Been studying for VMware exams , VCP-3 and VCP-4 , both of which I passed , happy days !

Been busy playing Modern Warfare2 , fun in an arcade-ey stylee

Have now moved onto BattleField:Bad Company 2.

Played the beta and liked it  , but full version has had major teething problems , punkbuster not playing ball and ea servers timing out when downloading updates. Will report back once I/EA have sorted out a the  niggles

“As a thank you for shopping with Morrisons throughout the Christmas period, we’re giving you a £20 voucher.You can spend it on anything you like. Use it to buy turkey, veggies, all the trimmings and Christmas pud and that’s Christmas dinner for four people sorted. Or you could treat yourself to some festive fizz, chocolate or even a last-minute gift.”

wow , thanks very much , very nice of you.

Ok , how do I ge this ‘free lunch’

“How to get your £20 voucher
To claim your Morrisons £20 voucher, simply collect four separate receipts, each worth £40 or more, when you shop at your local Morrisons between 10th November 2008 and 14th December 2008. Each receipt must be collected from a different week. Save your receipts in the Collector Card you’ll find at the till. Once you’ve collected four receipts, hand your Collector Card into the Customer Services desk at your local Morrisons to get your £20 voucher. “

Easy ? Well no it isn’t you see there is one vitally important word that is missing and that word is “Itemised” (or itemized as they put it in the Ts & Cs )

If the fact that the receipts had to itemised (or itemized at they put it) was so important to them then they should have made this very clear in the offer

Let’s go through the text

“How to get your £20 voucher
To claim your Morrisons £20 voucher, simply collect four separate receipts, each worth £40 or more, when you shop at your local Morrisons between 10th November 2008 and 14th December 2008. Each receipt must be collected from a different week. Save your receipts in the Collector Card you’ll find at the till. Once you’ve collected four receipts, hand your Collector Card into the Customer Services desk at your local Morrisons to get your £20 voucher. “

at no point do they mention the word ITEMISED …. so need to read the T&C  , surely it would be the 1st item , as it’s clearly an important point

1. Open to UK residents aged 18 or over.
2. By entering this promotion you will be deemed to have read and understood these Terms and Conditions, and to be bound by them.
3. To claim your Morrisons £20 voucher, simply collect four separate receipts, each worth £40 or greater, when you shop at Morrisons between 10th November 2008 and 14th December 2008. Each receipt must be collected from a different week. Multiple receipts from the same week are not permitted.
4. The £40 shop excludes: Cash Back, Tobacco, Saver Stamps, Gift Vouchers, Lottery On-Line Game & Instant Tickets, ‘Top up’ Mobile Phone Cards, E top-up, prescription medicines. Purchases from Dry Cleaning, petrol station, cigarette kiosk and café are also excluded.
5. Receipts must be submitted within a Collector Card, which can be acquired from any Morrisons store (excluding petrol filling stations). Collector Cards are available between 10th November and 23rd November 2008.
6. Only one Collector Card can be redeemed per household.
7. Incomplete, amended, damaged, defaced, photocopied or tampered Collector Cards will not be accepted.
8. Amended, damaged, defaced, photocopied or reprinted receipts will not be accepted. Only itemized goods receipts will be accepted, this does not include credit card receipts.
9. Once you have collected your four receipts in the Collector Card, you may exchange the completed Collector Card for one Morrisons £20 voucher at the Customer Services desk.
10. Claims are only valid with a fully completed promotional Collector Card.
11. Vouchers will be issued at all Morrisons stores (excluding petrol filling stations and the Gibraltar store).
12. The £20 voucher can be collected from and is valid from 15th December 2008 to 24th December 2008 and is redeemable on one shop to the total value of £40 or over. Exclusions apply as in point 4.
13. The £20 voucher cannot be exchanged for cash.
14. The £20 voucher cannot be used in conjunction with any other voucher or coupon.
15. The promoter accepts no responsibility for lost or damaged Collector Cards and reserves the right to modify or terminate this promotion if circumstances beyond its control make this necessary.

Nope , items 1,2,3 ( in fact point 3. says ” simply collect four separate receipts” ) 4,5,6 or 7 mention anything about itemised receipts , and only once do the mention itemised in point number 8.

Now that my friends is deliberately misleading the public , no wonder some stores have been recording an increase in takings.

As they say …” No Such thing as a free lunch ” (including xmas ones !!)

Enjoy