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Oh no I've over spent massively

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Greensleevevssnotnose · 16/12/2022 10:00

I feel such an idiot

A few weeks ago with our Tesco order we got the preorder food catalogue.

It looked yummy and so I picked out what I liked the look of and put it in my basket for the Christmas delivery. I have been asking my oh to go through it and make the choice, which trifle. Which cake. Which meat etc for a few days and now he's finished work he sat down to do it last night

Only to find out it can't be changed as it has already been ordered. The cost is horrendous but the waste is awful. There are two of us, no guests and we have several trifles, logs, cakes cheeseboards. Party food, joints of meat, all 8 portions! The intention was to choose one of each.

I felt ill when he told me, luckily he was calm about it. Christmas is gonna last into February at this rate. Please tell me I'm not the only one?

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MamaFirst · 16/12/2022 17:00

This tickled me so much 😂 You are going to have a delicious Christmas! Glad they let you return the trifles though. Merry Christmas!

Nothing2lose · 16/12/2022 17:01

Just CALL THEM and I am certain they’ll be able to amend it over the phone

Nothing2lose · 16/12/2022 17:03

Haven’t read the whole thread, if you suffer from anxiety does this mean you also feel anxious about phoning?

can someone do this for you?

timetogetlost · 16/12/2022 17:04

This is crazy. Someone just made a mistake on an online order so started a thread and bought a new freezer instead of cancelling the order?

Legallypinkish · 16/12/2022 17:17

Just give it back to the driver and it’ll get refunded.

padsi1975 · 16/12/2022 17:21

I have a delivery coning tonight and I added items last night. Are you sure you can't amend?

ScreamInBlue · 16/12/2022 17:21

Nothing2lose · 16/12/2022 17:01

Just CALL THEM and I am certain they’ll be able to amend it over the phone

Oh do you think?

Why don’t people RTFT or at least OP’s updates?

padsi1975 · 16/12/2022 17:23

Ah sorry, should have read the full thread.

WombatChocolate · 16/12/2022 17:26

Lots of not reading the thread.

OP might be able to give items back to driver…..saves her cash, but is that a good option if it then gets binned? Is that not even a consideration for some people - purely the financial issue?

I was surprised that OP chose to only have the trifles removed when she phoned. Perhaps she did want all the extra goodies really anyway. Otherwise, why have them? It doesn’t make sense.

Yes, Christmas is a good time for a feat and plenty, but to end up with multiple items you really won’t need or don’t intend to cancel or donate to a food bank (and let’s face it, which food banks will be receiving food on Christmas Eve) seems very tone deaf at a time of a massive cost of living crisis.

Yes, have a feasts….but there’s still a line to be drawn with regard to excessive waste. If those excess joints of meat, olds etc total £50, and that’s £50 beyond what is already a fantastic feast, why just take the stuff, when instead a further simple phone call could result in the items being removed. If OP was interested in others and could spare that £50, they could donate it to a an organisation pricing dinners for those who won’t have one.

I plan to have a wonderful Christmas meal with my family, but I couldn’t sit comfortably at the table with 6 times as much meat as we need and other treats far far in excess, knowing some people are sitting in the cold and having a very soartan Christmas.

It’s about the whole issue - a huge extra expensive for Op, potential for massive waste, and the issue of having far far in excess of what could even be considered a huge feast. Simply handing the stuff back to the driver, or simply taking delivery and loading an already heavily laden table with lots more, don’t either seem a good solution to me.

birder · 16/12/2022 17:32

Just in case anyone is still confused, my normal Tesco delivery for the 22nd can still be adjusted until the night before.

Zanatdy · 16/12/2022 17:45

That happened to me with a Turkey in 2020, couldn’t amend as it was ordered

MamaFirst · 16/12/2022 18:12

Pretty sure the driver won't take back pre ordered food, isn't that the point of it? Why would they then take it back unless there was something wrong with it?

In this day and age there's no excuse to just throw away and let perfectly good food go to waste, which I'm sure OP doesn't intend to do having already expressed the opposite wish. She's a grown adult with a freezer and a fridge, the food will last and be eaten over the week and some can also be frozen. So dramatic.

