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Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

Duffbeer (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 21st September 2002, 15:01

Lidl have a computer special running on Thursday, the best bargain I think is the £9.99 Typhoon optical cordless scroll mouse with 5 buttons (3 programmable), integrated recharger, USB/PS2 connections.

the flyer says "please contact the store manager if you`re interested in purchasing any of these products" which I hope means that they might be taking pre-orders (at least for the expensive items) and avoiding the mad dash through the doors at 9:00am. I tried for the Aldi offer a while back but all the system units went to those who had been queueing since 7:30 am. This new offer seems a better specified unit than Lidl brought out a few months ago.

For those interested, here are more details from the flyer
Typhoon optical cordless 3 button scroll mouse & cordless keyboard PS2 connection £19.99

Ashampoo Uninstaller 2002/3 and ImageView 2002/3 packages £4.99 each

Mini MP3 player £59.99

Lexmark Z25 6/9ppm Colour jetprinter USB £44

Microtek ScanMaker USB 4800 £69.99

Gericom 19" monitor, 1600 x 1200 max res, .25 dot pitch £149.00 (only available with a computer)

and of course

Targa PC with
Athlon 2200+
Asus AGP V 8420 Nvidia Gforce4 64MB Ti4200 graphics card
256Mb DDR ram
Maxtor 120Gb hard drive
ASUS CDRW 4816A 48/16/48 CD RW
Toshiba 16/48 DVD
6 channel 5.1 sound with SPDIF input and output
Analogue audio out for Centre/subwoofer, front and rear speaker connectors
2 rear (4 and 6 pin) 1 front Firewire connection
Front microphone, aux-in and line-out connectors
2 front and 2 rear USB 2 connections
S-video and composite front inputs
S-video rear output
Dazzle 6 in 1 multimedia Memory Card Reader (Flash card, SD card, Microdrive, Smart Media, Memory Stick, Multi media Card)
RJ45 10/100 Ethernet
56K modem
Keyboard & wheel mouse
XP Home OEM
Works 6 OEM
Word 2000 OEM
Picture-It OEM
Pinnacle Studio 7 SE, Hollywood Fx, Express and T-Rex all OEM versions
Autoroute OEM
Encarta 2002 OEM
2 year guarantee with call-out service

for £749 - which with the monitor is £898

Tempted anybody??

Duffbeer

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

kevingattaca (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 21st September 2002, 22:30

Hi, Just to warn you, YEP you will have to queue with the rest of the rabble, as there will be NO PRE ORDERS ( I work at lidl`s! ) Trust me, its company procedure ( sorry! )

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

kevingattaca (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 21st September 2002, 22:39

Oh and don`t forget the opt/cordless rechargeable mouse at £9.99 AND i`m pretty sure you can buy the monitor WITHOUT buying the PC, the MP3 ( 64mb ) player looks good value, but got a ok score on the last review I saw, they did`nt rate the sound output

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

Globefm (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 22nd September 2002, 22:38

Personally i wouldnt touch the stuff, i bought one of the mice when they had them for £19.99 not so long ago, the battery compartment is underneath and the mechanism used to open it, is very dodgy i had the mouse replaced 3 times in 4days due to this breaking, in the end i had to send it back to get the money returned, Lidls now do a anything over £10 must be sent back- then they decide if its a fault or you damaging the product before they issue a refund, i wouldnt touch unnamed products ie scanners etc has these require drivers its ok now but when the next OS comes along, will theyre be drivers available?(speaking from personal experience),a friend bought one from aldi in january p4 job etc top of the range everything- yeah right i build pc`s in my spare time for voluntary groups and their is nothing fancy inside the box, what i would say is watch out a new company will soon be knocking pc world for six-according to the times in the week top range pc`s will soon be avail for less than £200.

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

marigold (Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 24th September 2002, 13:05

Hey Globefm - you got any links to that story in the Times?

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

Deadthings (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 24th September 2002, 13:19

My sister bought her DVD player from there, and it`s been brilliant, less than £80! It plasy SVCD and all DVDs, VCD, MP3 etc. No problems at all with it, and it`s multi region.

They sold out quick too.

Not sure about some of their merchandise though. ;)

D.

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

tsk2002 (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 24th September 2002, 20:09

is this offer on at all stores ?just had a look at my local lidl and its not on this weeks flyer for the 26th sept

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

kevingattaca (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 24th September 2002, 22:36

Yes, the offer`s on at ALL Lidl`s, they have just run out of leaflets that`s all?, just BE EARLY IN THE QUEUE and YES expect a BIG queue at that ( trust me I work at lidl`s !!! )

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

tsk2002 (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 25th September 2002, 18:34

just been and got the flyer from lidl and its not the same spec as you have posted here and the price is £999

RE: Computer bargains at Lidl next Thursday 26th Sept

operaghost (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 26th September 2002, 09:54

Also is not a cordless optical scroll muse, but a corded one.

Spoke to someone buying the keyboard set who said that the corless mice were pretty duff, but the corded ones that they had were good.

Got one anyway, just don`t know if I`ve still had a good buy though!

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