Tesco...you little tinkers...

[janzman]

...I went to my local Tesco yesterday and on a display away from the food aisles was 'half price'.A pack of four cans of Branston baked beans for £1.74...however in the food aisle the same product is 28p/ can or £1.12 for four cans,62p less than the so called half price.5p here or there maybe but 62p!!!keep vigilent one and all :-)

[starone]

I hope you pointed this out at the service desk and complained bitterly in a loud voice. I would have, although my daughter pretends not to know me.

[starone]

Must admit I like stirring things up. It's great fun.

[cazzz1975]

they do that with the pepsi as well, a 4 pack is more expensive than 4 separate bottles

[boxtops]

We had that with packs of Coke cans, also the Douwe Egberts coffee. It was much cheaper to buy two small jars of the coffee that a big Sava pack. Be alert (your nation need Lerts!).

[4getmenot]

I always heck single prices, my bloke picks up the BOGOF's coz he always thinks he's getting a bargain

[237SJ]

I always look at the unit price in the small print underneath the price. It always gives the real price and you can see when you`re being conned.

[ttfn]

Big Sis disowns me now, Star. How was I to know my jeans zip would die when I was in a very posh garden centre? I get my own back now, just tell her 'your nose is running' even when it isn't ;o)
janzman - I never pick up the special offers without close scrutiny - somewhere along the line i have become my own grandmother

[scotman]

Holland & Barrett have pricing systems like that as well for a variety of goods such as dried fruit, nuts etc which are usually available in various package sizes. Makes my brain hurt working out best value.

[ummmm]

They do it all the time...I seen it on TV. They rely on consumers being crap at maths...

[cc1]

Not uncommon in all supermarkets. My daughter has pointed out that "Buy one get two free" Easter eggs are £2.50 each, last week they were £1 each! Yes, I know it's a saving, but if I only want to buy one egg, I'm being robbed.
An Asda notice once offered some packs of coleslaw at 2.49p, which seemed an excellent bargan, the manager to whom I spoke really couldn't see the problem but wouldn't take 3p from me for it!

[askyourgran]

I've found that you have to do a bit of arithmetic in Asda, they do things like that janzman. Today I picked up some Tetley Teabags from a display at the top shelf were jars of Nescafe Gold Blend coffee and underneath was a display of 160 bags of Tetleys tea, the placard said £3. But when I looked at the usual tea aisle the 160 bag of tetleys tea was £3.85. I wonder how many people had paid the 85p more for the teabags thinking it was the same price as the coffee.

[JackDanielsU]

Some of their offers are amazing

Soft drinks - 2 for £1-80 I think...which is great if you like leading brands of cola etc as theyre over a £1 a bottle. But Irn Bru is cheaper at around 80 odd pence, yet is still marked at getting the "discount if you buy 2"

[scotman]

A lot of H&B stuff does not have the unit price marked on it at all, hence brain activity required.

[micmak]

Mrs MM had a voucher for soreen malt cake up to the value of £1.25. In Asda they were 67p each or 2 for £1.20 so she bought 2. At the checkout the cashier scanned the voucher and knocked off 67 pence. She pointed out the mistake, a supervisor was called and 10 minutes later it was all sorted. Mean while I had slunked out of the shop and was hiding in the car park.

[starone]

My neighbour takes me out sometimes. I love it - and her. She has a little price checker in her brain and she goes round telling me no don't buy that, look it's cheaper if you buy this. I must save pounds when I go out with her. She does not claim to be brilliant but she has this ability to compare prices very quickly.