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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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LiDL worth a look......
« on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 5:25pm » |
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from the 30th october they're having a sale and theres a few interesting car bits that they've priced against halfords;
trolly jack 9.99
battery charger 12.99
headlight bulbs, H1 blue or H1 + 50% 3.99 pair
wipers 40, 45, 48, 50, 53 cm 1.99 per set
antifreeze tester (hydrometer) 99p
windscreen antifreeze, put it in washer bottle, supposed to stop screen freezing, 5ltr 3.99
torque wrench 12.99
wheel wrench with extending handle 1.99
protective car cover 7.99
frost cover that covers just roof and windows 2.99
they also have a kilo of panettone for 2.99,
8x440ml carlsberg export 4.89
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #1 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 10:05pm » |
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I swear by my extending handle whhel wrench..
Whats panettone?
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #2 on: Oct 23rd, 2006, 11:35pm » |
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on Oct 23rd, 2006, 10:05pm, twinturbo wrote:I swear by my extending handle whhel wrench..
Whats panettone?
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A type of cake I think.
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #3 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 12:57am » |
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Trolley jack for a tenner ?
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #4 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 11:29am » |
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on Oct 24th, 2006, 12:57am, mr._floppy wrote:| Trolley jack for a tenner ? |
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*Tiberius coughs quietly*
 Don't try it, (cough cough).
There's a LIDL down the road from here, seems funny really, it can be pouring of rain and the entire town deserted but 2 places are always guaranteed to be packed to the brim, McDonalds and LIDL...
It's ok but it's more like a prison than a store, 8ft perspex sheeting and a siren that sounds if you try and walk back out of the entrance, like at any point the orcs are gonna run out and grab you 
And masses of imported goods in foreign languages, nice to know Communism is alive and well in 'new' Britain.
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #5 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 12:18pm » |
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But it's cheap....and people will always shop with the depth of their pockets in mind, which is why our UK firms never get the message!
They are invariably just TOO expensive. And let's face it, we all like a bargain! 
The Torquay store is brand new, and as clean as any shop in the UK. No perspex sheeting here!
Had a good bargain from LIDL four weeks ago. A set of 100 attachments for my Dremel. In a proper little wooden box, all very tidy, and easy to find which grinding wheel, polisher, bit or cutter you need. Excellent value at £2.99. Bought 2. Have used a couple since then. Top quality. No problems.
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #6 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 1:20pm » |
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Lidl and Aldi are both German, I believe that the owners are brothers, Also all the things they sell are normally very good quality.
Bruce as for the perspex and siren then it must be where you live, no problems in all the ones down this way
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #7 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 3:38pm » |
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panettone is very moreish italian cake, in a dome shape.
the piccy of the trolly jack looks just the same as the halfords ones, but, it didnt say whether it was 1.5, 2.00 or 2.5 tonne.
had a discussion some time back on a bike website about lidl/aldi, one of the site members lives in germany and said their stuff is normally good quality, he said the germans dont care about a 'name' of a shop, they're all in lidl in designer suits etc grabbing bargains.
i think they buy stuff cheap in bulk, then flog it cheap and once its gone its gone, i dont think they have many permanent 'lines'.
how come no one mentioned the 8 cans of export for under a fiver 
they also have a 8 megapixel digital camera thats also a camcorder, mp3 player, voice recorder. it comes with a base station for charging, rechargeable battery, headphones and carry pouch all cables, cd rom driver for 129 quid.
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #8 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 6:55pm » |
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 Sorry I dared open my mouth...
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #9 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 10:03pm » |
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on Oct 24th, 2006, 12:57am, mr._floppy wrote: Trolley jack for a tenner ?
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They will be short reach ones. Scorp needs a longer bodied trolley to be able to jack both sides of back (I put jack under tow bar or both sides of front up in one lift. The longer bodied one I have used to comfortably lift my Granada, but I notice the Scorps under engine cross member is a little further back - makes it difficult to lift for the first inch due to the limited angle for the handle to move.
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #10 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 11:46pm » |
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on Oct 24th, 2006, 6:55pm, TiberiuS wrote: Sorry I dared open my mouth...
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Didn't mean anything wrong, Just saying because it is Aldi/Lidl don't dismiss it as rubbish.
My brother used to think that, now you can't get him out of there when they have tools in 
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #11 on: Oct 25th, 2006, 9:04am » |
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Mmmmm export lager, 8 cans, less than a fiver mmmmmmm
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #12 on: Oct 25th, 2006, 6:56pm » |
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Good point mate, did actually get a really snazzy marking gauge out of there once, for cutting tiles and the like, being German good quality too . Just not sure that a £9.99 trolley jack would really take the weight of a 2000kg car if used regularly, had cheap tools myself in the past and it gets a bit dangerous when DIY grade tools get sold as professional quality, wherever they come from.
Even the stores in East London don't have the perspex sheets and alarms, not sure what they think the locals around here are going to get upto , surely my area isn't that bad, eh .
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #13 on: Oct 26th, 2006, 11:11am » |
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Their Custard Creams are great too, only 29p a packet. 
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
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on Oct 26th, 2006, 11:11am, mr._floppy wrote:| Their Custard Creams are great too, only 29p a packet. |
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #15 on: Oct 26th, 2006, 4:42pm » |
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on Oct 26th, 2006, 11:11am, mr._floppy wrote:| Their Custard Creams are great too, only 29p a packet. |
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But will they lift a 2000kg car? 
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #16 on: Oct 26th, 2006, 7:46pm » |
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Nah.........You'll end up with egg on yer face!!
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #17 on: Oct 26th, 2006, 10:38pm » |
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thanks for the tip! will grab some beers from them for christmas. our lidl in penzance always has a few new mercs on their hols from germany in the carpark-shrewd lot those germans! p.s. panettone makes a lovely bread and butter pudding with some cream added, i usually get given one of these breads and use it up in this way
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #18 on: Oct 27th, 2006, 12:37am » |
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julie, excellent idea, that should be on the top tips thread.....
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Re: LiDL worth a look......
« Reply #19 on: Oct 30th, 2006, 6:54pm » |
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well I've had loads of stuff out of there, a lot of it is German tuv approved so it is ok kit, got a set of spanners 3 weeks ago and they are very good, I'm off to get some stuff tomorrow
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