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Lidl Parkside spares - Brexit rears its ugly head?
Just went looking for a spare batter for my PABH 18 Li A1 cordless SDS
drill. The site first linked to said it wasn't servicing UK customers (bit Ireland and elsewhere was O.K.) any more and redirected me to a German site. I am now terminally confused because I now can't find that site but can find https://www.einhelltools.co.uk/cmspage.php?page_id=69 which lists the battery, but at £49,99. https://www.isc-gmbh.info/isc_de_de/...g/bohrhaemmer/ battery-for-pabh-18-li-a1-1.html lists it at 35.58 Euros (but I haven't added shipping yet). Nope, backtracked to Einhell UK and it is no longer refusing to service UK customers. I am now bemused because on first access I was hit with a redirect. Now bought it through the UK site of https://www.isc-gmbh.info for £42.90 including VAT and shipping. A lot of money for a battery but if the supply chain is playing up then better to get one now. To cap it all NatWest credit cards just went south for the winter so my first payment attempt failed. Some days are harder work than others. :-( Still, having more than one credit card from more than one provider does occasionally have some advantages. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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"David" wrote in message ... Probably nothing to do with Brexit. In my admittedly limited experience of German Websites going back years, despite choosing EN or clicking on the Union Jack, two layers deep on any menu and they all revert to German. michael adams .... |
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On 8/2/2018 5:43 PM, michael adams wrote:
"David" wrote in message ... Probably nothing to do with Brexit. In my admittedly limited experience of German Websites going back years, despite choosing EN or clicking on the Union Jack, two layers deep on any menu and they all revert to German. michael adams ... buyspares.co.uk/parkside-spares/shop.pl any good? fiyo.co.uk/power-tools/-parkside?device_brand=5572 |
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On 02/08/2018 19:05, G r o g wrote:
On 8/2/2018 5:43 PM, michael adams wrote: "David" wrote in message ... Probably nothing to do with Brexit. In my admittedly limited experience of German Websites going back years, despiteÂ* choosing EN or clicking on the Union Jack, two layers deep on any menu and they all revert to German. michael adams ... buyspares.co.uk/parkside-spares/shop.pl any good? fiyo.co.uk/power-tools/-parkside?device_brand=5572 useless site, only comes up with bosch drills when you look at anything parkside branded. |
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michael adams wrote
David wrote In my admittedly limited experience of German Websites going back years, despite choosing EN or clicking on the Union Jack, two layers deep on any menu and they all revert to German. amazon.de doesn’t. Neither does news.individual.net |
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On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 07:22:03 +1000, cantankerous senile geezer Rot Speed
blabbered, again: michael adams wrote David wrote In my admittedly limited experience of German Websites going back years, despite choosing EN or clicking on the Union Jack, two layers deep on any menu and they all revert to German. amazon.de doesn¢t. Neither does news.individual.net He was NEITHER talking about amazon.de NOR news.individual.net, senile oaf! -- Bill Wright to Rot Speed: "That confirms my opinion that you are a despicable little ****." MID: |
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On Thursday, 2 August 2018 17:04:16 UTC+1, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:
Just went looking for a spare batter for my PABH 18 Li A1 cordless SDS drill. The site first linked to said it wasn't servicing UK customers (bit Ireland and elsewhere was O.K.) any more and redirected me to a German site. I am now terminally confused because I now can't find that site but can find https://www.einhelltools.co.uk/cmspage.php?page_id=69 which lists the battery, but at £49,99. https://www.isc-gmbh.info/isc_de_de/...g/bohrhaemmer/ battery-for-pabh-18-li-a1-1.html lists it at 35.58 Euros (but I haven't added shipping yet). Nope, backtracked to Einhell UK and it is no longer refusing to service UK customers. I am now bemused because on first access I was hit with a redirect. Now bought it through the UK site of https://www.isc-gmbh.info for £42.90 including VAT and shipping. A lot of money for a battery but if the supply chain is playing up then better to get one now. To cap it all NatWest credit cards just went south for the winter so my first payment attempt failed. Some days are harder work than others. :-( Still, having more than one credit card from more than one provider does occasionally have some advantages. Cheers Dave R Well that's better than Aldi - when I went looking for spares about 2 years ago the short story is they weren't gettable. Plenty of runaround but no go. NT |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote
