Tesco Clubcard holders have complained in their droves that the supermarket's website crashed over the weekend as the deadline loomed to exchange vouchers before rewards were cut by 25%.
Savers and motorists have suffered another blow as higher fuel prices helped keep rises in the cost of living over the past year well above the Bank of England's inflation target.
The owner of two major cashback websites is set to go bust meaning users won't get the majority of the hundreds of thousands of pounds they had collectively accrued.
Tesco Clubcard customers can double the value of their rewards to spend on some non-food items at the supermarket for the next four weeks, under a scheme that launches on Monday 8 November.
Tesco is revamping its Clubcard loyalty scheme by reducing the rewards available for spending vouchers, but it will continue its 'double' offer on collecting points.
14 October 2010
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