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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!

TheYearOfSmallThings · 31/10/2023 09:49

I agree. I think the price should be the price, to all shoppers equally. It's just another layer of bullshit we have to deal with.

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 31/10/2023 09:48

@Fahbeep You won’t have any good coping skills if anything really bad happens in your life like your dh getting a cancer that has no known treatment, your mil neglecting him so you have to give up a professional career to care for him 24/7 on your own and struggle to get back into employment while bills pile up after he dies young.

Remembering to take a clubcard into Tesco will look so easy by comparison.

ticketstickets · 31/10/2023 09:48

since i figured out how to add it to my google wallet its not really a big deal. I anyway have to open my google wallet to pay usually.

Applerumleandcustard · 31/10/2023 09:48

I’ve got a little club card that hangs on my key ring ,as I can’t get to Tesco without my car , it makes it very easy

GrimGrinningGhosts · 31/10/2023 09:48

All my loyalty cards are on my Apple Watch.
makes life so much easier.

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Fahbeep · 31/10/2023 09:48

Went to Lidl instead. Next door. So.
Much. Easier. Every day low pricing so not as hard to work out. Bag of gala apples 6p cheaper than in Tesco on Clubcard. Tesco wanted 95p from the faithful, almost twice that from everyone else. Lidl wanted 85p from everyone! I just think Tesco is stuck in the 90s taking customers for granted with its oversized stores and fake promotions.

Rant over! I know I am YABU. Tesco just gives me the supermarket ick!

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IncompleteSenten · 31/10/2023 09:47

I'm paying less in shops that have these things than i would without them so it'd be daft to not use it.

fishfingersandtoes · 31/10/2023 09:47

I've stopped shopping there for this reason

CatamaranViper · 31/10/2023 09:46

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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But that's just what sales are.
I last worked in retail around 2010 and we used to 'FMU' products when they'd come in ie 'false mark up' then sit with a red pen and 'discount' them back down again.

Themostimportantpart · 31/10/2023 09:45

I forgot my phone once and asked a member of staff if he had a Clubcard I could scan - he did otherwise I would have put the items back.

WilmaWonka · 31/10/2023 09:45

You normally get a small card that fits on house/car key chain with the normal card. You can also take a pic of the card and scan it from your phone.

No idea why people would have an issue with it.

SoupDragon · 31/10/2023 09:44

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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The Sainsbury's ones are. I notice it on regular things that I buy - they're the normal price without the Nectar discount.

Coffeerum · 31/10/2023 09:42

BananaSlug · 31/10/2023 09:38

Sainsbury’s do it now so not just Tesco. I shop with Asda now for this reason.

Asda basically do it by another name though as they give money back via their card.

Coffeerum · 31/10/2023 09:41

Don't they all do this now?
Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, Boots etc.

Just save the card on your phone, it isn't really that much faff.

BananaSlug · 31/10/2023 09:38

Sainsbury’s do it now so not just Tesco. I shop with Asda now for this reason.

Notanotherhousepost · 31/10/2023 09:38

I don't know why people have a problem with this.

Some people do something for a discount others don't

To be honest, its like when they introduced the price cap on utilities - the savvy ended up paying more because some people were too lazy to shop around

Mumsgirls · 31/10/2023 09:38

I have a Tesco fob on my key ring, so I always have it as never go without the car. I know it’s old school,but easier for me than the app. Also easy when I get petrol

CasperGutman · 31/10/2023 09:37

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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Given that the Tesco Clubcard was introduced in 1995, I'd be pretty chuffed if I could get the same prices as before they were introduced!

(I know, I know - you obviously meant "before Clubcard pricing was introduced" but just let me enjoy my moment of smug pedantry!!)

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Fahbeep · 31/10/2023 09:37

UnbeatenMum · 31/10/2023 09:24

I hate it too. I don't really shop in Tesco and don't carry my purse around so I was desperately trying to get the app to download on holiday after realising my shopping was going to cost way more than it should. Actually put stuff back because I was in a poor signal area and couldn't get it to download.

This is the scenario that pisses me off about it. Some love it, but if you don't want to go there all the time it's not user friendly and causes embarrassment/ issues!

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BabyofMine · 31/10/2023 09:35

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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I hardly ever go in tbf, but we went to look at Halloween costumes and saw a toy my child wants for Christmas, it was half the price of everywhere else with the Clubcard, normal price without. I checked google, and looked on the normal places we buy toys (Smyths, Amazon, Entertainer) on my phone whilst we were in there and they were all twice the price of the Clubcard price. So there are some “real” savings.

BoohooWoohoo · 31/10/2023 09:29

I don't mind companies like Tesco, Sainsburys and Boots knowing my purchasing habits but accept that 2 tier pricing is problematic for some people like teenagers who can't get a meal deal discount because they are too young to register a loyalty card. Supermarket pricing has always been about smoke and mirrors imo. Some items fluctuate in price so often that you lose sight of what a reasonable price for the item is.

mikado1 · 31/10/2023 09:28

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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Of course! Others seem to think they're getting a bargain!

madeinmanc · 31/10/2023 09:27

fedupwithbeinghot · 31/10/2023 09:23

the card is kept in my phone "wallet" and the till person always asks if you have it with you. I don't find it too complicated and I love the discounts.

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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.

CeeJay81 · 31/10/2023 09:27

Keep your tesco card in your phone wallet. That way you always have it with you. I never go anywhere without my phone. I shop online quite them though, so thats all taken care of

SoupDragon · 31/10/2023 09:26

Since I got rid of my Clubcard and Nectar card I've hardly had any junk mail so we know what they do with the data they get!!

I don't get any junk mail at all and I have a clubcard and a nectar card 🤷🏻‍♀️