Thread: Aldis crazy tool prices

The last time Aldi had Digital Verniers on sale ,I with a couple of other members of our woodies club queued up , one member was about 4th in the door, no verniers anywhere , told ,sold out. NF.

Did the queue look like the one depicted above?

I think the trick with Alsi is to sort the utter crap from the merely cheap... I have a couple of items - digital calipers (they work fine ), a shop vac desperately in need of a new filter but dows the job ok, I bought some running kit (not the shoes, they're plain dangerous to your feet) and they've been fine. On the other hand, a home Cat5E networking kits was complete and utter rubbish. Cable was junk and so were the connectors (have since used higher quality components to good effect), though the crimper was ok.

There's a new aldi near my house that seems to have trouble working out its volumes at the moment - usually plenty of nifty stuff left when other stores are empty

Cheers,
Dave

Have a set of vernier they work a charm but where $10 last time same ones
Have suction vice LOLM knocked it and I can't get it back its a rippa

The vac sounds a good deal but have a cyclone attachment for ours already.

The chisels will have to check them out after that wooden plane sale they could be a good thing

No Aldi's in WA!

My local one has a pallet of unicycles, only $49 each!!

Originally Posted by rotten_66

My local one has a pallet of unicycles, only $49 each!!

If you're handy with a welder, you could get a neat (but somewhat unique) tandem bike for $98

Cheers,
Dave

Originally Posted by Ozkaban

If you're handy with a welder, you could get a neat (but somewhat unique) tandem bike for $98

Would an Irish one have the seats in opposite directions?









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Most Aldi stores put out the bargains starting on the Wednesday - sometimes even before lunch time - I know, I've picked up some of the 'last' items at my local store mid afternoon on Wednesdays.

Generally only the high cost items go out on the Thursday morning - such as desk top computers.

So, if you want some of those tools, be prepared to go around Wednesday afternoon & go back Thursday if they aren't out yet.

Well done bsrlee, but you should have sent that to me as a PM!

I got the Vernier too and no problems. Also got the Plane which is great.

This morning, sale day at Aldi was a non event!!!
I thought of buying a digital vernier caliper for the advertised price of $19.95. After searching in vain, I realised NO calipers were delivered. I confronted the store manager, who confirmed my disappointment.
It makes you wonder why they advertise a product in the first place. The easy part is to run an add, the hard part is to deliver!!!

Cheers, John

That's the first time I have ever heard of Aldi not having the advertised goods come in. Seen several cases of goods selling out very quickly though.

You may be a little harsh on them there John. Trucks can break down or whatever. They didn't have the Vices in the Katoomba store, but they told me to give them my name & number, and they'll call me when they come in. I do understand your disappointment though,

Got the cyclone vac and it's a corker. The hose is a little bit flimsy and a foot or so too short, but hey, what do you want for a hundred bucks.

NOT ADVERTISED:
They also had a set of either 4 or 6 paint brushes for $10, looked pretty good, especially for rough work or oiling etc. Two s/s magnetic trays and two magnetic bars $10. They must work because it was quite difficult to prise the the packets apart!

Got the jack, I mean I got a jack, but can't comment yet except to say that it's bloody heavy.

Right, back to the lawns

Brett