🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:39:28 +1100,  "Andy" <woof44@hotmail.com> wrote:
 
> Today I went into Aldi to buy an 8GB USB Drive which is in their current 
> catalog and on special, starting today.
> I was in the store 90 mins after opening time.
> There were no USB Drives and I was told that all had been sold out by the 
> time I got there.
> Funny! If they were such a hot item then why weren't there more people in 
> the store asking for them.
> I spoke with Consumer Affairs who told me that Aldi were using "bait 
> advertising' which was illegal.
> They advised me to go back to the store and demand Aldi obtain the article 
> for me within a reasonable time, which I did.
> This time I received an apoplogy and Aldi were going to ring around their 
> other stores to search out the item and have it sent to their store.
> They will contact me tomorrow and advise when the item will be there.
> 

Aldi are notorious for doing that. Electronic goods that they sell don't seem to be reliable in the long term anyway.