Out here Safeway are the Von's, Pavilions' and a few other names. I use an I
phone with the Vons app. They have a paperless coupon built into the app.

Well I added a bunch of the "Just for U" coupons and went shopping. To make
sure I liked at the phone app to make sure the phone app had synchronized.
it was synchronized.

So I went shopping.

On the way out to the car I checked a few prices. They seemed wrong.

Hmmmm.

I went back into the store and started checking the entire receipt.

To make a long story short The gross bill was $180.00 with $100.00 in
fictitious savings.

After further review there was another $22.00 in paperless coupons not
credited.

The store people nicely refunded my $22.00 like it was a common issue.

SO my advice.

Check your receipt carefully.

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> Out here Safeway are the Von's, Pavilions' and a few other names. I use an
> I phone with the Vons app. They have a paperless coupon built into the
> app.
>
> Well I added a bunch of the "Just for U" coupons and went shopping. To
> make sure I liked at the phone app to make sure the phone app had
> synchronized. it was synchronized.
>
> So I went shopping.
>
> On the way out to the car I checked a few prices. They seemed wrong.
>
> Hmmmm.
>
> I went back into the store and started checking the entire receipt.
>
> To make a long story short The gross bill was $180.00 with $100.00 in
> fictitious savings.
>
> After further review there was another $22.00 in paperless coupons not
> credited.
>
> The store people nicely refunded my $22.00 like it was a common issue.
>
> SO my advice.
>
> Check your receipt carefully.


I always do at Safeway. They make a lot of mistakes.

Cheri

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:55:01 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> I always do at Safeway. They make a lot of mistakes.

I've gotten to the point where I don't care as long as they don't over
charge me. The sale price doesn't show on the register and you have
to wait until the end to find out what they say you paid. The whole
system is designed for people to throw up their hands in disgust and
just say "forget it". Do you want to go home or stand there
calculating?

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:55:01 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> I always do at Safeway. They make a lot of mistakes.
>
> I've gotten to the point where I don't care as long as they don't over
> charge me. The sale price doesn't show on the register and you have
> to wait until the end to find out what they say you paid. The whole
> system is designed for people to throw up their hands in disgust and
> just say "forget it". Do you want to go home or stand there
> calculating?

Well, I don't really buy large amounts of food at one time, usually 10 to 15
items or so. I make a list of the items and sale prices from the ad they
send in e-mail before I go to the store, so I pretty much know how much it
is before I get to the checkout. They do make mistakes often.

Cheri

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:57:52 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:55:01 -0800, "Cheri" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I always do at Safeway. They make a lot of mistakes.
> >
> > I've gotten to the point where I don't care as long as they don't over
> > charge me. The sale price doesn't show on the register and you have
> > to wait until the end to find out what they say you paid. The whole
> > system is designed for people to throw up their hands in disgust and
> > just say "forget it". Do you want to go home or stand there
> > calculating?
>
> Well, I don't really buy large amounts of food at one time, usually 10 to 15
> items or so. I make a list of the items and sale prices from the ad they
> send in e-mail before I go to the store, so I pretty much know how much it
> is before I get to the checkout. They do make mistakes often.
>
I buy a lot more than that and I don't make a list of prices. I can
tell you that about 15-20 years ago I went to a Safeway 3 times in one
week and found the same mistake on the same item every time. They had
the "you get it free if you find a mistake" thing going back then and
I got the item free every time. What annoyed me was the store manager
had reported it to central office every time, so it should have been
fixed (yes, it was a computerized system back then) but it wasn't.
That was when I realized they didn't give a hoot. If you catch them
they'll fix it, if you don't... then that's your problem. I have
decided not to be annoyed and to treat everything I buy as a full
priced item. So, if I get a discount "hooray" and if I don't <shrug>.


