ALDI Voucher Thread €10 off €50 spend [Back March 2016]

meolwan · 07-12-2015 10:22PM

GatsbyGal wrote: »

So not sure if I'm getting this right or not. I have two vouchers so if I spend over €100 at Aldi on groceries this week I will need to divide groceries up into two transactions of €50 each?

Depends on the sales assistant and the store.

firestarter51 · 07-12-2015 10:23PM

if anyone has two vouchers then do the gift card thing with tesco, much better saving
use voucher 1 and buy a 50 euro tesco gift card, go back to tesco later that day of the next day and use voucher 2 and the giftcard, job done
worked everytime for me the last time they were issued, i even bought a second gift card on my on my second voucher a few times and there is no expiry date

L1011 · 07-12-2015 10:26PM

firestarter51 wrote: »

if anyone has two vouchers then do the gift card thing with tesco, much better saving
use voucher 1 and buy a 50 euro tesco gift card, go back to tesco later that day of the next day and use voucher 2 and the giftcard, job done
worked everytime for me the last time they were issued, i even bought a second gift card on my on my second voucher a few times and there is no expiry date

Gift cards are explicitly excluded from the scheme, you need to find a new/thick/deliberately disruptive staff member to sell you a full 50. These are dwindling away.

firestarter51 · 07-12-2015 10:36PM

L1011 wrote: »

Gift cards are explicitly excluded from the scheme, you need to find a new/thick/deliberately disruptive staff member to sell you a full 50. These are dwindling away.

I have six €50 vouchers saved ready for Christmas
It's never failed and I've used different Tesco stores too.
Last time the vouchers were out one boardsie used them to buy Argos vouchers and bought himself an iMac
That's what gave me the idea and I chanced using a voucher with a gift card

Have you tried this yourself ?

CH3OH · 07-12-2015 10:52PM

Think people should be happy getting €10 off a €50 spend

Some checkout operator is just going to get in the sh1t

L1011 · 07-12-2015 10:55PM

firestarter51 wrote: »

I have six €50 vouchers saved ready for Christmas
It's never failed and I've used different Tesco stores too.
Last time the vouchers were out one boardsie used them to buy Argos vouchers and bought himself an iMac
That's what gave me the idea and I chanced using a voucher with a gift card

Have you tried this yourself ?

It working for you (months and months ago!) doesn't change the fact its explicitly disallowed and no sensible checkout operator will risk doing it.

firestarter51 · 07-12-2015 11:00PM

CH3OH wrote: »

Think people should be happy getting €10 off a €50 spend

Some checkout operator is just going to get in the sh1t

It was a manager working the customer service desk that last sold me a voucher and she had no problem with me doing it
At the end of the day they have a voucher that makes up the balance
Nothing on my voucher that says I can't buy vouchers
I also have supervalu vouchers in the post €12 off €80 and doesn't say I can't buy vouchers

L1011 · 07-12-2015 11:01PM

firestarter51 wrote: »

It was a manager working the customer service desk that last sold me a voucher and she had no problem with me doing it
At the end of the day they have a voucher that makes up the balance
Nothing on my voucher that says I can't buy vouchers
I also have supervalu vouchers in the post €12 off €80 and doesn't say I can't buy vouchers

The T&Cs of the deal Tesco take them under says you can't.

You are relying on the checkout operator being new/thick to let you around this.

firestarter51 · 07-12-2015 11:06PM

L1011 wrote: »

The T&Cs of the deal Tesco take them under says you can't.

You are relying on the checkout operator being new/thick to let you around this.

That's harsh on the staff in Tesco
I've used this way at least a dozen times
Maybe the staff don't care rather than being thick as you call it

firestarter51 · 07-12-2015 11:11PM

Just spoke to customer services and that's items are the only exceptions

Hi Lorcan,

Thank you for getting in touch.

These vouchers can be used for most products, excluding lottery based items, tobacco products and baby milk formula.

I hope this helps and please let me know if there's anything else that I can do for you!

Kind Regards,

Jamie - Customer Care

L1011 · 07-12-2015 11:18PM

firestarter51 wrote: »

Just spoke to customer services and that's items are the only exceptions

Hi Lorcan,

Thank you for getting in touch.

These vouchers can be used for most products, excluding lottery based items, tobacco products and baby milk formula.

I hope this helps and please let me know if there's anything else that I can do for you!

Kind Regards,

Jamie - Customer Care

Three things

1: "most" products
2: Customer Services are incredibly thick also
3: The T&Cs are blatantly clear:

"We do not accept spend & save coupons for the purchase of Gift cards "

http://www.tesco.ie/CompetitorCoupons/

vicwatson · 08-12-2015 12:22AM

Wonder if there'll be more aldi vouchers this weekend

Fuzzy Clam · 08-12-2015 12:53AM

vicwatson wrote: »

Wonder if there'll be more aldi vouchers this weekend

I'd guess up till Xmas.