Well that's better than Aldi - when I went looking for spares about 2 years ago the short story is they weren't gettable. Plenty of runaround but no go. Spares? Nobody sell spares for anything much these days, or what few they do are extortionate in cost. That's bull**** with spare batterys for cordless tools. Ryobi in fact uses the same battery config for years so replacing the battery is trivially easy and not expensive. Aldi isnt quite a good but so have just the batterys on special buy periodically. |
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On Friday, 3 August 2018 02:33:07 UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
on 02/08/2018, tabbypurr supposed : Well that's better than Aldi - when I went looking for spares about 2 years ago the short story is they weren't gettable. Plenty of runaround but no go. Spares? Nobody sell spares for anything much these days, or what few they do are extortionate in cost. not always NT |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote: on 02/08/2018, supposed : Well that's better than Aldi - when I went looking for spares about 2 years ago the short story is they weren't gettable. Plenty of runaround but no go. Spares? Nobody sell spares for anything much these days, or what few they do are extortionate in cost. That's not a particularly new phenomenon. In the 1970s I called at a large HiFi dealer in Tottenham Court Road. " You can't expect us to sell spares for goods we stock!" -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 13:16:29 +1000, cantankerous senile geezer Rot Speed
blabbered, again: Well that's better than Aldi - when I went looking for spares about 2 years ago the short story is they weren't gettable. Plenty of runaround but no go. Spares? Nobody sell spares for anything much these days, or what few they do are extortionate in cost. That's bull**** with spare batterys for cordless tools. Obviously NOT, going by the experiences of most posters in this thread, you self-opinionated "argumentative asshole"! -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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On 02/08/2018 17:04, David wrote:
Just went looking for a spare batter for my PABH 18 Li A1 cordless SDS drill. The site first linked to said it wasn't servicing UK customers (bit Ireland and elsewhere was O.K.) any more and redirected me to a German site. I am now terminally confused because I now can't find that site but can find https://www.einhelltools.co.uk/cmspage.php?page_id=69 which lists the battery, but at £49,99. https://www.isc-gmbh.info/isc_de_de/...g/bohrhaemmer/ battery-for-pabh-18-li-a1-1.html lists it at 35.58 Euros (but I haven't added shipping yet). Nope, backtracked to Einhell UK and it is no longer refusing to service UK customers. I am now bemused because on first access I was hit with a redirect. Now bought it through the UK site of https://www.isc-gmbh.info for £42.90 including VAT and shipping. A lot of money for a battery but if the supply chain is playing up then better to get one now. To cap it all NatWest credit cards just went south for the winter so my first payment attempt failed. Some days are harder work than others. :-( Still, having more than one credit card from more than one provider does occasionally have some advantages. It's very erratic in-store. Online isn't too bad - usually. Lidl consumables can be very expensive - 5 paper vacuum bags were not much less than the vacuum. I had a bit of a moan at them about that, and while I got something approaching an apology (I suggested they could make people aware of the cost at the point of sale, and make consumables available in the UK) I can't see it changing soon. https://www.kompernass.com -- Cheers, Rob |
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 06:46:15 +1000, cantankerous senile geezer Rot Speed
blabbered, again: Anyone with even half a clue uses Chrome and its brilliant translate function in that situation. A senile Google ****wit! I knew it! LMAO -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... which proved impossible to do online as the help menus reverted to German as soon as they got the chance. Anyone with even half a clue uses Chrome and its brilliant translate function in that situation. I've been using Opera almost since it first appeared as it was very fast in those days. Chrome always had a bit of reputation of being a bit nosey on account of its being launched by Google. Although of course nowadays the latest versions of Opera are now based on Chrome in any case. Funnily enough I didn't realise that Chrome offered translations of Chinese and Japanese websites. Or maybe that's just the Australian version which will have been tailored to your special needs. michael adams .... |
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michael adams wrote
