Globetrotter Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Hi all A small point, I know, but when I was looking round my local papershop yesterday, I noticed that the current MMM has a giveaway with it-one of those trolly coin tokens. I'm a subscriber, and I didnt get one. Is this the same for all subscribers and if so, why ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJH Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 A couple of issues ago the "coin" was in the Asda Exclusive edition. There was some sort of delivery mistake though because we bought our copy in a branch of W H Smiths and noticed later that the local Asda had the W H Smith Exclusive edition. Latest issue the "coin" is in the Morrisons Exclusive edition. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 Thanks for that-but given that the coin is MMM branded, they must be centrally supplied, so my question to the publishers is why should I be disadvantaged because I am a subscriber ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champstar Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 This seems to be the norm since I started subscribing..complained about the free pitch marker and was told to get via website and hey presto a photocopy of the offer came with the next edition. Is this the way to treat the loyal customers who pay up front? Ok it is only worth around a quid but would come in handy when doing the shopping..but seems it is only to attract the supermarket passing trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caraprof Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 What is it with people today? So MMM decide to try to recruit a few more readers by doing a little giveaway in a large supermarket or two. What's it matter? All suppliers do marketing exercises like this at one time or another.Why does no one look on the bright side and always assume that they're being ripped off?Fact: Those who buying MMM in Asda each month will pay £37.20 a year and have to drive and pick it up themselves.Fact: Subscribers pay £33 a year, a saving of £4.20 and we get it delivered to our door and have you ever thought what the postage must be on a package the size and weight of a telephone directory?I'm really sorry if anyone is aggrieved about missing out on a free token - poor old things, it must be a huge disappointment for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Globetrotter - 2007-08-16 10:49 AM Hi all A small point, I know, but when I was looking round my local papershop yesterday, I noticed that the current MMM has a giveaway with it-one of those trolly coin tokens. I'm a subscriber, and I didnt get one. Is this the same for all subscribers and if so, why ?? What is a trolly coin token? (I know, I lead a sheltered life) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 A trolley token can be used in place of a pound coin in supermarket trollies-it clips on and off of a keyring and is a very useful thing to have. Caraprof - you are entitled to your opinion, but please try hard not to to rubbish or ridicule the opinions of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 " Subscribers pay £33" I only had to pay £32.99, which, as any retailer will tell you, is nowhere near as much as £33. ( Why can't we have a 99p coin ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caraprof Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Globetrotter, you claimed that because you are a subscriber you are being disadvantaged because you're not getting this little freebie.I'm pointing out that you are not being disadvantaged because, as a subscriber, you may not be getting a gift worth a few pence but you are actually saving a few pounds, and getting delivery included.This is a forum, where people debate points of view and I'm disagreeing with your point of view and putting a reason why I think that you are wrong in your assumption.I'm also making the claim that many people today have unreasonably high consumer expectations, always look an the negative side and, when they see come across something like this always assume that they are somehow being ripped off!If you are not happy with your views being debated, then you shouldn't post them in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caraprof Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 malc d - 2007-08-16 1:01 PM " Subscribers pay £33" I only had to pay £32.99, which, as any retailer will tell you, is nowhere near as much as £33. ( Why can't we have a 99p coin ?) Wow, an even bigger saving than I thought! As a retailer I agree with you about the 99p syndrome but there is no doubt that psychologically, £99.99 sounds and looks better than £100.00.However, there is another and very good reason why retailers price things like this. If an item is £5.00 people will often tender a fiver and turn round and walk away leaving a dishonest assistant to pocket the money.If however it's £4.99 everyone will wait for their change so the assistant has to ring it in the till to open the drawer and take the penny out.I had a pack of films priced at exactly £10 and when I suspected a member of staff of serial theft we sent in a test shopper to buy this film pack. He handed over the £10 and rushed out saying he was double parked. Needless to say the tenner was never rung in and we caught the guy red-handed.This allowed me to prosecute and he then admitted to stealing all of the expensive cameras which our computer system told me were missing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 It would be a good idea if they gave away a Euro token for us travelling motorhomers to use at continental supermarkets. chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 Caraprof Of course when I start a thread I am opening a subject to discussion. That, after all is the intention of the forum. What I dont like is the kind of flippant and quite frankly insulting tone that you use in your reply. I value your contributions, but not the manner in which you give them. That, of course is my opinion. Incidentally, these tokens DO work in Europe-a £1 and a €1 are the same size and interchangeable in supermarket trollies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Pardon me for being dense. (^) If you really want one, you can pick them up free from French supermarkets - just go to the office (accueil) and ask for a jeton. We got one from an Intermarche and it lives in the coin holder in the dashboard. Seems to defeat the object a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Pardon me for being dense. (^) If you really want one, you can pick them up free from French supermarkets - just go to the office (accueil) and ask for a jeton. We got one from an Intermarche and it lives in the coin holder in the dashboard. Seems to defeat the object a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 Fascinating Robin-I wasnt aware that they were free ! We are off to France on Saturday, so it would certainly be worth picking one up for our travels. Thanks for the info. I agree though that it does somewhat defeat the object ! