Tesco clubcard - sitting on the fence (Tesco Clubcard)

Member Name: lfclou7

Product:	Tesco Clubcard
Date:	29/10/04 (166 review reads)
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Advantages: Good for the frequent shopper, It is something for nothing, so worth collecting points, Light and easy to carry around

Disadvantages: Not many points to the pound, Company have lots of information about your shopping habits

The Tesco Clubcard is a loyalty scheme set up by the supermarket chain to reward customers for the money that they spend in Tesco stores. It comes in the form of a plastic swipe card, like a credit card and is really no hassle to carry around. It can be used from the moment you get it, you just have to fill in a simple form in order to redeem points for vouchers when you have enough.
For every pound you spend you receive a point, which i don't really think is the best deal around, for example the Boots card offers 4 points to every pound. However, as they say in the adverts, every little helps! It is definitely worth having the card if you spend lots of money in Tesco, but this is not the best value for money store, so for the sake of a money off voucher if it is easier to shop somewhere cheaper, this may be the better option.
Overall, i think that Tesco are getting more out of the Clubcard scheme than the consumer, as the whole reason they have this is to keep track of what the customers are buying, showing them what to promote and put on special offer, thus allowing them to make more money!

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