Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Don't know how I missed this, as I get the Lidl flyer every week.
I must have a toddle up to town, where there are two stores and wend my way back via another one, as I've often found the third store has much slower-moving stock. There's a good chance one of the three will have some left.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Hi Dave, so you got three Lidl stores, how very fortunate for you.
Cheers
John

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Our nearest one is nearly 20 miles away.:(

Peter

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Another Dave inquiring, is the Lidl concern, similar to Aldi, where there is general merchandise as well as groceries? The Aldi offerings are different in the US, versus other locations. ???
Dave, USradcoll1.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

In Lidl they have what is called the center isle, this is where all the strange stuff is found, strange in the sense there is no rhyme or reason why say there might be multimeters in a bin there one week and the next week that same bin has got support stockings in LOL

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Don’t forget they don’t stock these items all the time. They are “special offers” that are only available while stocks last. Look at their weekly brochures and get a “feel” for this weeks products.
Last week they had Canon inkjet printers for £19.99. But only for a few days - when it’s gone it’s gone, so you need to be quick.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Aldi is the same.
I bought a real drill press at out local branch and have never seen them again however there were full size band saws there a few weeks ago.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

In their posters, adverts and flyers it is called 'Middle Of Lidl'

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Apparently the main reason for the random stuff in the centre isles is to get punters to slow down and just look, if nothing else.

It's not intended to be nice to shoppers. It's because shoppers then slow their pace and buy more stuff from the other isles. All down to psychology - apparently.

Source: BBC Radio 4 - so it must be true.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

People just go in to see what is on the non food isle Lidl or Aldi.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Hi Gents, yes agree with the above, I only go in to see what they have, but I've had some good stuff over the years.

Croc clips etc still available at the Swalwell branch.


Ed

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

I'm the other way round going to Lidl 2 or 3 times a week for most of my food shopping and cleaning products, etc - excellent quality and prices and what's in The Middle is an added bonus.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

It just dawned on me, I bought my notebook computer at Aldi several years ago. It is their own brand, "Medion" and it resembles a Toshiba. :thumbsup:
Dave, USradcoll1 :wave:

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Medion are/were made by the same company as Packard Bell, Advent, eMachines and other store PC brands. Perfectly reasonable for what they are, but it almost certainly isn't a re-badged Toshiba.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Not exactly on my doorstep though; it's a 40 mile round trip to cover the three.
When the Lidl chain started opening branches here, they were so undercutting the local supermarkets it was worth my while to travel nearly 40 miles to the nearest one, once a month.
Since a local Aldi opened in 2013, I've hardly set foot in a Lidl.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Our local Aldi has got modest portable generators stacked to the roof this week.
However they will be shut at the end of the month for a week for refurbishment.
The builders are already there and doing what they do best so only half of the car park is usable.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

This weeks adverts from Aldi show a Medion laptop and include the maker as 'A Lenovo Company' - that's not to say it always was them.

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

Yes the website says it is now owned by Lenovo, so hopefully the products will be decent quality https://www.medion.com/gb/index.html

Although online reviews suggest otherwise https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.medion.co.uk

According to Wikipedia they have been owned by Lenovo since August 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medion

Re: Croc Clips at Lidl
 

In the Netherlands, Lenovo started using the Medion service organisation. I've had to deal with them in 2016 or 2017 and it was quite the experience. No ticketing system, very slow service, no flexible solutions but in the end a quite reasonable refund which only went through because I happened to be a customer at the distributor that once sold the laptop to the (then closed down) shop where it was retailed originally.