Thank you Lidl, thank you Aldi

My name is URL · 30-03-2014 02:23AM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Love them both to bits! All the branded stuff is in there under different names anyway.

But I do get afraid that they will end up just a dear as the usual rip off multiples sooner or later....

That'll only happen if / because the others are forced to lower their prices.

tippspur · 30-03-2014 02:23AM

Thank you for that sander I have out in the shed that I bought 3 years ago and it's still in the box.

Lou.m · 30-03-2014 02:24AM

WikiHow wrote: »

+1 Ann Summers have better racing gear.

Lol

tempted to run in something like that now! I have seen wild things at races!

RobbingBandit · 30-03-2014 02:29AM

Pity their mystery meat is so mysterious.

Stavros Murphy · 30-03-2014 02:35AM

tippspur wrote: »

Thank you for that sander I have out in the shed that I bought 3 years ago and it's still in the box.

You had it in mind to sand somthing that needed sanding, then inertia overcame optimism and it ended up in the shed. Sand that wood Brother Man, you owe it to yourself. Also, sanding is dull. You'll realise that once you start. At least then though, you can say you tried. And feck it back into the shed..

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 30-03-2014 02:35AM

I wouldn't use most of their running/cycling/walking stuff as it's terrible quality. It serves if you are looking to use it very rarely, or once off, but for seasoned runners/cyclists/walkers, you wouldn't shop in aldi.

cerastes · 30-03-2014 02:37AM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Pity their mystery meat is so mysterious.

Mystery meat??
Im presuming its not horse like tesco
maybe its the stuff swept up off the factory floor? pigs ears and snouts.

No Pants · 30-03-2014 02:38AM

tomwaterford wrote: »

yes because walking on country roads at nighttime in dark clothes trying to avoid being run over by drunk drivers is safer than doing it in high-vis:pac:

Do some research on the effectiveness of lights versus high-vis. Or maybe just read some that someone else has already done.

Sir Arthur Daley · 30-03-2014 02:38AM

I can see now how people come out of Penneys with 35 shopping bags of €1 tops and other trash when they buy power tools in lidl or aldi and never use them.

Stavros Murphy · 30-03-2014 02:39AM

Viviana Crooked Tribe wrote: »

I wouldn't use most of their running/cycling/walking stuff as it's terrible quality. It serves if you are looking to use it very rarely, or once off, but for seasoned runners/cyclists/walkers, you wouldn't shop in aldi.

Noo, you'd need "Pro Gear". The "Pro" bit is important. Like a carbon fiber bike. I have a middle aged, pot bellied mate. He took up cycling and decided he needed a carbon fiber bike. Truth be told, he needed a fcuking BMX to suit his level of fitness, but noo, a 2k CF bike was purchased. "Pro" Gear, gotta love it.

IvySlayer · 30-03-2014 02:39AM

Thank you for having a nice, spacious layout, and everything exactly the same in every shop!

Stavros Murphy · 30-03-2014 02:51AM

IvySlayer wrote: »

Thank you for having a nice, spacious layout, and everything exactly the same in every shop!

Not so. Each store places an order to the central DC. This varies from store to store. Next time you need a 12V Oil sucker and your local Lidl has none - go to the next one and Voila.

Spanish Eyes · 30-03-2014 02:52AM

IvySlayer wrote: »

Thank you for having a nice, spacious layout, and everything exactly the same in every shop!

Exactly, and no Musak either!

Jam, peanut butter, coffee tea....on the right.

Cereal, porridge, on the left.

Bread on the right.

Jeez you could do a shop in there blindfold! Aldi that is.

Lidl only opened recently, just getting the hang of it there!

Karl Stein · 30-03-2014 03:00AM

Tropheus wrote: »

Used once? I've found stuff in the garage I don't even remember buying.

Yeah when you get it home you have a go off it just to make sure it can make a hole in an old concrete block that was happily minding its own business at the back of the shed before having a big hole drilled in it the poor thing.

Off into the shed then to rest in peace.

marozz · 30-03-2014 03:04AM

Thanks for the cheap beer.

sligoface · 30-03-2014 03:06AM

I also bought a sander from there at least a year ago and used it for the first time yesterday. Have to say I was impressed, and now I feel bad for neglecting it. Maybe I'll get the mitre saw they have now to keep it company.

