Aero-M Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Tesco has been left back-tracking after customers used a price promise to cash in — some effectively ending up with free food and money to spare. The supermarket promised to give its 20 million customers a voucher worth double the difference between its price and Asda's in the "unlikely event" that products were cheaper when bought from their rival. However, customers have been taking full advantage of the deal, with several getting hold of vouchers worth more than £100 after searching for the items with the biggest price gap solely to claim twice the money back. Deals done One man claimed on a Manchester United web forum that he outsmarted the system - scooping a huge £600 from the Price Check pledge. According to the Daily Mail, one ^^shopper splashed out on two bottles of Chardonnay, two bottles of Magners pear cider, two Nivea rich body moisturisers and a pack of mature cheddar after comparing items using Tesco's Price Check website. The total bill came to £17.48 at Asda and £38.46 at Tesco — a difference of £20.98, which meant that Tesco was required to pay out a shopping voucher equivalent to £41.96. Another customer spent £126 on a shop that would have cost £81 at Asda, and claimed back a £90 voucher. How this happened At the end of February Tesco launched its Price Check initiative as part of a new scheme to help shoppers struggling with tighter household budgets. The company promised: "We'll check the price of your comparable grocery shopping versus Asda and then send you an email when we have your results. Of course we're confident you will find your shopping cheaper at Tesco, but if not, we'll refund double the difference." Forced to change But the story's changed since then, with a spokesman for Tesco telling Yahoo! Finance: "The vast majority of our customers who use Price Check find that Tesco is cheaper than Asda. "A very small number of people have used Price Check just to seek out products which a competitor has on promotion and to make some money out of our guarantee. "We commend their ingenuity, but this isn't why we set up the guarantee. So we've introduced a £20 limit." Tesco added that fewer than one in 5,000 customers have been awarded vouchers worth more than £20. (I Wish I had of thought of it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I should have looked into this. I could do with free food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 About time someone stuck it to Tescos and their massive profits Well done for playing the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I'm guessing the pledge has been removed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 good on them for dooing that, love hearing about people getting one up on a big company, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJP Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 And they still have not reduced their petrol by 1p where I live following the budget on Wednesday!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 And they still have not reduced their petrol by 1p where I live following the budget on Wednesday!! They're leaving the price so they can get back what they lost in the promotion above, big companies like Tesco NEVER lose out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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