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> Out here Safeway are the Von's, Pavilions' and a few other names. I use an
> I phone with the Vons app. They have a paperless coupon built into the
> app.
>
> Well I added a bunch of the "Just for U" coupons and went shopping. To
> make sure I liked at the phone app to make sure the phone app had
> synchronized. it was synchronized.
>
> So I went shopping.
>
> On the way out to the car I checked a few prices. They seemed wrong.
>
> Hmmmm.
>
> I went back into the store and started checking the entire receipt.
>
> To make a long story short The gross bill was $180.00 with $100.00 in
> fictitious savings.
>
> After further review there was another $22.00 in paperless coupons not
> credited.
>
> The store people nicely refunded my $22.00 like it was a common issue.
>
> SO my advice.
>
> Check your receipt carefully.

Nice. I have seen that coupon thingie but I have no Smart Phone. I don't
do too much shopping at Safeway because overall they have some of the
highest prices in the area. I pretty much only go there if I am near there
and need just a few items. There was one year where I did a stock up there
and I hated paying the price. We had been snowed in for a week, then had a
week where we could get out then got snowed in for over another week...close
to two. So we were really pretty low on everything because even when we did
try to stock up some prior, the stores didn't have too much. And their
parking lots were not very clear. So we thought we'd go to Safeway thinking
their lot would be clear. Wrong! Thick ice all over.

My husband dropped us off as close to the front door as he could get and we
slipped and slid on in. Once there, we dashed around like zombies, grabbing
whatever looked like we could eat or drink it. And really there wasn't a
lot to choose from.

After we paid for the full cart of stuff, he tried to get it back to the
vehicle. But he kept slipping and falling on the ice. And this one potato
kept coming out of the bag. I can't tell you how many times it fell to the
ice and he picked it up. It got to the point of being comical. Finally we
were just shouting at him, "Leave the potato!" To this day we still talk
about that. So now I am much more careful to always keep a good stock of
non-perishable things so that won't happen again.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:55:01 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> I always do at Safeway. They make a lot of mistakes.
>
> I've gotten to the point where I don't care as long as they don't over
> charge me. The sale price doesn't show on the register and you have
> to wait until the end to find out what they say you paid. The whole
> system is designed for people to throw up their hands in disgust and
> just say "forget it". Do you want to go home or stand there
> calculating?

I usually buy so little at Safeway that I can spot a mistake right away with
the total. I did have a problem once with some 12 packs of Coke products.
I can't remember now exactly what the problem was except that the checker
seriously overcharged us. The problem was that she did not scan the UPC
codes on the boxes and instead scanned some code in some book. She charged
us for some sort of Vanilla Coke and that's not even what we bought. Things
like this make me really angry because I did POS work for years and when the
checker scans the wrong code that totally messes up the store's inventory in
the computer. And it falls on the POS person to find and correct the
mistake. But I digress... She didn't know how to fix the problem and the
customer service person had gotten on another register because they were
busy. She said she would fix it but I had to wait in *her* line. So I was
none too happy. Stopped in just to buy a few things and had to wait another
20 minutes because of a mistake.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:39:04 -0800, Dimitri wrote:
>
>> Out here Safeway are the Von's, Pavilions' and a few other names. I use
>> an I
>> phone with the Vons app. They have a paperless coupon built into the app.
>>
>> Well I added a bunch of the "Just for U" coupons and went shopping. To
>> make
>> sure I liked at the phone app to make sure the phone app had
>> synchronized.
>> it was synchronized.
>>
>> So I went shopping.
>>
>> On the way out to the car I checked a few prices. They seemed wrong.
>>
>> Hmmmm.
>>
>> I went back into the store and started checking the entire receipt.
>>
>> To make a long story short The gross bill was $180.00 with $100.00 in
>> fictitious savings.
>>
>> After further review there was another $22.00 in paperless coupons not
>> credited.
>>
>> The store people nicely refunded my $22.00 like it was a common issue.
>>
>> SO my advice.
>>
>> Check your receipt carefully.
>
> That whole gimmick is a joke and just makes it more expensive to shop
> there over stores that just have regular sale prices. These programs
> cost money to maintain which ends up eventually being tacked back onto
> the cost of your food. Even paper coupons cost money to publish and
> distribute. The whole idea of pre-registering for discounts is Lou
> Decruss and is yet another reason I don't shop at Randall's (Safeway).
> It's nice to know that their system isn't working, either. Hopefully
> this will open them up to a lawsuit or trade investigation if enough
> people complain. Safeway should be biting the dust soon anyway.
> Hopefully this U-Save stunt is the last nail in the coffin.
>
> Once thing that Walmart DOES do right is they don't have any grocery
> gimmicks. No in-store coupons, not even any grocery flyers or mailers
> (for food). On the downside, less items are marked down to reflect
> seasonal or market fluctuations. You won't ever find pork butt on
> sale for $1 there, for example (as is the case with our other grocer
> this week).

