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Lidl Special Offer
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I turned up at my local Lidl store @ 9.08 to purchase a Fujitsu tablet which was on limited special offer. The staff member said their were all sold within minutes of store opening @9.00 am.
A very small amount of "non" Lidl shoppers would have got these tablets leaving the vast majority of regular Lidl shoppers disappointed.
How on earth could this be a plus for the image of Lidl? A small number of people are happy but the majority are unhappy. I am lucky that Aldi have a store nearby so i know where i will be going in future.
Do the management of Lidl not realize that sometimes these so called limited offers could in the end leave a negative approach towards their image. Maybe they do not care, but as for me as a customer i do care. The customer is always right. Or is he!
A very small amount of "non" Lidl shoppers would have got these tablets leaving the vast majority of regular Lidl shoppers disappointed.
How on earth could this be a plus for the image of Lidl? A small number of people are happy but the majority are unhappy. I am lucky that Aldi have a store nearby so i know where i will be going in future.
Do the management of Lidl not realize that sometimes these so called limited offers could in the end leave a negative approach towards their image. Maybe they do not care, but as for me as a customer i do care. The customer is always right. Or is he!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I understand that it is disappointing to miss out on a great bargain, but it is a case of first come, first serve.
How do you know that the people that managed to buy the tablets were "non" Lidl shoppers? And why should that make any difference to you? Would you be less upset if regular shoppers had got them and you still had missed out?
I love Lidl and Aldi, great bargains but I accept that they have limited stocks of most things and if something isn't available when I'm shopping, it's just tough I'm afraid.
If you want a supermarket with better reliability of stock, go to Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's etc.
How do you know that the people that managed to buy the tablets were "non" Lidl shoppers? And why should that make any difference to you? Would you be less upset if regular shoppers had got them and you still had missed out?
I love Lidl and Aldi, great bargains but I accept that they have limited stocks of most things and if something isn't available when I'm shopping, it's just tough I'm afraid.
If you want a supermarket with better reliability of stock, go to Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's etc.
Thanks Old_Geezer, at least i got some support from you. As for me, not in a million years would you see me grovelling and queuing for something before a store opened. I suppose that is why we still have the word "masses" in our language. When everyone else runs towards the cliff edge its people like OLD_GEEZER and myself sit back and enjoy the view!
What annoys me about Lidl happened about 3 years ago to me.I wished to purchase a petrol generator at a knock down price.I arrived just after opening to be greeted by hoards of our ethnic friends charging out the store with big grins on their faces like they had just looted the store.On their trolleys were two or three generators.When I got in the store ALL GONE.I accept the principal of first come,first served and the early bird catches the worm but what infuriated me was the the amount each customer got away with purchasing.Much more fair to have a policy of one purchase per customer.Who needs three generators?
porkchop - may I just hijack the thread for a mo please.
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