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Lidl External Hard Drive €139
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07-06-2005 6:05pm#1
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Am hoping to get this myself Monday morning!
Wasn't too busy in the Sligo branch last time they had all the computing stuff in.. hopefully, it may be the same this time round!
I need it... only got 13GB (and quickly dropping) free on my laptop!
PS - it's the same external hard drive that was in a month or two back. Think i can recall some people having trouble installing it. Any opinions on it from people who bought it?0 -
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Valentia wrote:Just got two of the externals this morning. Up and running and going at a great gallop.
Damn you, i tried moore street at about 9 this morning but they were all gone.
i'm tempted to go for a drive and try gorey, they probably still have some.0 -
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Ronny Mitchell wrote:Damn you, i tried moore street at about 9 this morning but they were all gone.
i'm tempted to go for a drive and try gorey, they probably still have some.
I was at Moore St also.
There was a new opening time of 8
They were all swiped, within about 60 seconds of opening!!! I got one, one guy grabbed 3, that seems a bit unfair.
They were actually more popular then the laptops. There was still one laptop left at opening time. To be honest the laptop wasn't really all that great value. They didn't have many of the External HDD, this seems silly to me, surely if the demand is there, then they should fill it.0 -
hahah they are tempting you by reducing the quantity i believe
once they have finished skimming then they will flood the market
coz the person who bought 3 will not buy 3 if there were 50 pieces of the product present there
hope it makes sense its called marketing man 0 -
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digitally-yours wrote:hahah they are tempting you by reducing the quantity i believe
once they have finished skimming then they will flood the market
coz the person who bought 3 will not buy 3 if there were 50 pieces of the product present there hope it makes sense its called marketing man
No, it is called being dumb, there was about 40 people in the line, I'd say most were looking for the External HDD, yet they only had 8. Most people left disgusted, and some will probably never return to Lidl again, it certainly isn't a fun experience.
If they are good value then people will buy them anyway, weither they have 8 or 50. I believe in Germany, Lidl and Aldi have stocks of cumputers available to buy for a couple of weeks after they are launched. I think the whole Lidl, Aldi thing is starting to wear off, there seems to be far less excitement about their laptops and computers now that Dunnes and Dell and Tesco are doing similiar, but in a much more convenient manner.0 -
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well i tell you loadz of companys do that
vodafones 6630 deal is an example of that they sold the same phone when it was launched for 300 euros may b more and some people got it on a 99 euro per month and now its 199 with 80 credit on pay as u go
o2 did the same with nokia 6610i keep your eyes open and see the marketing aspect of it
i usderstand from a customers point of view it sounds stupid but
i tell you it works for sellers
i undrstand ur point coz i wanted one hard drive me self
i didnt went there but thats whats called "creating demand"bk wrote:No, it is called being dumb, there was about 40 people in the line, I'd say most were looking for the External HDD, yet they only had 8. Most people left disgusted, and some will probably never return to Lidl again, it certainly isn't a fun experience.
If they are good value then people will buy them anyway, weither they have 8 or 50. I believe in Germany, Lidl and Aldi have stocks of cumputers available to buy for a couple of weeks after they are launched. I think the whole Lidl, Aldi thing is starting to wear off, there seems to be far less excitement about their laptops and computers now that Dunnes and Dell and Tesco are doing similiar, but in a much more convenient manner.0 -
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I understand that, but Lidl don't actually do that. They don't come back and swamp the market with more expensive ones later, in my experience they'll come back in 3 - 6 months with either a cheaper price or larger HDD size and have the same pathetic numbers. Lidl just sell stuff cheap, they don't go in over the whole loss leader/promotion thing like other companies, they are actually making money on these.
I'm not saying that they should have hundreds, just enough to satisfy demand over a 2 or 3 day period. This is what they generally do in Germany, you can generally get the specials over a period of about a week. I think we are just getting screwed here in Ireland as normal.digitally-yours wrote:well i tell you loadz of companys do that
vodafones 6630 deal is an example of that they sold the same phone when it was launched for 300 euros may b more and some people got it on a 99 euro per month and now its 199 with 80 credit on pay as u go
o2 did the same with nokia 6610i keep your eyes open and see the marketing aspect of it
i usderstand from a customers point of view it sounds stupid but
i tell you it works for sellers
i undrstand ur point coz i wanted one hard drive me self
i didnt went there but thats whats called "creating demand"0 -
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i understand and agree with ur point
i need a harddrive external one :mad: and the lidl ones are all gonebk wrote:I understand that, but Lidl don't actually do that. They don't come back and swamp the market with more expensive ones later, in my experience they'll come back in 3 - 6 months with either a cheaper price or larger HDD size and have the same pathetic numbers. Lidl just sell stuff cheap, they don't go in over the whole loss leader/promotion thing like other companies, they are actually making money on these.
I'm not saying that they should have hundreds, just enough to satisfy demand over a 2 or 3 day period. This is what they generally do in Germany, you can generally get the specials over a period of about a week. I think we are just getting screwed here in Ireland as normal.0 -
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digitally-yours wrote:i understand and agree with ur point
i need a harddrive external one :mad: and the lidl ones are all gone
Put one together from Komplete.
Samsung 250GB €126.00 + Enclosure €460 -
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and then by an external hard drive case lol! 
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