DreamingOfAGreenChristmas · 16/12/2022 18:16

I think ‘take it to the food bank’ will be my new ‘cancel the cheque’ / advice to posters getting repeatedly pointlessly advice.

What food bank accepts short date chilled foods, and after 4pm on Christmas Eve?

PumpkinPie2016 · 16/12/2022 19:01

If you can't amend or cancel, I would contact local food banks/churches etc who may be providing for those who cannot afford a Christmas meal and see if you can donate.

I know a church local to me holds a free slot each week where they feed people. The vicar tells me they can feed 200 people a week! So somewhere will be very grateful for it.

MrsMontyD · 16/12/2022 19:26

Stravaig · 16/12/2022 12:44

Given how many people reserve a slot with premium alcohol, it would make sense for the supermarkets to design this in with an expensive 'bookmark bottle'. That way, staff would know that any orders with this item still in the basket hadn't been finalised.

At Christmas, with supermarket deliveries, you get an email a week or so before the cut off if your order doesn't look complete, certainly the ones I've used Ocado and Morrison's.

OPs order might not have hit that criteria given it was a large one and probably had all the main components.

Didiplanthis · 16/12/2022 20:26

I did this last year and accidentally ended up with 2 turkeys on xmas eve ! I managed to sell one at a loss to a disorganised friend who hadn't got one...

NotSorry · 16/12/2022 20:31

MrsMontyD · 16/12/2022 19:26

At Christmas, with supermarket deliveries, you get an email a week or so before the cut off if your order doesn't look complete, certainly the ones I've used Ocado and Morrison's.

OPs order might not have hit that criteria given it was a large one and probably had all the main components.

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No she over ordered the festive food special order - it’s in the OP

TruckerBarbie · 16/12/2022 20:40

Just keep celebrating Xmas on the 25th of every month until you run out. 😂

Ducksurprise · 16/12/2022 21:59

Togoodtobeforgotten · 16/12/2022 13:48

It's a well known wn fact that people just shove stuff in the basket to take it to the total needed to secure the delivery slot unfortunately.

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Wtf @Togoodtobeforgotten 'unfortunately ' that's how it works, you don't have to do your whole shop immediately and by shoving a bottle of fizz into the basket to save it doesn't shaft others (plus tesco has no minimum basket, mine is currently held with a single carrot)

NotSorry · 16/12/2022 22:19

Ducksurprise · 16/12/2022 21:59

Wtf @Togoodtobeforgotten 'unfortunately ' that's how it works, you don't have to do your whole shop immediately and by shoving a bottle of fizz into the basket to save it doesn't shaft others (plus tesco has no minimum basket, mine is currently held with a single carrot)

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Tesco actively encourage customers to “hold” their shopping in this way @Togoodtobeforgotten

lol at your single carrot @Ducksurprise

Tillow4ever · 16/12/2022 22:23

Not read the full thread… but I’m very impressed you’ve got a Tesco home delivery slot on Christmas Eve. I was chatting with our regular driver on Sunday and he happened to comment that Tesco block off Christmas Eve as a non delivery day for a number of reasons!

maybe he just meant that particular store.

RobertsRadio · 16/12/2022 23:33

Several trifles you say, don't see the problem myself. I'd happily eat trifle for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with one of the several cakes for afternoon tea. I'd just cancel all the vegetables.

WhirlyTwirly · 16/12/2022 23:33

If it’s just the two of you, do you really need a Christmas delivery anyway? Just cancel the entire order and go to the shops and pick up what you need.

ADifferentKindofChristmas · 16/12/2022 23:55

RobertsRadio · 16/12/2022 23:33

Several trifles you say, don't see the problem myself. I'd happily eat trifle for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with one of the several cakes for afternoon tea. I'd just cancel all the vegetables.

Nigella agrees with you!

She has a new Christmas Breakfast Trifle this year on the Ocado website Xmas Grin

Blossomtoes · 17/12/2022 00:10

ADifferentKindofChristmas · 16/12/2022 23:55

Nigella agrees with you!

She has a new Christmas Breakfast Trifle this year on the Ocado website Xmas Grin

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Found it. I’m SO making this.

www.ocado.com/webshop/recipe/breakfast-trifle/224860