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Pringles buy 1 get 1 free Tesco: Scam?

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  • 02-11-2009 6:53pm
    #1
    ta gamer brutha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭


    I saw yesterday pringles were buy 1 get 1 free in Tesco but they have upped the price from €1.85 to €2.50.

    In my opinion its hardly buy 1 get 1 free then and I would not buy them for the priniple of it despite the good value.

    The customer service desk actually told me they put up the price for Buy 1 get 1 free.

    What do you think?
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    #2
    Clare Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,613 ✭✭✭✭Clare Bear


    They should have just advertised it as two for €2.50 instead of putting up the price.


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    #3
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    As long as one store had them for €2.50 for the previous 28 days it's ligit! Buyer beware!


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Well, if you like the wasabi flavour, they have it in Dunnes for €1.24. You'll get two of those for €2.48. On the downside, they are evil.


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    #5
    cson
    Registered Users Posts: 14,432 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Consumer Issues ftw per chance?


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    CFC007
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭CFC007


    99p for the same deal over in the UK :confused:


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    Barr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭Barr


    Not so long ago Tesco were selling Pringles for 95c a box. Didn'y think they could just hike the price when an offer comes in.


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    jimminy-boi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭jimminy-boi


    ta gamer brutha wrote: »
    I saw yesterday pringles were buy 1 get 1 free in Tesco but they have upped the price from €1.85 to €2.50.

    In my opinion its hardly buy 1 get 1 free then and I would not buy them for the priniple of it despite the good value.

    The customer service desk actually told me they put up the price for Buy 1 get 1 free.

    What do you think?

    I bought two-for-one for €1.85 on Saturday night in the Tesco Express in Ringsend, no problems, no price hike.


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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,473 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    sceptre wrote: »
    Well, if you like the wasabi flavour, they have it in Dunnes for €1.24. You'll get two of those for €2.48. On the downside, they are evil.

    There's wasabi pringles???


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,578 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    jimminy-boi wrote: »
    I bought two-for-one for €1.85 on Saturday night in the Tesco Express in Ringsend, no problems, no price hike.

    All pringles in the special offer are 2.49 online on tesco.ie, the only ones for 1.85 are the ones not in the 2 for 1 offer. Appears to be a price hike to me.


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    jimminy-boi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭jimminy-boi


    copacetic wrote: »
    All pringles in the special offer are 2.49 online on tesco.ie, the only ones for 1.85 are the ones not in the 2 for 1 offer. Appears to be a price hike to me.

    Bizarre. Alls I knows is that when I bought them from that particular branch, they were 2 for €1.85 (Salt & Vinegar and 'Original' flavour). I know nothing about the online prices etc, just what I saw and bought.


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,578 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    jimminy-boi wrote: »
    Bizarre. Alls I knows is that when I bought them from that particular branch, they were 2 for €1.85 (Salt & Vinegar and 'Original' flavour). I know nothing about the online prices etc, just what I saw and bought.

    I'd day they just didn't get around to hiking them there yet?


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    #13
    jimminy-boi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭jimminy-boi


    copacetic wrote: »
    I'd day they just didn't get around to hiking them there yet?


    Possibly, but less likely if their strategy is to hike up the price in order to offset some of the loss in profit, as it would seem to be. Then again, I know nothing about Tescos and their product pricing procedures. Mmmm ppp.


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    #14
    hornyfemale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭hornyfemale


    Spotted this myself - not impressed but not surprised!


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    #15
    The Lone Ranger
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭The Lone Ranger


    Tesco Grrrrrrrrrrrr.....


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    #16
    ta gamer brutha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭ta gamer brutha


    So is it illegal or not?
    Probobly just morally wrong.
    Like Clare Bear said it should just be 2 for 2.50.


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    Murt10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭Murt10


    After reading this http://ow.ly/ukGS highlighted in an earlier thread by Admiralofthefleet, I'd believe anything of Tesco's


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    ChristyCent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭ChristyCent


    ta gamer brutha wrote: »
    So is it illegal or not?
    Probobly just morally wrong.
    Like Clare Bear said it should just be 2 for 2.50.

    It's not illegal. They could charge €20 for them if they wanted. They 28 day thing is only if they advertise something like was €2 now €1.50


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