Tesco

[kregrs]

Good old Tesco! 10 yrs ago they built our Bury St Edmunds store, apparently part of the deal was if they built the store then they would have to create a footpath from one of the town car parks to the store, roughly qtr mile. We're still waiting......

 

Then they took over the one stop on my estate, and decided we didn't need a post office anymore, which was in branch, and that a bakery would be much more beneficial. They ended up having to pay for the p.o to be relocated to the community centre.

[borisbeaver]

When I buy brocolli, loose, I tend to snap of as much of the stalk as possible as I know it won't be eaten.

[demon_x_slash]

Tesco's veg is getting mankier and mankier. When the veg stall in the town centre is closed up/out of stock, I have to venture into Tesco's murky aisles. Soft peppers; heavily breathing, soggy mushrooms; dimpled tomatoes; scraggy carrots...it's been very noticeable over the past, I'd say, four months? And not just in my local branch. I've been to about five different stores in that time and found it all similar quality...

[chocolatte]

There is a knack to self scan..something which amused my mother when I used it with her last week.

 

Basically the conveyer needs to "feel" the item on the belt, which is difficult if you have any light goods such as yoghurt etc. The trick is to slam your item down on the belt as hard as possible. If you cant do this, take a small handful of the free leaflets by the till and slat them on the belt hard. It will then recognise that an item has hit the belt and carry on

 

My mother thought it was hilarious when I started to hammer down her shopping...

 

Top tip, next time you slam your strawberries onto the belt, return them asap to customer services and waste their time getting you a new batch! Hehe, I am wicked, i hate the self service checkouts, you don't get 'eco points' or all the other 'extras from the proper checkouts, steer clear, they're more hasstle than they're worth!

[tigga_1961]

:o and i was thought tescos was the bees knees until, went shopping on wednesday and my partner picked up a newletter thingy with all new bargains which started on 26-03-07 and one item was a nintendo ds game(sad i know) for £9.87, usual price near £30 too good to be true, so off we goes back instore again picks up said game takes it to checkout with paper and it scans at 38.97 we query the price with the paper told to go to customer services which we did. they couldnt understand why, so got someone from dvd dept who rang head office who said it had been reported and that the new price hadnt updated on the system, 2days later we got a call from said lady of dept still price hasnt changed, now gotta wait 3 days as she is on holiday, shall i email tesco ho myself I WANT MY BARGAIN GAME...

[chocolatte]

When I buy brocolli, loose, I tend to snap of as much of the stalk as possible as I know it won't be eaten.

 

So it won't weigh as much, I like you're style, quite right, the only being who eat the crappy outer are rabbits! lmao, you guys crack me up

[borisbeaver]

:o and i was thought tescos was the bees knees until, went shopping on wednesday and my partner picked up a newletter thingy with all new bargains which started on 26-03-07 and one item was a nintendo ds game(sad i know) for £9.87, usual price near £30 too good to be true, so off we goes back instore again picks up said game takes it to checkout with paper and it scans at 38.97 we query the price with the paper told to go to customer services which we did. they couldnt understand why, so got someone from dvd dept who rang head office who said it had been reported and that the new price hadnt updated on the system, 2days later we got a call from said lady of dept still price hasnt changed, now gotta wait 3 days as she is on holiday, shall i email tesco ho myself I WANT MY BARGAIN GAME...

Customer service does have the authorisation to override the price. I don't know why they didn't do it then.

[chocolatte]

I must say, what a carry on boris is right, they certainly could've sorted it out for you there and then, just being biffs i expect!

[tigga_1961]

thanks for that boris, when the lady concerened gets back to me, i will pursue her to change the price, its not as if the new price isnt printed,

[Guest Gertie100]

I love Asda...we are lucky here in our little town we have no tesco!

Asda, Sainsbury, Aldi, Lidl, but no TESCO!

 

Woo hoooo!

[IdaInFife]

thought i would add my penny's worth.

 

 

once and only tome I went to tesco was with me dad in whcih we were going to but a tv for my sisters birthsday as it was the one she wanted and was £20 cheaper than anywhere else. Big telly. Me and oap of a father are left to load this massive and very heavy box onto top of trolley and wheel it to customer services to buy. "To then be told there is a security tag inside and we need to open it to take it out" fine i say go ahead . Where so you think they put this tag...yip good old tesco as far as possible at the bottom of the box under all the packaing. so 30 mins later after box now emptied apart from this 1 inch thing at bottom...lady looked at me and said right you can put it back in now..... when i replied do you really think so ...steam spurted out her ears...... I said naw just gimme me money back and i'll pay £20 quid more at asda.......so instead of putting the tv and packing back in sent 3 munchkins to get another telly and told security to let us go through the doors ..... what a bloody joke.