Dr Turk Turkelton · 30-03-2014 03:14AM

No Pants wrote: »

Do some research on the effectiveness of lights versus high-vis. Or maybe just read some that someone else has already done.

Hmm you posted this in AH and expect to be taken seriously?
Anything that alerts a motorist to a cyclist has to be applauded.
Also since this is AH-go pay road tax for your vehicle.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 30-03-2014 03:47AM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Noo, you'd need "Pro Gear". The "Pro" bit is important. Like a carbon fiber bike. I have a middle aged, pot bellied mate. He took up cycling and decided he needed a carbon fiber bike. Truth be told, he needed a fcuking BMX to suit his level of fitness, but noo, a 2k CF bike was purchased. "Pro" Gear, gotta love it.

Who said anything about pro gear? Or carbon fiber? Nobody I believe. I have walking/cycling and running gear from aldi/lidl. I also have gear I bought elsewhere and the gear form aldi is generally crapy bottom of the ladder stuff. If you are testing out a new hobbie, perfect place for cheap gear for start off, but don't buy their hiking shoes and expect anything from them.

Buy their "one size fits all" premium running shoe, see how far it gets you, lol :rolleyes:

WilyCoyote · 30-03-2014 05:32AM

This is our local Aldi in Brattleboro, Vermont. The meat is always excellent.

https://www.aldi.us/en/weekly-specials/fresh-meat-special-buy/

mikemac1 · 30-03-2014 05:39AM

hfallada wrote: »

Lidl and aldi have completely changed how must Irish shop now. Most Irish people only brought expensive branded stuff. Now we have no problem buying no name stuff as they are cheap and good

You don't remember yellow pack?

up for anything · 30-03-2014 06:07AM

mikemac1 wrote: »

You don't remember yellow pack?

Good old Maurice Pratt.

gallag · 30-03-2014 08:51AM

Lidl etc are great!! Now the normal places are not crammed full of the poverty stricken!!

Means Of Escape · 30-03-2014 08:53AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

*Goes in to ALDI/LIDL to save money - leaves with a €40 hammer-action power drill that'll be used once*

Because the motor burns out.

Amalgam · 30-03-2014 09:06AM

Thank you Aldi, for the lovely coffee (Alcafe French/Italian) and keenly priced chocolate. (Moser Roth)

..and for forcing the other old farts to be somewhat competitive with the pricing of fruit and vegetables.

Galwayguy35 · 30-03-2014 09:13AM

Great comfort with the cashiers in Aldi, they put a rush on the slow coaches who take all day to pack their shopping, no time for chit chat either unlike SuperValu where the oul wans have to talk about the weeks events before paying for their shopping.

Dtp1979 · 30-03-2014 09:20AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Great comfort with the cashiers in Aldi, they put a rush on the slow coaches who take all day to pack their shopping, no time for chit chat either unlike SuperValu where the oul wans have to talk about the weeks events before paying for their shopping.

Yes heaven forbid for common courtesy

Eight Ball · 30-03-2014 09:22AM

I shop in Aldi but tbh most of their food tastes like piss. Thanks Enda for leaving me with fu ck all cash after i pay my taxes and various stealth charges and forcing me to eat Aldi's sh it food.

Eight Ball · 30-03-2014 09:23AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Great comfort with the cashiers in Aldi, they put a rush on the slow coaches who take all day to pack their shopping, no time for chit chat either unlike SuperValu where the oul wans have to talk about the weeks events before paying for their shopping.

One of the things i hate about Aldi is the way the staff treat people. I on purpose take my time just to piss them off at the tills.:pac:

kneemos · 30-03-2014 09:24AM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Yes heaven forbid for common courtesy

Pay for your shopping and get the fcuk out of the way.

Dtp1979 · 30-03-2014 09:28AM

kneemos wrote: »

Pay for your shopping and get the fcuk out of the way.

When they try to rush me I always pack my bags at the counter. Drives them mad

Thank you Lidl, thank you Aldi

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