than Dunnes. However, you definitely lose on the range of options, and I found that Click & Collect became more irritating as there were too many items they didn't have, so I'd have to go to Dunnes anyway.

Dunnes' range has improved, I spend the extra to get James Whelan meat for example, as I do think it's worth it.

I shop in various Tescos around Dublin / Kildare (work, kids' match locations as well as my local Tesco) but only for top-up shops + specific items & that's when I'll avail of the club card offer. Recently Nutella for example was €2.25, €3.85 in Dunnes. That's clearly a non-essential item 😀 but it's the kind of purchase I'll make using the Tesco offer & won't in Dunnes.

I shop with such efficiency & to a budget in Dunnes that I know exact prices. Similar to Tesco & everywhere else, the price jumps from week to week are incredible. Like € in the difference, not cent.

Dunnes works for me as I can manage the voucher system to my advantage - but it really just makes my shop affordable, not actually significantly cheaper

Of course it's not fraud. What nonsense.

My Dad lives 100 miles away from me. He's 83 and no longer drives. He can walk to Tesco. It's the only shop close enough where he can carry stuff home.

He does have a club card but it's not fair to assume older people have the luxury of choice.

Personally don't have an issue with the couple of quid difference but realise the hardship it can cause others but the one I really refused was Go Outdoors. I went looking for sleeping bags and the price difference was crazy £125 without card £35 with or something equally bizarre.

Because combined with them jacking up prices across the board, it is perceived not as a discount for having a card but a financial penalty for not having one.

@fishfingersandchipsagain She likes taking herself off to Tesco. She’s shopped there for decades. But they are evil gits for taking advantage of people like her who feel that way.

It's got nothing to do with Tesco that someone "doesn't believe in charity" and "prides themselves" on paying the higher price so refuses to get a club card. When it is BOGOF does she leave one on the shelf in order to refuse this charity?

The 'two tier pricing' comments are ridiculous though. There has always been an element of that, staff discount, family discount, blue light discount, money off vouchers in some newspapers but not others etc.
Why do people take such an issue with an app but not the rest of these things?

mine too, ds signed up for one in the name of a super hero

The most expensive one they sell isn't even half that.

Ketchup is nearly a tenner??

So Tesco HQ bastards have got her believing that a bottle of tomato ketchup really costs nearly a tenner these days

what bottle of ketchup costs nearly £10?

I wonder how much of it is discounts anyway, I suspect that many times the full price goes up a week before the deal starts and you are back to the original price.

Because I don’t really feel like she should lose her autonomy just because Tesco are bastards.

She likes taking herself off to Tesco. She’s shopped there for decades. But they are evil gits for taking advantage of people like her who feel that way.

And I still don't understand why some of the items I buy have gone up by 100% rather than whatever inflation is.
my salary certainly hasn't

I often use a Tesco express, which also has the two tier system, prices are dearer anyway than I the big stores, and a more limited range.