The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
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Nick Harvey
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What is it about Tesco and printer toners?
About two weeks out of five the sheets which come with our grocery home delivery are so feint there are parts you can't read at all. It's often the important "Payment and Savings" bit that can't be read.
It must cost Tesco a fortune in the end because whenever we can't read an important part of the sheet we ask for another copy to be posted to us after the toner's been replaced.
False economy, really.
About two weeks out of five the sheets which come with our grocery home delivery are so feint there are parts you can't read at all. It's often the important "Payment and Savings" bit that can't be read.
It must cost Tesco a fortune in the end because whenever we can't read an important part of the sheet we ask for another copy to be posted to us after the toner's been replaced.
False economy, really.
Agreed. My old home delivery department was once told it would have to do without any toner for the following month. It hadn't occurred to the powers that be to think that customers might want and need to see what had been subbed, what wasn't there, and how much it all actually cost.
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bilky asko
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If laser prints have white areas, it is advisable to shake the toner (horizontally) a few times.
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They have done for around six months now and we're expected to change the toner when the printer says it's out, not when it's low.Pete wrote:your printers don't order their own toner? seriously?
However, as usual, common sense seems to fail when it's obvious that they need to be changed earlier a) so it just doesn't look shit and b) so those of us that need to scan the barcodes on the labels can actually do that...
Perhaps we're lucky. The HP printers we have at work report the toner being out or being at 1,000 pages left way before the period when the toner actually runs out.Andrew Wood wrote:They have done for around six months now and we're expected to change the toner when the printer says it's out, not when it's low.Pete wrote:your printers don't order their own toner? seriously?
However, as usual, common sense seems to fail when it's obvious that they need to be changed earlier a) so it just doesn't look shit and b) so those of us that need to scan the barcodes on the labels can actually do that...
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As has my local Extra: wooden panelling everywhere, new freezers, quick-swipe Clubcard machines at each checkout, and an entrance 'hello' with a weird background effect it seems every revamped store's getting, à la...Sput wrote:My local Extra seems to have been revamped. It mostly consists of moving some freezers and attaching lots of wood to things.
...with another one at the entrance to the car park - which doesn't actually have any reference to Tesco, so you've no idea which supermarket you're visiting.
Despite every sign in the shop being replaced, the rejigged tobacco kiosk's 'please queue here' signs are in Comic Sans. And the petrol pumps have had new stickers applied - again, off-brand:adamcobb55 wrote:Off brand POS is a problem. At some point last year I was asked to make a sign promoting tiger bread. The manager took one look at it and told me I should make it again with a more exciting font like Comic Sans(!!!!!!)
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bilky asko
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I've noticed Hull's Hall Road store is being refitted - I haven't had a chance to go inside, but the petrol sign and the trolley shelters are clad in wood.
One thing that I noticed this week was "EXCHANGE" spelt out in balloons - the way its been rigged up makes it look its suspended in mid-air - it took me a few seconds to realise how it was done.
One thing that I noticed this week was "EXCHANGE" spelt out in balloons - the way its been rigged up makes it look its suspended in mid-air - it took me a few seconds to realise how it was done.
Just visited the Tesco Metro in Tooley Street, London. First "New Tesco" store I've been in (not only was it following the new brand, but it was only opened a few months ago too). It was a very mixed bag. An odd mixture of the old and new. I noticed it was reviewed here: http://ukretailers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... gs-to.html
Still I bought something from the bakery. That is a real accomplishment for them since I usually never touch Tesco bakeries with a bargepole (those rank packaged doughnuts make me sick, unlike the M&S ones which are a real treat). I suspect that as the products are improved from above it will get better.
I was fascinated that the Tesco Saving Stamps machines were installed there. I thought they were a relic of history. There seemed to be a lot of wasted space on the upper level (which is really just a jumping point to get to the basement where the store actually is).
Still I bought something from the bakery. That is a real accomplishment for them since I usually never touch Tesco bakeries with a bargepole (those rank packaged doughnuts make me sick, unlike the M&S ones which are a real treat). I suspect that as the products are improved from above it will get better.
I was fascinated that the Tesco Saving Stamps machines were installed there. I thought they were a relic of history. There seemed to be a lot of wasted space on the upper level (which is really just a jumping point to get to the basement where the store actually is).