Aldi kettle and toaster promo starting Thursday

castle2012

I was thinking of buying the new promo starting tomorrow, ad was on rte 1 earlier kettle and toaster for €44.99. Just turned on Chanel 5 uk and it's on sale tomorrow for £29.99 . Talk about ripping off the Irish .

RossieMan

About 36 euro, plus our extra cost around 39-40 euro.

Hardly being ripped off?

castle2012

RossieMan wrote: »

About 36 euro, plus our extra cost around 39-40 euro.

Hardly being ripped off?

Defo a rip off even if you factor in sterling, it's still a 10 er more expensive on one item

RossieMan

Where are you seeing a tenner? It's about 3 or 4 euro maximum.

Speedwell

RossieMan wrote: »

Where are you seeing a tenner? It's about 3 or 4 euro maximum.

I thought they meant ten percent, actually.

TitianGerm

RossieMan wrote: »

Where are you seeing a tenner? It's about 3 or 4 euro maximum.

It's €8.09 more expensive.

£29.99 x 123/120 / £.8327 = €36.92

Still a fair bit more expensive considering the original price but that's to be expected as it happens with every product shipped to Ireland.

endacl

RossieMan wrote: »

About 36 euro, plus our extra cost around 39-40 euro.

Hardly being ripped off?

Do you not get it? If anybody charges even slightly less in the UK for the same item, WE'RE BEING RIPPED OOOOOOOFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Speedwell

endacl wrote: »

Do you not get it? If anybody charges even slightly less in the UK for the same item, WE'RE BEING RIPPED OOOOOOOFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Must be nice to not have to worry about money.

farmerjj

Speedwell wrote: »

Must be nice to not have to worry about money.

? This is rip off Ireland section, is,nt it all about money!!!!!!!!!!

VincePP

Does the OP understand that these promos and prices are decided months in advance?

If you are that bothered, get on a ryanair flight to some UK ariport, pop into a taxi to the nearest aldi & buy your kettle and toaster.

endacl

Speedwell wrote: »

Must be nice to not have to worry about money.

Is it a compulsory toaster?

RossieMan

It's not even a nice toaster.

Speedwell

endacl wrote: »

Is it a compulsory toaster?

Hmm, I'm not sure what situations would require compulsory toast. "I'm sorry, sir, I have to give you the toast, otherwise I have to charge you the regular price for the breakfast plate." "Happy Mother's Day, Mom, we made breakfast in bed for you!" "If you don't eat your toast, you can't have any pudding. How can you have your pudding if you don't eat your toast?"

endacl

GBX

castle2012 wrote: »

I was thinking of buying the new promo starting tomorrow, ad was on rte 1 earlier kettle and toaster for €44.99. Just turned on Chanel 5 uk and it's on sale tomorrow for £29.99 . Talk about ripping off the Irish .

You're not obliged to buy it in Aldi.

As the OP said, the deals are in place long before now so the rate would have gotten better. At the time, the sterling/euro rate would have been worse for Irish customers.

castle2012

cant accept such a price difference, if it's the case put it at €39.99 , that still gives them a decent profit , it's certainly a rip off if it's 36 euro just over the border and 45 here

BENDYBINN

Agree 100percent
Aldi is becoming a bit of a joke .Seems to think the thick Irish will buy in aldi at any price.Sure it aldi it has to be cheap!

Well done to the op.

endacl

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Agree 100percent

Only 90% in the UK. :mad:

Jawgap

emmetkenny wrote: »

It's €8.09 more expensive.

£29.99 x 123/120 / £.8327 = €36.92

Still a fair bit more expensive considering the original price but that's to be expected as it happens with every product shipped to Ireland.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest Aldi didn't order and agree a price with the manufacturer or supplier in the last few days......when a Euro was trading at about 83 or 84p......

......I'd say that ordered and agreed the price at least 2 to 3 months ago for July delivery. For example on 1 June a Euro only got you 78p - add to that the extra cost of getting it here, and the VAT differential and it doesn't seem like that much of a rip off.

endacl

Jawgap wrote: »

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest Aldi didn't order and agree a price with the manufacturer or supplier in the last few days......when a Euro was trading at about 83 or 84p......

......I'd say that ordered and agreed the price at least 2 to 3 months ago for July delivery. For example on 1 June a Euro only got you 78p - add to that the extra cost of getting it here, and the VAT differential and it doesn't seem like that much of a rip off.

Stop talkin sense. You'll ruin the rant.

L1011

castle2012 wrote: »

cant accept such a price difference, if it's the case put it at €39.99 , that still gives them a decent profit , it's certainly a rip off if it's 36 euro just over the border and 45 here

Go on, go buy it "just over the border"











There are no Aldis in Northern Ireland.

castle2012

Hopefully the media will start scrutinising these big company's for taken advantage, no wonder the living cost s are so high in this country when some multinationals see the Irish market as an opertunity to fleece customers

endacl

castle2012 wrote: »

Hopefully the media will start scrutinising these big company's for taken advantage, no wonder the living cost s are so high in this country when some multinationals see the Irish market as an opertunity to fleece customers

Problem solved.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4219608/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CKitchen+and+laundry%7C14418476/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780844%7CToasters%7C14418671.htm

L1011

castle2012 wrote: »

Hopefully the media will start scrutinising these big company's for taken advantage, no wonder the living cost s are so high in this country when some multinationals see the Irish market as an opertunity to fleece customers

Once someone puts any scrutiny on it at all, they see there isn't any advantage being taken. Even the pathetic media we have here wouldn't bother with that.

