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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.

Andy 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 crap, there is no way I would buy their electronic junk OR their 
food products.
And its not like buying from Aldi is going to put more money in the pockets 
of Australian farmers than buying from Coles or Woolworths will.

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:39:28 +1100 Andy wrote :
> Funny! If they were such a hot item then why weren't there more 
> people in the store asking for them.

Because regulars know that if want a particular special you need 
to be there at opening time?

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TonyB

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:37:04 +1100,  Tony Bryer <tonyb@delme.sda.co.uk> wrote:
  
> Because regulars know that if want a particular special you need 
> to be there at opening time?

Actually, you ask them nicely the day before to hold one for you.

"Andy" <woof44@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

Everone knows by now that you have to be there at opening time!
I got there at 5 past 9 one Thursday and they had already sold out!
There is usually a que at opening time on a Thursday.


> 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.

The ones who wanted them got there 90 minutes before you and had already
left. The rest know not to bother.


> 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.


You will get one if someone returns one. IME they do not get more from their
suppliers since it is usually done as a special deal for a fixed number.
Some of their lesser specials are a different matter however.

BTW just how cheap was the flash drive, they are so cheap now elsewhere, I
can't see why you are so worried?
($21 at MSY for example)
I wouldn't waste my time for a couple of dollars, when companies like
Jetstar regularly defraud customers for hundreds and get away with it!
And don't expect the DFT to help if Aldi ignores you in any case. Been
there, done that with Jetstar and Coles where I had already paid money, you
aren't even out of pocket from what I read!


MrT.

"Jonathan Wilson" <jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
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> Aldi are crap, there is no way I would buy their electronic junk OR their
> food products.
> And its not like buying from Aldi is going to put more money in the
pockets
> of Australian farmers than buying from Coles or Woolworths will.

In fact more of their food is Australian than Coles or Woolworths, and those
two screw the local farmers just as much or more!
*IF* you want to support farmers, then you have to buy from the farmers
markets.

MrT.

"A Little Bit" <tipsy@beerlover.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:37:04 +1100,  Tony Bryer <tonyb@delme.sda.co.uk>
wrote:
>
> > Because regulars know that if want a particular special you need
> > to be there at opening time?
>
> Actually, you ask them nicely the day before to hold one for you.

You must be a VERY regular customer then, they tell everyone else they
can't.

MrT.