I live in Bathgate, Scotland and have just heard of people being fined for parking in Aldi’s car park in Bathagte.
Amongst others, I heard of one woman (a retired lady) who did her shopping at Aldi’s – when she arrived home she realised she had forgot to buy an item, so returned to purchase it from Aldi. Guess what – she was fined £70 – because she returned within 4 hours!!!
This is outrageous, Aldi – you are losing customers by fining regular loyal customers. You need to adopt a different method to ‘control’ car parking – what is the point of fining someone who returnes to the store within 4 hours?
I just realised today about the 4-hour rule, so had to make sure when I re-visited the store (within 4 hours) to take a diiferent car, so that I wasn’t fined.
As a result of this practice, I am going to make sure all my friends and collegues are aware of what a poor system it is and make sure people stop shopping at Aldi. Aldi is responsible – no matter who controls the parking, Aldi contract the company to do this and as such Aldi should make the rules, rather than leave some rip-off parking company to extort as much money as they can. The notices with the rules are hardly noticeable (on purpose?) . I have been parking there weekly for months, without really noticing them.
Normally the car park is never full, so why employ a company to ‘control’ parking and drive customers away ? Fair enough if Aldi want some parking control, then fine poeple who either do not shop in the shop, or leave their car parked for a time that makes it unlikely they are shopping (eg > 2hours).
If I ever get fined for parking at Aldi, I will never ever shop there again and I think most people will be the same. The person who decided to employ the company to ‘control’ the parking obviously doesn’t care about customers!!!
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Are you serious?
So your litle free parking scam whilst you totter off around bathgate getting your shopping has been rumbled?
Do you realise that Aldi only put parking eye into stores that need it.
The stores that in general happen to be close enough to city centres or people places of work. So that whe genuine customers turn up to the store and cant ge a parking space due to all the lazy selfish twats who have abandoned their car for the day.drive off somewhere else and aldi lose their trade, you think its acceptable for them nt to fine you?
Please, do one.
I agree with ‘holy sheets’ comment above.
Too many drivers take the piss with parking and need to be punished accordingly.
I bet any money 50% use Aldis parking facilities to get free parking, then walk/shop around town.
My house is situated in a pub car park and is meant for patrons of the pub only and I see the whole school run all park there, everyone who goes to the local newsagents park there and often my own front door is completely blocked off so I cant even get in/out of my own house (even though there are signs saying “strictly no parking”)
Its about time inconsiderate drivers were penalised, so stop whining!
Unfortunately mistakes are made and some innocent people cop it, which wouldn’t be the case if so many drivers were more considerate. These rules wouldn’t need to be enforced
A hefty percentage of drivers are lazy, inconsiderate and selfish
On the 12th of June 2010 I bought some cheese from the store on Princess Road Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan for £1.77 best before date was 2nd August 2010, when I returned home and opened the pack it was green mouldy, I felt that I was inconvenienced as I was unable to entertain my guests whilst watching the football, so they ended up with spread cheese instead of Red Leicester, I think I should be compensated for the inconvenience
Listen you!
im not a very happy person right now!
i spend £2.50 on apples this morning, i later on went to take a apple out of the packaging and i found out it had a hair ball in it!! i was so distroted i screamed and chucked my apple on the floor!
i will not be coming to this store ever again i certainly hope you do something about this!
k thanks bye.
so holy sheet,you think it’s alright to be fined by a random camera ,for taking a little long about your big fat shopping at aldi,which they make a profit from,me thinks your moniker is to descriptive.
so i think holy sheets should do one
and the car park was EMPTY,,,NEVER EVER ALDI AGAIN BOYCOTT ALDI PARKING EYE RIPOFF SCAM DO NOT ACCEPT DO NOT ACCEPT FUNNY HOW THE INITIALS R.O.B = RIP OFF BRITAIN!
