Along the lines of this thread, I noticed today that as of 24 Oct, Tesco are getting rid of their double points and reverting back to spend £1 = get 1 point. If I recall correctly, this double point campaign was heralded at the end of last year when they reduced the value of their reward scheme from £1 reward = £4 value to £1 reward = £3. "Ah" they said " ... but we are offering our customers greater flexibility by doubling their points blah blah blah" ...... and now look, double points is disappearing so how are they going to justify their less favourable reward scheme now ? Is it, by any chance, going to be increased back to £4 value ? ..... like hell it is.
No doubt we are supposed to be grateful for the current con "Price Drop" campaign which started today, and consists of relatively few (when you consider how many lines they carry) reductions on a motley assortment of goods, and no doubt this will be put forward as saving us as much money as the accumulation of double points once did via the reward scheme - assuming we actually want to buy the Price Drop items that is.
Am so fed up of being treated like an idiot by both manufacturers (with their sneaky re-sizing left right and centre) and supermarkets (with their so-called special offers which are often nothing of the sort when you compare a different size of the same item). Thankfully I'm pretty quick at mental arithmetic so can work out what the best buys really are but nonetheless it pisses me off that I now have to devote quite some time every time I go shopping because I can't trust supermarkets to promote genuine offers. It also really offends me, and I mean that, to think of other people, an particularly vulnerable people, who can't do the maths on the spot and who must often therefore fall for the so-called special offers which aren't. It may be legal but lack of transparent pricing is morally questionable IMO.
I bloody hate Tesco but it's all I've got really apart from a very small Morrison unless I want a 26 mile round trip to a different supermarket. My feelings on all this are compounded by their inability to match the price on the shelf with the price at the till. It's not an exaggeration to say that where "special offers" (in particular) are concerned, I find I've been overcharged at least 10% of the time. Okay .... you get double the difference back but it's still a faff to have to queue up and argue the toss and it's rare to also get a verbal apology - as would be polite - from the hatchet faced moo employee on the customer service desk.
But what can we do if you can't vote with your feet ?
..... and breathe ......