Yep, Woolies want more of your money, they are now targeting your mobile phone with text messages, got one last night with weekend deals;
Spend $50 in one transaction & receive a 10cent a ltr fuel discount docket, this sat & sun only.
How much more do they want?
Ma said
01:35 PM Oct 29, 2011
As much as they can get Jim and as much as we are prepared to part with.
justcruisin01 said
01:51 PM Oct 29, 2011
Thats for shure, we need to give them the flick & support the little bloke before they are all gone>
Gerty Dancer said
01:53 PM Oct 29, 2011
We dont shop there, but I feel sorry for people where there's no choice/competition!
justcruisin01 said
02:08 PM Oct 29, 2011
Gerty Dancer wrote:
We dont shop there, but I feel sorry for people where there's no choice/competition!
And that will be every where soon, & they are now going in opposition to bunnings, including white goods, one being built brissy area & one at G/Coast.
the rocket said
02:30 PM Oct 29, 2011
hi, how did they get your ph. no. rocket n strop
rockylizard said
02:37 PM Oct 29, 2011
Gday...
Know how ya feel. However, where you shop, and how much you spend is up to you.
Having said that, many of us on this forum travel this wide land and need to patronise various supermarkets - both large and small - in towns both large and small.
I don't feel any pain at all for 'city folk' who shop Coles and/or Woolies. I feel the pain for those in the country areas where they do not usually have choice and have to pay the prices set by the supermarket. And they most certainly DO PAY.
IGA/Foodland and true independents in small towns are charging incredible prices. To sell Black&Gold generic brand items for upto 55% higher prices than the 'name' supermarkets is outlandish. Country/regional folk have limited incomes - often fixed (like us nomads) - and I am constantly astounded at how they can live properly on the prices they must pay for items - particularly bread, fruit and Veg.
It is the general consensus that Woolies/Coles are ripping us all off. However, in towns where there are Woolies (and sometimes a Coles as well) and other supermarkets (eg IGA/Foodworks), Woolies/Coles prices are most definitely no where near as high as the others in those towns. So who is ripping who off?
If you do buy at Woolies/Coles and you don't want the 4c voucher for fuel, give it to a pensioner who will appreciate the saving.
As I step (graciously?) down from my soapbox, I conclude by saying, no-one is making you buy at Woolies or Coles - so buy at the others - and pay even higher prices.
Cheers
John
justcruisin01 said
02:53 PM Oct 29, 2011
I agree with you Rocky, but if the little ones were not under so much pressure trying to survive by the squeeze of the giants, then their prices could be more reasonable.
Most of them rip us off one way or another, then blame it on freight costs, thats a joke when you can often buy the same goods in the outback cheaper than the coast where very little freight costs are involved.
_wombat_ said
03:21 PM Oct 29, 2011
I don't shop at any of them, I've given up eating
rockylizard said
03:24 PM Oct 29, 2011
Gday...
Aw yeah ............. then ya not like the wommies I know .....
I can control my fuel expense, my accommodation expense ...... if I could only stop eating - I'd be a rich man
cheers
John
Ron and Shirley said
03:50 PM Oct 29, 2011
the rocket wrote:
hi, how did they get your ph. no. rocket n strop
Probably like us when we registered the Safeway/Woolies "Everyday Rewards Card" for fuel discounts etc.
Sometimes we get the SMS like last night, and other times we get a similar message via e-mail.
So I went across to Safeway this morning, purchased two blocks of beer that were on special this week, saved $22, plus qualified for the 10c/l off diesel which will be another saving of around $10 when I fill up the Patrol in the next week or so.
Extra $32 in my pocket from items I would have purchased in the next fortnight anyway, thanks Mr Safeway.
Beth54 said
04:56 PM Oct 29, 2011
I have a rewards card too, but haven't given them any phone numbers. Whenever I register for anything that requires filling the boxes, I put in as little info as possible.
The only non-friend/family messages I get on my mobile are from b.loo.dy Telstra when my pre-paid is running out. They text every few hours until I recharge! Every time another one comes I say, 'I know, stop nagging me!'
