Easier Avios: Tesco’s new system for video game pre-ordering

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• Dunno says:

  2 Sep2 September 06:40

  My local store has one of these with about 5 different titles on it.

  However, I didn’t see anything mentioned about bonus points?

  • Brian says:

    2 Sep2 September 06:59

    I guess thats why the article says

    “Note that – at the moment – there is NO pre-order deal available with bonus Clubcard points, so don’t go rushing down to your local Tesco store to check this out.”

    • Erico1875 says:

      2 Sep2 September 07:15

      I would hope with the run up to Christmas , there may be some new games and offers coming out.

    • Dunno says:

      2 Sep2 September 07:33

      Just confirming 🙂

• Roy says:

  2 Sep2 September 06:52

  I wonder whether these can be used at the self-service tills.

  • Stu says:

    2 Sep2 September 07:21

    Probably. Under the ‘old’ system you could still take the plastic cases through the self scan, it’s just you wouldn’t get the confirmation receipt printed out.

  • N says:

    2 Sep2 September 08:05

    Hopefully it will be easier as you shouldn’t need to put anything on the scales after each scan.

• Adam says:

  2 Sep2 September 08:26

  When the last pre order promotion was on a few months back you had to take your cases to a manned till to get processed. There was a rumour around a few weeks back that an internal memo was spotted at a till about the last pre order offer and how abuse of the offer had been indentified and all large amounts of purchases are being investigated. May of been just a spoof though…

  • Adam says:

    2 Sep2 September 08:28

    Forgot to add that in the memo it also read that there will be no more pre order promotions due to the abuse of the offer?

• sir crusticroc says:

  2 Sep2 September 08:33

  Last time, I ran mine through the self checkout perfectly successfully. No slip, as noted above – but points posted fine.

  • James67 says:

    2 Sep2 September 09:08

    The time I tried self checkout it requested store approval. Mr Tesco came along, promptly mixed up my stack of preorder cases and I didn’t know where I was with them. Just tooka chance, put them all through again and got all the points. After that I stuck to regular till.

    • sir crusticroc says:

      2 Sep2 September 09:12

      Next time try a cheeky 26p pack of aspirin as your last item.

    • TimS says:

      2 Sep2 September 09:46

      They only require store approval as many of the games are age-restricted.
      It has nothing specific to do with a pre-order promotion.

      Also, when the checkout person goes to approve the items, it brings up the full list of items requiring approval (ie listing all of the games) so a cheeky box of asprin or bottle of wine won’t make any difference. Asprin/wine will simply be one of the list of items on the page requiring approval. It won’t be the only one flagged up.

      • sir crusticroc says:

        2 Sep2 September 10:06

        These are busy people who want to move on. If they primarily have to approve 18 for the aspirin, they won’t look twice at the games. Or if you really want to be alan, you could stick the aspirin through first, ask for checkout approval, then put your games through after – the till won’t ask for 18 approval twice (in most cases).

        Personally I can’t be bothered as I’ve never had any problems, all I’m doing is buying a pre-order game which is not shop-lifting & they usually don’t know that normally you’d need a till slip – often I explain to the operative why I don’t need the cases & sometimes offer to take them back to the shelf. Depends if I want more, of course.

        • TimS says:

          2 Sep2 September 10:10

          Exactly. They don’t care if you are buying a packet of pills, a trolley of booze or a dozen boxes of games. They just want an easy life and to make it to the end of their shift without getting moaned at by customers.

          The last time the offer was on I just went to the self service tills with a page of barcodes I had printed off for the games (as no boxes in my local Mr T’s) & the staff member just came over & authorised them no problem at all.

    • CV3V says:

      2 Sep2 September 12:00

      Last time when there was that decent list of games on promo i took some boxes to the electrical desk and paid there, then picked up a few more boxes and paid at the usual tills. One copy of each only of course. I always prefer to break up the transactions to avoid attention, despite some saying Tesco staff dont care what you do, in my experience and that of others there plenty of jobsworths in Tesco.

      • Erico1875 says:

        2 Sep2 September 13:07

        Yes I encountered one when i tried to buy fifa on 4 formats. He questioned why and when I told him “because I want to” he refused to put ghem through, saying i was abusing the system by trying to get 4 discounts..

        • CV3V says:

          2 Sep2 September 14:10

          Yup, staff make up new rules on the spot. I was told once that I could only buy two 3V cards at a time, it was ‘a new rule’, actually all it was the 3V activation system playing up.

        • sir crusticroc says:

          2 Sep2 September 16:47

          Next time, think on your feet, dude?

• gnarlyoldgoatdude says:

  2 Sep2 September 12:10

  Are you sure this is new? Tesco Oxford (Cowley) had the same system 2 years ago.

  • Rob says:

    2 Sep2 September 14:14

    Not 100,000% sure – but I’ve never seen it before and all the posts we’ve had on here about games pre-ordering have never mentioned anyone using one.

  • Dunno says:

    2 Sep2 September 21:01

    Do you’re the one stealing all my 3V cards? Haha

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