Thread: Ohh Woolworths, you shouldn't have!

Reminds me of when 'flybuys' decided to cut the value in half. Bastards. I put my 'flybuys' card in the bin.

This is why we do most of our shopping at Aldi. The only things we buy fro the "majors " is what we can't get from Aldi or anything we prefer the taste of.

Try it, you may be pleasantly surprised.

$1 reward for over $200 purchase
Some sort of cruel joke i reckon ...MM

Very familiar with Aldi. When living in Victoria we would go past Aldi first and then get the more specialist stuff at Coles. Aldi are just setting up now in SA and there will be one about 2km from the local Woolworths that should make it interesting.

Just by chance I managed to look at the used by date on some frozen blueberries we purchased yesterday. You would expect a fairly decent used by date on frozen blueberries - well it's next week!

Hurry up Aldi.

Woolies rewards work by having a portion of the price of a few selected items allocated to your reward.

In practice, that means that you are oveircharged for theise items and the money locked up until you have $10.

Then you can have your own money back.

Generous of them, isnt it?

Cheers

Doug

In the mean time they have your personal details so they can send you great offers!! Wow!! Never been part of a "rewards" program of any kind, and not about to start either.

Hi,
That,s only part of it, they know exactly what you buy, we had a recall notice for a product they knew we had bought recently. They also track you when you travel with "we hope you enjoyed your experience shopping in our (wherever you are holidaying) store."
Regards

Originally Posted by A Duke

Hi,
That,s only part of it, they know exactly what you buy, we had a recall notice for a product they knew we had bought recently. They also track you when you travel with "we hope you enjoyed your experience shopping in our (wherever you are holidaying) store."
Regards

Additionally, the information garnered through loyalty cards, is supplied on request to various government departments INCLUDING local councils.

What possible use could local councils have to "need" that sort of info.

Originally Posted by Bob38S

What possible use could local councils have to "need" that sort of info.

Suppose they have had complaints about your unregistered dog you claim you do not have, then they can prove you are feeding one?

Originally Posted by A Duke

Hi,
That,s only part of it, they know exactly what you buy, we had a recall notice for a product they knew we had bought recently. They also track you when you travel with "we hope you enjoyed your experience shopping in our (wherever you are holidaying) store."
Regards

Precisely why I never bother with these things. The only tangible reward is for the organisation running the program who gets to collect a bunch of market data and sell you more things.

They need a 'do not track' option for this stuff. Your average shopper isn't going to know what they do with the data, but I'm pretty certain they would feel creeped out by it.

Several months ago I was reading some Victorian road traffic legislation over another matter, and noticed that council employees, have the same power as police do to enter, search and issue fines over any property or vehicle in Victoria.

If I find the legislation, I will post it for those curious.

Further, I would also suggest that similar 'hidden' legislation is already in place in the other States of Australia.

I for one would be interested to see that legislation.

Council appointed security guards, for example, in Qld, have absolutely no power to detain or direct to move on. They can ask, they can threaten, but if they act, they face numerous risks. As an example, I was working in Townsville a few years ago. Staying in a nice cabin on the foreshore. Across the road, in a park, there were BBQ's where we would often cook our nightly meal. After a hard days work in a hot climate it is nice to have a cooling beverage while preparing a meal over a BBQ. It's true that we were breaking the law by drinking in a public place. But, we were not loud, we left the site in a far better state than when we arrived, picked up rubbish that pigs couldn't put in the bin, cleaned the BBQ before we left, etc. Basically minded our own business.

One night a council appointed security guard decided that he was a big, powerful man and having nothing better to do demanded that we empty our beer bottles, which were in coolers. I politely said no and that no such thing was about to happen. With greater resolve he reached for my bottle, which I reached before he did and told him if he has an issue he should call the police because it was my belief that he had no authority. The fool grabbed me and twisted my arm behind my back at which point one of the guys I was working with called the cops.

The bottom line was I was offered the opportunity to press assault charges against the individual. The cops chastised us for drinking in public but understood the story and were happy to turn a blind eye. I did not press charges, but we were left alone after that.

A whole lot of angst over stuff all. The cops confirmed the the security guard had not one iota of authority. Neither do councils in my view, but that is a whole other story.

Cheers
Bevan

I like credit card "frequent flyer" type points schemes. Where you're not actually paying any more for items but accrue points for every dollar you spend. I use the points from my credit cards to get household appliances, power tools, gifts, and occasionally even to upgrade a flight or purchase a flight. Sure it takes ages to accrue points, but I figure it is something for nothing. The supermarket loyalty schemes on the other hand are a complete rip off. And Aldi is a much better place to shop!