Seed packets at 99p, perhaps.not

[Jimmy]

Visited Hayes Garden Centre yesterday, very nice garden centre.
Nice selection of seeds packets.
However one aspect annoyed me.
There were many packets with a big, and I mean big, 99p price emblazened across the front.
I nearly fell for it but on closer inspection there was a line at the bottom of the pack in miniscule writing to the effect
"When bought with another full price packet"
Bad form I thought.
I think the culprit was T&M but would not swear to that.

Anyone else seen these?

Miffed
Jimmy

[Penellype]

I got some lettuce (Warpath) that was T&M and said 99p when bought with another packet. I didn't mind as I was buying several things and Warpath is by far my favourite lettuce.

[Guest]

Oo-er. I have seem T+M free seeds with 2 normal priced ones and 99p trial packets. I remember vaguely one year them doing 99p ones with full priced but that was a long time ago.

[Small pumpkin]

Unfortunately T&M are not the only culprits to this very underhanded (IMO) sales technique. I was in an outdoor clothing store that had a shelf full of everything half price, and in very small lettering when brought with any other item.

Now running off to google warpath. That is a brilliant name for a lettuce!

[veggiechicken]

Nothing surprises me with T&M.

On their website "Great value seeds from 69p"
However, only ONE packet (Hollyhocks) is 69p, all the rest are 99p
The offer is correct, but one's expectation is a lot different.

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/special-offers

[chris_m]

Visited Hayes Garden Centre yesterday, very nice garden centre.
Nice selection of seeds packets. However one aspect annoyed me.
There were many packets with a big, and I mean big, 99p price emblazened across the front.
I nearly fell for it but on closer inspection there was a line at the bottom of the pack in miniscule writing to the effect "When bought with another full price packet" Bad form I thought.
I think the culprit was T&M but would not swear to that.
Anyone else seen these?

Yep, I've got some myself also from Hayes. They usually have a rack of these, all kept together and not mixed in with the full price packs that are sorted by type alphabetically.

I wouldn't describe the "When bought with another full price packet" as being in miniscule text though, just rather smaller than the rest of the text (especially the "99p", of course) but it was perfectly clear to me and a convenient way of trying something I otherwise might not, especially since I was intending to buy some at the standard price anyway.