Trevor Wilson

First off: Sorry for the crosspost.

On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters) I
purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It cost
80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3 disks, USB
sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA outputs. I
purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just plugged in and
worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an old Audi and he
didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and highly recommended.

I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.

Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much joy
with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or are such
a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For 50 Bucks, it
works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build quality appears to be
excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at the rare earth magnets
which secure it to the sun visor. Highly recommended.

[Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Clocky

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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> First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>
> On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters) I
> purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It
> cost 80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3 disks,
> USB sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA outputs. I
> purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just plugged in
> and worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an old Audi and
> he didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and highly
> recommended.

Get back to us in 12 months for an update on that good value.

> I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
> can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>
> Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much
> joy with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or
> are such a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For
> 50 Bucks, it works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build
> quality appears to be excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at the
> rare earth magnets which secure it to the sun visor. Highly recommended.
>

I bought an USB Bluetooth adapter from China off Ebay for less then $5
including postage and it works very well.
Pleasantly surprised actually.

Noddy

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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> [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
> their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.

I've had mixed blessings from Aldi.

I bought a "Tevion" branded hard disk/DVD recorder from them about 5 years
ago an it was absolutely outstanding. Got used every single day for all of
those 5 years and only just gave up the ghost a couple of weeks ago after
what I consider to be a pretty hard life. As is the usual with most Chinese
equipment that has a remote control the button layout was appalling with the
most often used buttons being the smallest and in the worst possible spot,
but apart from that it was excellent and at the time I bought it the thing
was less than half the price of a "brand name" DVD recorder.

Figuring that as I'd had such a good run with that one and wanted another
one I bought their current model 250gig "Tevion" DVD recorder a few months
ago and it was absolute ****ing *crap*. Full of bugs, the software
constantly forgot where it was, it didn't play burnt disks well, and it's
picture quality was appalling. I took it back the next day and got a refund.

It turns out that "Tevion" is Aldi's own brand name, and the equipment sold
under that brand is made by a host of different manufacturers. The two
recorders were made by different companies, and that was clearly obvious.

--
Regards,
Noddy.

RainbowWarrior

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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> First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>
> On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters) I
> purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It
> cost 80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3 disks,
> USB sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA outputs. I
> purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just plugged in
> and worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an old Audi and
> he didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and highly
> recommended.
>
> I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
> can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>
> Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much
> joy with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or
> are such a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For
> 50 Bucks, it works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build
> quality appears to be excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at the
> rare earth magnets which secure it to the sun visor. Highly recommended.
>
> [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
> their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.
>
> --
> Trevor Wilson
> www.rageaudio.com.au

One of the blokes brought a $10 jug there for our smoko use, 3 months later
it was dead, so I took my 4yo Kenwood one in and brought a new one from
Woolworths, 18months later both are still going.

bassett

"RainbowWarrior" <anemailadress@somewhere.com.fr> wrote in message
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> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
> news:6hrelmFnm6lbU1@mid.individual.net...
>> First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>>
>> On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters) I
>> purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It
>> cost 80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3
>> disks, USB sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA
>> outputs. I purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just
>> plugged in and worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an
>> old Audi and he didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and
>> highly recommended.
>>
>> I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
>> can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>>
>> Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much
>> joy with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or
>> are such a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For
>> 50 Bucks, it works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build
>> quality appears to be excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at
>> the rare earth magnets which secure it to the sun visor. Highly
>> recommended.
>>
>> [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
>> their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.
>>
>> --
>> Trevor Wilson
>> www.rageaudio.com.au
>

Aldi's universal 8 in1 remotes are good value. I,ve bought a few and sent
to friends in state, where they don't have Aldi stores.
There chainsaws are good value and a direct copy of the Homelight brand,
can't kill the thing, they just keep going, $169 when I bought mine a few
years ago, Now selling for $129.

bassett

Diesel Damo

On Aug 30, 12:24*pm, "RainbowWarrior" <anemailadr...@somewhere.com.fr>
wrote:
> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:6hrelmFnm6lbU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>
>
>
>
> > First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>
> > On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters)I
> > purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It
> > cost 80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3 disks,
> > USB sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA outputs. I
> > purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just plugged in
> > and worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an old Audi and
> > he didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and highly
> > recommended.
>
> > I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
> > can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>
> > Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much
> > joy with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or
> > are such a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For
> > 50 Bucks, it works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build
> > quality appears to be excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at the
> > rare earth magnets which secure it to the sun visor. Highly recommended..
>
> > [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
> > their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.
>
> > --
> > Trevor Wilson
> >www.rageaudio.com.au
>
> One of the blokes brought a $10 jug there for our smoko use, 3 months later
> it was dead, so I took my 4yo Kenwood one in and brought a new one from
> Woolworths, 18months later both are still going.

What brand did you get? I recently bought a Ronson one for my office
and after putting 15 litres of water through it it still makes plastic
flavoured coffees.

