Supervalu rip off

george tobin

Supervalu charging 20 cent per top up on pre pay gas and electricity cards!! Hitting the most vulnerable!

ScouseMouse

Get used to it. They - shops - we, earn 19 cent for doing it. Then the bank charges us 50c per hundred to lodge it. You now have to pay for the service provided to you. Expect it - and more.... Did I mention, the staff member expects to be paid aswell? Absolutely shocking.

redarmy

superscouse wrote: »

Get used to it. They - shops - we, earn 19 cent for doing it. Then the bank charges us 50c per hundred to lodge it. You now have to pay for the service provided to you. Expect it - and more.... Did I mention, the staff member expects to be paid aswell? Absolutely shocking.

:rolleyes:

SpaceTime

Can you vote with your feet and just buy the top up elsewhere, like the post office for example?

billie1b

SpaceTime wrote: »

Can you vote with your feet and just buy the top up elsewhere, like the post office for example?

Exactly, or top up on line, the shop owners always giving out about being charged this and that, and somehow they have to pay it, what they seem to forget is their prices for everything else is already over inflated to a maximum and they pay staff minimum

allthedoyles

SpaceTime wrote: »

Can you vote with your feet and just buy the top up elsewhere, like the post office for example?

Its true , I heard that the retailer gets 6% per lotto ticket , so now I do it in Paddy Powers instead

L1011

allthedoyles wrote: »

Its true , I heard that the retailer gets 6% per lotto ticket , so now I do it in Paddy Powers instead

So 12 cent then? For the workload involved its not really worth it.

You're also not doing the Lotto in Paddy Power, you're making a bet with them on the results of the Lotto. Where you need to bet on a specific outcome rather than all the outcomes; and they don't offer the full 6 balls, and have maximum payouts well below the Lotto, and and and - its not the same thing at all.

allthedoyles

MYOB wrote: »

So 12 cent then? For the workload involved its not really worth it.

You're also not doing the Lotto in Paddy Power, you're making a bet with them on the results of the Lotto. Where you need to bet on a specific outcome rather than all the outcomes; and they don't offer the full 6 balls, and have maximum payouts well below the Lotto, and and and - its not the same thing at all.

So its back to the retailer then ...better odds

ben.schlomo

billie1b wrote: »

Exactly, or top up on line, the shop owners always giving out about being charged this and that, and somehow they have to pay it, what they seem to forget is their prices for everything else is already over inflated to a maximum and they pay staff minimum

Id say youve done a lot of research to back up these assertions?

ScouseMouse

MYOB wrote: »

So 12 cent then? For the workload involved its not really worth it.

You're also not doing the Lotto in Paddy Power, you're making a bet with them on the results of the Lotto. Where you need to bet on a specific outcome rather than all the outcomes; and they don't offer the full 6 balls, and have maximum payouts well below the Lotto, and and and - its not the same thing at all.

And we are told the lottery goes to good causes. Paddy Powers profits go where exactly ????

billie1b

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Id say youve done a lot of research to back up these assertions?

Between shopping around different stores to find the cheapest, yes, Supervalu is not that cheap compared to others for the same product. Would be one of the most expensive around. Also in my local store there's about 75% of the workforce that are under 18 so they only have to pay them €6 per hour.
Paying cheap and overpricing to maximise profits, Not the only ones doing though.

TheChizler

george tobin wrote: »

Supervalu charging 20 cent per top up on pre pay gas and electricity cards!! Hitting the most vulnerable!

Well if you're already volunteering to pay up to 30% more for your electricity by going the pre-pay route then surely an extra 20c every so often won't hurt?

Arthur Beesley

george tobin wrote: »

Supervalu charging 20 cent per top up on pre pay gas and electricity cards!! Hitting the most vulnerable!

OP, if you have evidence that they are assaulting 'the most vulnerable', then I suggest you contact the relevant authorities.

Out of interest, who do you consider 'the most vulnerable' to be? Homeless? Drug addicts? The unemployed?

Paddy Constable

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

OP, if you have evidence that they are assaulting 'the most vulnerable', then I suggest you contact the relevant authorities.

Out of interest, who do you consider 'the most vulnerable' to be? Homeless? Drug addicts? The unemployed?

Easy Arthur ....the guy is absolutely on the money !

The prepay electricity is attractive to the less well paid...as such they are vulnerable and are gouged for the extra percentage.

Bringing the homeless and drug addicts into it ..just let let's you down Dude and is a complete red herring.

Man up pal and quit talking rubbish....

Arthur Beesley

Paddy Constable wrote: »

Easy Arthur ....the guy is absolutely on the money !

The prepay electricity is attractive to the less well paid...as such they are vulnerable and are gouged for the extra percentage.

Bringing the homeless and drug addicts into it ..just let let's you down Dude and is a complete red herring.

Man up pal and quit talking rubbish....

So they haven't been assaulted. Misleading post.

george tobin

There is no extra charge with electric ireland! Don't know about other providers but 30% seems a bit excessive

ben.schlomo

billie1b wrote: »

Between shopping around different stores to find the cheapest, yes, Supervalu is not that cheap compared to others for the same product. Would be one of the most expensive around. Also in my local store there's about 75% of the workforce that are under 18 so they only have to pay them €6 per hour.
Paying cheap and overpricing to maximise profits, Not the only ones doing though.

Right so but your assertion that they have over inflated prices for everything is wrong though, and they are paying the going rate to inexperienced staff, whats the issue with that? Should 16 and 17 year olds be paid €10 an hour?

the groutch

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Right so but your assertion that they have over inflated prices for everything is wrong though, and they are paying the going rate to inexperienced staff, whats the issue with that? Should 16 and 17 year olds be paid €10 an hour?

If they are paying €10 an hour to people over 18 from day 1, then yes.

ben.schlomo

the groutch wrote: »

If they are paying €10 an hour to people over 18 from day 1, then yes.

We will disagree then.

gerrycollins

I've a pre pay system but it's fitted by the ESB and my electric is provided by airtricity. I'm paying a little less than my bills were. I pay using their app and I get no surcharge.

I know of a local shop that only takes cash for top sales of electric and gas

brian_gall85

They only take cash because a card would cost them 25c to process and they make 15c on the top up.. .meaning they would lose 10c each time.

This is the reason must shops charge between 25-50c per card transaction on this service.