Ireland has a higher cost base. We have higher VAT. And currency rate changes take weeks to months to work through supply chains. You don't seem to understand any of those, though.

Speedwell

endacl wrote: »

Problem solved.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4219608/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CKitchen+and+laundry%7C14418476/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780844%7CToasters%7C14418671.htm

I have that toaster. It's a ripoff at any price. :P

TitianGerm

Jawgap wrote: »

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest Aldi didn't order and agree a price with the manufacturer or supplier in the last few days......when a Euro was trading at about 83 or 84p......

......I'd say that ordered and agreed the price at least 2 to 3 months ago for July delivery. For example on 1 June a Euro only got you 78p - add to that the extra cost of getting it here, and the VAT differential and it doesn't seem like that much of a rip off.

Yes I do realise that but I'm speaking from the consumer standpoint.

On Thursday you can buy in Ireland assuming the exchange stays the same for approximately £37 or you can buy up North for £30.

Lets assume Aldi buy the set for $20 on 1 April when €1 = $1. The cost to Aldi that day is €20 per set. Aldi now charge €45 in Ireland to make a profit and cover all costs associated.

Now when Aldi go to pay the supplier for the set the exchange rate is €1 = $.75 the cost of each set is now costing Aldi €26.66. Aldi will cover this exchange rate loss and will not increase the selling price to the consumer as they would have set a selling price months in advance.

Day to day exchange rates won't affect the final selling price to a company but it does affect the consumer.

Tigger

endacl wrote: »

Problem solved.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4219608/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CKitchen+and+laundry%7C14418476/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780844%7CToasters%7C14418671.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/4219608.htm

endacl

emmetkenny wrote: »

On Thursday you can buy in Ireland assuming the exchange stays the same for approximately £37 or you can buy up North for £30.

Did you miss the 'there are no Aldi stores in Northern Ireland' bit?

TitianGerm

endacl wrote: »

Did you miss the 'there are no Aldi stores in Northern Ireland' bit?

I didn't miss it. The same logic stands to every store eg Argos etc.

Jawgap

emmetkenny wrote: »

Yes I do realise that but I'm speaking from the consumer standpoint.

On Thursday you can buy in Ireland assuming the exchange stays the same for approximately £37 or you can buy up North for £30.

Lets assume Aldi buy the set for $20 on 1 April when €1 = $1. The cost to Aldi that day is €20 per set. Aldi now charge €45 in Ireland to make a profit and cover all costs associated.

Now when Aldi go to pay the supplier for the set the exchange rate is €1 = $.75 the cost of each set is now costing Aldi €26.66. Aldi will cover this exchange rate loss and will not increase the selling price to the consumer as they would have set a selling price months in advance.

Day to day exchange rates won't affect the final selling price to a company but it does affect the consumer.

Seriously, you think aldi can spot price? When they have to order in advance, arrange delivery, update the EPOS software, arrange a print run on the weekly brochure (and distribute it) etc etc.

And yes it does affect the consumer - sometimes to their detriment, sometimes to their benefit, but this to my mind is not a rip off. It's the frictional cost of doing business across two different jurisdictions with different currencies.

TitianGerm

Jawgap wrote: »

Seriously, you think aldi can spot price? When they have to order in advance, arrange delivery, update the EPOS software, arrange a print run on the weekly brochure (and distribute it) etc etc.

And yes it does affect the consumer - sometimes to their detriment, sometimes to their benefit, but this to my mind is not a rip off. It's the frictional cost of doing business across two different jurisdictions with different currencies.

I'm not saying this is a rip off. I'm saying the price is higher here due to additional costs etc.

I'm not saying Aldi are Spot Pricing I'm speaking in relation to the FX gians and losses that Aldi will make and absorb themselves between the price that was agreed with a supplier and when they pay that supplier. I'm not saying that they pass these onto the final consumer.

Kimbot

Also in the UK there is a different VAT rate for electronics from what I remember so dont forget to add that to your calcs and see how close the difference really is

TitianGerm

jonnycivic wrote: »

Also in the UK there is a different VAT rate for electronics from what I remember so dont forget to add that to your calcs and see how close the difference really is

Vat rate in the UK is 20%. I already allowed for it above.

artanevilla

Different country, different currency, different economy, different cost of living, different (much bigger) market.

Different prices.

