The Weekly Gripe

Reduced items, yet charged full price

Charged full price for special offers

Special offers and bargains?

Was it worth going all the way back to point out the mistakes? Probably not really, so they've got away with it again. Next time, I'll just buy the usual stuff and steer clear of the offers.



We've all done it... scouted round the supermarket for bargains, special offers, reduced stickers in order to save a bit of money. When you arrive home you realise that you have actually been charged the normal price.

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30-4-2010 gainsborough lad? owt at the Plat and lobbys worth havein?,...frogmellah
30-4-2010 me...I can say that..I do check everything that is rung up on the till...and 5 times out of ten, they do ring in the full price...I check my receipt when they give it to me..and I wait there if it;s wrong..they love me...and boy do they not want to be wrong. Sometimes I have looked at the wrong price...but not often. And..if im wrong..I say I dont want it then... I once bought 20 flannels for one pence....tuff!...and why do I need twenty flannels??? iI'm not telling you!frogmellah
08-4-2010 Slightly off topic but was queuing up at the till today with a basket of around seven items but a couple came along with a huge trolley, with a mountain of food inside. Fair enough but they queued behind me and kept bashing me with the front of their trolley. After 10 minutes or so, a new till was opened and the operator shouted for people to move over. The couple with the trolley raced over and I went as well but got there too late. I thought they may realise I was in front of them and let me go first. Or perhaps spot that I only had a few things. But no, they loaded all their stuff up and ignored me, after glancing my way. Selfish people. In the end, I went to another queue. I think the supermarkets should change the policy on this. Why not go to people half way down the queue and lead people over in the order they were queuing. Seems fairer!fedupinwales
18-1-2010 French connection, re 6th Jan, thanks for paying in a cheque for £50-00 on the 10th Jan, but it has bounced, And I thought all along that you were a genuine person.Gainsborough lad.
08-1-2010 Ah moite I like 2 for 1 deals in Supermarket I buy plenty of them then sell at ridiculously inflated prices in my Corner Shop.Mr Ragtop Singh
07-1-2010 Fuddy duddy, when you are given your next till receipt, and it says at the bottom of the receipt "multibuy discounts, today you have saved £4-62, £1-96 or £6-30" using your reckoning, I suggest that you give this saving in cash to the till operator. That way you will have a clear conscience.Gainsborough lad.
07-1-2010 If everyone was like some of these penny-pinching maniacs there would be civil war over who should get what and looting. This is what created the class divide. It is a good job that some of us aren't as greedy so we soften the impact these have on society.Fuddy Duddy
06-1-2010 MikeP nothing in this account yet, but you never know your luck in a raffle.Gainsborough lad.
06-1-2010 Not very smart to publish your bank details on the internet. A certain Mr. Clarkson did so and ended up with problems as a result of it - and he didn't bank at Lloyds TSB in Derby.MikeP
06-1-2010 French connection, you obviously have more money than you need, Please pay any surplus into my bank account, 77-08-05 43781256, Thank you.Gainsborough lad.
06-1-2010 Gainsboro Lass Just look at the sales after Christmas - some people are obsessed with getting something at the lowest possible price and are prepared to create a stampede as well as fight for it. If something was normally £500 and on sale for £400 in a peaceful easy-come, easy-go sale I would prefer this to having to push my way about trying to get it in a sale for £300. I would be grateful I had saved £100 off £500 and not lost £100 when I could have got it that much cheaper. People who penny pinch on luxuries already with plenty must be unhappy to value money so much and not value the other things in life. Valuing money is a substitute to compensate for those who are not satisfied with their performance so penny pinching makes them look as if they have earned more than they have. This seems to be where obsession and penny pinching goes on and those living beyond their means, not shopping around for essentials although if I saw someone buying the stock of 2 for 1 I would wonder why they went to such extremes.French Connection
30-12-2009 Stand up for your rights - phone the shop or even better their head office, tell them what happened. Tell them you won't be shopping there again and you want a full refund sent in the post to you. If they argue with you (doubtful they will) then say you'll report them to trading standards.Me

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