Extras at the till

[Venod]

Is it just me or do others not care for this practice.

It used to be just shoe shops who tried to flog you other products at the till ie polish etc (as if you have never cleaned shoes before and don't already own the stuff)

Then when buying a paper being asked if you would like to buy a large bar of chocolate to go with it (no thanks if I had wanted one I would have asked)

Buying a Big Mac meal, would you like to go large (oh FFS)

Now the latest at Wicks while buying some stone chipings, would you like to donate 50p to Alzheimers charity. (don't get me wrong there is a lot of good reasons to donate to charity and perhaps Alzheimers support might be a good idea considering my ever rapidly increasing advance into old age, but I don't want asking at the till, I only came to buy chippings, so just take my cash)

I think I'm turning into Victor Meldrew.

 

[Beebo]

It is called up selling. And many staff are incentivised to do it. Or disciplined if they don't.
Just say no.

 

[PeteXXX]

"Would you like to insure that?"
"No thanks"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, that's why I said 'no thank you' "
Grrr

 

[TVC]

I've noticed more of the asking for donations on the till these days. The one I really don't like is the charity bag packers in supermarkets, normally kids who just sling things in your carriers and who get huffy then stand in the way if you say no whilst their parents watch you. They used to be for proper worthy charities like guide dogs or Marie Curie, now we have to put up with the local kids rugby team raising money to go on a jolly to France. Nope.

 

[snorri]

"Would you like to insure that?""No thanks"
"Are you sure?"

The first time I was subjected to that particular hard sell, I thought the sales assistant was dropping me a hint regarding the poor reliability of the appliance i was about to purchase.

 

[screenman]

I like upselling.

 

[Accy cyclist]

What's this,i asked? "23p goes to the farmer to help keep them going,when you buy this 1 litre of milk" i was told. Feck that i thought. Did any farmer send me a donation when i lost my job,i thought. The milk went back on the shelf,to be replaced by the non donational one.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Another annoying one is the presence of a tips jar on the counter at a business that only offers a transaction at the counter itself. Coffee shops (Costa etc) are particularly bad for this, and you see it in some sandwich shops too.

 

[tyred]

Would you like to take out an extended warranty on your toaster for almost as much as it it costs to buy a new one?
Nope!

 

[screenman]

Would you like that dent repaired for half the normal cost whilst I am repairing your windscreen, yes please I did not know that could be done.

 

[Broadside]

It doesn’t bother me in general but W H Smith on the other hand really irritates me that they try to sell a 500g bar of chocolate whenever you buy anything, I now try and avoid going there unless it is the only option. Trying to push all that chocolate at such a cheap price, it is just wrong.

 

[MontyVeda]

"Would you like to spend £100 on a HDMI cable to go with your new Blu-Ray player?"

"No thanks."

"If you don't the picture quality will look like a standard DVD"

"Will it fark, you spotty little prick!"

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Lots of happy shoppers !!!!lol

 

[classic33]

It is called up selling. And many staff are incentivised to do it. Or disciplined if they don't.
Just say no.

Never did it and nearly always got into trouble for having the lowest selling rate. What's wrong with being honest with the customer?

 

[FishFright]

What's this,i asked? "23p goes to the farmer to help keep them going,when you buy this 1 litre of milk" i was told. Feck that i thought. Did any farmer send me a donation when i lost my job,i thought. The milk went back on the shelf,to be replaced by the non donational one.

IIRC that wasn't a donation thing. Farmers are woefully underpaid by the supermarkets for their milk and 23p per litre being returned to farm would probably go a long way to keeping it viable. I know farmers that if they only relied on their milk heards they would be running at a large loss.
Why did so many farmers vote Brexit ? Mainly because they were fed a crock that post exit the supermarkets would amazingly start to pay them way more for their produce out of some patriotic sense of duty/