Hello everyone
I would like to know if I am the only one who feels more and more stressed when shopping, for the following reasons:
Lately I've done without the whole "Cummulus thing" except for showing the card, I don't even know if there are still double points vouchers for purchases of CHF 100.00 or more.
Either the "missed" savings offers or the effort to get them stress me out!
It annoyed me:
- when I only shopped for 95.00 and didn't receive a 2-times voucher.
- had forgotten (or was too late) to activate a coupon
- the cashier forgot to give me the coupons, depending on the promotion
or stickers, depending on the promotion
- planned my purchase strategically in advance
- missed the 5x or 10x points day, or didn't have any major
purchases
- always having to use my wallet AND cell phone at the checkout
I really notice the whole thing when I'm shopping in another supermarket where I just have to PAY. That's when I'm really relaxed.
It's not that I'm not stress-resistant enough, on the contrary, but the more stress I can avoid, the more I avoid it. Because time is becoming more important to me.
I would prefer to simply pay a fair price for what I need.
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I can sympathize with you - and you're even still a smartphone owner... You can react if M-App on cell phone.... but the others:
-- Bought over 100 CHF - forgot 2, 5x - they can still activate on the spot - but the others...
How would the cashier react if the customer said: Sorry, forgot 2 times, go and get it quickly at home, come back in an hour, we'll put the shopping cart aside in the meantime...
--With the 95CHF problem, mental arithmetic is the order of the day, it's best to shop with 2 people: 1st person has to add if put in shopping cart - subtract if put back in the rack, because another item is more advantageous, because that's what the 2nd person needs. The 2nd person calculates the discounts 20%, 30%, subtracts the amount and gives the final total to the 1st person, who then adds it up, maybe a 3rd person with a magnifying glass is needed, this person is specialized in the pitfalls, maybe it is printed very small: from 2 articles.... Since person 2 and 3 are not fully utilized, they can be used to remind the cashier of solutions, stickers!
Sorry - also sorry to Migros for the exaggerated wording.... but maybe they just want to say: Do self-scanning, then mental arithmetic will fall away...
Incidentally, Coop and Migros are pushing each other in this matter and I also know people for whom shopping is not necessarily a leisure activity or something like a social game according to the motto: the more complicated and convoluted, the better, funnier and more entertaining....
Thank you for your understanding :)
In "my" Migros store there is still no self-scanning option.
But I don't think I'll be bothering with Cumulus points in the future.
Are we stressing ourselves out? Migros offers; I can say yes or do without. And soon EVERY store will have a loyalty program! Why do you think? The evaluation of our data! How else could customer loyalty be organized? And am I WORTH getting hold of the few Cumulus francs? Where does the shopping start then; not already at home? Perhaps YES Migros could offer relaxing massages in the supermarket!!!
I can't understand the whining. Sure, I'd also prefer Migros to simply be cheaper and do without the promotions instead, but it doesn't do that. But it's not too much to ask to think about what you need before you go shopping and take a quick look at the coupons. Why you should still need your smartphone at the checkout is beyond me. People complain that you have to plan your shopping strategically. Yes, because that's exactly how it used to be done!
... Sure, at the end of the year you might have earned 20 francs less...
It's amazing how little idea some consumers have, especially when they are the same ones who like to moan about Switzerland being a high-price country. I "collect" 20 francs with Cumulus points and the advantage coupons per month, and this as a single-person household with an average turnover in Migros of CHF 60 per week. That's an average saving of around 8% on total purchases (in addition to the normal promotions). And no, I don't chase after everything, but only what I need. And shopping strategically - as far as space at home (storage, freezer) allows - can also be fun. This also includes using the 5x and 2x vouchers on the right days or in the right combination for larger purchases or using the advantage coupons exactly when these items are already on promotion anyway - it doesn't happen that rarely and then you get the goods for about half price. It's only when there are points for purchases over a certain minimum amount that the fun stops for me... And - pssst... Insider tip: You still don't need a "smart" phone for all this, but if you can't manage without this brain prosthesis, you're welcome to let it stress you out.
