Tesco TV €99

pdw wrote: »

None left in naas told they only got 2 in. But they come in regularly.

They will hardly come in at €99 again. What’s is the normal price of these televisions?

Ill join in here just in case anyone spots em in Galway.
Cant complain about the staff getting them really. Arent we doing pretty much the same thing by sharing the info amongst ourselves (and lurkers) therefore giving us the jump on non-Boardsies?

sandman, have you checked oranmore?

i was gonna head out today but didnt bother.
there was none in town yesterday.

None in Tesco Roscommon or Longford

the point of specials like these is to get people into the store - it defeats the purpose if staff end up buying them all before they even go on display. Allowing that to happen is bad management both at a corporate and a local level.

I put this up weeks back and no one seemed to be interested!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056090068

ruddy1987 wrote: »

I put this up weeks back and no one seemed to be interested!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056090068

Must have missed your post - they must have been on sale a while now so that's why people are having trouble finding stock now.

thesandeman wrote: »

Ill join in here just in case anyone spots em in Galway.
Cant complain about the staff getting them really. Arent we doing pretty much the same thing by sharing the info amongst ourselves (and lurkers) therefore giving us the jump on non-Boardsies?

Can't complain? Boards is a public, open forum. We don't 'hide' anything for ourselves here. (Well, apart from the odd boardsie who puts the last item or two at the back of a shelf and tells us it is there.... which is well different from the item never getting near the sales floor in the first place.)

I'm sure Tesco have enough staff-only deals without the staff pre-empting the genuine offers to customers.

I can only speak for my store.
This is usually how these really good special offers play out.

Before the offer, a new plannagram is put in place, this means the TV display is re merchandised and old stock is taken off and put in the warehouse. If a store has space anywhere they may be able to leave out the old stock.

Some stores will not have these items out if they don't have room.

Once the item is on the shelf there is an electronic process to make sure the shelf is kept stocked. It is carried out every morning.If something is in the building the system will tell the assistant to put it on the shelf before 11am.

Either the big reduction in price will be detailed in a newsletter 3 weeks before the offer or it will just change price at 3am on the day of the offer.

Where I work if you want to get the offer, you have to be there when the price changes and buy it immediately, you can't put it on hold because it wrecks the system that keeps the shelves stocked. You could buy it a few days before and return it and pay the cheaper price, but it's a pain with a telly.

Often the person displaying the prices tells everyone at 6am in the morning when they see the price and every staff member in the store that wants one, buys one there and then.

Because the stock is off the floor due to a price change, it may only be displayed when the new price is printed off and a place if found to display it on the shop floor. Deliveries come every day and it is basically impossible to know for certain what will be delivered. So if you are told there's none in stock at 2:30, they may be in stock again at 3:30 after the truck arrives.

When an offer is advertised in the national press, usually 3 pallets of the item arrives in the largest stores 5 days before it will be on offer. Price changes on the days the offer becomes live in the brochure and when its gone its gone.

wmpdd3 wrote: »

I can only speak for my store.
This is usually how these really good special offers play out.

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Often the person displaying the prices tells everyone at 6am in the morning when they see the price and every staff member in the store that wants one, buys one there and then.

Thanks for the inside information. I presume by 'often' you mean 'always', or 'nearly every time'?

wmpdd3 wrote: »

When an offer is advertised in the national press, usually 3 pallets of the item arrives in the largest stores 5 days before it will be on offer. Price changes on the days the offer becomes live in the brochure and when its gone its gone.

So, 3 pallets arrive 5 days early, and staff 'deduce' that a special offer is on the way.... => regular punters are lucky to ever find one on the shelf?

Kristopherus wrote: »

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It is now £175.00, down from £280. They will also deliver to Ireland, and because it costs more than £25, it qualifies for free delivery as well:)

This is a monitor. It has a DTV decoder. Seems to have 3w speakers.

Had a strange experience with this in the Midleton Tesco store. Was passing the tv's when i saw this tv on the shelf, I looked at the price tag and it displayed €249.99, but under it, where the breakdown of the price is, it read "Recycling cost €1, Price RRP €98". It was also a yellow Special Offer tag.

I enquired this to the one of the assistants who seemed totally lost as to what to do, checked it on the computer, asked another assistant and then went looking for some kind of manager. When she said that I thought it should be €99, he shook his head straight away and kind of laughed, then i pointed out the €98 Price and Recycling €1 bit he looked totally confused and lowered his voice when he talked to the assistant. He definitely muttered the word "internet" and "probably had to change" when he spoke to the assistant.

I suppose they can say it was marked €249 but the fact that it was "Special Offer" at this price and also the price written below it, it made it a silly situation really.

Corholio wrote: »

Had a strange experience with this in the Midleton Tesco store. Was passing the tv's when i saw this tv on the shelf, I looked at the price tag and it displayed €249.99, but under it, where the breakdown of the price is, it read "Recycling cost €1, Price RRP €98". It was also a yellow Special Offer tag.

I enquired this to the one of the assistants who seemed totally lost as to what to do, checked it on the computer, asked another assistant and then went looking for some kind of manager. When she said that I thought it should be €99, he shook his head straight away and kind of laughed, then i pointed out the €98 Price and Recycling €1 bit he looked totally confused and lowered his voice when he talked to the assistant. He definitely muttered the word "internet" and "probably had to change" when he spoke to the assistant.

I suppose they can say it was marked €249 but the fact that it was "Special Offer" at this price and also the price written below it, it made it a silly situation really.

In cases like this: do not ask staff. Bring the item to the till and see what price comes up. If you are happy at this point, pay up and leave. Then, and only then, post here.

ive been looking in my local tesco since the day after this was posted on boards. first day i was told they might get stock the next day, day after i was told they were gone for good and the previous staff member got it wrong. stock never came back on the shelves (have been on the lookout almost daily) and the price tab has now also been removed. dont know why its being advertised in the papers cos from the look of it, no stores have any stock out

If its advertised in the newspaper it should be on a pallet beside the front door or in the main aisle leading in from the front door. It could only be the 'extra' stores.