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woman buys 2 school tops in tesco, one is labeled from M&S, feels cheated?

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  • #2
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,046 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    and we're surprised that M&S use the same far east sweat shops as Tesco?

    I know a bloke who worked on a lettuce farm. same thing there. one side of the packing and labelling plant had M&S, other side, 40p cheaper, Tesco.


  • #3
    Pac1Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    martinedwards wrote: »
    and we're surprised that M&S use the same far east sweat shops as Tesco?

    I know a bloke who worked on a lettuce farm. same thing there. one side of the packing and labelling plant had M&S, other side, 40p cheaper, Tesco.

    But they weren't just normal heads of lettuce...


  • #4
    Masala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,589 ✭✭✭Masala


    What gets me is .... why do these people bother to lift the phone / write an email to some journalist etc and tgey decide to run with it. Then they spend time ring M&S and they have to get a spokesman to reply. Do people not realise the amount of ****ing wasted time this is causing to a load of people down the line.

    I wish there was some sort of a filter in the internet that would say'.... that's a non story' and send straight to trash !!

    First World Problems.....


  • #5
    c6ysaphjvqw41k
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #6
    Odelay
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    Has she nothing better to do?


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  • #7
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,266 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Masala wrote: »

    First World Problems.....

    Yes.

    No-one gives a sh1t.


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I feel cheated after opening this thread.


  • #9
    Sir Oxman
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    sexmag wrote: »
    https://www.independent.ie/life/family/i-feel-a-bit-cheated-mumoftwo-buys-school-uniform-jumper-twopack-in-tesco-but-one-had-marks-and-spencer-label-37242397.html

    “I feel a bit cheated. I have a job; my husband has a job, but at the same time I’m interested in saving as much money as possible. I have two kids starting school now this year… it all adds up.”

    A two-pack of school jumpers is from €15 in Marks and Spencer, according to its spokesperson. While a two-pack v-neck jumper set is from €7.50, according to a Tesco spokesperson.

    The woman just saved €7.50 for a top from M&S whos tops are more expensive, how on earth can she feel cheated for getting the exact same article of clothing?:eek:

    It's obvious she is highlighting that M&S are considered a cut above Tesco for clothing and their prices reflect that. So IF they are exactly the same item, the "ripoff" here is people expecting better quality from M&S versus Tesco.

    However, M&S are saying that is not their product and it is simply a mislabel


  • #10
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,365 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Surely the "journalist" could have resolved this simply enough by going into M&S and buying the same product and see if they are identical to the tesco product? If they are not then it is probably is just a mislabeling as M&S said.


  • #11
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    Paying more means better quality- and people say marketing does not work...

    This isnt a Bangladeshi sweatshop, this is an M&S bespoke clothing base


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  • #12
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    M&S say that their label was affixed to something that is not their product. It's a mistake by the manufacturer. Nothing to do with ripping off consumers.


  • #13
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    'Mum-of-two'. Since when was this one hyphenated word? And fuck back to England with your 'mum' Independent.ie.


  • #14
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    Mum of two: "I got a jumper labeled M&S and I feel cheated."

    Mum of seven: "I didn't get my free house and I feel cheated."


  • #15
    CeilingFly
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Surely the "journalist" could have resolved this simply enough by going into M&S and buying the same product and see if they are identical to the tesco product? If they are not then it is probably is just a mislabeling as M&S said.

    indo doesn't employ journalists anymore - just hysterical sensationalist story writers.

    Truth is of no consequence.


  • #16
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    M&S jumpers are not the same or made in Bangladesh. Label has been wrongly used some how. Well that's M&S response


  • #17
    topper75
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    Terrified of being cheated those 'mums'.

    I'm assuming a mum is some kind of an English ma?


  • #18
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    Christ, I wish I had her problems.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
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    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    It's obvious she is highlighting that M&S are considered a cut above Tesco for clothing and their prices reflect that. So IF they are exactly the same item, the "ripoff" here is people expecting better quality from M&S versus Tesco.

    However, M&S are saying that is not their product and it is simply a mislabel

    What, you mean people pay more for clothing based on the lable?

    What is the world coming to?


  • #20
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    That whole article reads like a Waterford Whispers piece


  • #21
    Dial Hard
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    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    It's obvious she is highlighting that M&S are considered a cut above Tesco for clothing and their prices reflect that. So IF they are exactly the same item, the "ripoff" here is people expecting better quality from M&S versus Tesco.

    Which would all make sense if she'd bought the jumpers in M&S and found one with a Tesco label on it, but she didn't, so, again, why does she feel cheated :confused:


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  • #22
    sbsquarepants
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    Winston Defeated Simpleton wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    I was reading a story a while ago about how M&S plan to cut their food prices down to match Lidl / Aldi levels.......this sheds some light on how they plan on going about doing that! :D


  • #23
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,286 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I have similar to people working in factories with food regarding things being the same but packaged differently.
    Boards made up get clothes for my father in M&S and I have to say the quality was really poor.
    For the parents out there have the generic school uniforms drastically improved?
    When I was going to school there was no supermarkets/etc around and most ended up getting the one's in the local shop but they didn't go as shabby as fast.


  • #24
    whiskeyman
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    alchemist33 wrote: »
    That whole article reads like a Waterford Whispers piece

    I may be cynical, but it strikes me more as a piece concocted by the Tesco PR / social media team.

    This is the way it's going... Almost fake-tising.
    M&S may issue a rebuttal, but the damage is done.


  • #25
    thomas 123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭thomas 123


    Snackrite crisps/dokey-okeys in Aldi are tayto/hunky-dory.

    This info changed my life


  • #26
    Masala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,589 ✭✭✭Masala


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    I may be cynical, but it strikes me more as a piece concocted by the Tesco PR / social media team.

    This is the way it's going... Almost fake-tising.
    M&S may issue a rebuttal, but the damage is done.

    oooohhhhh!!!! nasty business that......hope they have covered their tracks as would be very embarrassing if they got caught!!! Could backfire big-time


  • #27
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    doesn't;t look like an M&S label tbh


  • #28
    freshpopcorn
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    Greentree_uk wrote: »
    doesn't;t look like an M&S label tbh

    Looking at this they do look similar.
    http://m.marksandspencer.ie/mt/www.marksandspencer.ie/Unisex-Pure-Cotton-Jumper/Parent_T763908,en_IE,pd.html?dwvar_Parent__T763908_color=Y0&start=


  • #29
    PopePalpatine
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    alchemist33 wrote: »
    That whole article reads like a Waterford Whispers piece

    Watford Whispers, more like. :pac:


  • #30
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    Watford Whispers, more like. :pac:

    Walford Whispers tbf


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