Are you a victim of deceptive pricing? - Shrinking Groceries

[patrickq1]

i am awaiting their regional sales manager to contact me tomorrow,altogether over 2 years they have taken 21000 of this old couple and almost exhausted their lifetime savings so i am not best pleased with them
patrickq1

[Getting_Savvy]

It is everywhere. Like New magazine (I think) in big bright numbers it has 1 figure, something like 40 or 50p making you think that is the price but underneath in small letters it says 'cheaper than Now'. So by the time you get to the counter to pay for it your paying 50p more than you thought. I found that out at Gatwick in Whsmith's after standing in the queue for so long. I just paid the money because I couldn't be bothered.

[suzieblooz]

Noticed today - Miller lager in bottles, used to be a box of 15, now a box of 12 for same price.

[barracad]

Tesco (again) peaches - now 4 in a pack instead of 6, same price. Clever use of packaging as the pack is the same size as the old one!

[sameagle]

This one isn't concerned with groceries, but might apply to of all you that probably only do your shopping at weekends.
"Focus" DIY and Garden Centres have wonderful bargains on garden furniture in the week, but their prices mysteriously rise at the weekends!

[patrickq1]

Asda put up tins of beans (small tins)by a penny every summer season and at end of season drop it by a penny 1 month before xmas the inflate the price of all soups and vegetables (tinned) then reduce after xmas ...we see it every year i have asked their customer srvices department why dont they give discount cards out to the local customers since this is a holiday village answer WHAT AAARRRGGGHHHH a terrible look of sickness befell him the creep
patrickq1

[patrickq1]

by the way got the deposit back and now negotiating a 2000 refund if this happens i will hold my hands upto them for admitting their unsccrupulous saleman or rouge salesman at least they sacked him but as long as i see the old pensioners monies returned
patrickq1

[un1boy]

Originally Posted by patrickq1

by the way got the deposit back and now negotiating a 2000 refund if this happens i will hold my hands upto them for admitting their unsccrupulous saleman or rouge salesman at least they sacked him but as long as i see the old pensioners monies returned
patrickq1

You're a good man Patrick!!

[patrickq1]

i cant stand anyone who takes unfair and deceptive practices against especialy old aged pensioners,my biggest gripe at the moment is when a company will not give a price but insist on a demonstration straght away you know it is wrong and bordering on contemptious behaviour for the person asking the price as if to say we charge whatever we think you can afford and it is never the same as next doors price ? gggrrr

[Iaintpayingyoudotcom]

MORRISONS

You have to give them credit for trying.

Credit Crunch deal. Ok all the items are 50pence so thats good, but its the claim afterwards, "or you can have them all for £4".

How many Items are there? well theres 8, so yes their claim is spot on, you can have them all for £4 and save an extra nothing.

Isolated?

No.

I was looking at the Nintendo DS's for £99. Good Price, then the advert caught my eye. £120 for a DS and a Game.The Game is Brain train, which they sell for £19.99. So it actually costs you £1 more to buy them together than it does if you get them seperate. So I asked for them to be paid for as individual items, of which I was told I can't, unless I pay for the DS and come back later and get the game.

ok 2 Isolated cases and I bet there is more, so before you buy, just check the deal first.

How foolish do they think customers are?

[ja-de]

A new Tesco superstore has just opened near us,& they're advertising that you get 5p, for every £10 off your petrol, if you pay something like £50 for your groceries, only trouble is; the nearest Tesco with a petrol station is about 10 miles away. Think I'll stick to my new Green points saver card with them, & my "Miles" petrol saver card with Morrisons, at least that way I have something to show at the end of it.

[gyzmo]

In Tesco's again.....

Loose white potatoes were £1.28 / kilo (I think). Bagged white potatos were priced per potato - I think it was 17p per potato. However, weighing the pre-bagged ones worked out at twice as much as the loose ones per kilo!

I have said it before but NEVER be embarrased about using the weighing equipment in store. I have done it and attracted the attention some uppity who was quite surprised at the price difference and started doing it herself.

[ja-de]

Originally Posted by gyzmo

In Tesco's again.....

Loose white potatoes were £1.28 / kilo (I think). Bagged white potatos were priced per potato - I think it was 17p per potato. However, weighing the pre-bagged ones worked out at twice as much as the loose ones per kilo!

I have said it before but NEVER be embarrased about using the weighing equipment in store. I have done it and attracted the attention some uppity who was quite surprised at the price difference and started doing it herself.

Good for you gyzmo, in fact I do it regularly, Tesco, Asda, etc, they all supply the scales for us to use.

[60's child]

Tesco's today, I wanted some cheese and thought I would check prices rather than just pick up a block and pay as I normally would, now my head hurts

200 gr Cathedral City mature (cracker size) £1.48 *2 = 400 gr @£2.96
200 gr Cathedral City mature (normal size) £2.06 *2 =400 gr @£4.12
400 gr Cathedral City Mature @£4.42

[Thailand]

Another BOGOF today.

'Ginsters' Pasties at local Spar £1.69. Who do they think they are kidding? I had one of these pasties (first and last time) in Lancaster a few weeks ago, and it cost no more the 90p (the only reason I bought it was because it was reduced to 56p as it had to be eaten that day).

Let's just double the price and pretend they are getting a good deal. Honestly, it's just plain offensive! They may as well put a sign over the door stating 'Here at Spar we will treat you as if you are an imbecile'.