Oh no I've over spent massively

[Greensleevevssnotnose]

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?

Happy to help, I should have posted the link sorry!

I saw it back in November when I got my Ocado Magazine and have been lusting after it ever since.

I am also doing her "Poinsettia Cocktails" for the first time, they look dead easy and very festive

www.ocado.com/webshop/recipe/Poinsettia/224858?ad=223439%7C4765821%7C223455%7C4689680

I just mark the things I like in the supermarket Christmas brochures, just like we did with the Argos catalogue as kids. I flick through them fancying the food & end up not buying any of it. I’m actually not arsed this year... Probably won’t be able to get a lot of the things on my wish list at this stage!

Even if you’ve gone past the date for cancelling Christmas food orders you can simply refuse it at the door and they’ll take it back to a store and sort a refund. We did this by mistake last year, realised there was 3 turkeys in our basket and too late to cancel! It was easily sorted on the day.

you can just reject items and they’ll be returned to the depot and you’ll get your money back. Or hide when the delivery person comes and then you’ll be refunded for your whole order 😂

For normal orders you can just refuse to take things in at the door and hand back whatever you don’t want, is Christmas any different?

Yes, you are an idiot. Donate as much as you can, although not sure many places will accept with such short notice.

Your 'grab, grab, grab' attitude is appalling. As is everyone else's

you can simply refuse it at the door and they’ll take it back to a store and sort a refund

No, if it is returned to a store, and been out of cold storage for more than 20 minus then it has to be scrapped.

What an absolute waste of food.

Don't know why people think that because there are only two of you, you are expected to traipse round the supermarket buying stuff and not order online. There are only two of us and we have bought all our groceries online including Christmas for years. Lots of replies on here from people who have clearly never bought a grocery shop online and have no idea how it all works.

You should just cancel the whole order even if it means losing the slot and buy stuff you need from the shops in person.

Yes, because a lot of people do what you do and leave it until the last minute! Most big companies have longer deadlines around now!

The OP set up an order with too much food in order to save the slot. So instead of just putting a chocolate log in the basket she put three different ones expecting her partner to cancel the two he didn't like.

OP

I agree with customer services, also check with your neighbours, they might be glad to get some stuff delivered Xmas eve and pay you for it.

You could also approach a pub that will open on the day.

Otherwise donate.

Lots of local charities / churches are open Christmas day to provide a dinner for people who are homeless or alone on the day and don't want to be.

The salvation army give out Xmas food parcels.

Omg the constant repeating of the same comments is driving me insane. RTFT. This is not a regular shopping order, this is the special Christmas order for FRESH PRE ORDERED food.

IT IS NOT THE SAME.

I hardly see how it's grabby to pre plan treats you might want then confirm closer to the time ffs. Get a bloody grip! Sounds like you should sack off Christmas day altogether and go and donate your time, money, gifts and clothes off your back to a homeless shelter. So much self righteousness FGS 🙄

You're a life saver! The OP alerted me that I had exactly the same problem, but this was absolutely the solution. Thank you.

Buying special order Christmas food as this was, is similar to ordering made to measure curtains, you can't return it or refuse the order

The OP resolved this yesterday

Can’t you just return the bits you don’t want? I get Sainsburys delivery and I can literally just hand an item back to the driver and they return it for me

You don’t even have to read the whole thread. You could just read the OP posts.

I'm sorry but this really made me chuckle 😂.

I agree that if you can afford it you could donate it. Or you could even sell it on Facebook for a discount in a bundle. I bet people would buy some of it. Or yea try to freeze what you can't manage to eat between you.

Or throw a last minute party?!

Fuck me, do posters not think that in an 8 page thread the situation may have moved on a little?

Ikr I thought I was quite good at updating in a timely manner.

You absolute played your part very well OP. These posters who don't RTFT drive me nuts. Do they really think their suggestion is so marvellous that no one else would've thought of it? Grrrrr.

*Absolutely

@Greensleevevssnotnose glad you got it sorted.
I still don't see Tesco's logic in how it works. You couldn't cancel the christmas food because Tesco say it was pre ordered - why would they order you the special christmas food before you had paid for it. Just because you had chosen it online you hadn't actually ordered anything until it's paid for.
If you went to a local butcher and handed over a list of 100 different things and the butcher has to order them in the first thing they would say is "yeah you got to pay for all that first before I order".
Anyway... enjoy your Christmas.

you did OP - there was only 5 of your posts until the resolution

the one after this will be "cancel the order" - mumsnet bingo!

It's the same as M&S and Waitrose who also have a festive ordering range - years ago (may still be) it was from a booklet you picked up in store. They are special items ordered in for anyone who orders in the time frame, not the normal Christmas range. They can and will charge you as you've ordered it and put it through on your debit/credit card, which is why OP was worried.

Bigger (it may not be just bigger) Tesco stores do do Christmas Eve deliveries.

DS used to work as an online order picker in our local Tesco and Christmas Eve was their busiest day of the year.