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Fahbeep · 2023-10-31T09:18:48+00:00

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!

GreenAppleCrumble · 31/10/2023 13:59

This thread baffles me. I can only imagine my Tesco must be different 🤷‍♀️

The Clubcard offers are usually on one item within a range. That’s it. So if you choose one of the many, many other versions of that item, you are not in any way affected.

For example, the best Clubcard price I’ve had recently was on a branded jar of coffee. As we know, all jars of coffee are insanely expensive now. I actually checked online, and this brand of coffee was retailing at £5.50 in all of the major supermarkets. But Clubcard price was £2.95. So I bought it.

Those who didn’t have a Clubcard would have paid the regular price that was the same as Asda, Sainsburys etc. Alternatively, people could just buy one of the many, many brands uninvolved in the offer.

No bullying. Just choice. There is some top quality MN drama on this thread!

kitsuneghost · 31/10/2023 13:50

In general it is cheaper with the Clubcard, not more expensive without
If toothpaste is £3 with Clubcard and £5 without then the price is £5 when no Clubcard deals are on.

I know this as I wait for the Clubcard deals on many items and buy in bulk

SoupDragon · 31/10/2023 13:42

SweetBirdsong · 31/10/2023 11:36

Tesco are a disgrace! Charging higher prices (sometimes stupidly higher prices,) for something, if you don't have their clubcard.

Morrisons do it too, but their prices without a storecard aren't quite as bad - it's still about 15-20% higher without one though. I do actually do some shopping at Morrisons, but hell will freeze over before I get a Morrisons 'More Card.' Not only do I not want my data harvested, but also, I don't appreciated being coerced and bullied into getting their storecard.

Tesco are far worse. Charging a little more if you don't have a storecard is fine (like 5%) but some things in TESCO, are 50% - 60% more, and some have an even higher % than that added on. A few things are double - or more than double, without a storecard. Nasty. And for this reason, I rarely go in there. I spend about £70 a year in Tesco.

As a few posters have said, you don't pay LESS if you have a storecard, you pay much more if you don't have one. At one time, supermarkets would let you collect points for every purchase, and then when you'd got so many, you got vouchers for money off.

Now, they are practicing underhand tactics, and making you pay more - a LOT more - if you don't have a clubcard.

Why are they all so desperate for people to have one? Stores trying to force you into clubcards is one of the reasons I do 75%-80% of my shopping at Aldi and Lidl.

Someone put on Twitter the other day that Tesco are basically bullying people into having their clubcard at this point, and they're right.

As a few posters have said, you don't pay LESS if you have a storecard, you pay much more if you don't have one.

So you are claiming that the clubcard prices in the photo you posted are the usual prices?

Georgeandzippyzoo · 31/10/2023 13:41

madeinmanc · 31/10/2023 09:27

They're not discounts, it's been shown that the prices are just what they were before these cards were introduced and the other prices have just been inflated to make it appear like the card gives a discount.

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@madeinmanc

That might be true for some items but there are definitely bargains compared to other supermarkets. I've bought gifts and cleaning stuff last week which is pounds cheaper than sainsburys and still cheaper than asda.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 31/10/2023 13:39

People keep referring to the 'elderly and vulnerable with no smartphone or internet access' but you don't need either to look at a price and hand over your physical discount card.

I was responding to PP who said that you could easily compare between supermarkets. Of course, you can see the different price options in one shop once you’ve gone there.

I definitely don't want any supermarket monitoring my spending etc.

Why not? How do you think it negatively affects you?

Wait until they fully bring in the social credit system. If you’re buying what the government consider to be ‘too many’ bad foods, you might not want to make it easier for them to punish you or ban you from buying any more.

This is where having a good grasp of numeracy comes in handy. I'm often found stood in front of a shelf with a furrowed brow trying to do some mental calculation. 😆Shouldn't have to be like that, I agree.

Yes, definitely; but it’s really harsh on those who struggle with maths or have learning difficulties or cognitive impairment. I once looked at some toilet rolls and they had a tiny little ‘13p per 100 shts’ on the price label – which I must admit did make me look again more closely

Why can’t you just take her to a cheaper supermarket instead that don’t require club cards?

The club card saves me literally hundreds of pounds and I think if people don’t like it then they should just shop elsewhere.

