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At a quick glance, far too cheap for a pack of four tins of beans. The 29p relates to a product on the bottom shelf.






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At a quick glance, great price for a large bottle of juice. Another look, and the price relates to a product under the price tag.

Is that just clever marketing?
 
This sort of thing happens all the time and you have to be careful with offers when you get to the till.
 
woof woof said:
This sort of thing happens all the time and you have to be careful with offers when you get to the till.
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It is not as though there is no room for the price tags, each product could have price tag at the base of the product, like they did in the old days.
 
These big stores have big brains behind selling methods, they are intelligent people, they know what they are doing.
 
Lidl have always had the price above the item.

Maybe it is a continental thing?
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Lidl have always had the price above the item.

Maybe it is a continental thing?
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The way the price is displayed above item is not clear, as in both cases above, the price right next to the product, does not relate to it, but to a product much further away. I really do think that has been cleverly thought out, and possibly not for the customers benefit.
 
jonbeeza said:
These big stores have big brains behind selling methods, they are intelligent people, they know what they are doing.
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I'd echo this - as part of the marketing industry, I know the level of evaluation that goes into everything b2b or b2c. Its not gonna be your standard store worker that decides on the placement of the sticker price for sure!
 
A local shop had a sign saying "All items £1" The "sign" was a folded piece of paper and holding it down were bars of chocolate, this was at the till. So, I picked my chocolate only to be charged the full price. When I said "It says all items £1" they said that only applies to items in the basket under the sign. Obviously you don't get the items holding the paper down for £1 do you :D

In another local shop they regularly have discounted items in a basket in front of the till but when you get to the till they just about always charge full price until I tell them the price stated on the basket. This is despite the basket being in front of the till and the staff being able to clearly see me taking items out of it.

There must be a lot of people who get overcharged.
 
stickytape said:
I'd echo this - as part of the marketing industry, I know the level of evaluation that goes into everything b2b or b2c. Its not gonna be your standard store worker that decides on the placement of the sticker price for sure!
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Long gone are the days staff wrote the price, or stuck a label on goods, with a price gun. Something that I did, back in the day. :)
 
The problem with displaying the price underneath is that it makes it very difficult for people with poor eyesight or mobility issues to be able to read it when it's right down on the floor.
 
woof woof said:
A local shop had a sign saying "All items £1" The "sign" was a folded piece of paper and holding it down were bars of chocolate, this was at the till. So, I picked my chocolate only to be charged the full price. When I said "It says all items £1" they said that only applies to items in the basket under the sign. Obviously you don't get the items holding the paper down for £1 do you :D

In another local shop they regularly have discounted items in a basket in front of the till but when you get to the till they just about always charge full price until I tell them the price stated on the basket. This is despite the basket being in front of the till and the staff being able to clearly see me taking items out of it.

There must be a lot of people who get overcharged.
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It is only the likes of me, grumpy old gits, that check their receipt, or watch the price flash up at checkout, who will notice this.
I have seen mothers with a massive trolley full of shopping, with crying children, just wanting to get out of the shop. They don't even wait for the receipt, even when they do get one they leave it in the trolley. They assume the price will be correct, as it is automated.

I think the big stores are banking on these types of customers not to check prices, after all busy mothers are stretched for time as it is.
 
Sky said:
The problem with displaying the price underneath is that it makes it very difficult for people with poor eyesight or mobility issues to be able to read it when it's right down on the floor.
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What, a big wealthy superstore worrying about the likes of me, scrabbling about to find the price. If they really wanted to, they could make the prices so much more clearer.
 
Another sneaky trick is when giving the price per weight, or in fluid measurements, of the same item but by a different size, they change the measurement. They do this so you can't work out what is the best value. I once asked an assistant if he could work out what the price per ml on one item was over another, as I was buying a few.

He said that he could not work out the price for me, as he was not allowed to. Not sure if this was the case, or he could just not be bothered.

I now make sure I have my phone on me when shopping, so I can work prices out myself. :)
 
I tend to ignore silly comments, and comments that make no sense! :)
 
jonbeeza said:
If they really wanted to, they could make the prices so much more clearer.
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I'm sure that's true and I don't doubt that they deliberately mislead us, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a lot easier for an able-bodied person with good eyesight to get down to floor level than it is for someone in a wheelchair or on walking sticks/frame.

If the prices are at floor level i.e. underneath, I would probably have to ask for assistance as I use a wheelchair and wear glasses. By having the prices above the items, the staff don't have to deal with pesky 'raspberries' constantly asking them how much things are.
 
Costco do the same, Price is above the item.
You will also notice that there will always be a specific description and the barcode often (may only be a 13 digit number) will match the barcode number on the product
Heinz Baked Beans = X
Baked Beans = Y Im guesing these were own brand and the small text above Baked Beans says Lidl or what every their budget brand name is
The Heinz sign says 4x400g or what ever they weigh and the Baked Bean sign says 400g or what ever weight it is. There really is no scheme, pricing is located where ever is the most convienient for the size of the sign, from memory there is no bottom shelf in Lidl as they use pallet stacks so the price for the bottom item would be on the floor. The issue is more that we have a convention to price below the it.
 
