Savvy shopper Dean Mayhew got so sick of missing out on bargains after forgetting his Tesco Clubcard - he had the QR code tattooed on his wrist.
Deal-mad Dean Mayhew forked out £200 to get permanently inked with the black and white insignia at A Star Tattoos in south-west London. The 30-year-old saw it as the ideal way to ensure he had it with him all the time.
A viral video posted to Tiktok shows gifted tattoo artist Dan Rossetter stencilling the code onto a sheet of paper before transferring it on to scaffolder Dean's wrist. The Mirror reports how Dan, 39, then works away diligently with his needle to replicate the intricate code in hopes that it will successfully scan in the supermarket.
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The video then cuts to the finished masterpiece and then follows them straight to their local Tesco store where they attempted to buy cookies using the ink card at the self checkout. But the angle is too acute and Dean, from Horsham, West Sussex, cannot bend his arm to make the code scan.
Undeterred by the setback, the pair then try their luck at the cashier where a Tesco worker uses and manages to use the tattooed Clubcard. The video was posted onto TikTok on July 18 where it has gained over 100,000 views and more than 7,000 likes.
Viewers were left impressed by the unique tattoo. One said: "Late game capitalism."
Another joked: "@Tesco you've got to change his membership number." A third added: "That's brilliant."
A fourth wrote: "F*****g class." Dean said: "I'm chuffed, I love it and use it all the time. I use it every morning when I go to Tesco before work.
"I used it this morning. It's one of those things where I get to see peoples faces and make them smile. One lady giggled and asked me for a photo.
"I've wanted to do it for ages, about three months I've been thinking about it. I just thought it would be funny. They're (cashiers) just stunned and look at me and say 'that's not real' and I say it is.
"I just thought it is what it is, even if it didn't work it still looks alright." This isn't the first time someone's decided to get a Tesco-inspired tattoo.
Earlier this year a Tesco worker got the company's logo inked on his chest. However, he later appeared on E4's Tattoo Fixers to get it covered up because it made him "look like an idiot".
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