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I contacted Tesco about this mistake today....

28 replies

misslaughalot · 20/09/2013 20:40

I just couldn't let this go, so emailed them.

Do you think they'll:
A) care enough to change it?
B) get back to me to thank me?
C) give me a truck load of Clubcard points to say thank you?! Grin

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DaleyBump · 20/09/2013 20:44
Biscuit

Sorry!

misslaughalot · 20/09/2013 20:50

Fair enough! Grin

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lalalonglegs · 20/09/2013 20:52

That is a shocker. I predict a passive aggressive pro-forma email thanking you for your interest and followed by an endless stream of inbox bumf promoting their business and special offers. Sad

DaleyBump · 20/09/2013 20:55

What lala said, you'll never get rid of them Grin

noisytoys · 20/09/2013 20:55
Grin
NachoAddict · 20/09/2013 20:57

Hahaha. Sorry.

EsTutMirLeid · 20/09/2013 21:07

I emailed Sainsburys about their 'batterd fish' about a year ago. The sign is still in my Sainsburys and I've seen it in 2 others!!

In fact if you google it with batterd in "" then you can see a photo, where other people have noticed it too!

DaleyBump · 20/09/2013 21:13

My mum emailed Bernard Matthews because the pack of turkey said "5 slices" and she got four (there were actually five, I ate one) and they were very cunty and told her that the pack says "5 slices average" for a reason, so she spent an hour and £5 on a bus to get to a shop that sold the packs of turkey to take a picture of the pack because, indeed, it didn't say "average" anywhere. They sent her a voucher for more turkey.

SugarSpunSisters · 20/09/2013 21:19

Ha I saw a shelf sign in Sainsbury's that read

"Grate Chef Stainless Steal Wipes"

I might send it to them actually Grin

singaporefling · 20/09/2013 22:00

I once took a sign off the shelf in tesco - " temporary out of stock " handed it to customer services who said " well sorry - the items are out of stock" Confused - it HAS been corrected now, no idea if I 'helped'. Also wrote to Scholl years ago about cream for " very course skin " they sent me a huuuge box of products Smile

singaporefling · 20/09/2013 22:05

Is the price for the saucepan a steal misslaughalot Blush?

poorbuthappy · 20/09/2013 22:08

This is why I can't just get on with my life. I care too much.

Hawkmoth · 20/09/2013 22:11

Lol. What poorbuthappy said.

MrsWembley · 20/09/2013 22:12

Oh, that actually hurts. Really, it's making me feel... oh god, I have to stop now, stop thinking about it, stop!

Theimpossiblegirl · 20/09/2013 22:14

Our local Asda has installed a drive through click and collect point. It says Drive-thru. DD proclaimed very loudly "They spent all that money and it's spelt wrong!" Not sure it was appreciated.
:)

BigPawsBrown · 20/09/2013 22:16

What does the strange brown icon mean? Daley?

CatWithKittens · 21/09/2013 10:33

Presumably you should only cook shoplifted food or game from a poacher in this?

misslaughalot · 21/09/2013 13:15

Well they just left a message on my mobile, apologising and saying it'll be changed soon.

DP thought I was bonkers to email them, and that mistakes like this don't matter, but the former teacher in me can't let them go.

Good to see I'm not the only one.

And breathe...

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MirandaGoshawk · 24/09/2013 22:05

I couldn't see anything wrong with it - have they changed it?

sneezecakesmum · 28/09/2013 23:23

I can't see anything wrong either Blush

charitymum · 28/09/2013 23:32

Oooh panicking now as I can't find the error.

My favourite over the years was a fellow teacher teaching sex ed. Presentation software changed lice to mice. Pubic mice is a whole different problem!

Wheresmycaffeinedrip · 28/09/2013 23:35

What was the mistake? Blush

Pachacuti · 28/09/2013 23:37

If you look at the name of the product in the URL you can see how it was originally spelled.

Pachacuti · 28/09/2013 23:38

I once had a local Tesco advertising "2 for the price of 3". Errrmm...

HotCrossPun · 28/09/2013 23:48

What was the mistake?