Walmart does have it's own magazine. All You or All Yours or something like
that. It is sold in the store or you can subscribe. I subscribed because
it used to be loaded with coupons, some of which could only be used at
Walmart. I subscribed to the stupid thing for two years and after I got
about 3 or 4 issues it all went downhill. Yes there are a few coupons in it
still but never for any items that I use.

On 2012-11-17, Dimitri > wrote:

> Check your receipt carefully.

Always!

I once discovered I'd been charged $38.00 for a bunch of parsely.

nb


--
Definition of objectivism:
"Eff you! I got mine."
http://www.nongmoproject.org/

On Friday, November 16, 2012 7:39:18 PM UTC-7, Dimitri wrote:
> Out here Safeway are the Von's, Pavilions' and a few other names. I use an I
>
> phone with the Vons app. They have a paperless coupon built into the app.
>
>
>
> Well I added a bunch of the "Just for U" coupons and went shopping. To make
>
> sure I liked at the phone app to make sure the phone app had synchronized..
>
> it was synchronized.
>
>
>
> So I went shopping.
>
>
>
> On the way out to the car I checked a few prices. They seemed wrong.
>
>
>
> Hmmmm.
>
>
>
> I went back into the store and started checking the entire receipt.
>
>
>
> To make a long story short The gross bill was $180.00 with $100.00 in
>
> fictitious savings.
>
>
>
> After further review there was another $22.00 in paperless coupons not
>
> credited.
>
>
>
> The store people nicely refunded my $22.00 like it was a common issue.
>
>
>
> SO my advice.
>
>
>
> Check your receipt carefully.

Our local Safeway was terrible about the wrong prices for a while. With a phone camera, I take pictures of the shelf tag to compare when I am done checking out. It was so bad for a while that the manager knew me and knew that I had price problems. I really raised a stink, I think it is just the same as picking my pocket to advertise a price and then overcharge me! It has been better lately.

Dale

On 17 Nov 2012 12:37:24 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2012-11-17, Dimitri > wrote:
>
>> Check your receipt carefully.
>
>Always!
>
>I once discovered I'd been charged $38.00 for a bunch of parsely.

The only mistakes I find is very occasionally the deli department puts
in a wrong item number and I don't discover it until after it's rung
up at check out and I'm already home... sorta my fault too for not
looking at the price and name of the product printed on the label
before leaving the deli department, usually because I'm too busy
ogling the wimens, and I'm not about to drive all the way back to
collect a buck or two. But the thing is just as often they punch in
the wrong item number in my favor, so it averages out. Occasionally
they punch in an incorrect item number on produce too, that can also
favor either way. And since I have a drawer in my kitchen where I
save the receipts for a while if it's any amount worth the trouble I
bring the receipt to customer service my next trip. Thing is I've
never once found an error at Walmart.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
news
> On 17 Nov 2012 12:37:24 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2012-11-17, Dimitri > wrote:
>>
>>> Check your receipt carefully.
>>
>>Always!
>>
>>I once discovered I'd been charged $38.00 for a bunch of parsely.
>
> The only mistakes I find is very occasionally the deli department puts
> in a wrong item number and I don't discover it until after it's rung
> up at check out and I'm already home... sorta my fault too for not
> looking at the price and name of the product printed on the label
> before leaving the deli department, usually because I'm too busy
> ogling the wimens, and I'm not about to drive all the way back to
> collect a buck or two. But the thing is just as often they punch in
> the wrong item number in my favor, so it averages out. Occasionally
> they punch in an incorrect item number on produce too, that can also
> favor either way. And since I have a drawer in my kitchen where I
> save the receipts for a while if it's any amount worth the trouble I
> bring the receipt to customer service my next trip. Thing is I've
> never once found an error at Walmart.


