I’m sure some poor soul has just popped them in the trolley during a big shop and not even noticed. That’s why I scan my receipt with an eagle-eye before I leave the shop.
This article made me recall my last visit to Tesco Clarehall. A couple in front at the till paid for their goods and off they went, only to come back a minute later. A box of ice lollys (del monte i think) had gone through as €25. All innocent mistakes ?…………
Ah ah ah…. I had the same “smart” answer a few weeks back about a box of tea bags at 25.30 euros. When I questionned the man at the customer service desk, he went on to check in the computer and lo and behold! his answer was “the computer says soooooo”. I didn’t know whether he was taking the piss or just plain stupid. I emailed the general customer service and it appeared that some of their prices had been “mysteriously” multiplied by 10…. I had noticed a couple of other similar, very obvious, errors, like a tin of peas at 3.50 euros and a bar of Milka chocolate at 9.50 euros….. A few weeks later, the prices were still the same.
Slightly O/T, but Tesco @ the Omni Park is just dire – completely disorganised and forever moving items to different shelves. The staff seem completely disinterested in helping customers.
Laura, you’ve got that right. My office is in the Omni, though, so it’s the most convenient shop for me. They’re always out of something I want, though. Wretched company.
Every time I go in lately it seems like they’ve discontinued another brand that I want. And the quality of fruit, veg and bread just isn’t there anymore in Tesco Celbridge Their customer service people are not nice to deal with either. I’m going to pledge here that on Sunday I will drive that little bit further and go to Dunnes for my weekly shop.
Fully agree with the above comments, I have switched from Tesco to combination of Dunnes & Supervalu. I found in Tesco a lot of the brands I like have been discontinued, also their special offers work out dearer than doubling up on single items, etc. Always spend more in Tesco then Dunnes or Supervalu.
Last Saturday in Tesco Drogheda, a €2.10 packet of snowball sweets came up as €20 on the self service till. I told the manager and he said that they have not been scanning properly and took them off us.
It makes me wonder why they were not taken off the shelf in the first place. I noticed because I was only buying a couple of items, but somebody who is spending a couple of hundred quid might not.
To all you tesco customers please remember that every time you shop there you are helping to ensure that irish jobs are lost, irish farmers are getting low prices and that the taxpayers [that’s you] are not getting as much tax as they would from smaller shops.
also the reason that the staff are completely disinterested and the prices don’t get changed is that they don’t care about you, because their bosses don’t care about them.
I know what you are thinking – they are cheap- but remember there is no such thing as cheap food in the long run – you will end up paying for it indirectly e.g. you have to travel further to get there, you spend more time there, you spend more money throwing out the waste, the farmers and the workers that would be employed if small shops were supported are on the dole – you pay!
thanks for listenning!
I do NOT shop at Tesco but about 6 months ago I was sent into their store in Manor, Tralee to pick up a few bits for someone else; one item being a chicken. Standard chicken for a roast dinner, ideally free-range.
The only chickens they had that were free-range were also organic and the price for a 1.5kg bird was €28!! When I queried it with the section manager I was told “well, it is organic AND free-range, of course it’s going to be expensive”
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Does anyone actually buy them?
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I’m sure some poor soul has just popped them in the trolley during a big shop and not even noticed. That’s why I scan my receipt with an eagle-eye before I leave the shop.
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I love their ratatouille. Its as close to homemade I’ve found, but Ive never paid a tenner for it!
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 3:34 pm
This article made me recall my last visit to Tesco Clarehall. A couple in front at the till paid for their goods and off they went, only to come back a minute later. A box of ice lollys (del monte i think) had gone through as €25. All innocent mistakes ?…………
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Ah ah ah…. I had the same “smart” answer a few weeks back about a box of tea bags at 25.30 euros. When I questionned the man at the customer service desk, he went on to check in the computer and lo and behold! his answer was “the computer says soooooo”. I didn’t know whether he was taking the piss or just plain stupid. I emailed the general customer service and it appeared that some of their prices had been “mysteriously” multiplied by 10…. I had noticed a couple of other similar, very obvious, errors, like a tin of peas at 3.50 euros and a bar of Milka chocolate at 9.50 euros….. A few weeks later, the prices were still the same.
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Slightly O/T, but Tesco @ the Omni Park is just dire – completely disorganised and forever moving items to different shelves. The staff seem completely disinterested in helping customers.
Wednesday 18 November, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Laura, you’ve got that right. My office is in the Omni, though, so it’s the most convenient shop for me. They’re always out of something I want, though. Wretched company.
Thursday 19 November, 2009 at 10:44 am
Every time I go in lately it seems like they’ve discontinued another brand that I want. And the quality of fruit, veg and bread just isn’t there anymore in Tesco Celbridge Their customer service people are not nice to deal with either. I’m going to pledge here that on Sunday I will drive that little bit further and go to Dunnes for my weekly shop.
Thursday 19 November, 2009 at 11:47 am
Gwan CeeCee. Life is better, without Tesco. Havent shopped in one since June and wont ever again.
Friday 20 November, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Fully agree with the above comments, I have switched from Tesco to combination of Dunnes & Supervalu. I found in Tesco a lot of the brands I like have been discontinued, also their special offers work out dearer than doubling up on single items, etc. Always spend more in Tesco then Dunnes or Supervalu.
Thursday 26 November, 2009 at 12:06 am
I thought everyone who posted on this post would enjoy this!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091125/tuk-tesco-in-1m-cycles-payment-blunder-6323e80.html
They got over charged buying bikes!
Thursday 26 November, 2009 at 10:59 am
Like Roy said, what goes around comes around. 😀
Monday 14 December, 2009 at 11:11 am
Last Saturday in Tesco Drogheda, a €2.10 packet of snowball sweets came up as €20 on the self service till. I told the manager and he said that they have not been scanning properly and took them off us.
It makes me wonder why they were not taken off the shelf in the first place. I noticed because I was only buying a couple of items, but somebody who is spending a couple of hundred quid might not.
Surely this can’t be an attempted robbery?
Tuesday 23 February, 2010 at 4:17 pm
To all you tesco customers please remember that every time you shop there you are helping to ensure that irish jobs are lost, irish farmers are getting low prices and that the taxpayers [that’s you] are not getting as much tax as they would from smaller shops.
also the reason that the staff are completely disinterested and the prices don’t get changed is that they don’t care about you, because their bosses don’t care about them.
I know what you are thinking – they are cheap- but remember there is no such thing as cheap food in the long run – you will end up paying for it indirectly e.g. you have to travel further to get there, you spend more time there, you spend more money throwing out the waste, the farmers and the workers that would be employed if small shops were supported are on the dole – you pay!
thanks for listenning!
Friday 5 November, 2010 at 6:30 pm
I do NOT shop at Tesco but about 6 months ago I was sent into their store in Manor, Tralee to pick up a few bits for someone else; one item being a chicken. Standard chicken for a roast dinner, ideally free-range.
The only chickens they had that were free-range were also organic and the price for a 1.5kg bird was €28!! When I queried it with the section manager I was told “well, it is organic AND free-range, of course it’s going to be expensive”
Gah!