BENDYBINN

So many people on here defending aldi?
Nobody likes been taken for an idiot,let's try and make excuses for it and pretend it's not happening

castle2012

BENDYBINN wrote: »

So many people on here defending aldi?
Nobody likes been taken for an idiot,let's try and make excuses for it and pretend it's not happening

Argreed and it's a rip off , it's sounds like some work in Aldi , they seem to know the ins and outs of how they work ,

VincePP

Funny - i didn't see these posters last year when sterling was almost €1.40 shouting about how cheap aldi was in comparison to their uk stores.

But sure whiners rarely point out an advantage. They only ever search for negatives.

L1011

BENDYBINN wrote: »

So many people on here defending aldi?
Nobody likes been taken for an idiot,let's try and make excuses for it and pretend it's not happening

Nobody is being taken for an idiot. A number of people who appear to have numeracy and literacy issues are having trouble understanding some basics, though.

ben.schlomo

L1011 wrote: »

Nobody is being taken for an idiot. A number of people who appear to have numeracy and literacy issues are having trouble understanding some basics, though.

Spot on.

BENDYBINN

Ok if it's more expensive to transport to the republic why is it not more expensive to transport to Northern Ireland?
Same price there as uk

Jawgap

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Ok if it's more expensive to transport to the republic why is it not more expensive to transport to Northern Ireland?
Same price there as uk

How do you know they're pulling in the same margin?

I'd imagine it's equally expensive to get the goods into their store in Inverness, but they don't charge more there - likewise the stores closest to their huge logistics centre in Bolton don't sell it any cheaper.

Despite what people may think, NI is a different jurisdiction.

And it's only a 10% (at most differential) - of all the things people can complain about being ripped off on this about 12353rd in the list :rolleyes:

if people think it's a rip-off, don't buy it - they'll be left with a load of unsold stock and they won't be as 'greedy' the next time.

VincePP

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Ok if it's more expensive to transport to the republic why is it not more expensive to transport to Northern Ireland?
Same price there as uk

Feel free to travel to Northern Ireland, search for an Aldi and if you find one (you won't), buy your kettle and toaster.

btw - I assume you work. Imagine if your employer told you today that due to currency fluctuation they are taking 15% off your salary as if they employed you in the UK, they'd be able to save 15%.

DavyD_83

I'm way more baffled by existence of a "retro microwave" and the fact it looks like a pretty standard microwave.
Ok, maybe a bigger handle than you'd normally get these days...

L1011

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Ok if it's more expensive to transport to the republic why is it not more expensive to transport to Northern Ireland?
Same price there as uk

Its not the same price in NI as GB because there are no Aldi stores in NI - very possibly for the reason of higher costs

Lidl NI is run from the Irish division for much the same reason.

rubadub

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Ok if it's more expensive to transport to the republic why is it not more expensive to transport to Northern Ireland?
Same price there as uk

It is often a lot more expensive to transport to NI than mainland UK. Many large retailers will charge the same in NI and simply take the loss, or increase prices overall to cover it. Some might figure the loss would be too much and not open in NI, they would not like badwill they might get from ignorant complainers who do not understand. The company I work for make machines for large multinationals and I remember them saying they make a loss or just break even on ones sold in NI. Aldi have no NI stores maybe they would have to increase the prices too much and figure they would lose overall.

People hear take advantage of this type of thing in the form of parcelmotel & parcelwizard. Royal mail charge the same price to deliver to NI than to a building next door to where it was posted in mainland UK. Many couriers do not feel obligated to look "fair" and so do charge more accordingly.

castle2012 wrote: »

I was thinking of buying the new promo starting tomorrow, ad was on rte 1 earlier kettle and toaster for €44.99. Just turned on Chanel 5 uk and it's on sale tomorrow for £29.99.

So are you still thinking of buying it? I presume you initially thought it was a good price relative to other retailers, including buying online or travelling to other countries. Aldi could well be making more profit selling it in the UK.

castle2012

rubadub wrote: »

It is often a lot more expensive to transport to NI than mainland UK. Many large retailers will charge the same in NI and simply take the loss, or increase prices overall to cover it. Some might figure the loss would be too much and not open in NI, they would not like badwill they might get from ignorant complainers who do not understand. The company I work for make machines for large multinationals and I remember them saying they make a loss or just break even on ones sold in NI. Aldi have no NI stores maybe they would have to increase the prices too much and figure they would lose overall.

People hear take advantage of this type of thing in the form of parcelmotel & parcelwizard. Royal mail charge the same price to deliver to NI than to a building next door to where it was posted in mainland UK. Many couriers do not feel obligated to look "fair" and so do charge more accordingly.



So are you still thinking of buying it? I presume you initially thought it was a good price relative to other retailers, including buying online or travelling to other countries. Aldi could well be making more profit selling it in the UK.

Yep I did like it and was going to purchase it till I seen the uk price , it just put me off

penelope2012

Anyone know if there is any aldi with these left, I'm looking for the Cream Kettle to match the toaster I managed to get in one Aldi!

L1011

3 years later? No chance.

penelope2012

L1011 wrote: »

3 years later? No chance.

Ha,
I meant the ones from last week the RETRO ones