Hurrah for Aldi!
Now, before I start - I'd like to say that I think Aldi is many types of ace. The food is (mostly) great, it's as cheap as you like, and best of all you get through the checkouts about twenty times faster than in Sainsbury's.

However, the assorted electrical goods they sell aren't anywhere near as ace.

I bought a sandwich toaster from there, for about £7. It even had removable toasting plates, so you could clean them properly!

Got it home, opened it, looking forward to the toasty goodness I'd be enjoying shortly, only to find that the plates in the top half didn't stay fixed in.

Took it back and got another one... this time, they stayed in fine, until my toasty was ready, whereupon they fell off again and stuck to it. Trying to remove a hot metal plate from a toasty without a) burning yourself and b) destroying your toasty isn't easy, people.

So I got a refund, and next time I won't be so silly.
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 9:43, 4 replies)

I have already extoled the virtues of Aldis food
Their mince is excellent and almost totally fat free, the chicken breasts aren't pumped full of water so can can actually be stir fried and not boiled to buggery. You take a chance on some of their veg, but mostly it's OK, and basics like tinned tomatoes can be aquired cheaply for making up sauces etc.

However, I would think twice before buying anything non-food, especially electricals...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:38, closed)

lidls milk
On a similar theme, i once force fed my daughter cornflakes, dismissing her claims that it "tasted yukky". Eventually satisfied with the amount she had eaten (whilst making dramatic gagging noises), i had a little taste. The milk was off, and not just on the turn, it was off by a mile. And I had only bought it the day before! Thanks for making me feel bad, damn Lidls!
(trickbaby, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 13:21, closed)

Davros'Grandad - it was your extolling of Aldi food that reminded me of this =)

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 19:11, closed)

It's turning into a bit of a recurring theme on here....
Good old Aldi (and to some extent Lidl)...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 9 Jan 2008, 9:36, closed)