Not sure it's a "glitch", that's just how Waitrose's pricing system works.

As far as I've ever observed it's ALWAYS the case that the Pick Your Own 20% comes off the unit SEL price
so if an item has a reduced sticker on it (eg short-shelf life clearance) say £2 to £1.50 on it then you'd still get your PYO 20% x £2.00 = 40p off the £1.50.

and similarly the long-standing offer of 2 x Pastrami's at £2.29/each of 2 for £4.00 also has the PYO 20% off based on the £2.29 unit SEL price.

Another tip [I'm in my local Waitrose most days] is that when meeting Waitrose spending targets - eg the basket £5+/weekday (£10+/weekend) for a credit for the cost of a myWaitrose'able newspaper, or say £30+ to use a £X off a £30+ spend (my)Waitrose coupon ... is that you do NOT have to factor in any myWaitrose reductions - ie it's the GROSS cost of the basket that has to hit the £5/£10/£30 threshold and then you get the PYO 20%, myWaitrose discounts/credits/coupons etc netted off before paying.

Incidentally the myWaitrose newspaper credit is for the MOST expensive valid newspaper in your basket too, not just the first, or the cheapest - unlike say multiple items buys where it's usually the cheapest item in the valid set that you get free.

Learning all sorts of things in this thread :smile: thank you very much!

Absolutely ... it's all a learning game with all the Supermarket's pricing schemes. I too initially imagined PYO gave 20% off what you'd paid for PYO products, but have learned that it's 20% off the current unit SEL!

Example re learning : at the very beginning of the myWaitrose newspaper offer... as I have prepaid/subscription vouchers/coupons for newspapers - I found some ignorant staff tried to say "ah but you've had the paper free, so I can't accept a coupon to pay for it" whereas Waitrose were always clear in saying the [weekday] offer is "buy either The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Scottish Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Observer or The Times, spend over £5 and receive the money off the rest of your shopping." - ie you are still buying the paper & hence could submit a coupon to pay for it!

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Sign up for pick your own offers: http://www.waitrose.com/home/mywaitrose/pick-your-own.html

Thank you OP already on 'pick your own offers' here at the normal price :smile:

Not sure it's a "glitch", that's just how Waitrose's pricing system works.

As far as I've ever observed it's ALWAYS the case that the Pick Your Own 20% comes off the unit SEL price
so if an item has a reduced sticker on it (eg short-shelf life clearance) say £2 to £1.50 on it then you'd still get your PYO 20% x £2.00 = 40p off the £1.50.

and similarly the long-standing offer of 2 x Pastrami's at £2.29/each of 2 for £4.00 also has the PYO 20% off based on the £2.29 unit SEL price.

Another tip [I'm in my local Waitrose most days] is that when meeting Waitrose spending targets - eg the basket £5+/weekday (£10+/weekend) for a credit for the cost of a myWaitrose'able newspaper, or say £30+ to use a £X off a £30+ spend (my)Waitrose coupon ... is that you do NOT have to factor in any myWaitrose reductions - ie it's the GROSS cost of the basket that has to hit the £5/£10/£30 threshold and then you get the PYO 20%, myWaitrose discounts/credits/coupons etc netted off before paying.

Incidentally the myWaitrose newspaper credit is for the MOST expensive valid newspaper in your basket too, not just the first, or the cheapest - unlike say multiple items buys where it's usually the cheapest item in the valid set that you get free.

It's in interesting to know, I would have thought the discount would come off the price you were actually paying.

Have edited the title.

Might also want to move it out of the 'gaming' section :stuck_out_tongue:

That's for the edit, that's interesting to know. I had worked out that the cost of the paper counts towards your £5 total spend to get it free. But I didn't know about the reductions.

Oops, good point thanks! I think I just pressed 'G' on the drop down menu and hit gaming by mistake instead of Groceries. Edited now :smiley: Although cheese and gaming do go very well together :man: