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   Message 2,143 of 2,576   
   Jeff Layman to Johnny B Good   
   Re: Now it's Aldi (UK)'s turn to offer a   
   05 Jul 18 08:01:19   
   
   XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: jmlayman@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 05/07/18 01:24, Johnny B Good wrote:   
   >   Hi to everyone, particularly those in the UK.   
   >   
   >   Aldi have started selling (as of last Thursday) a 1800/2000W Workzone   
   > branded inverter generator. It's almost three times the price of Lidl's   
   > PGI 1200B at £289.99 but it does offer almost twice the power rating.   
   > Equivalents elsewhere can be a hundred quid or more making it not quite   
   > the bargain of the decade but, nevertheless, a reasonably low price for   
   > what it promises.   
   >   
   >   Unfortunately, the two examples I tried fell far short of the PGI   
   > 1200B's excellence and I gave up after returning the second unit (21.3Kg   
   > is a bit of a strain for me to be manhandling it in and out of my car   
   > boot (trunk)).   
   >   
   >   I won't bore you with the details since you can find my review on Aldi's   
   > website here  p/096344208706700>   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   >   Just scroll down towards the bottom and expand the "Customer Reviews"   
   > section. You can't miss it unless you're a fan of the TL:DR school of   
   > ignorance.   
   >   
   >   TBH, I'm surprised they published it since I used my usenet nym and   
   > invalid email address rather than a real one. :-)   
      
   Maybe because you often criticised Lidl and one of its products in your   
   review? They'd probably have published it if you had signed it "M Mouse"   
   with an mm@disney email address!   
      
   --   
      
   Jeff   
      
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