Just back from Sainsbury's in Luton ( Bramingham Park). Soon needed to renew Office 365 subscription and saw it on the shelf for £12.50.
On going through the self scan checkouts it went through at a penny! (Will add receipt to first comment... bit slow...actually 7th comment!). Verified with staff and they checked and said a penny is correct!
I apologise in advance for any wild goose chases.. appreciate that this might be store specific. However I think that £12.50 is a good price (hence putting it up at that price)... but a penny seems crazy. I went back and picked up a few more copies and left 2 on the shelf. Although after chatting with the staff, think that they may well have had them!
if only sainsburys became a chain of stores :wink:
Kulaak
29 Jan 177#17
Sounds like a hopeless goose chase since there were only two left on shelf.
All comments (123)
BuzzDuraband
29 Jan 171#1
Not to be a negative Nancy, and I do hope I'm wrong. But don't all subscriptions / cards of this nature scan at 1p until activated manually by the staff?
Was this purchased via the self service scanner, or did the staff on a till actually activate the card as they should?
tjmartin
29 Jan 173#2
No activation by staff, however I have just updated my own subscription adding a year on.. appreciate it seems a bit too good... I was surprised!
BuzzDuraband to tjmartin
29 Jan 172#4
Fair play to you then if it's been redeemed successfully. Bargain :smiley:
BuzzDuraband
29 Jan 173#3
Nevermind. I've just read this part.
spannerzone
29 Jan 171#5
Nice, well done!
tawse57
29 Jan 171#6
I have tried to buy these in various Sainsbury before and they never had a clue what to do in terms of activation - never seen one activated at a store - but all the Sainsbury's that I have seen these in they never even knew the price of them when they checked them by scanning and searching their computer systems.
tjmartin
29 Jan 176#7
tawse57
29 Jan 171#8
What does activation involve in a store? I see this mentioned often on here but what exactly is involved?
vardx to tawse57
30 Jan 17#39
I worked at a large computer store a bit over a year ago. For any MS office products I'd need to swipe / scan some card and select a pre-set value or product from a list displayed on the card machine. Same machine did xbox live top ups / sony top ups / itunes etc. Haven't a clue how it works, but it did involve scanning a card or inputting a code.
If the op has been able to activate his though I guess it's different. Unless they've all simply been pre-activated.
tjmartin
29 Jan 171#9
There was no activation involved in store... literally a box on the shelf. Activation in this case is online to basically add the code to your MS account so you can download the software.
![Fresh Breakfast Meat Box (Using code) @ Campbells Meat [Haggis / Lorne Sausage / Bacon / Black Pudding & More]](/images/topics/208684_1.jpg)
![[Xbox One] Q. u. b. e: Director's Cut on Deals with Gold](/images/topics/208716_1.jpg)
Opening post
On going through the self scan checkouts it went through at a penny! (Will add receipt to first comment... bit slow...actually 7th comment!). Verified with staff and they checked and said a penny is correct!
I apologise in advance for any wild goose chases.. appreciate that this might be store specific. However I think that £12.50 is a good price (hence putting it up at that price)... but a penny seems crazy. I went back and picked up a few more copies and left 2 on the shelf. Although after chatting with the staff, think that they may well have had them!
Good Luck!
Top comments
All comments (123)
Was this purchased via the self service scanner, or did the staff on a till actually activate the card as they should?
If the op has been able to activate his though I guess it's different. Unless they've all simply been pre-activated.