Bargains Galore coming up ;)

Quite a few useful items for us all coming up for sale at a local Aldi near you soon:

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-17th-october/

:woohoo:

got your eyes on those pork steaks, eh? :pop:

if some of those tools are worth that money, i might have to visit my local store!

Any cheep booze? (not the unheard of or unbranded stuff though)

I want some work trousers for car faffing

you're not faffing, never faffing. all Very Important, never admit any less.

Coincidentally my housemate pointed out the Aldi flyer today in case I was interested. (Nothing I need)

I recognised some of those items listed in Aldi's UK 'special buys' range as being the same ones available in Aldi's 'special buys' range here in Oz.

So out of curiosity I did a price comparison with currency conversion and it's all quite a bit cheaper here in Oz.

The torque wrench equates to being @ 3 pound cheaper, the jumper leads are @ 2 pound cheaper and the battery charger is 4 pound cheaper here.

I don't know how much different your VAT rate is to our GST (10%) but the variation seems a little inconsistent for a differences in tax rate, (I could probably sit down and figure it all out but I can't be arsed) maybe it's higher freight costs. Which would probably explain it, as it's probably all coming from China and we're closer to China than you lot.

Cobber, UK VAT is currently 20% - it does add a bit!

Good to hear that Aldi has gone global. I remember them from my days in Germany when they sold directly from the box and the only price was on the box - no bar coding which meant the staff had to memorise the price of every article on sale. Then again there wasn't a lot of variety then. Have you got Lidl's too? I've been happy enough with mt Aldi & Lidl tools for my DIY usage.

Richard

Cobber wrote: Coincidentally my housemate pointed out the Aldi flyer today in case I was interested. (Nothing I need)

I recognised some of those items listed in Aldi's UK 'special buys' range as being the same ones available in Aldi's 'special buys' range here in Oz.

So out of curiosity I did a price comparison with currency conversion and it's all quite a bit cheaper here in Oz.

The torque wrench equates to being @ 3 pound cheaper, the jumper leads are @ 2 pound cheaper and the battery charger is 4 pound cheaper here.

I don't know how much different your VAT rate is to our GST (10%) but the variation seems a little inconsistent for a differences in tax rate, (I could probably sit down and figure it all out but I can't be arsed) maybe it's higher freight costs. Which would probably explain it, as it's probably all coming from China and we're closer to China than you lot.

In a previous thread David A recommended those Aldi ratchet spanners, I purchased a set and use them a lot as they are good, The only bad point is the lack of range, but cheap and better than none.

bensewell wrote: I want some work trousers for car faffing

Nay nay Son. Av bought thee up better n'that tha noz. Wuk breeches? Is thy a fan of moosical theatre or ballet or summat like?
:yesnod:
Tha wears blue bib and brace boiler sooit, shut wi no collar, muffler, weskit and big leather belt. Wit hobnil booits. Aye, and thi granfers watch on t'chain.
The belt is for to whip the wife and bairns int fit o bad temper when t'car job guz up the suff and tha gets reet nowty.

Now, back in t'coal- 'ole withee.

:bust: I actually understand that!!! :bust: