ALDI Edinburgh heads up

"Jon Senior" <jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

To any who were considering a trip to the Aldi in Musselbrough <sp?>
when I visited this morning, their stocks appeared very high (except for
socks) and they even had one of the monster heavy mountain bikes. Worth
seeing for the "Carbon look" swingarm which so obviously isn't.

I will provide some feedback on the HRM wireless computer soon as I have
one for a friend and one for myself.

Jon

Didn't see the computer but the Livingston branch has tops, jackets, shorts
socks and yes..... pretend mountain bikes...

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:17:06 +0100, Jon Senior
<jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

To any who were considering a trip to the Aldi in Musselbrough <sp?>
when I visited this morning, their stocks appeared very high (except for
socks) and they even had one of the monster heavy mountain bikes. Worth
seeing for the "Carbon look" swingarm which so obviously isn't.

I will provide some feedback on the HRM wireless computer soon as I have
one for a friend and one for myself.

I meant to do a hunt for an Aldi as soon as I finished perusing the
group! Whereabouts is the store in Musselburgh?

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Gawnsoft said:

I meant to do a hunt for an Aldi as soon as I finished perusing the
group! Whereabouts is the store in Musselburgh?

Go to http://uk.aldi.com/
Click on "Where to find us" at the bottom of the page.
Enter Musselburgh

| Newhailes Road
| EH21 6RE

Click on "map".
It's just west of a roundabout with Olive Bank Road.

The current "Special buys" can be found at:

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/index.html

--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

On 27 Jul 2004 07:39:02 +0100, [email hidden] (Alan J. Wylie) wrote
(more or less):

Quoted message said:

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/index.html

Hmm - no cycling stuff, and it's dated from 29th.

Does that mean if I traipse out to Aldi tomorrow (i.e. the 29th) it'll
all be in vain?

Or is the cycling stuff there at teh special Offer prices until it
runs out?

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Gawnsoft [email hidden] opined the
following...

Quoted message said:

Does that mean if I traipse out to Aldi tomorrow (i.e. the 29th) it'll
all be in vain?

Don't know. Probably worth traipsing out today just in case.

Gawnsoft said:

Quoted message said:

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/index.html

Quoted message said:

Hmm - no cycling stuff, and it's dated from 29th.

Quoted message said:

Does that mean if I traipse out to Aldi tomorrow (i.e. the 29th)
it'll all be in vain?

Quoted message said:

Or is the cycling stuff there at teh special Offer prices until it
runs out?

The cycling stuff was on "special" from two weeks ago. There were
large piles left in the Darlington store on Saturday 24th, after the
new week's specials had appeared. Sorry, but I can't say how long
they keep stuff on display.

--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Reply to Gawnsoft

Quoted message said:

Does that mean if I traipse out to Aldi tomorrow (i.e. the 29th) it'll
all be in vain?

Or is the cycling stuff there at teh special Offer prices until it
runs out?

IME it seems to stay there until it runs out. It's really pot luck:
some stuff goes straight away, some stays for ages - I was in my local
branch a couple of days ago, and there were plenty of gilets, plenty
of computers, but little else.

One useful consumable which hasn't been mentioned here is the big tube
of cable ties: very good value, and damned useful, on bike or off. I
always have a few in the toolkit when I go out, on the grounds that
they weigh almost nothing, but could rescue a ride.

--
Mark, UK.
We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him squeak,
We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak.

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:16:15 +0100, Mark Mcn
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

Reply to Gawnsoft

Quoted message said:

Does that mean if I traipse out to Aldi tomorrow (i.e. the 29th) it'll
all be in vain?

Or is the cycling stuff there at teh special Offer prices until it
runs out?

IME it seems to stay there until it runs out.

Okay, I've now been. And yes - the stuff doesn't go 'off offer' once
the week is over.

There were when I left late yesterday afternoon, still a doesn't
heart-rate computers, stacks of £4 computers, and, indeed, everything
else.

Having gone for a heart rate computer, I got shirts, a gilet, a
jacket, shorts, cheapo gloves for emergency use

....and a 160GB hard disk drive! (Samsung £80)

And a paddling pool for my toddler.

Just as well I went by bus and not bike*, as my panniers wouldn't have
taken it all.

* which I get back later today!

Quoted message said:

It's really pot luck:
some stuff goes straight away, some stays for ages - I was in my local
branch a couple of days ago, and there were plenty of gilets, plenty
of computers, but little else.

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Euan
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