alan_m wrote
dennis@home wrote
alan_m wrote

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging

That would be why Tesco keep sending me £9 off any shop over £60.
You just buy the stuff thats as cheap elsewhere and save the £9.

Regular Tesco shoppers don't get these vouchers.

Ours do.

You possibly will be one of those shoppers that used to use Tesco but now
don't use it as much.

Not the case with the ones I get.

Supermarkets such as Tesco are price completive on some items but this can
lull shoppers into believing that everything sold in their stores is value
for money.

And anyone with even half a clue keeps track of
the best prices they have seen for the stuff they
use much of and only buy that when they see
an offer close to that best price they have seen.

I buy almost nothing that I buy much of that isnt on special.

For instance, just checking Tesco on-line for my preferred brand of
(instant) coffee I see that their price is just under £2 more expensive
(for 200g) that I can purchase it for in many places elsewhere. You don't
need too many of these more expensive items in you basket to make the £9
discount worthless.

I don’t buy any stuff like that so the discount produces a
better price than I have ever seen for the stuff on special.

My biggest problem is that I can find it hard to find enough
stuff I need to be able to spend the $50 that is sometimes
required to get the discount. In spades when the offer is
to spend at least $50 a week for 3 consecutive weeks to
get the $30 discount.