Tesco fail...

[Puggit]

Tesco pulling out of 2nd hand car market - I'll admit, I did not know Tesco sold 2nd hand cars!!

http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16202416

[KrazyIvan]

Puggit said:

Tesco pulling out of 2nd hand car market - I'll admit, I did not know Tesco sold 2nd hand cars!!

http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16202416

I am with you, never knew they sold cars, and asking a couple of the other bloke in the office, it would seem neither did they.....which may juts point to why they didn't sell many.

[F i F]

They are ditching their value range too, trying to go a bit more upmarket apparently.

Have recognised that, despite being the biggest, the British public think that they are a bit crap.

[V8mate]

F i F said:

They are ditching their value range too, trying to go a bit more upmarket apparently.

Have recognised that, despite being the biggest, the British public think that they are a bit crap.

That is just even more canny marketing. Their 'Finest' products gave the impression of quality through packaging, when in fact the contents were still st.

So now they kill the secondary brand and just tell their customers that they only want them to eat the (higher margin) 'top notch tukka'?

[Mr GrimNasty]

Tesco failed when they started treating their customers with contempt. Their prices/offers are often nothing short of silly, no attempt to go upmarket will help!

[gtdc]

F i F said:

They are ditching their value range too, trying to go a bit more upmarket apparently.

Good luck with that. I went in our local one once and it was like bedlam.

[telecat]

Didn't think the cars would last long.

Always take a good look at Tesco "Bargains". For Example I quite like the ASDA Packaged Cheese Burgers. They used to be £1.99 and you got 2 x 1/4 pound burgers. Two Sesame seed buns four slices of cheese and a pot of relish. Tesco copied them within a month. But with a small sachet of relish and two slices of cheese for the same money...

[Adrian W]

Tesco's problem is that most people believe they are a bunch of ripp of merchants who will stiff customers at every opportunity.........and they are!

Edited by Adrian W on Wednesday 4th April 16:31

[rover 623gsi]

I actually bought my Astra through them last year - found the whole process very smooth

[Mobile Chicane]

Tesco. The one place I won't set foot in.

Ten years ago they had it all going for them: immensely successful loyalty scheme, quality products and an environment that staff seemed happy and positive about working in.

Subsequently they've got lazy, arrogant, and the truth has started to seep out about such practices as:

- Appalling supplier management
- Dropping quality standards
- Questionable employment practices such as forcing potential employees to work for free during their 'trial period'
- Absolute disregard for the views of local people (and their democratically elected representatives) in terms of forcing through planning permission via the Government-appointed Planning Inspectorate to build yet more stores. Google "Tesco Ashtead".

[jmorgan]

Amazing how much the price of an item alters, I check the prices all the time now and there does appear to be an attempt to bamboozle people with regards weights and prices. One week its cheaper to buy the two smaller sized X and the next its cheaper to buy the bigger one yet the labelling will not always favour the cheaper option.

And seeing as they have effectively shut our town centre down they will get the people in, well, the three Teascos, one Sainsbury, and Asda in what I think is a small town. I do buy what I can in the local market though.

[fido]

Adrian W said:

Tesco's problem is that most people believe they are a bunch of ripp of merchants who will stiff customers at every opportunity.........and they are!

[flamesuit]I didn't think that would be an issue in this industry![/flamesuit]

[anonymous-user]

Not the first tesco failure have a look at their record company, fresh and easy etc, they are just trying to divisify, nothing usual in bizness.

[iphonedyou]

So long as they're super cheap for beer (though not as super cheap as they used to be ) I'll still go.

[Sheets Tabuer]

I refuse to buy a car from them, I'm waiting for waitrose to sell them.

[ExChrispy Porker]

Well as Tesco is the only supermarket within walking distance, they get a lot of custom from me. I have no complaints whatsoever.
Yes I have noticed pricing anomalies, but as I tend to check such things before I toss it in the trolley, I can't say it is a big issue.

Damn sight better than the co-op anyway.

[FourWheelDrift]

Puggit said:

Tesco pulling out of 2nd hand car market - I'll admit, I did not know Tesco sold 2nd hand cars!!

http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16202416

Just over a year ago - http://www.pistonheads.com/Gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

And I only found that after doing a google images search for a funny Tesco Value branded car image

[hornet]

My perception is they've lost sight of who their customers are. ASDA and Morrisons do the cheap and cheerful thing much better, but have expanded their quality brands, which I think now overlap with a lot of Tesco stuff. At the other end, you have Sainsburys, Waitrose and even M&S, at least two of which have "value" brands that are encroaching from the opposite direction, meaning there's not really an obvious place for Tesco to sit in the scheme of things any more. That and maybe people are just generally fed up with their ubiquity? The stores feel rather outdated as well.

[thinfourth2]

Problem

A big business is making money at the expense at smaller companies and individuals


Answer

Step 1

Is a big business a bank?

If yes then be happy

If No goto step 2

Step 2

Is the business Tescos?

If yes then be really angry and ranty

Edited by thinfourth2 on Wednesday 4th April 18:16

[Puggit]

thinfourth2 said:

Problem

A big business is making money at the expense at smaller companies and individuals


Answer

Step 1

Is a big business a bank?

If yes then be happy

If No goto step 2

Is the business Tescos?

If yes then be really angry and ranty

Where is step 2?

Anything constructive to add?