-- Edited by Beth54 on Saturday 29th of October 2011 04:56:56 PM
_wombat_ said
05:50 PM Oct 29, 2011
Beth54 wrote:
I have a rewards card too, but haven't given them any phone numbers. Whenever I register for anything that requires filling the boxes, I put in as little info as possible.
The only non-friend/family messages I get on my mobile are from b.loo.dy Telstra when my pre-paid is running out. They text every few hours until I recharge! Every time another one comes I say, 'I know, stop nagging me!'
-- Edited by Beth54 on Saturday 29th of October 2011 04:56:56 PM
who gave Testra your phone number ?
Beth54 said
05:54 PM Oct 29, 2011
_wombat_ wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
I have a rewards card too, but haven't given them any phone numbers. Whenever I register for anything that requires filling the boxes, I put in as little info as possible.
The only non-friend/family messages I get on my mobile are from b.loo.dy Telstra when my pre-paid is running out. They text every few hours until I recharge! Every time another one comes I say, 'I know, stop nagging me!'
-- Edited by Beth54 on Saturday 29th of October 2011 04:56:56 PM
who gave Testra your phone number ?
Happywanderer said
07:07 PM Oct 29, 2011
I haven't had the text but do get the emails giving me 10 cents a litre of my fuel. Love it being a pensioner, I have saved 10 cents a litre on 3 fill ups in the last month. To me thats a big saving.
Almurta said
08:56 PM Oct 29, 2011
One thing that really bugs me about supermarkets is the way they charge more for the same products in different areas. I moved up here to northern NSW earlier this year. The cost of living is much higher than where I was before - Gippsland Victoria. Bread costs up to $1.50 for example.
Ma said
08:57 PM Oct 29, 2011
Don't know if it is a fact or not but I have heard that the individual store managers can set a price according to what they thing the local community will bear. I would think within reason.
Ron and Shirley said
10:45 PM Oct 29, 2011
We discovered in the early 1970s that the price of everyday items at the local Safeway/Woolies in a very "desirable" inner eastern suburb of Melbourne was more than that for the same items in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne.
When we changed suburbs in 2005 that was still the case, with the exceptions of the weekly specials.
blaze said
10:46 PM Oct 29, 2011
I am a busy big shopping area hater, dont matter the name, I hate them all with a passion. But get dragged along by the boss (wife). What I cant understand is her logic that to get a 2 litres of milk we must drive about 2.5kms through city traffic (she hates that or at least my driving approach to it) or pay a few bob mpre and get it at the kiosk at the cp which is walking distance. Or go to woolies for the milk and then drive another 1.2kms to buy a loaf of bread from a chain store baker (must be trhe right chain. Now did I mention I hate big shopping centres. I spend my money at the smaller stores, less people, friendly service and I could go on. cheers blaze
pauline said
09:15 AM Oct 30, 2011
My biggest gripe about the big 2 is the practice of buying 2 to get the cheaper price, it is just another way of getting us to spend more money then we had planned on, I don't want to have to buy 60 cans of coke at one time. If they can sell it at that price for two why can't they sell one for half the advertised price, a huge rip off to me and really pe...s me off bigtime. What about the pensioner who cannot afford to spend $30 in one go for cans of coke, they then have to pay the dearer price, it goes for all their products, bread, marg, etc etc etc.
RALPHRALPH said
09:17 AM Oct 30, 2011
thats a hell offa lot off bake beans you got to buy ,better of saving and converting to gasssssssssssssssssssssss
goinsoon said
11:31 AM Oct 30, 2011
Pauline, sometimes we do agree on something, aren't those 2 buy discounts the pits, it is ok for small things like baked beans, but two large breakfast foods or whatever is a pain.
We just walk out now and go to IGA or Aldi
-- Edited by goinsoon on Sunday 30th of October 2011 11:45:08 AM
Yep, Woolies want more of your money, they are now targeting your mobile phone with text messages, got one last night with weekend deals;
Spend $50 in one transaction & receive a 10cent a ltr fuel discount docket, this sat & sun only.
How much more do they want?