Trevor Wilson

"bassett" <bassett@bassettskennel.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "RainbowWarrior" <anemailadress@somewhere.com.fr> wrote in message
> news:ub2uk.32426$IK1.15206@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:6hrelmFnm6lbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>>>
>>> On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters)
>>> I purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It
>>> cost 80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3
>>> disks, USB sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA
>>> outputs. I purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just
>>> plugged in and worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an
>>> old Audi and he didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and
>>> highly recommended.
>>>
>>> I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
>>> can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>>>
>>> Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much
>>> joy with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or
>>> are such a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For
>>> 50 Bucks, it works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build
>>> quality appears to be excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at
>>> the rare earth magnets which secure it to the sun visor. Highly
>>> recommended.
>>>
>>> [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
>>> their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Trevor Wilson
>>> www.rageaudio.com.au
>>
>
> Aldi's universal 8 in1 remotes are good value. I,ve bought a few and
> sent to friends in state, where they don't have Aldi stores.
> There chainsaws are good value and a direct copy of the Homelight brand,
> can't kill the thing, they just keep going, $169 when I bought mine a few
> years ago, Now selling for $129.

**Can't grizzle about that. What brand of chain do they use? My Homelite
came standard with an Oregon chain.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

George W Frost

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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>
>
> "bassett" <bassett@bassettskennel.com.au> wrote in message
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>> "RainbowWarrior" <anemailadress@somewhere.com.fr> wrote in message
>> news:ub2uk.32426$IK1.15206@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:6hrelmFnm6lbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters) I
>>>> purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It cost 80
>>>> Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3 disks, USB sticks,
>>>> MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA outputs. I purchased an adapter
>>>> from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just plugged in and worked perfectly. I
>>>> picked one up for a mate, who has an old Audi and he didn't even need an adapter
>>>> lead. Brilliant value and highly recommended.
>>>>
>>>> I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I can't
>>>> make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>>>>
>>>> Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much joy with
>>>> my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or are such a pain
>>>> to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For 50 Bucks, it works
>>>> better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build quality appears to be excellent
>>>> and it is easy to use. Best of all, at the rare earth magnets which secure it to
>>>> the sun visor. Highly recommended.
>>>>
>>>> [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of their
>>>> stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Trevor Wilson
>>>> www.rageaudio.com.au
>>>
>>
>> Aldi's universal 8 in1 remotes are good value. I,ve bought a few and sent to
>> friends in state, where they don't have Aldi stores.
>> There chainsaws are good value and a direct copy of the Homelight brand, can't
>> kill the thing, they just keep going, $169 when I bought mine a few years ago,
>> Now selling for $129.
>
> **Can't grizzle about that. What brand of chain do they use? My Homelite came
> standard with an Oregon chain.
>


probably a supermarket chain

Bob Parker

On 30/08/2008 16:48 George W Frost wrote:
>
>> **Can't grizzle about that. What brand of chain do they use? My Homelite came
>> standard with an Oregon chain.
>>
>
>
> probably a supermarket chain
>

If you cut yourself with it, you'll get a chain sore.

pcman

"bassett" <bassett@bassettskennel.com.au> wrote in message
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> "RainbowWarrior" <anemailadress@somewhere.com.fr> wrote in message
> news:ub2uk.32426$IK1.15206@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:6hrelmFnm6lbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> First off: Sorry for the crosspost.
>>>
>>> On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters)
>>> I purchased a Pure car stereo from Aldi, for the boss's 1989 Telstar. It
>>> cost 80 Bucks. It's a bloody rip-snorter. It plays CDs, CD-RWs, MP3
>>> disks, USB sticks, MMC cards and has external 3.5mm inputs. And RCA
>>> outputs. I purchased an adapter from WES for 8 Bucks and the thing just
>>> plugged in and worked perfectly. I picked one up for a mate, who has an
>>> old Audi and he didn't even need an adapter lead. Brilliant value and
>>> highly recommended.
>>>
>>> I also picked up a set of concrete hole saws. I haven't tried them, so I
>>> can't make any suggestions, but they look OK.
>>>
>>> Lastly, I picked up a Bluetooth adapter, on impulse. I haven't had much
>>> joy with my Bluetooth adapters for my 'phones. They've either broken or
>>> are such a pain to use that I don't bother. This thing is different. For
>>> 50 Bucks, it works better than any other Bluetooth I've used. Build
>>> quality appears to be excellent and it is easy to use. Best of all, at
>>> the rare earth magnets which secure it to the sun visor. Highly
>>> recommended.
>>>
>>> [Disclaimer] I do not work for Aldi, nor do I profit from them. Some of
>>> their stuff is crap, but I got lucky with these recent purchases.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Trevor Wilson
>>> www.rageaudio.com.au
>>
>
> Aldi's universal 8 in1 remotes are good value. I,ve bought a few and
> sent to friends in state, where they don't have Aldi stores.
> There chainsaws are good value and a direct copy of the Homelight brand,
> can't kill the thing, they just keep going, $169 when I bought mine a few
> years ago, Now selling for $129.
>
> bassett
>

they must sell alot of them aswell was at the aldi dc few weeks ago and
there was a b-double unloading a entire load of the chainsaws