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Post by myfindhorn on Jan 3, 2012 22:11:46 GMT 1
what ever you do , don,t buy a Tesco international calling card as first of all the terms and conditions are so small you would need beer bottle glasses to see them so I will tell you how it works,
pay 10 pounds for calls at between 1 and2 pence a minute
dial code and pin numbers then number you are calling
connection fee 4 pounds 20 pence
you can if you like buy a 3 pound card but it is spent before you say hello, and Tesco don't tell you about this great fee, so beware people and Tesco are not interested in complaints.
REMEMBER THE BIG WORDS GIVETH AND THE LITTLE WORDS TAKETH AWAY
Can we have a board to warn each other of local scams ?
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Post by Wee Jock on Jan 4, 2012 21:14:54 GMT 1
You certainly can Horn
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Post by linda wallace on Jan 4, 2012 21:36:11 GMT 1
i'll stick to T mobile though all the calls are getting dearer...
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Post by linda wallace on Jan 6, 2012 0:43:54 GMT 1
virgin media.....paying for broadband only to find that your speed has dropped considerably.....trying to talk to someone and find you cant understand them.....asked for a proper english speaker only to be told we would need to wait till the morning Grrrrrrrrr...back to the abacus  |
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Post by myfindhorn on Jan 6, 2012 0:51:23 GMT 1
what can I say Linda, I had a good moan at them about the 4 pounds 20 p and they gave me a fiver
They do say you get more with honey than vinegar lol, but I know the feeling, you wait for ages to speak to someone and then you don,t understand a word they are saying.
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Post by Wee Jock on Jan 6, 2012 5:01:17 GMT 1
I had a problem with Tesco's over the cost of cigarettes many years ago, the local branch sold a pack of 200 for £x, the superstore less than a mile away sold the same pack for £y.
There was a significant difference in price, when I complained the guy on the phone told me it was to do with petrol costs on the deliveries would you believe, you can imagine my response to that remark.
After speaking to a manager and also pointing out their price promise of finding the same item cheaper ect, I received gift vouchers to the value of £50, much more that the difference in price.
Perhaps my threat of also going to the nationals over the rip off made them so generous.
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Post by linda wallace on Jan 6, 2012 16:28:10 GMT 1
one time jock and myself were in glasgow with his mum and we decided to go for a coffee in one of the big shops.....well, i think it was 1 sandwich and 2 coffee's and a tea and it cost us over £10 and that was about 7 yrs ago....as the guy was filling the sugar bowls up...i was emptying them as i had paid for the bloody lot...he had to go and refill and i went and emptied them....spare sugar is always a must....we couldnt believe the price we paid...cant remember the shop we were in but we never went back
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Post by tiddles on Jan 6, 2012 21:58:52 GMT 1
ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by myfindhorn on Jan 6, 2012 22:46:10 GMT 1
Went into Tesco a few weeks ago to double up on my vouchers and thought 40 pounds enough to get a new set of phones for the sitting room and bedroom. There I was all over the electrical dept and finally finds a set to suit me 39 pounds 95 pence, and off I go to the cash desk, hands over vouchers and phones and was told, sorry but you have to spend the whole 40 pounds in the one dept.
Well need you ask, the cheapest thing in the one whole dept was 5 pounds 99 pence, so to spend the extra 5 pence , I really needed to spend a extra 5 pounds and 94 pence.
I ended up buying another set of phones that were on sale for 42 pounds.
I did ask would it not be a good idea to be able to donate the 5 pence to charity and the assistant looked at me as if I was on a different planet...............................after a wee while I realised she must have been having a hard time working out what I meant, by this time everyone was thinking well!!!!! why can,t we donate the remains of our vouchers to a local charity..........answer
TESCO SAYS YOU CAN,T.........................SO THERE
What more do expect from a shop that can,t even add up, like when they say buy one at 85 pence or get two for1 pound 80 pence..................they walk among us
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Post by linda wallace on Jan 6, 2012 23:04:05 GMT 1
i hate those bloody machines that is self service....when they first started they welcomed you to tesco's as soon as you pressed the start button....now they dont even do that..
i hate the stupid woman that is the voice of those machines, i think the voice of billy connelly would be good voice over....could you imagine if you could hack in and put that one ;D
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Post by tiddles on Jan 7, 2012 14:22:57 GMT 1
These bloody machines are another way of reducing staff. I hate them and would shop elsewhere rather than use them.
