Aldi's Bauhn 49" UHD Smart Led TV E399...thoughts please?

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Thanks op, bargain confirmed! Might pick one up.

Around 350€{320£} if you buy in Aldi in North

Rick Shaw wrote: »

There are no Aldis in the North though.

My mistake,i confuse them with Lidl! England is a bit much to save 50€ then i suppose :rolleyes:

Rick Shaw wrote: »

I cannot understand why there are none in the North either. To me they're just allowing Lidl a free run at it .

My suspicion is that Asda and Aldi have some arrangement on the whole North South thing.

Is this based on the whole 4 letters long ,beginning with A thing?

I bought a 43" LED tv from aldi around 2 1/2 years ago and its still working perfectly.

The sound was the only issue i had with it. It wasnt very loud so i got a cheap sound bar and its been perfect since

Gulliver wrote: »

Rick Shaw wrote: »

No, based on the fact that we have Aldi down here, they don't.

They have Asda up there. We don't.

Asda are owned by Wal-Mart, Aldi are owned by ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG so I can't see them coming to any arrangement. In fact it looks like Aldi are making inroads against Wal-Mart in the US: Aldi Vs. Wal-Mart.

No one knows for sure why there are no Aldi stores in NI. They announced "massive expansion" in the UK last year but not a single store in NI. Same for any Irish press releases.

Aldi was split into 2 seperate entities some years ago as the two founding brothers didn't get on anymore, Aldi North and Aldi South. Not only did they split Aldi within Germany in Half, but also the global rights. Aldi North covers Northern Germany, Poland, France, Spain, Netherland, Belgium etc. Aldi South has the rights to the southern part of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, the USA, Australia, mainland UK and Ireland. You can see at the Logo of each Aldi Branch if it belongs to Aldi North or South (North is Blue/White and south is Blue/Orange).

But somehow they never covered NI in their negotiations at the time, which is why Aldi Sued has been reluctant to open shops, in case of breaking their legal agreement with Aldi North. And the market in NI is just not big enough for them to warrant a legal argument with the other Party. Apparently there are negotiations happening in the background, but things take time.

Kayshee123 wrote: »

If I was purchasing something like a tele I would wanna get a decent brand, I dunno if I trust Aldi when it comes to teles.

Eddie Hobbs, remember that fella, said something that stuff once.

Buy a good tv, best you can afford and today's technology not some old clearance because you keep a TV for many years so get great value from it.

I both a 720p TV then out came 1080p channels and now there's 4k channels, movies and consoles. Now I want, maybe even need a new TV. The wife disagrees on this point.

Berty wrote: »

Eddie Hobbs, remember that fella, said something that stuff once.

Buy a good tv, best you can afford and today's technology not some old clearance because you keep a TV for many years so get great value from it.

I both a 720p TV then out came 1080p channels and now there's 4k channels, movies and consoles. Now I want, maybe even need a new TV. The wife disagrees on this point.

Yea that's exactly how I feel. Whenever I'm getting something expensive like a laptop etc I always tend to get a decent one so it will last me a bit longer. If it's something you'll have for a long time you should get a decent one.