Not so supermarket

thousands of autographs throughout his life, and his signature in his 90s was identical to the one he made at 21. Conversely, players at Wimbledon make only a hurried squiggle on fans’ tennis balls when they leave Centre Court after a match.

I remember a lady recounting how she got England cricket captain Graham Gooch’s autograph for her grandson. Instead of a read- able signature, it was a succession of circles, so she demanded: ‘Graham, come back and sign this properly!’

BOB WALLACE, Hurstpierpoint, W. Sussex.

Road sense

THE Adam Smith Institute has suggested the MoT should be scrapped because only 2 per cent of accidents are due to mechanical failure (Mail). I would say this is proof the MoT is working by keeping unsafe vehicles off the road. PAUL LAWRENCE, Ruislip, Middlesex. YES, the MoT can be subject to abuse (Letters). I worked in a tyre, exhaust and MoT centre where one of the testers would give ‘easy’ passes to his friends and motor traders if you slipped him a tenner.

Name and address supplied. LAST week at the supermarket checkout, we were excited when the sales assistant said we qualified for a special voucher because we had shopped at Sainsbury’s 50 times over the past year.

As we spend well over £100 a week on groceries, I thought we would be getting a few pounds. No, it turned out to be loyalty points worth the equivalent of 38p!

As a result of this insult, we have started to look at other supermarkets and have been pleasantly surprised at the offers available.

Certain supermarkets need to get competitive and look after customers who might be tempted to desert them. PAUL OLIVER,

Ilford, Essex.