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Has anyone else been sent a bunch of flowers by Waitrose?

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ShrikeAttack · 20/11/2020 16:08

I had a bunch of flowers through the post today from Waitrose to thank me for being such a valued customer. Has anyone else had this?

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CovidAnni · 20/11/2020 19:14

@ShrikeAttack how many people are you feeding?! I passed DH my order before placing it and it went from £90- £330, but that was a lot of wine and very much a one off. G’wan redact a screenshot and post it and I’ll show you mine- including 2x boxes of Diet Coke

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ShrikeAttack · 20/11/2020 19:18

There's four of us. I'm off to make dinner but I shall post a redacted receipt when I'm done!

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ShrikeAttack · 20/11/2020 19:19

It really is quite boring though, you won't be thrilled and amazed!

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CovidAnni · 20/11/2020 19:20

Yay!! I love a receipt. Off to redact mine now.

elp30 · 20/11/2020 19:22

I'm not even in the UK and I'm here all giddy at the idea of a Waitrose receipt for a £1000!

CovidAnni · 20/11/2020 19:25

Here you go (Namechanged half way through 🙄)

Has anyone else been sent a bunch of flowers by Waitrose?

CovidAnni · 20/11/2020 19:26

And apologies, I lured you in with the Diet Coke but I think it must have been the order before

ajandjjmum · 20/11/2020 19:29

We probably spend £700-800 a month at the moment, but DD is currently home, and we also shop for my 87 year old aunt, and another couple of friends in their 80's. We buy a lot of prunes!

Not received flowers or Prosecco - but judging by the dates on my food, they don't like me very much. I have taken to complaining! Diced beef delivered on Wednesday went out of date on Thursday - someone is not shopping well!

A number of years ago they had a thing where if your card was drawn, you were given vouchers to the value of what you had spent the previous month, so I received nearly £400 of vouchers. That was really nice.

BasiliskStare · 20/11/2020 19:29

Was this post Ocado M&S thing? I am probably a bit lazy & have settled for M&S Ocado - but really not sure it is as good - Obviously not spending enough to get flowers etc

Vinorosso74 · 20/11/2020 19:34

No, I'm more disgruntled that the hash browns in my Sainsburys delivery didn't arrive. They're likely rattling around in the van or someone else got them

AFP10 · 20/11/2020 19:34

Could it be part of their Give a Little Love campaign......

MitziK · 20/11/2020 19:54

@FannysSteadiedBuffs

Did they also love you enough to give you a priority Christmas delivery slot when they first opened? That would have meant more than a bunch of flowers

[Smiles smugly]

I got a Christmas Eve slot.

I have no idea why or how - I fired up the app to see whether there was anything for this week, nothing (as usual) and then skipped forward to see one solitary slot in the afternoon.

I have never ordered two bottles of gin in my life or anything so quickly as I put those in my basket.

AmberRoseGold · 20/11/2020 20:49

I think the thing that grates is that it is sweet of them but doesn’t help with my main quest for a delivery slot. . They have just changed our delivery from a local store to a bigger warehouse. They run out of stuff all the time (organic milk, newspapers) and I will check for Saturday fortnight slots before I head to bed tonight. They won’t be released (I am high priority for slots, loyal for years, early adopter and spend similar to OP for 4 people- lots of organic meat etc., all our toiletries, tho’ I have recently switched labelled cleaning stuff etc. to an Asda to see if I save money). By 6am tomorrow when I wake all slots until midday will have gone, maybe all for the whole day if I am unlucky. I only just got a xmas pick up slot weeks ago. So I feel like they are being kind sending flowers and Prosecco (and I do always profusely thank delivery guys as having to do my own shop over lockdown was a rude wake up call and made me even more appreciative). But I NEVER buy sparkling wine or flowers from them. If they sent red wine or a nice SLS free soap that would feel more personal. Or if they offered me a regular slot that would really make me happy and reduce stress!

pastabest · 20/11/2020 21:03

Do you get 15 bottles of wine every week? I'm in awe if so!?

Lumene · 20/11/2020 21:05

I got free dog and cat treats in my last Waitrose online shop. I have no pets.

Lumene · 20/11/2020 21:06

I do have a Christmas delivery slot though.

Tinabn · 20/11/2020 21:23

I was given flowers in the summer when collecting my clicked AND I’ve got a Christmas Eve slot!

Tambourina · 20/11/2020 21:30

The receipt is Ocado, not Waitrose

RockyRoadster · 20/11/2020 21:37

Yes, how confusing, nothing to do with Waitrose. How odd if Waitrose are sending you flowers. Are they trying to get you to shop with them instead?

Brunt0n · 20/11/2020 21:38

The receipt posted from Ocado wasn’t from the OP, that was another poster

PickAChew · 20/11/2020 21:44

Bloody hell. Thought I spent a lot on groceries.

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ShrikeAttack · 20/11/2020 22:28

Ok! That was hard as I don't get a paper reciept. So there's the screen prints of my latest order.

Nothing that interesting, there is £90's worth of fags there and a quite a bit of wine. That wouldn't be a weekly order though, I just get what I need when I need it, my orders are always completely different. I shop in store too.