Dear stecki
Why so aggressive?
I clearly communicated in the "I" form in my initial post. So MY feelings, I just wanted to know if it was just me. I don't want to incite anyone, convert anyone, and above all I'm not judging anyone. Furthermore, I explained that I now mainly do without "chasing points" because it "stresses me out", whereby the term "stress" is used by me here, as well as by many others in other contexts, in a very inflationary way. So I am NOT on the verge of a heart attack as a result of cumulus point management.
I'll just show my card and that's it. I just don't have enough time besides my children, partner, work, house and garden.
I wish you all a nice Sunday
For heaven's sake, I'm not indignant just because someone doesn't want to or can't take advantage of all the benefits. God knows there are other problems in this world... I was just a bit surprised when someone said that this would only cost you 20 francs a year and calculated how much that would be for me with my small budget. As information for the readership here, no more and no less. But of course anyone is welcome to feel personally offended by what I've written if it seems useful in any way, even if that wasn't the intention ;-) And another insider tip: in a forum, some answers refer to the entire discussion and not just to the post under which they are posted. Knowing that might also be a little less stressful.
And I would feel very sorry for you if your M cooperative didn't (yet) have the advantage coupons that I use so much, but you don't want to use them, so I can save myself the regret. And then it wouldn't be nice of me to pull the wool over your eyes by listing all the great vouchers I currently have in front of me that I can use in the next two weeks and that will earn me an estimated 800 to 900 points (not including the normal 2x and 5x vouchers).
Hello Feathercloud
You write that you have a lot of vouchers with which you can collect an estimated 800 to 900 points.
My question is: Are these really all vouchers for products that you actually buy regularly?
Because I also get very good ones from these additional vouchers, or from products that I usually buy.
But there are also vouchers (for me) for products that I never buy. So it doesn't occur to me to buy these products just because of the extra points.
After all, how much extra do you spend just to get these points?
And converted, aren't 800/900 points CHF 8.00/9.00? And again: how much more did I pay because of this?
Personally, I don't think the extra vouchers are so bad, but as I said, I only redeem the vouchers for the products that I buy regularly. The others end up in the bin.
That way I benefit, I don't spend extra money and I'm not so stressed.
Love to all......
That's right. Buying products that you don't need just to redeem the vouchers would be extremely stupid. That you could even come up with such an idea... But there are probably people like that.
Every now and then there's a voucher for something I've never bought before. Then it might encourage me to give it a try - similar to the 20x points promotions for new launches. But that's not the rule. Since the advantage coupon system learns, you can also control it. For example, I don't redeem coupons for low-value items (e.g. salads, radishes, cucumbers for a household of one). What you don't redeem, you don't get again. Over time, you only get the vouchers that are most important to you (because they bring the biggest savings in terms of amount), which are then repeated every 4 months or so. This also allows you to plan how much you can buy with such a promotion so that the goods are used up before the next coupon. For some, it's a headache, for others it's stress. Right...
All right Bodenseeknusperli, I'm going to be naughty, but you've been warned ;-)
The current advantage coupons that I can redeem until 18.09. are
- All Migros organic jams and honeys (excluding Alnatura) 40x points
- All frozen pizzas 25x points
- Entire Crème d'or ice cream assortment 25x points (it's a good thing that this week is a 40% promotion, another 25% on the 60% price makes 45% off the normal price).
- I threw away a receipt (I can't remember how many points) for Hakle toilet paper because large packs were excluded. The savings from the points would never make up for a bulk pack promotion, and I also find the quality of the cheaper Migros own brand sufficient.
Also very popular and recurring with me: All organic vinegars and oils 25x points or on the entire CoR dairy product range (incl. cheese and eggs!). Yep, that's a winner...
And when I imagine all this for a large family with a freezer in the cellar...