As much as they can get Jim and as much as we are prepared to part with.
Thats for shure, we need to give them the flick & support the little bloke before they are all gone>
And that will be every where soon, & they are now going in opposition to bunnings, including white goods, one being built brissy area & one at G/Coast.
hi, how did they get your ph. no. rocket n strop
Gday...
Know how ya feel. However, where you shop, and how much you spend is up to you.
Having said that, many of us on this forum travel this wide land and need to patronise various supermarkets - both large and small - in towns both large and small.
I don't feel any pain at all for 'city folk' who shop Coles and/or Woolies. I feel the pain for those in the country areas where they do not usually have choice and have to pay the prices set by the supermarket. And they most certainly DO PAY.
IGA/Foodland and true independents in small towns are charging incredible prices. To sell Black&Gold generic brand items for upto 55% higher prices than the 'name' supermarkets is outlandish. Country/regional folk have limited incomes - often fixed (like us nomads) - and I am constantly astounded at how they can live properly on the prices they must pay for items - particularly bread, fruit and Veg.
It is the general consensus that Woolies/Coles are ripping us all off. However, in towns where there are Woolies (and sometimes a Coles as well) and other supermarkets (eg IGA/Foodworks), Woolies/Coles prices are most definitely no where near as high as the others in those towns. So who is ripping who off?
If you do buy at Woolies/Coles and you don't want the 4c voucher for fuel, give it to a pensioner who will appreciate the saving.
As I step (graciously?) down from my soapbox, I conclude by saying, no-one is making you buy at Woolies or Coles - so buy at the others - and pay even higher prices.
Cheers
John
I agree with you Rocky, but if the little ones were not under so much pressure trying to survive by the squeeze of the giants, then their prices could be more reasonable.
Most of them rip us off one way or another, then blame it on freight costs, thats a joke when you can often buy the same goods in the outback cheaper than the coast where very little freight costs are involved.
I don't shop at any of them, I've given up eating
Gday...
Aw yeah ............. then ya not like the wommies I know .....
I can control my fuel expense, my accommodation expense ...... if I could only stop eating - I'd be a rich man
cheers
John
Probably like us when we registered the Safeway/Woolies "Everyday Rewards Card" for fuel discounts etc.
Sometimes we get the SMS like last night, and other times we get a similar message via e-mail.
So I went across to Safeway this morning, purchased two blocks of beer that were on special this week, saved $22, plus qualified for the 10c/l off diesel which will be another saving of around $10 when I fill up the Patrol in the next week or so.
Extra $32 in my pocket from items I would have purchased in the next fortnight anyway, thanks Mr Safeway.
I have a rewards card too, but haven't given them any phone numbers. Whenever I register for anything that requires filling the boxes, I put in as little info as possible.
The only non-friend/family messages I get on my mobile are from b.loo.dy Telstra when my pre-paid is running out. They text every few hours until I recharge! Every time another one comes I say, 'I know, stop nagging me!'
-- Edited by Beth54 on Saturday 29th of October 2011 04:56:56 PM
who gave Testra your phone number ?
Love it being a pensioner, I have saved 10 cents a litre on 3 fill ups in the last month. To me thats a big saving.
Don't know if it is a fact or not but I have heard that the individual store managers can set a price according to what they thing the local community will bear. I would think within reason.
We discovered in the early 1970s that the price of everyday items at the local Safeway/Woolies in a very "desirable" inner eastern suburb of Melbourne was more than that for the same items in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne.
When we changed suburbs in 2005 that was still the case, with the exceptions of the weekly specials.
Now did I mention I hate big shopping centres. I spend my money at the smaller stores, less people, friendly service and I could go on.
cheers
blaze
thats a hell offa lot off bake beans you got to buy ,better of saving and converting to gasssssssssssssssssssssss
Pauline, sometimes we do agree on something, aren't those 2 buy discounts the pits, it is ok for small things like baked beans, but two large breakfast foods or whatever is a pain.
We just walk out now and go to IGA or Aldi
-- Edited by goinsoon on Sunday 30th of October 2011 11:45:08 AM