Just before I retired, the penalty for giving Wal Mart an incorrect UPC code
for a product in their set-up sheet was $100,000.00.

With penalties like that very few vendors enter or give Wally World the
wrong code.

After all is said and done they run a tight ship in that area.

Dimitri

On 2012-11-17, Dimitri > wrote:

> After all is said and done they run a tight ship in that area.

They make mistakes, jes like every other entity on this ball. I once
bought an air mattess. It had a hole in it. I once bought some grn
onions. You could weave baskets with 'em.

They replaced the air bed and I tossed the onions. I'm not gonna lose
any sleep in either case.

nb


--
Definition of objectivism:
"Eff you! I got mine."
http://www.nongmoproject.org/

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...

> That whole gimmick is a joke and just makes it more expensive to shop
> there over stores that just have regular sale prices. These programs
> cost money to maintain which ends up eventually being tacked back onto
> the cost of your food. Even paper coupons cost money to publish and
> distribute. The whole idea of pre-registering for discounts is Lou
> Decruss and is yet another reason I don't shop at Randall's (Safeway).
> It's nice to know that their system isn't working, either. Hopefully
> this will open them up to a lawsuit or trade investigation if enough
> people complain. Safeway should be biting the dust soon anyway.
> Hopefully this U-Save stunt is the last nail in the coffin.
>
> Once thing that Walmart DOES do right is they don't have any grocery
> gimmicks. No in-store coupons, not even any grocery flyers or mailers
> (for food). On the downside, less items are marked down to reflect
> seasonal or market fluctuations. You won't ever find pork butt on
> sale for $1 there, for example (as is the case with our other grocer
> this week).

Truthfully, I hate all those cards, but most of the stores are going with
them now. Safeway, Raley's, Walgreen's, Rite-Aid, CVS, just to name a few
and sometimes the difference in prices with not using the cards is
significant. It's just another way for them to track your purchases. I
disagree with the Wal-Mart flyers though, there was Wal-Mart food flyer in
todays paper. I don't think I've seen one before so maybe they've decided if
you can't beat them, join them.

Cheri

In article >, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

> Out here Safeway are the Von's, Pavilions' and a few other names. I use an I
> phone with the Vons app. They have a paperless coupon built into the app.
>
> Well I added a bunch of the "Just for U" coupons and went shopping. To make
> sure I liked at the phone app to make sure the phone app had synchronized.
> it was synchronized.
>
> So I went shopping.
>
> On the way out to the car I checked a few prices. They seemed wrong.
>
> Hmmmm.
>
> I went back into the store and started checking the entire receipt.
>
> To make a long story short The gross bill was $180.00 with $100.00 in
> fictitious savings.
>
> After further review there was another $22.00 in paperless coupons not
> credited.
>
> The store people nicely refunded my $22.00 like it was a common issue.
>
> SO my advice.
>
> Check your receipt carefully.

Safeway has the worst receipts of any business I have ever purchased from. Even
the cashiers have difficulty explaining what's going on

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2012-11-17, Dimitri > wrote:
>
>> Check your receipt carefully.
>
> Always!
>
> I once discovered I'd been charged $38.00 for a bunch of parsely.
>
> nb

Pesto for 500?

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:54:24 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Walmart does have it's own magazine. All You or All Yours or something
>> like
>> that. It is sold in the store or you can subscribe.
>
> All You is published by Time Life magazines and is not specific to
> Walmart. http://www.allyou.com

