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How about Lidl ripoff

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  • #52
    Bruce2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭Bruce2008


    Has anybody seen this weeks Lidl offers???

    okay I understand difference in base costs...minimum wages....exchange rates.... etc etc.... BUT....wait for this.....

    A 'Parkside Planer' costs £24.99 and a 'Parkside Battery Drill' costs £29.99 in Northern Ireland.....(the Drill is dearer than the Planer)

    But drop down south and suddenly the 'Planer' costs 49.99euro and the 'Drill' costs 39.99euro...(now the Planer is dearer than the Drill!!!)

    Both are from the same manufacturer and I would consider them to be of the same 'type' product...ie DIY...

    I have confirmed the prices with Lidl....they are correct....they are to get back to me tommorrow with a possible explaination...I can hardly wait....

    Checked spanish website and the drill is dearer than the planer....as it is in the north....so what is the possible explaination....answers on the back of a Lidl broucher please.....


  • #53
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Bruce2008 wrote: »
    .so what is the possible explaination.
    maybe they simply think people will pay more for one over the other here, maybe they went to Irish owned stores and saw what customers were paying for similar planers so reckon they can get the same. They are just maximising their profits like the majority of businesses do.

    I don't see much point in looking up prices in other countries if you have no intention of going there. If they were online stores grand, or if you were really willing to go up north or spain to buy a toaster then fine. But otherwise I would be comparing prices with other Irish stores, why waste time looking at lidls prices around the EU. If you think it is good value then buy it or don't.

    Now what if the toaster was €100 here, and £200 up north, I suppose someone might snap it up and call it a bargain!


  • #54
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Stekelly wrote: »
    Did you try getting it (or at leats not pickign the dearest shop in the country for comparison) in a shop that doesnt exist solely to cater for people who have too much money to bother looking at prices.
    In fairness, House of Fraser isn't exactly at the bottom end of the market either.


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