1st shop at aldi never again !

bathgatebuyer

Peartree wrote: »

Oh dear, haven't been online for a while so hadn't noticed - flipping laptop is really playing me up and has been hanging something shocking! Will have to get a new one - I've had very good reports of the computers they sell in Aldi........

Guy at my work who is a complete computer geek has sent in an order from America for his relatives to pick him up oneof the Aldi PCs. Says it's too god an offer to pass up. Was very impressed with the spec of it myself..................and the warranty too. cracing price.

MrsE_2

Schamansky wrote: »

Doesn't mean a thing, double-post or not. All I wanted to say that I was honestly impressed with your post.

Apart from that I'd say we've all calmed down by now. Back to concentrating on our bargains and savings, whether at Aldi and Lidl or at Waitrose and M&S. Hey, I've been seen at M&S (spending vouchers.) The chocolates I took home were very good indeed.

You spent page after page slating me & anyone who dares shop in M&S or Waitrose then have the brass neck to say you've been in there buying food yourself!

You really are a two faced son of a *****

stw48

Wow this is not nice, can't we just agree to differ?

MrsE_2

stw48 wrote: »

Wow this is not nice, can't we just agree to differ?

After the go he & nousername had at me for at least three pages

To then say, Today in M&S I bought..........

OK for him, but too good for the rest of us eh?

stw48

Mrs E I sure was not having a go at you.
I just do not like people being not nice to board members.

Schamansky

MrsE wrote: »

You really are a two faced son of a *****

Copied and cited so you won't edit a thing.
Further action pending.

gtd2000

Peartree wrote: »

Oh dear, haven't been online for a while so hadn't noticed - flipping laptop is really playing me up and has been hanging something shocking! Will have to get a new one - I've had very good reports of the computers they sell in Aldi........

The Aldi PC's decent value but they usually stress the large numbers to make the sale - the numbers often don't mean anything in the real world though.

I'm sure for general use they are fine but the advertising suggests they are mulitmedia powerhouses - but quite frankly they are not.

I'd say you would probably be better off buying a PC from the likes of Dell when they have their special offers.

gtd2000

bathgatebuyer wrote: »

Guy at my work who is a complete computer geek has sent in an order from America for his relatives to pick him up oneof the Aldi PCs. Says it's too god an offer to pass up. Was very impressed with the spec of it myself..................and the warranty too. cracing price.

Somebody from the USA wants to buy a PC from the UK and thinks it is a good deal?

These folks in the USA must be living in the hills if they can see a UK price being competitive with the US prices.

I can understand a UK family making an order in the USA of course.

Then again, I don't know the spec of the machine that's on offer so maybe it is a cracking deal?

I've lived in the USA for many years and we once bought a full Compaq system (about 2 years ago) for my GF's mother - it was $97 after rebates

MrsE_2

Schamansky wrote: »

Copied and cited so you won't edit a thing.
Further action pending.

I wouldn't dream of it

I think you will find its you been over stepping the mark & then editing it out.

You ARE a two faced git!

valk_scot

Lol....this thread reminds me of what goes on in my son's primary school, where a rather astonishing number of the kids belive that the sort of person you are is defined by the label on your trainers. I had no idea that some people extended this concept to the labels on their baked beans, lol.

For the record, Hubby and I are academic types that live on one wage while I stay at home and look after the kids, the cats and the allotment. Money is not plentiful when there's six of you living on one wage, so I apply my brain to making the most of it while at the same time keeping our standard of living as high as possible. Why waste money on a label (food or trainers) if you can get the same quality and possibly even something better for your money without the brand name/"poshest" tag/or acceptable carrier bag? There are many consumer tests around that compare brands across stores and it's by no meants inevitable that the "luxury" brands win every time...in fact, quite the opposite. A truely wise shopper keeps an open mind, is always willing to try a new and promising looking item and reads the labels to get a grip on quality indicators like meat content and additives. Anyone who automatically reaches for the top end range in the supermarket because they belive the quality is superior should stop and have a look at the back of the packet. Yup, the value/discount lines often do have a less appealing ingredient list, but not always...sometimes the difference in price is entirely to pay for that word "Finest", have to say. Or one extra fashionable ingredient, which you may not even like. Or just because it comes in a fancier container, lol.

Of course, the best way to save money is to know how to cook and handle a wide range of ingredients, so that you're not tied into the concept of having to buy a lump of prime muscle meat and ready washed and prepared veg for a meal, or a ready prepared meal come to that. Then you can make the best of offers, seasonal ingredients and supermarket offers. Whatever the supermarket! I certainly was up at M&S when their £10 meal deal offer included these humungous Oakham chickens, for example, but this week we're be having a lot of veggie meals courtesy of Lidl half price fuit and veg week.

Oh, and carrier bag snobbery? Buy some robust non-supermarket ones and use these, then no-one will give a damm where you shop. I've gor a set of Liberty print ones I bought for 10p each 12 years ago when the local Liberty shut down. Vintage AND snob label...that's real class, surely????;)