Lidl stock...

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 01:19AM #1

I went to Lidl today to buy 2 pieces of rope (marine stuff, much cheaper than marine shops) but alas, even at 4PM, the rope was out of stock! I didn't think thered be such demand!

Does anyone know... With these Lidl 'specials'... do they just throw out all the stock on the first day, or do they release some more the next day?

ie. The product was released today, sold out.. Will they have some more stock for tomorrow?

Terry · 07-03-2006 01:32AM

how long was the rope?

seriously though, most people go there to pick up a bargain. they don't care what it is most of the time. just that it's there and it's cheap.

Wertz · 07-03-2006 01:44AM

Guy I work with went out to a nearby one a few weeks back to pick up drop sheets (for decorating)....he said he almost ended up coming to blows with two other guys there that were filling their trolleys with the shop's entire stock of them lol...he ended up getting 2...at considerable saving. Good chance that they were being bought for resale....as I suspect with your rope...

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 01:50AM

It was marine bouyant rope... I'm not stuck for it or anything, but would be handy as its quite expensive in the shops

kyp_durron · 07-03-2006 01:59AM

I used to work for them, I'd say they put out everything they had, the stock for the specials is mostly all put out in the morning, leaving little if nothing at all in the stockroom.

I've had people storming the stockroom before looking for more stock, It was crazy when they had TVs on offer! People trying to push past me and raid the stock! b:eek:

StupidLikeAFox · 07-03-2006 01:59AM

^^ Prob a lot of people with the same attitude

LundiMardi · 07-03-2006 02:01AM

note to self.. go to lidl

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 02:29AM

Feck.. I don't suppose any kind Boadsies wanna go to Lidl and look for the following items:

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060306.p.AnchorRope

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060306.p.BuoyantBoatRope

Our man in Havana · 07-03-2006 02:45AM

I will check in Kilkenny on the way home from work in the morning.

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 03:14AM

Bond-007 wrote:

I will check in Kilkenny on the way home from work in the morning.

Cheers Bond

cournioni · 07-03-2006 10:03AM

Wertz wrote:

Guy I work with went out to a nearby one a few weeks back to pick up drop sheets (for decorating)....he said he almost ended up coming to blows with two other guys there that were filling their trolleys with the shop's entire stock of them lol...he ended up getting 2...at considerable saving. Good chance that they were being bought for resale....as I suspect with your rope...

LOL. I would have payed to see that.

Our man in Havana · 07-03-2006 11:35AM

Bond-007 wrote:

I will check in Kilkenny on the way home from work in the morning.

Sadly Lidl in KIlkenny was out of stock, the girl told me it all went early.

I have witnessed fisty cuffs at an alidi in Thurles last year over compressors and power tools. Punches were thrown and blood was shed. Gardai were called in to break it up! :eek:

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 12:02PM

Bond - Thanks for checking, much appreciated!

I'd say Alsi would have been madness with the compressors alright... Woulda been fun to watch though!

tomc · 07-03-2006 12:20PM

Was in the Lidl on Greenhills Road yesterday and all the stock was gone by 12 mid-day. Overheard a member of staff talking to the guy next to me saying she would check their internal stock controll systems to see if any of the regional branches had stock, if so she would ring him and request the stock to the branch for him. Then she took his phone number.

Worth a try.

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 12:34PM

tom - ill give it a shot, cheers

de_shadow · 07-03-2006 12:41PM

I was just in lidl in ballyowen , lucan ,beside the Penny Hill pub and they still have most of their sailing stuff. Not a lot of sailors in lucan;)

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 12:57PM

de_shadow wrote:

I was just in lidl in ballyowen , lucan ,beside the Penny Hill pub and they still have most of their sailing stuff. Not a lot of sailors in lucan;)

Pitty i min Sligo/Galway

Toasty · 07-03-2006 01:01PM

the thing is that lidl will only buy in a certain amount of stock and if it sells quickly then they will restock at a later stage with a bigger amount of stock because they know its worth it!

RotalicaV · 07-03-2006 02:15PM

If you own a boat you must have a few quid, go to a marine shop.. How much could you be saving on rope anyway? ;p

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 02:19PM

RotalicaV wrote:

If you own a boat you must have a few quid, go to a marine shop.. How much could you be saving on rope anyway? ;p

It's actually for the JetSki I was getting it for

Every penny counts tbh... There was major saving in Lidl for the rope... Oh well

CrowdedHouse · 07-03-2006 04:38PM

Will check in Roscrea/Portlaose for you.