Okay. But Walmart is the only store that sells it and many of the coupons
are only for Walmart. So it is in some way connected to them.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> That whole gimmick is a joke and just makes it more expensive to shop
>> there over stores that just have regular sale prices. These programs
>> cost money to maintain which ends up eventually being tacked back onto
>> the cost of your food. Even paper coupons cost money to publish and
>> distribute. The whole idea of pre-registering for discounts is Lou
>> Decruss and is yet another reason I don't shop at Randall's (Safeway).
>> It's nice to know that their system isn't working, either. Hopefully
>> this will open them up to a lawsuit or trade investigation if enough
>> people complain. Safeway should be biting the dust soon anyway.
>> Hopefully this U-Save stunt is the last nail in the coffin.
>>
>> Once thing that Walmart DOES do right is they don't have any grocery
>> gimmicks. No in-store coupons, not even any grocery flyers or mailers
>> (for food). On the downside, less items are marked down to reflect
>> seasonal or market fluctuations. You won't ever find pork butt on
>> sale for $1 there, for example (as is the case with our other grocer
>> this week).
>
> Truthfully, I hate all those cards, but most of the stores are going with
> them now. Safeway, Raley's, Walgreen's, Rite-Aid, CVS, just to name a few
> and sometimes the difference in prices with not using the cards is
> significant. It's just another way for them to track your purchases. I
> disagree with the Wal-Mart flyers though, there was Wal-Mart food flyer in
> todays paper. I don't think I've seen one before so maybe they've decided
> if you can't beat them, join them.

I don't mind the key tag ones so much. But Safeway here doesn't have those.
You have to use an actual card.

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:26:48 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:



>
>Truthfully, I hate all those cards, but most of the stores are going with
>them now. Safeway, Raley's, Walgreen's, Rite-Aid, CVS, just to name a few
>and sometimes the difference in prices with not using the cards is
>significant. It's just another way for them to track your purchases.

People seem to get upset over that. I really don't care who knows
what brand of ketchup I buy, especially if they give me coupons for
future purchases.


>I
>disagree with the Wal-Mart flyers though, there was Wal-Mart food flyer in
>todays paper. I don't think I've seen one before so maybe they've decided if
>you can't beat them, join them.


We see very little of their flyers, maybe one a month.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Cheri" wrote:
>
> >
> >Truthfully, I hate all those cards, but most of the stores are going with
> >them now. Safeway, Raley's, Walgreen's, Rite-Aid, CVS, just to name a few
> >and sometimes the difference in prices with not using the cards is
> >significant. It's just another way for them to track your purchases.
>
> People seem to get upset over that. I really don't care who knows
> what brand of ketchup I buy, especially if they give me coupons for
> future purchases.

I don't care who knows either. I'm sure that purchases are "on record" also
even when you don't use a card but pay by check, debit or credit card. Only
cash purchases are private these days. Even using cash, you're still on
record of their video cameras. Best to wear a pair of those joke glasses
with nose and mustache attached for disguise.

The Rite-Aid card is good because they will give you discounts only after
you purchase so much in the current year.

Of the 3 grocery stores I use, two of them require the cards for sale
prices. The one I shop at 99% of the time used to require them but then
quit the card thing several years ago. I always use my debit card there so
I'm sure my purchases are on record anyway.

Gary

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> I don't mind the key tag ones so much. But Safeway here
>> doesn't have those. You have to use an actual card.
>
>
>
> There's an iPhone app "CardStar" that lets you enter the
> membership barcode for different stores and it saves the
> barcode graphics so I lightened the card and key cards to a
> minimum.. Some barcodes don't work but most do.
>
> Everybody likes the idea but it's really more trouble than
> it's worth for my two supermarket and one wholesale club
> memberships.
>
> CardStar is free at Apple's AppStore. Lot's of stores are
> included and you can add others. Other smartphones have
> similar apps.

But I don't have a Smart phone and won't get one.

"Andy" > wrote in message ...

> At many stores they're advanced enough that you can just
> recite your phone number and the membership info is fetched.
> So in that sense, even membership cards are becoming obsolete!
>
> Best,
>
> Andy



But not the constant tracking of your shopping habits, where you live etc.
which leads to more telemarketing calls.

