Member Info for godfearer

I only have a modest holding here, I worked for a company that would offer as a staff perk a discounted gift card recall it was 12% so I loaded £300 onto the Halfords card. Bought a new tyre on the card got the car home and I always check the tyre pressure. Pressure was OK but it was not the tyre I ordered. Put in a complaint and Halfords were not interested. Last week booked my car in for MOT given a time of 09:10 hrs I had to phone for this as on-line booking system not working. I said to the bloke do I not have to come in 10 mins early like I was told last year he said that is 10 mins early your mot is booked for 9:20. Got to the garage and lady on front desk said yes your mot is booked for 09:25 OK whats 5 mins (or getting there15 mins early) I was watching the 2 mechanics in the workshop area not much work getting done plenty of chat going on. Then the coffee and sandwich van turns up not for a new tyre but for refreshments. At 09:45 my car had not moved an inch so I asked for the keys and made a hasty retreat. They have closed my local Halfords store recently. I would like to deal with Halfords but they make it very difficult. A while back a senior official wrote in the press that you should get your NEW MERCEDES serviced at Halfords to save money, well their was no new Mercs in the car park and I know why. If my experiences are replicated in other parts of the country it does not inspire me but holding onto the shares for the time being.

Hi I hold enough shares to qualify for the free breakfast, however they are in a SIPP with Int Investor whose compliance manager has said you cannot qualify for a free breakfast as it would be an unauthorised payment from a pension scheme. HL and AJ Bell allow it. Anybody else had this problem. Seems crazy to me.

Hi Mr P. Agree and Tesco is purely an investment for me also. I believe though that had I not worked for Tesco I would not have become a shareholder but the lure of share options and other tax and NI efficient schemes got me to where I am today. I suspect many Tesco staff and retired Tesco workers are in the same boat. I recall asking one of my investment customers who had a holding in a company the shares being acquired in a similar fashion "If you did not hold these shares but had an equivalent amount of spare money in the building society would you go and invest the savings in this company" The answer was NO, so on that I questioned the wisdom of holding them, they subsequently lost all the money when the company collapsed. Asking myself the same question my answer would be "well I would use some of the money to buy shares but not to the amount I currently have invested" So on one hand I should reduce my holding but on the other hand I enjoy the steady returns Tesco provide. Its a dilemma.

Forgot to say the only reason I was not buying from Tesco was the last fillet I bought at Tesco was poor {but I am no Gordon Ramsey}

Badgernator,guitarscot and Mr Picky loved your humour here. On a more serious note I would like your opinion on this. I had read a bit about that Warren Buffett chappie who mentioned that companies cannot get by in offering good customer service they need to "delight" their customers. In M&S the other day and they had ran out of the ordinary fillet steak (I could only get one pack instead of the 2 I required} and had to supplement second one with a much more expensive one. The shelf stacker said there was no more so I continued to the till and joined a few people in the queue, After a couple of mins the shelf stacker comes running up saying he had found some more in the store room and he said these look better than what you have. I personally believe he had done his best to help me and in general I find M&S staff very good. My point being could Tesco staff be more accommodating with customers to generate more goodwill. At 70 years old I will admit to being a bit of an old f**t and have "old values" am I out of kilter with the masses.

sorry should have introduced myself. i worked for the banking side for 6-7 years before retiring. i had tried to suggest to local directors how extra growth could be achieved. before covid i thought tesco should get into the funeral trade with their loyal older customer base a good few clubcard points for signing up to a funeral plan (special 0% offer if bought on tesco creditcard) the lorries are refrigerated so could have a small area concealed to transport the coffins around the country and suitably trained tesco workers could drive the he**** etc on the day of the funeral. i put this to the directors at a large gathering of tesco workers who i am afraid thought i was taking the p***. a bus came by and i mentioned tesco could have a picture of a up marked coffin on the side of the bus with the caption "tesco's finest" this brought loads of laughter but actually i was deadly serious would have made a fortune. better option than paperchase in which aisle i have never seen anyone buy anything.

As a brand new member was interested in the gain being made if the share price goes up 1p. I have been a regular reader of posts for Tesco for some time. I was wondering why no one posted their losses if shares went down a penny.