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Original poster

To get free shopping for a month by taking back all my food packaging for a refund?

31 replies

DarlingDuck · 19/07/2011 20:20

Our food bill has sky rocketed!!! I was just looking on the back of our sainsburys food items and noticed you can return the product (packaging and proof of purchase I assume) for a full refund if you're not satisfied.

Would I be unreasonable to take back as much as I can of my weekly shop in order to save money? Grin

OP posts:
thisisyesterday · 19/07/2011 20:21

haha you should so do that.
they may say that you need to return half the product too, because if you werne't satisfied you wouldn' thave eaten it all... but you'd still be quids in Grin

SomethingProfound · 19/07/2011 20:22

I think you should do it and report back to us! Grin

AgentZigzag · 19/07/2011 20:22

hehe I like your thinking -

'Mmmmm that lasagne was disgusting, as was the chocolate gateau we had yesterday...'

It could catch on Grin

thisisyesterday · 19/07/2011 20:22

let's ALL do it

FriggFRIGG · 19/07/2011 20:23

im pretty sure you have to take it back with the food inside it ....

but you can try

ZillionChocolate · 19/07/2011 20:23

I don't think you can return products once you've eaten them.

SpeedyGonzalez · 19/07/2011 20:23

Marking my place.

Do it, do it, do it!

FriggFRIGG · 19/07/2011 20:24

let me know if it works

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DarlingDuck · 19/07/2011 20:24

I did do it a year or so ago... We bought a chinese meal and it was horrible, we threw the food away and ordered a take away. The Sainsburys meal cost £15 and we were buggered if we were paying twice so took the packaging in and they refunded us, I haven't dared do it since though!

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TheMonster · 19/07/2011 20:26

I like the idea! Would it work with empty wine bottles?

MoonGirl1981 · 19/07/2011 20:28

What about loo rolls? Can you take back the cardboard tube?

Cat litter? That might work, you can pour it back into the bag.......!

D0G · 19/07/2011 20:33

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kaid100 · 19/07/2011 20:44

I imagine if you took an entire week's shop back and said "this was all bad" they might see through your plan. Notice that the guarantee is for if you "are not satisfied", not if you "say you are not satisfied".

Original poster
DarlingDuck · 19/07/2011 20:47

I might try it witha few items initially, say a bottle of champagne and fillet steak. I will say I am not satisfied as I feel it didn't taste as extraordinary as it should for the price Wink

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AgentZigzag · 19/07/2011 20:47

You're overthinking it kaid, the OP's just messing.

OneHundredPercentFucked · 19/07/2011 23:19

Do it!

beanandspud · 19/07/2011 23:27

When I had a Saturday job in a supermarket I remember a lady bringing back a (nearly empty) bottle of whisky that she had drunk the night before. She claimed there was something wrong as it had given her a headache.

And a lady who brought back toilet roll claiming that it didn't have the required number of sheets on a roll.

And the lady who brought in a £200 bill for a local restaurant claiming that an "unsatisfactory" joint of meat had spoiled a family get together and she had been forced to take everyone out for Sunday lunch instead.

People will try anything.

clappyhands · 19/07/2011 23:31

in my oh so distant past, we used to beg customers who brought in mouldy goods to just bin them the next time and bring us in the label

in all my years i don;t think this was ever abused

do it do it do it do it :)

SpeedyGonzalez · 20/07/2011 21:11

clappy, I once returned some cod to Tesco because it had worms in it. Shock

Unsurprisingly the member of staff whom I spoke to declined to inspect the fish. Grin

StoopidBint · 20/07/2011 21:28

i think cod often has worms in it but they're harmless. That has always put me off cod.

StoopidBint · 20/07/2011 21:32

Cod worms are a round worm that live in the fish as part of its life cycle. The roundworm is harmless to humans and lives in the stomach of the common or grey seal, and fertilised roundworm eggs pass into the sea with the seals excreta. The eggs hatch to give a microscopic worm which must be swallowed by a small fish or shrimp like animal. The white fish, such as cod or haddock, then become contaminated by eating the small fish. The worm burrows through the stomach wall of the fish, into the liver and flesh. The life cycle is completed when a seal eats the fish.

There is no evidence that anyone has ever had an illness associated with the cod worm. The worms are killed by cooking and freezing. Occasionally, in fresh fish a worm may be discovered alive, however, although they are alarming to see, they are harmless if consumed.

Yummy! Hmm

StoopidBint · 20/07/2011 21:33

Forgot to say - the above was copied and pasted.

pointydog · 20/07/2011 21:40

Yes! A friend with a fisherman dad once told me all about worms in cod.

lurcherlover · 20/07/2011 21:41

OP:do it! Let us know how you get on...

On an unrelated note, this has made me remember an incident when I worked in a well-known department store as a student. A woman came in wanting to return some knickers she'd bought. Her reason was that they were "stained". She was most put out when I pointed out that that was because she'd worn them...

MrsRhettButler · 20/07/2011 21:42

Stoopidbint you have just put me right off the fish and chips I get every time I go to the beach Angry
That's disgusting and I will never eat fish and chips again, this has ruined my 'days out at weston super mare' :(