Cheri

On 11/18/2012 8:10 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Andy" > wrote in message ...
>
>> At many stores they're advanced enough that you can just
>> recite your phone number and the membership info is fetched.
>> So in that sense, even membership cards are becoming obsolete!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Andy
>
>
>
> But not the constant tracking of your shopping habits, where you live
> etc. which leads to more telemarketing calls.
>
> Cheri

I don't have and have never had a store card. They know what I buy.
Their point of sale system keeps track of all that stuff. I've never
gotten a telemarketing call based on what I bought at a grocery store.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/18/2012 8:10 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Andy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> At many stores they're advanced enough that you can just
>>> recite your phone number and the membership info is fetched.
>>> So in that sense, even membership cards are becoming obsolete!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>> But not the constant tracking of your shopping habits, where you live
>> etc. which leads to more telemarketing calls.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I don't have and have never had a store card. They know what I buy. Their
> point of sale system keeps track of all that stuff. I've never gotten a
> telemarketing call based on what I bought at a grocery store.
>
> Jill


How could they know what *you* buy if you pay cash? Their point of sale
system could not keep track of your name, address etc, unless you use some
kind of card or check, so how could they telemarket you based on what you
buy, they couldn't, but they can and do with the cards.

Cheri

"Andy" > wrote in message ...

> One thing I do notice is my ACME generic brands are squeezing
> brand name products off the store shelves. There's more ACME
> frozen vegetables than Libby, Bird's Eye, etc., so I never buy
> ACME's generic brand products in silent protest.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy


I hate that too. Sometimes generics are fine, but some things I want brand
names, and then there's only the store brand. Very irritating.

Cheri

On Nov 17, 2:54*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
> Walmart does have it's own magazine. *All You or All Yours or something like
> that. *It is sold in the store or you can subscribe. *I subscribed because
> it used to be loaded with coupons, some of which could only be used at
> Walmart. *I subscribed to the stupid thing for two years and after I got
> about 3 or 4 issues it all went downhill. *Yes there are a few coupons in it
> still but never for any items that I use.

*yawn* You are allergic to EVERYTHING and have a weird ****ed-up
psychological aversion to ALL food, yet you buy a half-assed coupon
magazine from Wal-Mart. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....that makes
sense.

On 11/18/2012 10:04 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/18/2012 8:10 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>> "Andy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> At many stores they're advanced enough that you can just
>>>> recite your phone number and the membership info is fetched.
>>>> So in that sense, even membership cards are becoming obsolete!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But not the constant tracking of your shopping habits, where you live
>>> etc. which leads to more telemarketing calls.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> I don't have and have never had a store card. They know what I buy.
>> Their point of sale system keeps track of all that stuff. I've never
>> gotten a telemarketing call based on what I bought at a grocery store.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> How could they know what *you* buy if you pay cash? Their point of sale
> system could not keep track of your name, address etc, unless you use
> some kind of card or check, so how could they telemarket you based on
> what you buy, they couldn't, but they can and do with the cards.
>
> Cheri

I use my bank card to pay for groceries. That card is scanned into the
POS system for funds verification and that's how they get the
information. At some stores they ask for my phone number and I've seen
my information pop up on the screen. Still never got a telemarketing
call based on what I bought.

Jill

On 11/18/2012 9:28 PM, Andy wrote:
> "Cheri" > wrote:
>
>> "Andy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> At many stores they're advanced enough that you can just
>>> recite your phone number and the membership info is
>>> fetched. So in that sense, even membership cards are
>>> becoming obsolete!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> But not the constant tracking of your shopping habits,
>> where you live etc. which leads to more telemarketing
>> calls.
>>
>> Cheri
>
>
> One thing I do notice is my ACME generic brands are squeezing
> brand name products off the store shelves. There's more ACME
> frozen vegetables than Libby, Bird's Eye, etc., so I never buy
> ACME's generic brand products in silent protest.
>
> Andy
>

Not buying the generic products but not telling anyone you're unhappy
with the selections isn't going to change anything. I'm not sure
telling them would make a difference, but it can't hurt.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...

> I use my bank card to pay for groceries. That card is scanned into the
> POS system for funds verification and that's how they get the information.
> At some stores they ask for my phone number and I've seen my information
> pop up on the screen. Still never got a telemarketing call based on what
> I bought.
>
> Jill



Well sure, then they would have your information. If you've ever had a
telemarketing call, how do you know that the information was not garnered
there? For instance if you bought Slim-Fast and then you get a call about
Acai Berries for weight loss or something like that? Why do you think
supermarkets and other stores have the cards in the first place if not to
track sales and the demographic of people buying, such as areas where you
live by zip code etc.