Is it one of each ?

Might be in Oranmore on Friday night,could you definitely collect if I was able to get some ?

Apip99 · 07-03-2006 05:02PM

I called in to Wicklow Lidl there 2 weeks back when they had their DIY/builders things. There was a queue at the door, and all these big builder with 2-3 trolleys each. I felt like a chick at a designer cloths shop sale. It was madness. I ended up spending twice as much. And the stuff is pretty good quality for the price.

Learned my lesson though, get there early as possible, sad I know, but if you want a bargain..........

mayotom · 07-03-2006 05:06PM

Wertz wrote:

Guy I work with went out to a nearby one a few weeks back to pick up drop sheets (for decorating)....he said he almost ended up coming to blows with two other guys there that were filling their trolleys with the shop's entire stock of them lol...he ended up getting 2...at considerable saving. Good chance that they were being bought for resale....as I suspect with your rope...

I was a store manager for Lidl a couple of years ago. It is company policy to limit the quantity of any product a customer buys. so the person filling their trolley probably got turned back at the checkout. this policy is clearly outlined on all advertisements.

RoundyMooney · 07-03-2006 05:16PM

mayotom wrote:

I was a store manager for Lidl a couple of years ago. It is company policy to limit the quantity of any product a customer buys. so the person filling their trolley probably got turned back at the checkout. this policy is clearly outlined on all advertisements.

Proper order. That'll stop it all ending up in car boot sales and the like. How do they make money on loss leaders like that anyway? I know a fair few people who only go in there for the item of the week as advertised in the circulars and nothing else. There is some fairly good quality stuff in the mix too, if you know what you're looking at.

mayotom · 07-03-2006 05:40PM

RoundyMooney wrote:

Proper order. That'll stop it all ending up in car boot sales and the like. How do they make money on loss leaders like that anyway? I know a fair few people who only go in there for the item of the week as advertised in the circulars and nothing else. There is some fairly good quality stuff in the mix too, if you know what you're looking at.

They're not all loss leaders. you have to concider that the purchasing department is Buying for over 6000 stores. that is huge buying power. For example each store may get 100 TV's by 6000 stores that’s six hundred thousand TV's the manufacturer will produce a batch like that for less and pass on the savings. In addition to that Lidl have a stake in a lot of the manufacturing companies. A lot of people will go in for the advertised items and then pick up one or two items that take their fancy while in the shop. next time its 3 or 4 then over time they end up doing most of their shopping in Lidl.
this works well for them, and has for years.

snickerpuss · 07-03-2006 06:31PM

Yeah i see people lining up outside aldi every time they have these deal things on.

JohnCleary · 07-03-2006 06:45PM

CrowdedHouse wrote:

Will check in Roscrea/Portlaose for you.

Is it one of each ?

Might be in Oranmore on Friday night,could you definitely collect if I was able to get some ?

1 of each. Yes mate I can definately collect on Friday from anywhere in Galway ... Ill also throw you a few quid for your troubles!

Le Rack · 07-03-2006 10:10PM

There's only aset amount of each produst produced and divided out among the Lidl's of Eire, depending on the suspected demand. So sometimes places only get a very small stock of them, it depends on the item too. Or at least that's what some Lidl bloke told us one time...

RoundyMooney · 07-03-2006 10:21PM

mayotom wrote:

They're not all loss leaders.

Thanks for that. It makes considerably more sense than taking a hit on every bargain item in the hope that a customer is gained by virtue of being on the premises alone.

tbh · 07-03-2006 10:34PM

I think for stuff like this, people make a point of going out and getting them - picked up a couple of cheap fenders myself!! If it were food it wouldn't be as big a deal, but they are clever the way they sell specific stuff - you tend to buy stuff you didn't even go in for (life jackets).

le rack - its only eire if the whole post is in Irish

Le Rack · 07-03-2006 10:58PM

tbh wrote:

I think for stuff like this, people make a point of going out and getting them - picked up a couple of cheap fenders myself!! If it were food it wouldn't be as big a deal, but they are clever the way they sell specific stuff - you tend to buy stuff you didn't even go in for (life jackets).

le rack - its only eire if the whole post is in Irish

ah shush!

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