Lidl (not so) special buys

mariris

i saw that lidl had the 20V Cordless Compressor and Air Pump for this weeks Specialbuys. €24.99 or so I thought. (https://www.lidl.ie/p/parkside-gardens/20v-cordless-compressor-and-air-pump/p34499 archive: https://archive.ph/m0tkD)

This set (Compressor and Air Pump) have been/still are on sale in below lidl online sites:

Germany - https://www.lidl.de/p/parkside-20-v-akku-kompressor-und-luftpumpe-pak-20-li-b2-und-palp-20-li-b2-ohne-akku-und-ladegeraet/p100345325 - €36.99

Spain - https://www.lidl.es/es/inflador-y-compresor-recargable-de-20-v/p39459? - €30

Poland - https://www.lidl.pl/p/parkside-2-w-1-akumulatorowa-sprezarka-20-v-pak-20-li-b2-i-pompka-palp-20-li-b2-bez-akumulatora-i-ladowarki/p100345325 - ~€34

If you google "parkside 20V Cordless Compressor and Air Pump", you'll see in the review videos that both items come in the same case etc.

However, for Ireland - they decided to (get this) use the exact same hard case but just remove 1 of the units. So, they are selling the compressor version for 25 and separately the air pump version for 25.

The really scummy thing is if you look at the in-store signage, it also doesn't separate them out and explicitly refer to them as separate products . [Yes they have different cardboard covers to differentiate]

However, if you go to where the 20V batteries normally are, there is a price list and you can see that Ireland was supposed to get the normal (include both items) product for €35 (image attached)

Imagine being that scummy during the cost of living we have to, to separate and flog items from the pack.

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NIMAN

I posted recently that the middle aisle deals in both Aldi and Lidl are no longer great deals.

I'd often see many similar items cheaper elsewhere. I think they still have a certain cohort out there which just assumes if it's in the middle aisle, it's a great bargain.

It's also happening with a lot of their groceries as well. The big retailers are fighting back with their own branded stuff now often cheaper than the Germans.

AckwelFoley

I bought them it kit form in 2022 for about 39 euro

Started selling separately only this year

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121406321#Comment_121406321

A bizarrely subtle form of shrinkflation. Even by Lidl's standards it's bottom of the barrell stuff to do.

Daibheid

Still at it. Very misleading plus all online reviews show both tools in the case while all of Lidl Ireland advertising carefully shows the case outside only.

A real Middle Aisle "Special" , exclusively for Irish customers.