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Daydreaming about the food in Richmond, B.c.. I miss that place
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Jan 21st, 2021 6:29 pm
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Jan 21st, 2021 8:32 pm
You are a responsible person. My experience was not that good. But after I saw those teens fulfill customers’ orders in the store, I believed they are not intend to pick the bad produce, they just don’t know or they don’t careLongprocess wrote: ↑ It's likely not the same everywhere but from my experience putting together grocery orders it is drilled into us to find the freshest produce that we can - even if this means getting something from the back. The goal is to avoid having to deal with any customer complaints if at all possible. It's really worth it to just get it right the first time.
That said, I have had a few issues with produce when I've picked up orders but largely it has been fantastic.
Jan 21st, 2021 8:53 pm
According to their policy, they should reprice it at the lower of the requested or substituted item:tofubb wrote: ↑ You are a responsible person. My experience was not that good. But after I saw those teens fulfill customers’ orders in the store, I believed they are not intend to pick the bad produce, they just don’t know or they don’t care
Unlike Walmart, PC express will not honor the price for the substitute items. If the substitute item is more expensive, they will charge you the higher price.
Jan 21st, 2021 8:59 pm
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Jan 21st, 2021 9:25 pm
Thanks, good to know, still remember I ordered few bottles of No name Bleach when they are on sale. Superstore substituted them with Clorox Bleach and charge me the full price.0707DHToronto wrote: ↑ According to their policy, they should reprice it at the lower of the requested or substituted item:
Your PC Express personal shoppers can substitute unavailable items with similar ones. But you’ll always pay the lower price between the original and the substitutions. You also have the option not to accept substitutions in your grocery order.
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Jan 21st, 2021 9:34 pm
That's not true. Happened to me a couple of times. While they would reduce the price on some things it's not always cheaper. Walmart on the other hand would never charge you a penny over what was agreed0707DHToronto wrote: ↑ According to their policy, they should reprice it at the lower of the requested or substituted item:
Your PC Express personal shoppers can substitute unavailable items with similar ones. But you’ll always pay the lower price between the original and the substitutions. You also have the option not to accept substitutions in your grocery order.
Scroll down to the last FAQ
Jan 21st, 2021 10:49 pm
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Jan 22nd, 2021 9:15 am
I used PC Express pickup in the early days of COVID to avoid going in store. My biggest issue with the app is that it did not recognize all of the items on sale in the weekly flyer. Sale items were at full price on the website. I've diverted my online grocery when needed to IGA.fg2wil wrote: ↑ Although the PC insiders program got worse with the recent change last year, this deal is hot with the 60k points back. Use it at shoppers during bonus redemption and you can stretch that to 90k.
If you add the value of the welcome gift, buy PC products regularly and make use of the free PC Express pickups you can easily come out ahead VS the $119 annual fee spent.
Jan 22nd, 2021 9:24 am
Jan 22nd, 2021 9:47 am
I know this is their policy but I've used PC Express pickup a number of times over the past year and this has never actually been enforced; I have always been charged for the price of the substituted item (which is generally higher than what I originally picked). I did send a couple emails to customer service which were never answered, but I couldn't be bothered to pursue it with the actual store. Anyway, keep an eye out for that if you use the pickup service.0707DHToronto wrote: ↑ According to their policy, they should reprice it at the lower of the requested or substituted item:
Your PC Express personal shoppers can substitute unavailable items with similar ones. But you’ll always pay the lower price between the original and the substitutions. You also have the option not to accept substitutions in your grocery order.
Scroll down to the last FAQ
Jan 22nd, 2021 10:50 am
Not technically 100% true, as PC does have there own diaper brand, and the various other baby products. You still get 10% back on those. So for non PC brands, yea it's gone, for PC baby stuff, just dropped from 20% to 10%.
Jan 22nd, 2021 10:55 am
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Jan 22nd, 2021 11:28 am
Loblaws knows they are one of the few places open. Why be "competitive" and give deals? No pandemic pay for employees. No deals on points. They are raking in the cash BIG TIME. They don't need to persuade people to come in and shop.
Jan 22nd, 2021 12:02 pm
Thanks for your detailed description.Eleventeen wrote: ↑ Not technically 100% true, as PC does have there own diaper brand, and the various other baby products. You still get 10% back on those. So for non PC brands, yea it's gone, for PC baby stuff, just dropped from 20% to 10%.
At 10%, you have to spend $1340 a year on PC products to break even. ($134 with ontario 13% tax). That's still reasonable for most 4+ person families if they shop exclusively at PC grocery/Shoppers. And that's not even counting a cent of the many other ways to get value
- $3-5 saved per PC express pickup
- $5-17 sometimes saved on free fast shipping from shoppers and joefresh - which imo was hardly any deal in 2019 due to poor selection, but starting late 2020 and now especially, Shoppers is really ramping up what they sell online, with most essentials and full on electronics department set up now.. Making it pretty much the #1 place to buy consoles and there video games due to the mostly fixed pricing and awesome PC points deals. So even a solo hardcore console gamer can actually make a profit on PC insiders with zero food purchases now, assuming one buys a fair bit of sub $50 games (today's new triple A $80 releases qualify for the free shipping anyways).
- Various , often very good exclusive points promos. A bit random when they happen, but over the holidays was every week, and otherwise is at least once a month. The main/best one is the extra $5 in point at shoppers during select 20x saturdays. Next week is points days , last years they had pretty nice PC insider exclusive points offers, this year I bet will be even better.
- Various, somewhat rare, grocery pickup discounts. On average I get sent 2-3 codes a year for $10 to $20 off a year, paying for a good chunk of the annual fee.
- 5% back on pctravel.. While I don't super recommend them as a travel agency, wouldn't use for hotels or cars, there site is fine for booking air canada flights and 5% is generally better than most people will average back on travel (and has no impact on aeroplan). At the very least you can call them and get someone to answer pretty fast during business hours.. While with AC if your not super elite, good luck calling them, hope you like waiting for hours.
And while yes they discontinued the welcome box per year.. I was supposed to get one final one, and guess it got lost in shipping, they offered me $20 in points in lieu of shipping a new one which was great customer service.
I'm just a single guy, that buys way too much doordash so less groceries than average person for sure.. But yea I still manage well over the $120 a year in value. Family could easily do it. It is a bit of a game to take advantage of all the exclusive offers, but if you do, yea its very worth.
Jan 22nd, 2021 12:43 pm
I got two boxes in 2020, one over Christmas and one over the summer. The $20 would've been better.Eleventeen wrote: ↑ And while yes they discontinued the welcome box per year.. I was supposed to get one final one, and guess it got lost in shipping, they offered me $20 in points in lieu of shipping a new one which was great customer service.
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