Tesco and BA - 2012 master thread
Oct 1, 2012, 3:30 am
#1756
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However, ebay was flooded with the cheaper cartridges for those of you considering that route
Oct 1, 2012, 3:32 am
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Very environmental
Printing out travel documents is a bit lame too, use Tripit or something
Printing out travel documents is a bit lame too, use Tripit or something
Oct 1, 2012, 3:36 am
#1758
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I also bought 10 at once last time around, no problems despite having already bought 2 as soon as the offer was announced. £30 of clubcard vouchers with the Tesco bonus & transferred via Avios.com for the 2K bonus there gave a grand total of 12,800 Avios
However, ebay was flooded with the cheaper cartridges for those of you considering that route
However, ebay was flooded with the cheaper cartridges for those of you considering that route
Oct 1, 2012, 3:48 am
#1759
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If you hold on to them for a bit, and use amazon rather than ebay as a selling location you can recoup most of the cost.... I bought 30 a while back, and lost about £1.80 on each one after the fees and postage were taken into account. Just set up my amazon price, left it and as and when they sold sent them out. Meant I was sitting on them for ages, but not bad at all! Considering another big purchase, but wife says no....
Ah, interesting, thanks. I use Amazon to sell the odd book so don't know why I never thought of it. Had a bad experience with ebay last time out when £20 worth of stuff got lost in the post and had to refund the buyer, so have been a bit put off the whole process
Oct 1, 2012, 3:52 am
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It's only my personal opinion but I would have thought that would be ok. I'm considering stocking up myself. Our printer takes 4 cartridges anyway, so just to double that is not unreasonable.
given that Tesco do promotions with 2000 CC points on (Galaxy Tab for example, surely it would not be an issue.
given that Tesco do promotions with 2000 CC points on (Galaxy Tab for example, surely it would not be an issue.
Oct 1, 2012, 5:01 am
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Oct 3, 2012, 8:50 am
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Looks like Tesco is suggesting that people should buy gift cards for the clubcard points and use them like cash:
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/clubca...er-revised.jpg
As they can't make much from gift cards I think this proves Raffles (I think it was him) theory that this was just an easy way for Tesco to increase their sales figures so it'd look good to the press and investors even if it did nothing for their profits.
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/clubca...er-revised.jpg
As they can't make much from gift cards I think this proves Raffles (I think it was him) theory that this was just an easy way for Tesco to increase their sales figures so it'd look good to the press and investors even if it did nothing for their profits.
Oct 3, 2012, 12:12 pm
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Especially considering they've just announced their YOY profits are down 11%. Looks like they're pushing for an upswing.
Oct 3, 2012, 12:21 pm
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Oct 3, 2012, 12:30 pm
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Oct 3, 2012, 12:52 pm
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Depends on the area you are in I suppose.
I mostly use their delivery service or click and collect
Sometimes I go there, it's not so bad really.
The extra haribos you earn from the 1 point per £ they give you for shopping there are the tip of the iceberg though, the real gold is in the quarterly mailings they send you and special promos like "buy this get x points" etc
Oct 3, 2012, 12:54 pm
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0800 calls are supposed to be free though, the owner of the number pays for the incoming calls.
0845/0870 numbers are supposed to be more expensive because the owner of the number can can get a share of the revenue from the provider when someone calls them.
I used to make a tidy profit from running a "free" dialup internet service on 0845 numbers back in the days when that was the only way to connect to the internet and other providers were still charging £10 a month for dialup access and making money on the 0845 revenue.
Sadly those good old days are long gone
0845/0870 numbers are supposed to be more expensive because the owner of the number can can get a share of the revenue from the provider when someone calls them.
I used to make a tidy profit from running a "free" dialup internet service on 0845 numbers back in the days when that was the only way to connect to the internet and other providers were still charging £10 a month for dialup access and making money on the 0845 revenue.
Sadly those good old days are long gone
Back on topic, I got an offer today to take out the Tesco credit card and get 2400 Avios* with my first purchase and 0% interest on purchases for 18 months. Not sure if I can really be bothered though.
*1000 Clubcard points, but you get the idea.
Oct 3, 2012, 12:59 pm
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I got that mailshot as well. Nowhere near worth for 2400 Avios given the other signup deals at present.
Oct 3, 2012, 1:00 pm
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Indeed. 0845 and 0870 don't do revenue share any more; the modern equivalents are 0844 and 0871. There is also the nefarious 070.
Back on topic, I got an offer today to take out the Tesco credit card and get 2400 Avios* with my first purchase and 0% interest on purchases for 18 months. Not sure if I can really be bothered though.
*1000 Clubcard points, but you get the idea.
Back on topic, I got an offer today to take out the Tesco credit card and get 2400 Avios* with my first purchase and 0% interest on purchases for 18 months. Not sure if I can really be bothered though.
*1000 Clubcard points, but you get the idea.
The points are also a permanent ongoing offer if you get a referral, the referrer also gets 1000 clubcard points too!
Happy to refer anyone who wants one
^^If you are referred, you don't even have to spend on the card to get the points, they just give them to you, then just use it to swipe when you buy petrol and get 1 points per £ instead of 0.5
18 months interest free not to be sniffed at either if you actually did need a loan to buy a new kitchen for example.