I have seen some instances in the past in Sainsburys where such 'upper position' shelf labelling has as extra measure a bold downward arrow pointing at the product to which it refers ;)
 
Maybe, well in fact I am missing the point here, but if I want something, I'll buy it regardless of wether the price is above or below it....if anyone in the real world believes that you get 4 tins of Heinz beans for 29p instead of 1 tin of horrible cheaper crap, then I think it's more down to them than some "bigwig marketing ploy" to put the labels, where the items description is clearly written, above or below or to the left or right...
 
Good job I don't use Lidl very often, only went in to kill time. :)
 
This is why I much prefer to use the self scan and check the price is as expected before placing into my cart.
 
It confuses me for a min the very odd time I go to Lidl or Aldi, Tesco have prices underneath always

wyx087 said:
This is why I much prefer to use the self scan and check the price is as expected before placing into my cart.
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Same here, this is the main reason I prefer Tesco - gotten so used to it that I hate shopping without the convenience
 
Cagey75 said:
Tesco have prices underneath always
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That's one of the reasons I won't shop in Tesco. Another reason is that they fill their 'wide' aisles with piles of 'offer' bins making life even more difficult for wheelchair users . . .
 
Sky said:
That's one of the reasons I won't shop in Tesco. Another reason is that they fill their 'wide' aisles with piles of 'offer' bins making life even more difficult for wheelchair users . . .
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The one local to me isn't too bad, they will at least have packers on all aisles who will assist anyone who needs it, they will move packing trolleys or get items that might be out of reach etc and most of those special offer stands are well tucked in on the end of aisles. But , have seen the chaos of the busier packing days and there's no way a chair would make it through
 
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Cagey75 said:
But , have seen the chaos of the busier packing days and there's no way a chair would make it through
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Add an Assistance Dog to that and you'll see why I won't use them. If the dog or I were to knock anything over and damage it, we would be expected to pay for it.
 
Sky said:
That's one of the reasons I won't shop in Tesco. Another reason is that they fill their 'wide' aisles with piles of 'offer' bins making life even more difficult for wheelchair users . . .
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After reading all your posts regarding your difficulties, not just in this thread and coming across unthinking people whenever I see someone in a wheelchair I think of your posts and if there's anything I can do to help or make passageway easier I do it and to be honest it also reminds how fortunate I am.
 
I was annoyed when I went into GO Outdoors one day to get a ground sheet to use as a rain cover .The label stated in large black lettering £7.50. At the check-out I asked why I was being charged £8.30 when the label read £7.50. Answer. "£7.50 is the price if you have a discount card. The full price is written under it. " Then adding insult to injury the cashier said.."Do you want a card, they cost £5. ? " .I needed the sheet so I paid £8.30. I don't do camping so wouldn't be a regular customer. I put it in the car and went back in and sure enough upon close..very close..inspection of the label was written in tiny lettering ' £8.30 without discount card' I complained to Trading standards.

I see they still do it..the card,that is. https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/discount-card
 
JohnC6 said:
After reading all your posts regarding your difficulties, not just in this thread and coming across unthinking people whenever I see someone in a wheelchair I think of your posts and if there's anything I can do to help or make passageway easier I do it and to be honest it also reminds how fortunate I am.
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Thank you John. It's nice to know my whingeing is making a small difference. :D(y)
 
Sky said:
That's one of the reasons I won't shop in Tesco. Another reason is that they fill their 'wide' aisles with piles of 'offer' bins making life even more difficult for wheelchair users . . .
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Don't get me started. It really p***es me off when I turn into an aisle and there is a huge special offers basket blocking the way. I have a small chair compare to your so I can only imagine how frustrated you get.
 
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It is very frustrating - you're right. Sometimes I just wanted to knock everything over just to make a point, but obviously that would just get everyone angry and nothing would be achieved.

Anyway, thankfully I don't go to any of them any more - they just make it too difficult, so I gave up. I've had my groceries delivered for the last five or six years now so don't have to put up with it now.

Now it's just pavement parking, parking across dropped kerbs, bin-men not putting bins back, inaccessible shops and buildings, buses not stopping, taxis saying 'no dogs' despite it being illegal to do so, uncontrolled dogs off-lead and on and on . . . :banghead:
 
Sky said:
It is very frustrating - you're right. Sometimes I just wanted to knock everything over just to make a point, but obviously that would just get everyone angry and nothing would be achieved.

Anyway, thankfully I don't go to any of them any more - they just make it too difficult, so I gave up. I've had my groceries delivered for the last five or six years now so don't have to put up with it now.

Now it's just pavement parking, parking across dropped kerbs, bin-men not putting bins back, inaccessible shops and buildings, buses not stopping, taxis saying 'no dogs' despite it being illegal to do so, uncontrolled dogs off-lead and on and on . . . :banghead:
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Come the revolution! :D
 
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You need to move to Bicester - they don't stack stuff in the aisles like that in Tesco here . [emoji846]
 
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