tesco clubcard

16

after registering for the online shopping (but yet to use it), a tesco clubcard came through the letterbox for me today (which i wasn't expecting..)

i just wanted to check the implications this might have, from simply posessing the card to actually using it. if i've got a credit card, it won't affect that or anything, will it (because when i applied for the credit card, the did ask if i had any store cards)?

is it as simple and obligation-free as it sounds - i.e. spending £x in tesco over the course of a few weeks/months, then getting getting vouchers back in the post equal to 1% of the £x i've spent?

Reply 1

tdg1986

6

Clubcard isn't a credit card or a store card. It's a loyalty card that is as simple as you say. They give them out so you keep going back to Tesco rather than going to Asda instead.

Reply 2

Apricot_Bea

1

It's also a way of them keeping an eye on market trends etc.

Reply 3

Stick Man

11

They may use your card to store information about what you and others buy so they can learn how to sell more stuff (as Apricot said), and possibly in the near future use this info to send you promotional material customised to your tastes.

Reply 4

Segat1

16

its purely for data gathering, so they can work out what sells, at what time of year, how it's paid for, what items were bought, what was on sale, etc. They then "mine" this data in a database to find out trends which are not obvious, so they can market items to you more efficiently.

They also tell you you get points, whcih I believe you redeem for vouchers. Has anyone been successful with getting enough points for a voucher?

Reply 5

silence

OP

16

working out at a £1 voucher per £100 spent, you'd need to spend quite a lot to get anything worthwhile.

Reply 6

Kura1984

2

I've had the clubcard for about a year (how rock 'n' f***in' roll!) and so far I havn't cashed in any of the points. They're only worth it if you actually remeber to use the bloody thing *states the obvious* :rolleyes:

Reply 7

Juno

20

The points are worth more if you use them for the other things (like BSM driving lessons) rather than money off your shopping.

Reply 8

silence

OP

16

o yeh, they said something about airmiles too.

Reply 9

Flicker

13

You can either send off your points for vouchers for things - airmiles, driving lessons, nights at hotels, theme park tickets etc. - or get money off your shopping. My mum saves hers up all year and does the big christmas food shop entirely off points!

Reply 10

supreme

4

silence

after registering for the online shopping (but yet to use it), a tesco clubcard came through the letterbox for me today (which i wasn't expecting..)

i just wanted to check the implications this might have, from simply posessing the card to actually using it. if i've got a credit card, it won't affect that or anything, will it (because when i applied for the credit card, the did ask if i had any store cards)?

is it as simple and obligation-free as it sounds - i.e. spending £x in tesco over the course of a few weeks/months, then getting getting vouchers back in the post equal to 1% of the £x i've spent?

Well I used to work there:

The tesco club card is just a card which you give to the cashier to swipe, every customer is reminded whether they have one with them (if the bill is equal to or more than £1), and after every 3 months or so they send out your vouchers (you're points are converted to vouchers). To get one just ask cashier if you can have one, they will give you a leaflet, which inside has what is called a temporary clubcard, remember to send it away or call the number otherwise they don't know where to send the vouchers. With regards to whether its worth it I definately is I have had loads of customers getting a considerable amount off, just remember to read the voucher carefully.

the only tesco debit/credit cards are either Tesco Clubcard Plus or any card which has tesco personal finance on it.

Reply 11

silence

OP

16

ah ha. i started using it a couple of weeks ago - i've now got something like 80 points.. i suppose it will be worth it in the very long run.

Reply 12

Philadelphia

segat1

its purely for data gathering, so they can work out what sells, at what time of year, how it's paid for, what items were bought, what was on sale, etc. They then "mine" this data in a database to find out trends which are not obvious, so they can market items to you more efficiently.

They also tell you you get points, whcih I believe you redeem for vouchers. Has anyone been successful with getting enough points for a voucher?

Do you know what i get worried about when they say market products customised to you. what happens if i want to experience new things that are away from my computerised set up of what the system says i go for alot of the time i won't know anything about the products that other people have experienced.
i want to experience everything from other peoples tastes not what they think i would like based on what i bought in the past.
Like if england only marketed chips just because they knew it was to our taste then they would keep to that area wouldnt they but i would want to be given everything to try like chinese

That's the thing i'm getting at.

Like i want to go to a friends house to look at their decorations for inspiration not be given a computerised computer telling me what they think i should have based on the fact that i bought a horrible wallpaper that ive gone off.

Reply 13

Philadelphia

Reply 14

Madelyn

13

If you bought something but forgot your card you definitely used to be able to take in the receipt and ask them to put the points from that on your card. They might get a bit annoyed if you did that all the time, though.
To get around the customising products thing, you could buy really random stuff. Maybe share the card with your friends and do all your different shopping on it, so the system gets confused. Or just buy something completely unusual, that you would never normally think of.

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