So you really think that elderly, disabled and other vulnerable people should be completely excluded from a major food shop - maybe the only one in their area - because of an arbitrary marketing decision?

Newthingsahead · 31/10/2023 13:26

Someone put on Twitter the other day that Tesco are basically bullying people into having their clubcard at this point, and they're right

sorry but the 1.65 in that photo isn't correct at all.
Someone in one shop as tried to move the label to hide the real clubcard price so they can say " well it says 1.65 on the shelf "

Deathbyfluffy · 31/10/2023 13:23

Ugh, I can't stand this.
I can't put my finger on why, but it just feels really underhand.
My family (including wife!) love Tesco and none of them can understand why I have such an issue with underhand tactics like this.

justteanbiscuits · 31/10/2023 13:20

fishfingersandchipsagain · 31/10/2023 12:43

I hate this so much. I won’t shop at Tesco or Sainsbury’s now unless I have to.

My mum is nearly 90, has shopped at Tesco for decades and is uncomfortable going anywhere else.

The twats at Tesco HQ are essentially scamming her, and hundreds of others like her.

She won’t entertain the idea of having a Tesco card, because she thinks it must in some way be like a credit card and she has “never wanted one of those”. She also “doesn’t want charity” and prides herself in being “able to pay” the higher pricing and “leaving the discounted ones for the people who need them”.

So Tesco HQ bastards have got her believing that a bottle of tomato ketchup really costs nearly a tenner these days. She is spending a fortune she doesn’t have because of their underhand tactics.

Total wankpuffins!

This too. My mum moved to live within walking distance of the town and the tesco there. She is now late 80's and very confused. She has previously used a club card no problem and loved spending her points on pizza express vouchers!! But covid earlier this year has left her very easily confused and the whole club card thing is just that bit too much for her - especially as we have banned her from just handing her purse over to the checkout staff which she has done before! So, she pays more than us youngsters ( ;) ) because the confusion distresses her.

Oganesson118 · 31/10/2023 13:17

I like it, it's no hardship for me to scan a card at the end of the shop if it saves me money, I keep most things like this on my phone anyway. I've noticed Boots now do something similar with the advantage card.

Newthingsahead · 31/10/2023 13:13

*Mostlyoblivious · Today 12:09

*I had a lovely cashier at the till ask the customer behind me to use their club card so I could have the discounts after I said I didn’t have mine with me - it was really lovely of her to do that"

I work for Tesco and did that once for a customer and the customer I asked gave me abuse for it " you can't do that it's fraud" etc etc " I'm going to report you" so I don't do it now unfortunately

Fizbosshoes · 31/10/2023 13:13

I'm probably the supermarkets best friend, I've had a tesco club card for years but the nearest supermarket is a pretty rubbish sainsburys.
Now that sainsburys had 2 prices I'm considering
getting a nectar card.
DD is going to uni next year and I've told her to sign up for a boots card, tesco club card and nectar card when she's 18. (And possibly others if her nearest supermarket is a different one)
All shops have tricks and ploys to persuade you to buy things you don't need, or spend more, but not everyone has time/means to shop around or go to somewhere different

LlynTegid · 31/10/2023 13:10

@Elphame if planning permission for any new store, extension or other change could be refused on the grounds of two-tier pricing, the practice would end quickly.

Itsnotchristmasyet · 31/10/2023 13:08

fishfingersandchipsagain · 31/10/2023 12:43

I hate this so much. I won’t shop at Tesco or Sainsbury’s now unless I have to.

My mum is nearly 90, has shopped at Tesco for decades and is uncomfortable going anywhere else.

The twats at Tesco HQ are essentially scamming her, and hundreds of others like her.

She won’t entertain the idea of having a Tesco card, because she thinks it must in some way be like a credit card and she has “never wanted one of those”. She also “doesn’t want charity” and prides herself in being “able to pay” the higher pricing and “leaving the discounted ones for the people who need them”.

So Tesco HQ bastards have got her believing that a bottle of tomato ketchup really costs nearly a tenner these days. She is spending a fortune she doesn’t have because of their underhand tactics.

Total wankpuffins!

Why can’t you just take her to a cheaper supermarket instead that don’t require club cards?

The club card saves me literally hundreds of pounds and I think if people don’t like it then they should just shop elsewhere.

electriclight · 31/10/2023 13:07

I've had a clubcard for years and am unaware of any negative consequences.