Whispered · 08-12-2015 01:18AM

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

I'd guess up till Xmas.

Are they usually on a saturday or sunday do you know? I missed this last one and having a party on sunday. It'd be so handy!

keredern · 08-12-2015 01:30AM

At the risk of being shot by Vic (!!) may I ask if Dunnes Stores €10 off €50 Week 1, Week 2, etc. can be used in Tescos?

They're sent out with loyalty card vouchers.

Many thanks for not strangling me! Lol

Quackster · 08-12-2015 01:35AM

keredern wrote: »

At the risk of being shot by Vic (!!) may I ask if Dunnes Stores €10 off €50 Week 1, Week 2, etc. can be used in Tescos?

They're sent out with loyalty card vouchers.

Many thanks for not strangling me! Lol

Yep, have been using them in Tesco the past few weeks.

Fuzzy Clam · 08-12-2015 01:53AM

Whispered wrote: »

Are they usually on a saturday or sunday do you know? I missed this last one and having a party on sunday. It'd be so handy!

It varied over the summer but this week it was Sunday. Both Lidl and Aldi in the World.

Whispered · 08-12-2015 02:14AM

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

It varied over the summer but this week it was Sunday. Both Lidl and Aldi in the World.

Ah fingers crossed they do a Saturday one. Or better yet a mid weeker!

Thanks.

L1011 · 08-12-2015 09:23AM

Whispered wrote: »

Are they usually on a saturday or sunday do you know? I missed this last one and having a party on sunday. It'd be so handy!

Sundays this time around

tantipie · 08-12-2015 12:06PM

Lidl voucher was on Saturdays paper too

Fuzzy Clam · 08-12-2015 04:48PM

This happened to me today.
2 people ahead of me had just over 40 Euros of shopping. When the bill was totted up, one person produced the voucher which the operator naturally explained couldn't be used.
The other person told the first person that there was no point in spending another 9 Euro just to save 10 euro!!!

soc · 08-12-2015 05:31PM

firestarter51 wrote: »

I have six €50 vouchers saved ready for Christmas
It's never failed and I've used different Tesco stores too.
Last time the vouchers were out one boardsie used them to buy Argos vouchers and bought himself an iMac
That's what gave me the idea and I chanced using a voucher with a gift card

Have you tried this yourself ?

Yes, I've tried myself.
When vouchers were first introduced earlier in the year, I was able to put some on a Tesco Gift Card, but as the weeks of vouchers were going by during the Summer, Tesco Head Office told staff to not to allow competitor vouchers to be spent on Tesco Gift Cards, and I was refused several times in different stores. It didn't make sense to me really: I'd understand them refusing a gift card for Argos or something, but I was wanting to put the money against a TESCO Gift Card (for future grocery shop), and so Tesco would be getting money from me in-advance of my actually spending it on more groceries, etc...IYKWIM.

snubbleste · 08-12-2015 05:54PM

soc wrote: »

Yes, I've tried myself... It didn't make sense to me really...IYKWIM.

It's to stop people using gift cards with more coupons in future

rubadub · 08-12-2015 06:25PM

snubbleste wrote: »

It's to stop people using gift cards with more coupons in future

+1, I think someone was doing this already in some other thread.

I wondered if there was possibly even a legal issue, as its a sneaky way to get around the legal bans, as I think you can use a regular gift card to buy infant formula or tobacco, as they are not seen as promotional.

I also wondered about refunds or partial refunds. Like if you want to return a €10 item bought on a spend of €50 how does that work.

I will be checking boards in the future to see if any papers have double vouchers and buy it later in the day.

snubbleste · 08-12-2015 06:33PM

People were doing it.
But a €50 card for €40. Then buy another €50 card for €40. Effective cost €32. Then buy shopping >€50, use a coupon and last gift card = €50 of shopping for ~€22. I think..

Quackster · 08-12-2015 06:48PM

rubadub wrote: »

I also wondered about refunds or partial refunds. Like if you want to return a €10 item bought on a spend of €50 how does that work.

I've never had any issues with refunds of items bought in Aldi/Lidl/Tesco as part of a €10 off €50 shop, even though I've spent just over the required €50. Have always got back the full price of the returned item.

vicwatson · 08-12-2015 08:02PM

Whispered wrote: »

Are they usually on a saturday or sunday do you know? I missed this last one and having a party on sunday. It'd be so handy!

ALDI valid till Sunday's

Careful_now! · 08-12-2015 08:51PM

Any vouchers this weekend?

L1011 · 08-12-2015 09:02PM

Careful_now! wrote: »

Any vouchers this weekend?

Aldi have said there are vouchers for the next two weekends, 10 this coming weekend and 20 off 100 the next.

Whispered · 08-12-2015 09:19PM

vicwatson wrote: »

ALDI valid till Sunday's

Ah thanks. But I meant are they likely to be in Saturday or Sunday paper next

ALDI Voucher Thread €10 off €50 spend [Back March 2016]

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