Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Cash"
saying something like:

But saying all that Aldi will simply tell the OP to ring the number
on the guarantee and arrange a repair - which the OP is perfectly
entitled to say f**k off to, and tell them to sort it out (and the
store manager will generally argue like hell at this) as the OP's
contract is with Aldi and not the manufacturer.

And that's why I will not buy any thing that costs more than around
£20 from them.

Aldi and Lidl just usually give a straight refund on items that break
within a few months. No hassle.
Others' experiences may differ, but it's been the case for me.

Never bought anything dear enough that's worth returning to be honest, but I
have been in a couple of local Aldi's when people have had problems with
their stuff (outside the Aldi 28 day no quibble replacement), and the only
thing that they were told was to contact the telephone number on the leaflet
that they hand out - and it's amazing that not one ever queried this or
mentioned SoGA to the manager.

Cash