To hate the trend of shops giving lower prices for ‘members’

[SaturdayGiraffe]

Just give us lower prices without forcing everyone to carry cards or download apps (that glitch/not scan/no wifi in store).

Just wasted 30min of lunchtime in Boots only to realise my physical card is at home, so I would be charged more. Logged into Boots site and the number isn’t even on there - “we keep the last 3 digits hidden”.

Amazon Prime wins again.

Go on tell me how much you all love carrying cards/downloading apps for £1 off some foot peel socks.

I could say the same about Blue Light cards and NHS discounts if we want to get pedantic.

i’m actually surprised there hasnt been a legal challenge as you have to be 18 or over to get a cc. so it means anyone under that age has no access to the lower price. age is a legally protected characteristic. it’s direct age discrimination.

Boots have similar with their Over 60 and their discounts related to contact lenses with them. What about shops that only allow student discount? Are they not all the same? It must be excluded in some way?

I don't really mind scanning a card to get some money off. What annoys me is when it's app only (looking at you lidl)
All these apps are clogging up my phone, taking valuable storage space.

well student discount is fine as anyone can be a student so it’s not covered by the equality act. business are allowed to offer lower prices to a subset of customers eg over 60s but this is different- they are offering lower prices to the majority and excluding a subset based on age (a protected characteristic)

Super annoying. A few weeks ago I forgot my clubcard at Tesco so asked my DH to send a screenshot of the qr code. The manager accused me of club card fraud!
I couldn't stop laughing 😂

People are all different. Having them on your phone might be easier for you, but you shouldn't assume this is the case for everyone. Lots of examples on this thread from people where having them on a phone is not appropriate.

It’s just another faff in my life that I don’t need. Who needs faff? Who WANTS faff??

Sainsburys near work has 7 self check out tills.
4 of them don’t read Nectar cards, not the card, not the app.
You have to ring for assistance, then the staff member leaves their till, flashes their staff id thing, and you MANUALLY type in your card number.
Who actually enjoys this process?
Just give us all the same discount.

Loyalty cards can be handy for saving money if you use them to buy things that you actually want. I have Tesco, M&S Sparks, Waitrose, and Nectar. You do get a bunch of annoying emails - I don't need multipacks of frozen pizzas or bunches of flowers, or 'barbecue essentials' but I do need red and green peppers, red chicory, Jersey Royal potatoes, and baby tomatoes this week, and I have saved about £10 this week so far. I am retired and have the time (and a bus pass!) to make this possible.

That was my point

The poster I was responding to was saying “what is easier, really?”, having the attitude that having them on your phone was a faff.

I was saying it wasn’t. Because it isn’t… for me.

I mentioned this before about the Lidl App.
Discrimination.

So legally a sixth former couldn’t benefit from the club card meal deal price.

Be as pedantic as you like. They're something specifically for people employed in particular organisations and entirely irrelevant to the issue of things available to general purchase being specifically a higher price if somebody is poor, blind, disabled or elderly.

Or can’t read English or is under 18

Or has issues with organisation.

yes. you could even be living independently at 16 or 17 and be unable to access the cc price. as i said i believe this would constitute direct discrimination against a protected characteristic (age).

Nope. It’s not age discrimination. There are exceptions where it is lawful for a trader or service provider to provide a different service based on age.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/discrimination-in-the-provision-of-goods-and-services/discrimination-in-the-provision-of-goods-and-services1/goods-and-services-what-are-the-different-types-of-discrimination/what-doesn-t-count-as-unlawful-discrimination-in-goods-and-services/age-discrimination-when-discrimination-is-allowed-in-the-provision-of-goods-or-services/

No it isn't. You can't pick and choose the categories you like.

Interestingly though, Tesco give clubcards to their 16 and 17 year old employees.

legislation allows company’s to provide discounted prices to a subset of customers like over 65’s. it doesn’t allow them to offer lower prices to the majority and exclude a subset. this is very different.

(sorry about the incorrect apostrophe!)

I used to give my older kids a key ring tag from my account to buy their meal deals. More points incoming.

I've found some branded items cheaper at Waitrose than Morrisons recently s, M, were taken over.

yes. you could even be living independently at 16 or 17 and be unable to access the cc price. as i said i believe this would constitute direct discrimination against a protected characteristic (age).

Good point.

It's a fact of life, really. Just like we get to use Mumsnet for free on the basis that mort people won't bother to block the spying software that advertisers pay Mumsnet to host, we get stuff from supermarkets cheaper if we agree to have our shopping habits tracked because the supermarkets get paid by the trackers for the data.