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Post by samfregreenock on Jan 7, 2012 15:59:18 GMT 1
Went into Tesco a few weeks ago to double up on my vouchers and thought 40 pounds enough to get a new set of phones for the sitting room and bedroom. There I was all over the electrical dept and finally finds a set to suit me 39 pounds 95 pence, and off I go to the cash desk, hands over vouchers and phones and was told, sorry but you have to spend the whole 40 pounds in the one dept. Well need you ask, the cheapest thing in the one whole dept was 5 pounds 99 pence, so to spend the extra 5 pence , I really needed to spend a extra 5 pounds and 94 pence. I ended up buying another set of phones that were on sale for 42 pounds. I did ask would it not be a good idea to be able to donate the 5 pence to charity and the assistant looked at me as if I was on a different planet...............................after a wee while I realised she must have been having a hard time working out what I meant, by this time everyone was thinking well!!!!! why can,t we donate the remains of our vouchers to a local charity..........answer TESCO SAYS YOU CAN,T.........................SO THERE What more do expect from a shop that can,t even add up, like when they say buy one at 85 pence or get two for1 pound 80 pence..................they walk among us arf you reminded me of something else in similar unable to add up vein A few years ago, I was at Glesga airport to pick up some work colleagues coming from our London office. The flight was delayed, so I decided to go to McDonalds for lunch, whilst I waited. Bought something and handed over a tenner note, the daftie serving me pulled a whole pile of notes and coins out of till, says to me help myself to the correct change as he's not to good at the countin' FFS - flabber was well and truly gasted, I was speechless |
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Post by tiddles on Jan 7, 2012 16:05:59 GMT 1
and.....did you?  ??  |
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Post by samfregreenock on Jan 7, 2012 17:01:56 GMT 1
and.....did you? ?? of course.................  |
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Post by myfindhorn on Jan 7, 2012 17:36:50 GMT 1
Sam that,s the reason most places are call............. SELF SERVICE.... lol.........................made my day that one.
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Post by samfregreenock on Jan 7, 2012 17:46:13 GMT 1
Sam that,s the reason most places are call............. SELF SERVICE.... lol.........................made my day that one. I have a particular dislike fur McDonald's I think they are jist tripe at the customer service when the boy was we I used to enjoy winding them up, especially the "managers" at the Greenock drive-through |
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Post by mivi on Jan 7, 2012 18:28:43 GMT 1
Sam that,s the reason most places are call............. SELF SERVICE.... lol.........................made my day that one. I have a particular dislike fur McDonald's I think they are jist tripe at the customer service when the boy was we I used to enjoy winding them up, especially the "managers" at the Greenock drive-through They seem nicer now though. When the weans were wee, we used to go and they always went up at the end to pick their own dessert and take the money and pay themselves. It always went fine, but one day there was one that's too good to work and doesn't like weans and full of himself. I was watching and asked the weans when they came back, he wasn't one bit nice to them and I had to go up and sort it. Next day I went to the drive thru with my mate and no weans and lo and behold there he was again. My mate had tears pouring down her face by the end of it. She is quite mouthy, I'm quieter dry wit, but I started on that boy... |
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Post by tiddles on Jan 7, 2012 19:34:24 GMT 1
I value my liver and pancreas too much to eat there.
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Post by mivi on Jan 7, 2012 22:10:20 GMT 1
I value my liver and pancreas too much to eat there. I can't stomach it now. But I know they're nice because one of my son's pals works there and he is a well mannered gentle soul  It's a pity, there's nothing for young people in the town to work at. If they don't want to go on in education and even if they do. That boy qualified in some computeresy college thing but he's still working there. |
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Post by samfregreenock on Jan 7, 2012 22:43:46 GMT 1
Greenock mcdonalds
I used to wind them up on a regular basis it was hilarious watching the duty "manager" struggle to cope with being challenged
One time we rolled up to get our stuff after paying erse behind counter says it will be 2 mins go and wait in parking area, I said if its only 2 mins It will be ok to wait here.
Manager turns up at window, says same I says that's 5 mins that's past now where's the grub?
He threatened to get polis I laughed, after another couple of mins I asked for money back got it back then said that was some 2 mins wait you spent 10 mins arguing with no sign of grub then another 10 mins fekkin' about giving me money back - look at queue now
Oh how we laughed at his petted lip................
Only done it because they kept us waiting week before
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Post by tiddles on Jan 8, 2012 21:06:18 GMT 1
LMAO!
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Post by Wee Jock on Jan 9, 2012 0:32:58 GMT 1
No more visits from Ronald McDonald for you Sam.
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Post by samfregreenock on Jan 9, 2012 10:01:17 GMT 1
No more visits from Ronald McDonald for you Sam. Never ever go there.....................thankfully |
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