[IdaInFife]

now i have a wee signature at the bottom do not ask me how it go there and it's not mine how do i get rid of it

[chocolatte]

In Tesco's defence, I do have to admit here that I don't recal having any problems with Tesco, but I'm sure my day will come along with everywhere else I have had a problem with, or they just haven't had the pleasure of me pre-mentrually, they don't wanna mess with me then:evil:

[demon_x_slash]

lol@callyday too right my dear

[doompixie]

On the subject of home shopping - the staff have a time limit of 15 minutes to complete each order which may give some insight into their behaviour. Not that it's excusable. And it seems odd that you can order things that are not available instore. As far as I know they take the items straight off the shelves.

I have been informed of bad practices that the staff are forced to abide by though, such as with 'buy one get one free' items, they are not allowed to include the free item in a home shopping order unless the free item has been specifically ordered.

[B1nary]

...."To then be told there is a security tag inside and we need to open it to take it out" fine i say go ahead . Where so you think they put this tag...yip good old tesco as far as possible at the bottom of the box under all the packaing. so 30 mins later after box now emptied apart from this 1 inch thing at bottom...

 

I believe the warehouse staff had the TV box upside down when the tag was put in!

[chocolatte]

On the subject of home shopping - the staff have a time limit of 15 minutes to complete each order which may give some insight into their behaviour. Not that it's excusable. And it seems odd that you can order things that are not available instore. As far as I know they take the items straight off the shelves.

I have been informed of bad practices that the staff are forced to abide by though, such as with 'buy one get one free' items, they are not allowed to include the free item in a home shopping order unless the free item has been specifically ordered.

 

Yeah, I think it says when ordering that you have to order 2 of the product specifically, but wouldn't the staff have a printout of your order and see the item listed as bogof?

[doompixie]

I think it's more the issue of my family being kind and helpful people and tescos not both my aunt and sister currently work on home shopping, and I think my aunt got told off for including the free item because it hadn't been put through on the order :-|

I mean, fair enough if it'd been ordered before the offer was in place, but I was under the impression these things got done in a matter of days. Just seems rather petty.

[chocolatte]

And about their cafe, ewww, their food is boggin'!

[delboytrotter]

OK i hear there is a small problem with TESCO, would you like a website dedicated to the cause, i have helped build a couple of crackers but i never thought about TESCO until now, tesco have tesco.com but what abotu notesco.com (not esco.com just in case they try to take us to court) the one where i live is crap and only 20 mins away we have TESCOTOWN yes Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland where TESCO have taken over, 3 tesco superstores in one city Inverness population 70000 or so that is a tesco for every 25 thousand people

TescoOPOLY if you ask me

Strangly i have not heard any one come up with a tesco naming competition that would be fun

Invertesco

Tescoland

The republic of Tesco

The republic formerly known as TESCO

Not sure how this will go but it takes my mind of the Bank for a while

[chocolatte]

StressGo

[delboytrotter]

New version of cluedo MR PLUM DID IT IN THE FRUIT AND VEG AISLE WITH A BOTTLE OF MILK.....or maybe SUPERMARKET SWEEP

[chocolatte]

New version of cluedo MR PLUM DID IT IN THE FRUIT AND VEG AISLE WITH A BOTTLE OF MILK.....or maybe SUPERMARKET SWEEP

More like Mr Dumb did it...

[MARTIN3030]

Hmn what patriots.....Tesco is still In British hands and is probably outgrown itself.Anyone who knows the trading styles of Walmart will know they make Tesco look innocents.

I have been wondering when Walmart will take ASDA by the horns and do what they have done in the states.To some degree looks like Tesco have already played them at their own game and done that already.Like them or loathe them they are here to stay and have transformed everything from fresh meat to flowers from envelopes to shoe laces they continue to flourish because customers continue to flock through their doors.I remember a Tesco superstore opening near Crawley in West Sussex a few years ago.I was visiting freinds who had a pub there and went with them to buy the food for the darts and dominoes night.........big pack of basics ham couple of loaves and 2 big bags of basics frozen chips.....total cost was about 6 quid to feed the whole bar.......needless to say the regulars did not want to go home.Apparantly the previous landlord had skimped on the freebie food at matches because there was no Tesco then !!

[chocolatte]

If I'm totally honest...our Tesco ain't bad, their customer service is good, their range is good and their parking is good, the only thing I really can't stand is their cafe, the food is rank, I think tho, in Tescos defence it is an outside contractor [edit]

 

So there you go!