Don't try and scam a Yorkshireman: Man becomes locked in epic battle with Tesco after falling foul of drinks offer

Jonny Spencer, 25, made the witty complaint to Tesco (Picture: Mercury Press)A disgruntled shopper has a message for Tesco: Don’t try and scam a Yorkshireman.

Jonny Spencer, 25, became engaged in a light-hearted feud with the supermarket after paying £2.58 for an offer that was meant to cost £2 at a store in Scissett, West Yorkshire.

Here’s his original Facebook post to Tesco, after he attempted to buy a bottle of Volvic water and a Mars drink.

Jonny's first angry post to Tesco

‘Now here is my problem Tesco, you cheeky little trickster heartbreakers.

‘I roll up at the counter looking extra-fly, club card waiting to be swiped, pretty much ready for your cashier to make my day.

‘Upon him scanning my drinks, asking for my Club Card and then proceeding to tell me ‘that’ll be 2.58 please’, I nearly choked on my own spit!

‘This has to be a mistake I assured him (I know it’s only 58p in difference but how dare you try to scam a Yorkshire man! Don’t you know we love and won’t be outdone of a bargain!

‘After escorting another lad to the cabinet to show him the offer applied to both drinks, we then had a not-so-heated debate because apparently underneath the offer was the item description in minuscule writing and apparently this related to the products on offer.

‘Now, I’m not being funny here Tesco, but who actually designs your POS [point of sale]? “Any 2 drinks for 2”? Don’t you mean: “any 2 drinks for 2 on selected lines”.

‘Second of all, the writing underneath is actually ridiculous in its size did a bloody gnome do that?’

A Tesco worker named Jamie responded to Jonny’s plight, promising to pass the complaint on to the store manager.

Jonny Spencer was disgruntled after he wasn’t able to take advantage of this offer (Picture: Mercury)‘Ee by gum, that was quite the epic,’ he said.

‘I’m sorry that our promotions have left you enraged, upset and, most of all, without the satisfying combination of Volvic water and Mars milkshake.

As I understand it, both products are currently on a two for £2 offer, so you can buy two Mars milkshakes for £2 or two Volvic waters for £2.

Sadly, this is a coincidence and doesn’t allow for them to mixed-and-matched.’

After the exchange continued, the pair came pretty close to becoming BFFs, with Jonny even going as far as to cheekily request a Christmas card.

Responding to the request, Jamie replied:

‘We are now boys, like Goose and Maverick – I’m Maverick, naturally.

Not sure what I can do on the old Christmas card front, but I reckon you’ll like what I’m sending you.

Brap brap brap does a west-side hand signal Safe, Jamie – Customer Care.’

The ongoing ‘feud’ between the pair has since been shared on Facebook more than 10,000 times – which Jonny has described as ‘crazy’.

Jonny from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, said: ‘It was quite a humid day and I’d been working all morning so I was a bit parched.

‘The labels were on two shelves side-by-side so I thought they would apply to all the drinks in that fridge.

‘Obviously when I got to the till I was a bit surprised. 

‘I nearly threw up I felt that sick. I had a good discussion with the staff and in the end just thought ‘fair enough’ and left it.

‘I wrote the essay on my lunch break but I didn’t expect much to come of it. 

He added: ‘It was pretty funny that they engaged like that because they get a lot of daft complaints and they took mine well. 

‘Last night I went to bed and there were about 70 likes and then this morning there were almost 10,000! It’s crazy. 

‘I hope I get to meet Jamie and give him a hug one day, or at least get a Christmas card.’

Metro