Topic: Lidls gardening items

[Mrs Ava]

www.lidl.co.uk

Thursday 7th Sept, a selection of gardening implements.  I know sometimes the cheap stuff is...well cheap, but some of the bits I have picked up from Lidls have been great and served their purpose perfectly.  ;D

[Svea]

yep, the spade and fork are very good. lot of peeps on my site have them

i need new secateurs, btw

[Roy Bham UK]

>:( I'm getting p**d off with Lidl >:( three times I set out to get a so called "Weekly special offer" and three times they have not had the stuff in to sell >:( Three times the staff used the same excuse that the stuff goes very quickly and three times I have told  them 'you must shift a lot of stuff in the first half hour of opening' ::)

None of their branches are close by to me (although there is one being built now) so I get very annoyed at rushing out and waisting my time >:( Anyone else had similar experiences ???

Rant ongoing ;D

[tricia]

For items which are obviously going to cause a lot of interest you should be outside the store when they open. I have known a queue to form before now! Lidl have so many stores in Britain they probably have to allocate quotas. But don't trash Lidl because you have found the items you particularly wanted were already gone - others did get there before you - believe me! - and at other times when you think something is a really 'hot' seller you will find them still stacked up a couple of days later.

Tricia

[Shirley]

It has been known that they stack the racks the evening before and sometimes the stuff goes before the shop closes that night.

[Mrs Ava]

Yup Shirley.  My Nan in Devon always goes on a Sunday afternoon shortly before closing as they stack the Mondays specials then and she gets in quick!  Mum has joined the back of a queue before for something, and dashed in, but the specials were already all snapped up.  Our Lidls in Chelmsford gets packed when the specials are gardening.  Some OAP's get quite nasty!!

[Shirley]

watch it!  I'm one of them (OAP that is - not queue pusher!!) ;D

[redimp]

>:( I'm getting p**d off with Lidl >:( three times I set out to get a so called "Weekly special offer" and three times they have not had the stuff in to sell >:( Three times the staff used the same excuse that the stuff goes very quickly and three times I have told  them 'you must shift a lot of stuff in the first half hour of opening' ::)

None of their branches are close by to me (although there is one being built now) so I get very annoyed at rushing out and waisting my time >:( Anyone else had similar experiences ???

Rant ongoing ;D

They do have that problem Roy - people buy it then flog it on e-bay.  They sometimes restrict the number you can have but the 'traders' just take a van and a couple of mates and fill it up.  Tis they that pee me off, not the store.  Tis only like blackmarketeering in peace time.

[coznbob]

Have to say, think Lidls is great, only gripe I have is not having enough time to pack the blooming shopping bags... ::)

[Mrs Ava]

Sorry Shirley, I did mean it tongue in cheek  :-[.  I agree coznbob, that is my number one gripe!

[greyhound]

Got telescopic loppers (£3.99) today, they seem up to the job.

and a scrumping stick -  sorry, telescopic fruit picker - also £3.99, can reach all the best plums now!  According to the label it's made by a firm called Wanko .... ;D