Rod Speed wrote which proved impossible to do online as the help menus reverted to German as soon as they got the chance. Anyone with even half a clue uses Chrome and its brilliant translate function in that situation. I've been using Opera almost since it first appeared as it was very fast in those days. Irrelevant to what makes sense today with non english language web sites. Chrome always had a bit of reputation of being a bit nosey on account of its being launched by Google. Irrelevant to what makes sense today with non english language web sites. Although of course nowadays the latest versions of Opera are now based on Chrome in any case. So it makes sense to use Chrome with non english language web sites. Funnily enough I didn't realise that Chrome offered translations of Chinese and Japanese websites. That web site you made such a spectacular fool of yourself about isnt either. Or maybe that's just the Australian version which will have been tailored to your special needs. You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag. |
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 19:49:58 +1000, cantankerous senile geezer Rot Speed
blabbered, again: FLUSH the usual senile bull**** SMART people do not use Google or any of its products! Idiots and seniles obviously do! -- Richard addressing Rot Speed: "**** you're thick/pathetic excuse for a troll." MID: |
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On 2 Aug 2018 16:04:13 GMT, David wrote:
Just went looking for a spare batter for my PABH 18 Li A1 cordless SDS drill. It isn't Brexit. A lot of the overbranded Chinese imports seem to have spares issues. If you have the time and patience to play detective, spares can often be tracked down, sometimes through Alibaba and using the resultant info in a search. Things like batteries are probably best bought in advance as every drill on the market seems to have its own particular shape and fit, Lidl and Aldi seem to have different drills every month or so, with a different body shape and battery every time. The last thing I had problems with was a Titan shredder, blades do not seem to be available, although for some reason Screwfix .ie have them listed at £4-00 each, but out of stock. Go to the UK webpage and nothing. My Aldi version which is almost identical has them listed on an Erbaur site at over £19-00 + delivery. 19-00 for a few cm of steel seems a bit excessive and is approaching half the cost of the original shredder, bought under a red ticket. I would guess Tool steel and an hour or two on the grinder may be a solution. AB |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... That web site you made such a spectacular fool of yourself about isnt either. Not only did I make a spectacular fool of myself, but I admitted as much in public. Never mind Angus. Just so long as the though of it brought a little ray of sunshine into that otherwise dire and miserable existence of yours, I think I can stand the humiliation. Tell you what, why don't you get up from your keyboard right now, go outside, and have a bit of a run around, whooping and waving your arms in the air. After all its not as though there's anyone to see you, apart from the odd passing kangeroo. Boing, boing, boing. michael adams .... |
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Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote: Lidl and Aldi seem to have different drills every month or so, with a different body shape and battery every time. Usually up a few volts too. ;-) -- *If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 04/08/2018 10:08, michael adams wrote:
"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... which proved impossible to do online as the help menus reverted to German as soon as they got the chance. Anyone with even half a clue uses Chrome and its brilliant translate function in that situation. I've been using Opera almost since it first appeared as it was very fast in those days. Chrome always had a bit of reputation of being a bit nosey on account of its being launched by Google. Although of course nowadays the latest versions of Opera are now based on Chrome in any case. Funnily enough I didn't realise that Chrome offered translations of Chinese and Japanese websites. Or maybe that's just the Australian version which will have been tailored to your special needs. I believe edge can translate chinese and japanese I don't know about chrome doing it. |
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lid says... I believe edge can translate chinese and japanese I don't know about chrome doing it. Someone's been having a similar problem and seems to have cracked it. http://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/fo...hread.php?tid= 7025&pid=76492#pid76492 "I too found that Google translate doesn't work but if you copy Miguel's link into a Google search then Google gives the translation option in the search results and this works." -- Terry --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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