on a visit to aldi in sale cheshire i was 10 min over the parking limit i recived a parking fine is it that aldi are that hard up and short of cash that thay only allow shoppers one and a half hours to brouse in store this parking arangment thay have is a scam to make more money so until thay treat shoppers better all their shops should be boycoted this should be brought to lite in the local newspapers you dont get tesco riping off their coustmers
Aldi product availability phone line
What a performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You would imagine Aldi would value customer – well er no…….try phoning their advertised number: Aldi 0844 406 8800. Then try find out if a product is available in one of their stores!!!!!There is a terribly harsh beeping sound between brash recorded messages. I had to hold the phone at arms length…and this pompous pseudo la-de-da voice announces “Thereee are threeeee calls a-head of you!!!! What planet do you live on Aldi morons? Victorian high handed classist one-up-manship is not popular I promise you!!!! And the regular loud beeping signals ??????IT HURTS THE EAR AND OPPRESSES THE MIND!!!!!!NOT GOOD!!!!!CUSTOMER RELATIONS GETS NOUGHT OUT OF TEN – IN FACT MINUS TEN OUT OF TEN – D’OH
Un satisfied customer. I shop there once every week. I like to buy a lot of groceries in bulks most of time for my business. this is like the 4th time. the store needs to keep their stocks on hand according to my purchases and other customers purchases. Every business needs happy satisfied Customers. Unfortunately, this Brand NEW store is not setting their STANDARDS. Please re-train the Manager. When the mgr. came by the cashier not to sale to me all my purchases. She did not even apologize. She just said the products needed to be evenly sold to other customers according to HER ORDERS for the store. the mgr. face was not smiling but the cashier was smiling and happy faced.
Is the Store mgr. the CEO, FOUNDER, OR THE OWNER?
If not, she needs to be FIRED. Retrained. or DEMOTED. OR SOMETHING ELSE.
ON Friday 9.30.2011, I purchased Bananas by the cases. I had only 2 cs. Previous shopping times. She Saw me and Said it was OK. TODAY, SHE SOLD only 1 case.
BUT READ THIS CAREFULLY. The POSTED PRICE OF BANANAS I saw at 0.30 cents per lb. THEN at the check out she Ran there to the Cashier and said something to her. My Receipt showed 0.44 cents per lb. I then walked back to check on the POSTED price “the manager (SHE)” HAD ALREADY CHANGED TO 0.44 CENTS IN JUST FEW MINUTES.
SHE STOOD THERE WAITING FOR ME TO GO BACK AND CHECK ON THE “QUICK PRICE CHANGE”
WOW. OUTRAGEOUS…!!!!
I hope your store have CAMERA TO CHECK ON HER. PLEASE DO SO.
I also purchase Avocados. I always bought 40 pieces or More. But TODAY she took back 30 pieces .
she had just pushed a CUSTOMER AWAY. SO SHAMEFULL ON HER.
hi today went to wenty aldi to shop as i was getting ready to pay i sliped at the counter fell on my back heart my arm i asked if i could speek to manger he came out and went to get his inceddent book thats all he was worried about not once did he ask if my arm need ice or can i help you with your shopping couldnt move my arm
please email me
i brought a tuna and sweetcorn pasta from your blackburn store and got a bone stuck in my gum. i have had my teeth out due to illness also trying to e mail your store direct can not be done so you ask us to phone on a premium number costing a pound a minute i shop at your store for value not waste it on a phone call
I have been buying Maris Piper Chunky Oven Chips for a few years now. A 2kg Bag cost £1.89 now all of a sudden it has been changed to 1.5kg for the same price. I must say this is the first complaint I have had in all the years Aldi opened in my Area.
Why has the Maris Pipe Chunky Oven chips been changed from 2.kg to 1.5kg at the same price of £1.89
I came to the Gillingham branch of Aldi today 11/04/12 and was taken ill due to mild diabetes. I managed to get a chocolate drink but at this time I was sitting on the floor and remained on the floor for some 7 minutes. During this time the Manager passed me three times without taking any notice of me whatsoever. This situation would not happen in any British supermarket as their training is of a higher level. The standard of care towards the customer at Aldi is absolute garbage!