Cheri

On 11/19/2012 9:46 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I use my bank card to pay for groceries. That card is scanned into
>> the POS system for funds verification and that's how they get the
>> information. At some stores they ask for my phone number and I've seen
>> my information pop up on the screen. Still never got a telemarketing
>> call based on what I bought.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
>
> Well sure, then they would have your information. If you've ever had a
> telemarketing call, how do you know that the information was not
> garnered there? For instance if you bought Slim-Fast and then you get a
> call about Acai Berries for weight loss or something like that? Why do
> you think supermarkets and other stores have the cards in the first
> place if not to track sales and the demographic of people buying, such
> as areas where you live by zip code etc.
>
> Cheri

I *know* why they have the cards. Publix doesn't offer one, for which
I'm grateful. If something is on sale, it's on sale, no card required.

Some 25 years ago I was on my way to a party and stopped at a Kroger (it
wasn't my regular grocery store) to pick up a meat and cheese platter.
The gal at the checkout asked if I had one of their savings cards.
Nope. So she asked the young man behind me if she could use his card to
get me a discount. IIRC he was on his way to meet his date and was only
buying a single long stemmed rose and a card or some such thing. He
said sure. She swiped his card to get me the discount. How does that
help their demographic purchasing info? From what they garnered from
that transaction, this guy likes meat & cheese platters and single long
stemmed roses. LOL

I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years
I've never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this,
maybe you'd like this, too? <shrugs>

Jill

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:11:46 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years
> I've never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this,
> maybe you'd like this, too? <shrugs>

When did you *ever* get a telemarketing call for weight loss? When I
had a land line, I mainly got home repair type calls. Sure, I had one
once for the ubiquitous vitamin pills everyone here talked about at
the time... but I was in a silly mood that day and I don't think the
person on the other end of the line liked his job - so we joked and
BSed for a few minutes and that was that. I think he took me off the
call list because I never got one of those calls again.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:50:30 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 11/18/2012 9:28 PM, Andy wrote:
> >
> >
> > One thing I do notice is my ACME generic brands are squeezing
> > brand name products off the store shelves. There's more ACME
> > frozen vegetables than Libby, Bird's Eye, etc., so I never buy
> > ACME's generic brand products in silent protest.
> >
> > Andy
> >
>
> Not buying the generic products but not telling anyone you're unhappy
> with the selections isn't going to change anything. I'm not sure
> telling them would make a difference, but it can't hurt.
>
My opinion of the situation is they have more ACME products on the
shelf, because that's what their customers buy. People, especially
those buying for more than just one or two, are keeping an eye on the
bottom line these days and cutting costs where they can.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...

> why don't you just go through the aisles and squeeze all the cans,
> putting dents in the generics so people won't buy them.
>
> just like you did to the bread at trader joes when they stopped
> carrying your brand of bread.
>
> your pal,
>
> blake

????

--
--

http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:42:10 -0600, blake murphy >
wrote:

>
Back from the dead, eh? Get a life, troll.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 11/19/2012 11:06 AM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:11:46 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years
>> I've never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this,
>> maybe you'd like this, too? <shrugs>
>
> When did you *ever* get a telemarketing call for weight loss? When I
> had a land line, I mainly got home repair type calls. Sure, I had one
> once for the ubiquitous vitamin pills everyone here talked about at
> the time... but I was in a silly mood that day and I don't think the
> person on the other end of the line liked his job - so we joked and
> BSed for a few minutes and that was that. I think he took me off the
> call list because I never got one of those calls again.
>
See, now who isn't quoting correctly? (teasing you) *I* never got a
telemarketing call for weight loss. Cheri apparently did or does. I've
never bought Slim Fast.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> I don't have and have never had a store card. They know what I buy.
> Their point of sale system keeps track of all that stuff. I've never
> gotten a telemarketing call based on what I bought at a grocery store.

Scary, isn't it? "They" know what you buy. It has to be a conspiracy!
The left-wing marketing managers are in league with the lamestream
media, and both are in the thrall of big business, who use subliminal
suggestions to force you to buy stuff you don't need against your
will.

