Tesco Clubcard

[securespark]

Think I've mentioned on here before about this, but it's getting worse...

Which? magazine held an investigation into it and found that some students cannot buy products at lower prices because they are not eligible to apply for a card at their age.

It used to be that the "savings" were modest.

But now, the non-Clubcard prices on selected products are artificially inflated, but without one, you'd be paying silly money for the product.

One example was a piece of beef we bought. I can't remember the exact price without digging out the receipt, but it was well over £20 without a CPC, but with it, it was under a tenner.

 

[Mottie]

Which? magazine held an investigation into it and found that some students cannot buy products at lower prices because they are not eligible to apply for a card at their age.

Do they have to go through an age verification process to get a club card?

 

[Ihavenojob]

Think I've mentioned on here before about this, but it's getting worse...

Which? magazine held an investigation into it and found that some students cannot buy products at lower prices because they are not eligible to apply for a card at their age.

It used to be that the "savings" were modest.

But now, the non-Clubcard prices on selected products are artificially inflated, but without one, you'd be paying silly money for the product.

One example was a piece of beef we bought. I can't remember the exact price without digging out the receipt, but it was well over £20 without a CPC, but with it, it was under a tenner.

If only there was some competition, such as another shop, where they could probably find a better deal

 

[securespark]

Do they have to go through an age verification process to get a club card?

Not sure TBH. But it's not beyond the wit of the system to give access to all age appropriate products.

 

[JohnD]

I know some people who are not eligible for a Tesco card, and let them use mine. Same with Sainsbury's Nectar and Lidl Club.

 

[Scof]

Duplicate cards are easy to obtain. If a student can't think that out then there is no hope for them.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

But now, the non-Clubcard prices on selected products are artificially inflated, but without one, you'd be paying silly money for the product.

It's to tie you in, thinking you have got a bargain, to shopping at Tesco.

One example was a piece of beef we bought. I can't remember the exact price without digging out the receipt, but it was well over £20 without a CPC, but with it, it was under a tenner.

They've been advertising the 'half usual price' meat on TV, for Easter.

 

[morqthana]

But now, the non-Clubcard prices on selected products are artificially inflated, but without one, you'd be paying silly money for the product.

If I buy wine in Tesco (and, TBF, other supermarkets) I'll always go for the ones with loyalty card "offer" prices, not because I expect them to be a bargain but because it swerves the artificial price hikes. Or even the "Was £X now £Y" ones, in case they've hiked any this week so that next week they can return them to normal and legally claim "Was £X now £Y".

 

[noseall]

I know some people who are not eligible for a Tesco card, and let them use mine. Same with Sainsbury's Nectar and Lidl Club.

My wife very kindly introduced me to the Tesco Clubcard and now I'm free to top up her account.

For years I have shopped there in complete ignorance to discounts.

 

[morqthana]

It's to tie you in, thinking you have got a bargain, to shopping at Tesco.

They've been advertising the 'half usual price' meat on TV, for Easter.

I go by what it costs, not how they structure any price. If a shop tells me that something is £100/kg, but as a loyalty card holder I get a 90% discount so it's only £10/kg, I look at the £10/kg, and is it worth it, do I want it, how much is it elsewhere - DGAT about any fictitious "% discount" numbers.