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Wicked Uncle Nigel
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      03-12-2010, 03:39 PM
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
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>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0000, Scraggy
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>You must have already selected a store then, because if you try and
>>select the special offers, the site will prompt you to select a store as
>>not all are available in all stores.

>
>I don't think so - fire up new browser, go to Aldi.co.uk, select
>'special buys for Sunday 14th March', get list of products.


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      03-12-2010, 03:41 PM
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0000, Scraggy
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>> You must have already selected a store then, because if you try and
>>> select the special offers, the site will prompt you to select a store as
>>> not all are available in all stores.

>>
>> I don't think so - fire up new browser, go to Aldi.co.uk, select
>> 'special buys for Sunday 14th March', get list of products.

>
> We know who you are, and where you live...
>


Registered loyalty card, do you think?

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Scraggy
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      03-12-2010, 04:08 PM
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:18:56 +0000, Champ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0000, Scraggy
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>>>>How do you tell what stores will have this stuff in?
>>>>
>>>>It's pretty tricky, you have to' select your store' and the relevant
>>>>information will appear on screen
>>>
>>>I don't see a link for anything like 'select your store'. The store
>>>locator link opens a new page, and just shows maps and directions.

>>
>>You must have already selected a store then, because if you try and
>>select the special offers, the site will prompt you to select a store as
>>not all are available in all stores.

>
>I don't think so - fire up new browser, go to Aldi.co.uk, select
>'special buys for Sunday 14th March', get list of products.


All I can say, is on several occasions, when trying new bowser and
certainly on this new machine, with no cookies, I received the prompt to
select store. Perhaps it's a setup thing but, wibble.
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Wicked Uncle Nigel
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      03-12-2010, 04:12 PM
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Catman
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>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
>><(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0000, Scraggy
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You must have already selected a store then, because if you try and
>>>> select the special offers, the site will prompt you to select a store as
>>>> not all are available in all stores.
>>>
>>> I don't think so - fire up new browser, go to Aldi.co.uk, select
>>> 'special buys for Sunday 14th March', get list of products.

>> We know who you are, and where you live...
>>

>
>Registered loyalty card, do you think?


IP tracing. Once they tracked it to a genteel old folk's home in
Cheltenham, they kicked it off to a part of the site for people who
wouldn't be seen dead in Aldi.

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      03-12-2010, 06:12 PM
Adrian wrote:
> Wicked Uncle Nigel <(E-Mail Removed)> gurgled happily,
> sounding much like they were saying:
>
> > It's not one day only. That's when they go on sale, and (as the saying
> > has it) "when they're gone, they're gone".
> >
> > FWIW, the compressors rarely sell out in day one, IME.

>
> Are these actually any cop, or are they disposable shite?
>
> There's no Aldi anywhere near handy for me - but if they really are half-
> decent quality and price, then I might be tempted to trawl to whatever
> pikey hell-hole my nearest one lurks in. I've been promising myself a
> compressor for a while...


I've no idea what I'd do with one but I'm still tempted.

In situations like this it really helps that there are absolutely no
pikey supermarkets near me whatsoever.

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      03-12-2010, 06:37 PM
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Catman
> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0000, Scraggy
>>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You must have already selected a store then, because if you try and
>>>>> select the special offers, the site will prompt you to select a
>>>>> store as
>>>>> not all are available in all stores.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think so - fire up new browser, go to Aldi.co.uk, select
>>>> 'special buys for Sunday 14th March', get list of products.
>>> We know who you are, and where you live...
>>>

>>
>> Registered loyalty card, do you think?

>
> IP tracing. Once they tracked it to a genteel old folk's home in
> Cheltenham, they kicked it off to a part of the site for people who
> wouldn't be seen dead in Aldi.
>


Ahh, of course. GeoIP rules.

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      03-12-2010, 06:45 PM
ogden wrote:

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> I've no idea what I'd do with one but I'm still tempted.
>
> In situations like this it really helps that there are absolutely no
> pikey supermarkets near me whatsoever.


I fancy one, i'm ****ed as there's a trampshop a few miles away.

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      03-12-2010, 06:57 PM
Wicked Uncle Nigel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
> >On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:52:35 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>Aldi have got their compressors and air tools in again this Sunday.

> >
> ><considers broken compressor in garage>
> >
> >How do you tell what stores will have this stuff in?

>
> No clue.


Agreed, but try and answer the question anyway.


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      03-12-2010, 07:06 PM
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:

> Aldi have got their compressors and air tools in again this Sunday.


Ssshhhh you fool, don't tell everyone. I was going to be camping out
for a couple early Sunday morning

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      03-12-2010, 07:24 PM
Catman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:hne1m1$l85$1
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> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Catman
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
>>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>>>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0000, Scraggy
>>>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You must have already selected a store then, because if you try and
>>>>>> select the special offers, the site will prompt you to select a
>>>>>> store as
>>>>>> not all are available in all stores.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think so - fire up new browser, go to Aldi.co.uk, select
>>>>> 'special buys for Sunday 14th March', get list of products.
>>>> We know who you are, and where you live...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Registered loyalty card, do you think?

>>
>> IP tracing. Once they tracked it to a genteel old folk's home in
>> Cheltenham, they kicked it off to a part of the site for people who
>> wouldn't be seen dead in Aldi.
>>

>
> Ahh, of course. GeoIP rules.
>


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