Maybe you'd feel safer if you leaved somewhere with a centrally
planned economy. How about North Korea? Nobody will "know" what you
buy because, well, there's nothing to buy. Perfect!

On 11/19/2012 12:07 PM, George M. Middius wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I don't have and have never had a store card. They know what I buy.
>> Their point of sale system keeps track of all that stuff. I've never
>> gotten a telemarketing call based on what I bought at a grocery store.
>
> Scary, isn't it?

Are you generally this paranoid?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/19/2012 9:46 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I use my bank card to pay for groceries. That card is scanned into
>>> the POS system for funds verification and that's how they get the
>>> information. At some stores they ask for my phone number and I've seen
>>> my information pop up on the screen. Still never got a telemarketing
>>> call based on what I bought.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>>
>> Well sure, then they would have your information. If you've ever had a
>> telemarketing call, how do you know that the information was not
>> garnered there? For instance if you bought Slim-Fast and then you get a
>> call about Acai Berries for weight loss or something like that? Why do
>> you think supermarkets and other stores have the cards in the first
>> place if not to track sales and the demographic of people buying, such
>> as areas where you live by zip code etc.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I *know* why they have the cards. Publix doesn't offer one, for which I'm
> grateful. If something is on sale, it's on sale, no card required.
>
> Some 25 years ago I was on my way to a party and stopped at a Kroger (it
> wasn't my regular grocery store) to pick up a meat and cheese platter. The
> gal at the checkout asked if I had one of their savings cards. Nope. So
> she asked the young man behind me if she could use his card to get me a
> discount. IIRC he was on his way to meet his date and was only buying a
> single long stemmed rose and a card or some such thing. He said sure.
> She swiped his card to get me the discount. How does that help their
> demographic purchasing info? From what they garnered from that
> transaction, this guy likes meat & cheese platters and single long stemmed
> roses. LOL
>
> I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years I've
> never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this, maybe
> you'd like this, too? <shrugs>
>
> Jill


I'm absolutely sure they wouldn't say..."hey so and so sold us a list of
their shoppers and what they bought so we decided to give you a call."
Anyway, using the cards are a choice, so a person has to take the good with
the bad.

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/19/2012 11:06 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:11:46 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years
>>> I've never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this,
>>> maybe you'd like this, too? <shrugs>
>>
>> When did you *ever* get a telemarketing call for weight loss? When I
>> had a land line, I mainly got home repair type calls. Sure, I had one
>> once for the ubiquitous vitamin pills everyone here talked about at
>> the time... but I was in a silly mood that day and I don't think the
>> person on the other end of the line liked his job - so we joked and
>> BSed for a few minutes and that was that. I think he took me off the
>> call list because I never got one of those calls again.
>>
> See, now who isn't quoting correctly? (teasing you) *I* never got a
> telemarketing call for weight loss. Cheri apparently did or does. I've
> never bought Slim Fast.
>
> Jill


No, Cheri does not use Slim Fast, but have bought Atkins Shakes once in
awhile as meal replacements. I've been a low carber for many years.

Cheri

On 11/19/2012 12:31 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/19/2012 11:06 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:11:46 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years
>>>> I've never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this,
>>>> maybe you'd like this, too? <shrugs>
>>>
>>> When did you *ever* get a telemarketing call for weight loss? When I
>>> had a land line, I mainly got home repair type calls. Sure, I had one
>>> once for the ubiquitous vitamin pills everyone here talked about at
>>> the time... but I was in a silly mood that day and I don't think the
>>> person on the other end of the line liked his job - so we joked and
>>> BSed for a few minutes and that was that. I think he took me off the
>>> call list because I never got one of those calls again.
>>>
>> See, now who isn't quoting correctly? (teasing you) *I* never got a
>> telemarketing call for weight loss. Cheri apparently did or does.
>> I've never bought Slim Fast.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> No, Cheri does not use Slim Fast, but have bought Atkins Shakes once in
> awhile as meal replacements. I've been a low carber for many years.
>
> Cheri


I've never been a low carber. Maybe that's why you get the phone calls
and I don't? I really cannot comprehend getting telemarketing calls
based on my purchases.

Jill