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 But maybe some people want one with MMM on it!!!!! Could be a collectors item of the future! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caraprof Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Am I missing something here? What's wrong with just sticking in a pound coin or a Euro? You get it back when you return the trolley. If you have to remember to keep a token in your glove box then surely it's just as easy to keep the requisite coin although normally you'll probably have a few in your pocket anyway!Why complicate life with jetons or tokens?Anyway, here's a tip. If you find yourself stuck without a Euro at a European supermarket I believe that an Albanian Lek will do just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 The advantage of a token is that you can attach it to your key-ring. Therefore if you drive to the supermarket, chances are you will have with you your keys with token attached, whereas you might not have a pound coin or eruo. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 caraprof - 2007-08-16 2:11 PMAm I missing something here? What's wrong with just sticking in a pound coin or a Euro? You get it back when you return the trolley. If you have to remember to keep a token in your glove box then surely it's just as easy to keep the requisite coin although normally you'll probably have a few in your pocket anyway!Why complicate life with jetons or tokens?Oh dear .... its the little things... I think this post started with the words 'its a small matter'Obviously never used up all your Euros and centimes in the pay machine at previous night's aire and wandered around the carpark trying to find a local to change a 20 Euro note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Git Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Look how many views this thread has attracted. - including me!! I wonder if it has anything to do with the word "giveaway"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caraprof Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 robin - 2007-08-16 3:25 PM caraprof - 2007-08-16 2:11 PM Am I missing something here? What's wrong with just sticking in a pound coin or a Euro? You get it back when you return the trolley. If you have to remember to keep a token in your glove box then surely it's just as easy to keep the requisite coin although normally you'll probably have a few in your pocket anyway!Why complicate life with jetons or tokens? Oh dear .... its the little things... I think this post started with the words 'its a small matter' Obviously never used up all your Euros and centimes in the pay machine at previous night's aire and wandered around the carpark trying to find a local to change a 20 Euro note. No, never as it happens as we have the sense to keep a 'trolley euro' in the ashtray (wrapped up to stop it rattling of course) and if we haven't one in our pockets we can always rely on that. As it happens we normally never have one in our pockets anyway because.......... see below!One good tip is to have a change box - I've a UK one and a Euro one. It's a small plastic box and every bit of change that we get goes into it. It might have twenty or thirty quid in (or Euro) at any time. When we buy anything we always try to remember to pay with a note so that we get change. It's easy to do this anyway if you've already emptied your pockets of all your small change.Follow this policy and you'll never run out of Euro for Aires or anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B. Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I'm really worried now-If I get one that attaches to my keyring that means the van keys would be in the trolley-if I was looking at cheap wine in the hypermarket someone might pinch my trolley, then the van. Oh no it's problem after problem-what if the wife was sat in the van?-no not much chance of that at Cite Europe-every silver lining has a cloud! Then what if I got caught in Carrefours using an Auchen jeton? Off to the bastille? Think I'll play safe and just keep 1 euro in case-it'll always come in handy next time---I know, I'll keep it in the coin thingy on the dashboard! Panic over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livewire Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 caraprof - 2007-08-16 1:07 PM I'm also making the claim that many people today have unreasonably high consumer expectations, always look an the negative side and, when they see come across something like this always assume that they are somehow being ripped off From the quality of journalism in MMM, they probably are if they were expecting a quality magazine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champstar Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 What we seem to be missing is the point of the post...should we as loyal subscribers not be afforded the same benefits and more as to that of passing trade. Yes we do save a few quid on cost..but so do most other organisations offer savings to subscribers. I remember the plastic mac thing arriving in the post with the mag so why not every giveaway? I could just pick up the mag at the supermarket when doing shopping but decided to subscribe to make sure I could get a copy after all we all pay for the mag upfront so why miss out whether or not the giveaway is worth 1p or 100 pounds is not the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Mike B. - 2007-08-16 4:41 PM I'm really worried now-If I get one that attaches to my keyring that means the van keys would be in the trolley-if I was looking at cheap wine in the hypermarket someone might pinch my trolley, then the van. Oh no it's problem after problem-what if the wife was sat in the van?-no not much chance of that at Cite Europe-every silver lining has a cloud! Then what if I got caught in Carrefours using an Auchen jeton? Off to the bastille? Think I'll play safe and just keep 1 euro in case-it'll always come in handy next time---I know, I'll keep it in the coin thingy on the dashboard! Panic over No need Mike, the tokens are attached to the key-ring with an easy-open clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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