I check the box saying that I don't want any marketing from other companies whenever I sign up to anything, so that might have helped.

What negative things do people fear will happen to them if they get one?

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

chattyness · 31/10/2023 13:04

I just keep my clubcard with my bank card and then I never forget them so it's no bother. I've got one on my key fob as well .I haven't actually been in a store since before the pandemic though I shop online now & they're the only store that delivers ,so I love tesco, bring on the bargains!

itsmyp4rty · 31/10/2023 12:59

Tubs of Roses, Quality street etc are £5 a tub everywhere round here. Same in Tesco - but £4.50 if you have a CC. We bought 4......

I love it! We never do a full shop there but happy to pick up the slashed price items if we happen to pop in.

Ohmylovejune · 31/10/2023 12:59

Also, the shop made me feel like I was sitting a GCSE Maths exam! Working out what was best value in what combination!

Aldi and Lidl are far less stressful!

bridgetreilly · 31/10/2023 12:58

I am not loyal to any shop and I do not want to be manipulated like this. Charge fair prices to everyone.

user1497207191 · 31/10/2023 12:58

CurlyhairedAssassin · 31/10/2023 12:53

Yeah, you're right. It's no good going in with a shopping list for very specific things because if those things don't have a Clubcard label all you're doing is paying overinflated prices.

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Surely that's no different to when they were doing the Bogofs, 3 for 2, 3 for £5 etc kind of offers. The products which they used to do those "discounts" on rotation in the past will now be the ones on club card discounts. It's also important to note that a lot of the time, it was the manufacturers financing the discounts and not Tesco or other supermarkets. Eg, Pepsi would finance a discount in Asda one week, then Tesco the next week, Sainsbury the week after, on rotation.

Ohmylovejune · 31/10/2023 12:57

Its frustrates me too.

I took my elderly Dad shopping last week. He can walk to Tesco (and has a clubcard) so I thought for a change of scenery I would drive him to the nearest next town and we could do his shop there. They have a nice Sainsburys.

As we went around it was clear he was going to be overchared in two ways

The first because he didnt want to buy duplicates of things "buy 2 save x" "buy 3 cheapest free" that sort of thing.

Secondly because he doesnt have a Nectar card a lot of things were overpriced. Im not sure they are really discounted - the original non Nectar prices are pretty high

In the end, I was so frustrated for the lack of choice he had, I actually downloaded Nectar at the back of the store and that enabled him to access the "discounted" choices.

Im afraid it continues to be Aldi and Lidl for me all the way now.

At least Dad enjoyed his time out.

SkinnyMalinkyLankyLegs · 31/10/2023 12:57

VickyEadieofThigh · 31/10/2023 09:19

How is getting your card scanned - which takes a few seconds - a "massive palaver at the tills"?

Its a palaver in my local tesco, the signal is terrible and a lot of folk have their clubcard on their phones. I've seen myself waiting in a queue for ages behind people whose shopping has been scanned and they're waiting for their clubcard to load. I've also held others up like this, despite trying for ages while in the queue to get my app up on screen.

Zanatdy · 31/10/2023 12:56

I just have a Clubcard in my Apple phone wallet - easily retrieved

Elphame · 31/10/2023 12:56

Totally agree. But then I hate Tesco. Unfortunately all the other majors seem to be following suit.

It's a practice that the Govt should ban.

Doris86 · 31/10/2023 12:56

CurlyhairedAssassin · 31/10/2023 12:53

Yeah, you're right. It's no good going in with a shopping list for very specific things because if those things don't have a Clubcard label all you're doing is paying overinflated prices.

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I sometimes go into the local Tesco to buy the odd 2 or 3 things. If any of the things I need have an over inflated price and clubcard ‘offer’, I walk out empty handed and go elsewhere.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 31/10/2023 12:55

Where the Clubcard scheme is dodgy (and, according to Which?, possibly breaking the law) is its failure to give the unit price for Clubcard prices as well as for the full price, so it’s difficult to compare whether, for example, a smaller amount at Clubcard price is better value than a larger amount at regular price.

This is where having a good grasp of numeracy comes in handy. I'm often found stood in front of a shelf with a furrowed brow trying to do some mental calculation. 😆Shouldn't have to be like that, I agree.