Aldi Garden Special Buys March 2020

imho

MysteryMe.
Aldi uses Hermes. 

MysteryMe

Thanks, no home delivery orders for me then 

ZsaZsa

MysteryMe said:

Thanks, no home delivery orders for me then 

MysteryMe, I had an order delivered today and was a courier company I haven’t come across before - XDP express. (Was a plastic grow house which I think they classed as a “large item delivery”). Don’t know if that helps at all?

camelot1001

I had a delivery of a small wooden Aldi greenhouse today from XDP. I was able to email them last night to ask them to leave the parcel round the back of the house as I wouldn't be in and that's what they did.
Quite impressed as previous Aldi deliveries haven't been very good.

MysteryMe

Oh right, thanks for that. Maybe they kicked Hermes into touch and now using XDP.  

MysteryMe

BTW Lidl have gardening special buys 5th - 11th March
https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/c/garden-event/c1330/w2
so battle of the discounters!

imho

I live in Henley on Thames and items I order online from Aldi get delivered by Hermes.most of the items have been opened  I don’t like Hermes at all 

timefortea

I ordered a mini greenhouse and some wire trellis stuff at the same time and XDP delivered the greenhouse, Hermes delivered the trellis. 

camelot1001

Trying to get a refund on the mini greenhouse, it's rubbish. The wooden frame seems to be made from balsa wood and is warped and split. I'm sure it will blow away!
Also, I noticed in Aldi this evening it's cheaper in the store.

EleanorHandbasket

camelot1001 said:

I had a delivery of a small wooden Aldi greenhouse today from XDP. I was able to email them last night to ask them to leave the parcel round the back of the house as I wouldn't be in and that's what they did.
Quite impressed as previous Aldi deliveries haven't been very good.

How fortunate you are. I recently ordered that very small wooden Aldi greenhouse but mine has disappeared into the ether. Or rather, according to XDP,  has been delivered. Except it hasn't - neither to my house nor to any of my (rural) neighbours sharing my postcode. I intend to demand a refund since these Invisible But Signed For In Someone Else's Name deliveries appear to be a speciality of XDP. I wonder if anyone has had any success attempting similarly?