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John Lewis may have been aiming for Christmas sentiment this year, but there has been an unexpected winner...

McVities Penguin Chocolate bar sales are up 70% 

John Lewis marketing fail?

Ok, I had to google this to see what on earth you are talking about!

Saw this in the Daily Mail and admit I'm baffled?? 

Cats are attracted to circles, seemingly without choice - Daily Mail 

"If you've spent hours patiently trying to teach your puss to perform tricks then the latest online pet craze could be one for you.

Cat Circles, where cats are drawn to a makeshift circle, sit down in the middle of it and then refuse to move, are being recreated all over the world by plain old moggies who seemingly can't pass by a circle without being irresistibly drawn to it."

picture credit: guermike

That's it now, I need to try this out on our cat and see if it works!

This is a real raw spot, why on earth don't you get rewarded for being a loyal customer? Instead the policy seems to be for most major companies and suppliers that most people are too busy to shop around, are signed up on direct debit so just take the money and don't worry about being competitive, save that for new customers.

It's an interesting if annoying business model, but wouldn't it be nice if someone broke the mould, valued your custom and made sure you got the best competitive deal each year. You would sing their praises from the roof tops, generating word of mouth and they wouldn't need to spend a fortune on stupid adverts.

Everyone is guilty, Banks, Insurance, Utilities... hmm realised I've started ranting 

Blimey Jan, we haven't all got high resolution Macs like you

Looks like Tescos to me, what do I win????  

Sometimes I got Morrisons, sometimes it's Tescos. It's more to do with which road I'm driving out of my town on rather than being enticed with loyalty cards. But Morrisons does seem to beat Tescos on a lot of products price wise, though can't speak for Aldi, still in the snob zone 

I've got a points card for Tescos, and had the petrol one for Morrisons, but Morrisons have now changed it, you fill out a form and they send you a new form.

2 weeks later I'm still waiting. So this morning I drove off route to specifically go to Tescos to fill up, purely because I've got a reward card and can get a few pence of fuel. So for me reward cards work.

About the Sainsburys one? Do they say what the biggest complaint is or wonder if people are uncomfortable with the message?

email on its way 

Originally Posted by Barney

“after all anyone in this country can set up a business of any kind be it walking dogs to being the next Steve Richardson ”

erm not sure if that's a compliment or an insult 

They did actually get an advert banned by the ASA for not displaying the interest rate, but maybe an oversight! With European economic Armageddon on the cards again, maybe the puppets will get a reprieve!

Interesting update on this, it seems someone indeed has been caught and arrested 

We're currently working with HMRC and the Police and I've got a couple of more cease and desist letters to send out for another couple of mickey mouse sites, but looks like we could have a result.

Never a dull moment 

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