As this subject has been previously raised in this group, Aldi are
selling bird nest boxes with an inbuilt camera for £40 on Sunday.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...d=2009-02-06-1
5-49

I would guess the camera to be of 'adequate' quality and 'built to a
price' so don't expect high definition pictures . It only has an
analogue TV output signal (S video) that can be connected directly in to
a suitable SCART socket on a TV. It would need an additional video
capture card in a computer to distribute the pictures over the Internet.

If you have never used an Aldi store before....

Popular special offers often sell out soon after the store opens on the
first day when they are available (in this case on Sunday). Once it's
gone - it's gone - there will be no more deliveries. Sometimes a special
offer doesn't get delivered to all stores.

They don't take credit cards. Debit cards (chip and pin) or cash only
(probably no cheques).

No free bags - bring your own or expect to pay (assuming that they have
any stock of carrier bags).

No packing of bags at checkout. Everything goes back into the trolley
which you then take to the 'packing area' with shelves or to your car.
--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

On 7 Feb, 09:56, Alan wrote:
As this subject has been previously raised in this group, Aldi are
selling bird nest boxes with an inbuilt camera for £40 on Sunday.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...d=2009-02-06-1
5-49

I would guess the camera to be of *'adequate' quality and 'built to a
price' so don't expect high definition pictures . *It only has an
analogue TV output signal (S video) that can be connected directly in to
a suitable SCART socket on a TV. It *would need an additional video
capture card in a computer to distribute the pictures over the Internet.

If you have never used an Aldi store before....

Popular special offers often sell out soon after the store opens on the
first day when they are available (in this case on Sunday). Once it's
gone - it's gone - there will be no more deliveries. Sometimes a special
offer doesn't get delivered to all stores.

They don't take credit cards. Debit cards (chip and pin) or cash only
(probably no cheques).

No free bags - bring your own or expect to pay (assuming that they have
any stock of carrier bags).

No packing of bags at checkout. Everything goes back into the trolley
which you then take to the 'packing area' with shelves or to your car.
--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

Dont knock Aldi they are good, Who needs free bags, you should have
enoughto be able to pack your shopping, that is as long as your memory
alows you to put them into the car.
Re the nest box camera the only snag I can see is that it looks as if
it is conected to your computer by wire, but I could be wrong, I'll be
looking tomorrow.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

In message
,
Dave Hill wrote

Dont knock Aldi they are good, Who needs free bags, you should have
enoughto be able to pack your shopping, that is as long as your memory
alows you to put them into the car.

I wasn't knocking Aldi. I like the way they run the checkouts so much in
fact that when using other leading supermarkets I always note how slow
they can be especially when you have someone in front who insists on
continuing to pack bags when the cashier is waiting for the money. And
don't get me going on transacting those bits of paper for loyalty and
the 0.01p vouchers to buy computers or sports gear.


Re the nest box camera the only snag I can see is that it looks as if
it is conected to your computer by wire, but I could be wrong, I'll be
looking tomorrow.

Yes it is 30 meters of wire which appears to carry power to the camera
and an analogue video back to your TV.

--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

In message , Martin
wrote

Wouldn't a wifi webcam be a better solution?

Yes, but at what cost and with big battery at the camera end?

If you shop around you could find colour wi-fi web cam for around £60 or
another type of suitable 'bird box' type of colour camera (with night
time LED illumination etc.) and a 2G wireless link for around £30/£40.

Once you add the wireless transmission bit to the camera it needs 1 to
2W of power. As the bird box is likely to be remote from your mains
power you will either have to run a power cable to it or else provide a
local source of power such as a car battery, which will have to charged
on a regular basis.




--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:56:28 +0000, Alan wrote:



As this subject has been previously raised in this group, Aldi are
selling bird nest boxes with an inbuilt camera for £40 on Sunday.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...d=2009-02-06-1
5-49

I would guess the camera to be of 'adequate' quality and 'built to a
price' so don't expect high definition pictures . It only has an
analogue TV output signal (S video) that can be connected directly in to
a suitable SCART socket on a TV. It would need an additional video
capture card in a computer to distribute the pictures over the Internet.

If you have never used an Aldi store before....

Popular special offers often sell out soon after the store opens on the
first day when they are available (in this case on Sunday). Once it's
gone - it's gone - there will be no more deliveries. Sometimes a special
offer doesn't get delivered to all stores.

They don't take credit cards. Debit cards (chip and pin) or cash only
(probably no cheques).

No free bags - bring your own or expect to pay (assuming that they have
any stock of carrier bags).

No packing of bags at checkout. Everything goes back into the trolley
which you then take to the 'packing area' with shelves or to your car.


Both Aldi and Lidl now accept credit cards.

Rick... (The other Rick)

Science and sound engineering will always prevail in the end
"for nature cannot be fooled" [Feynman]

"Rick... (The other Rick)" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:56:28 +0000, Alan wrote:



As this subject has been previously raised in this group, Aldi are
selling bird nest boxes with an inbuilt camera for £40 on Sunday.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...d=2009-02-06-1
5-49

I would guess the camera to be of 'adequate' quality and 'built to a
price' so don't expect high definition pictures . It only has an
analogue TV output signal (S video) that can be connected directly in to
a suitable SCART socket on a TV. It would need an additional video
capture card in a computer to distribute the pictures over the Internet.

If you have never used an Aldi store before....

Popular special offers often sell out soon after the store opens on the
first day when they are available (in this case on Sunday). Once it's
gone - it's gone - there will be no more deliveries. Sometimes a special
offer doesn't get delivered to all stores.

They don't take credit cards. Debit cards (chip and pin) or cash only
(probably no cheques).

No free bags - bring your own or expect to pay (assuming that they have
any stock of carrier bags).

No packing of bags at checkout. Everything goes back into the trolley
which you then take to the 'packing area' with shelves or to your car.


The trick at Lidl and aldi is to grab an empty box out of the veg area, or
from one of the BIG cardboard boxen on pallets that they put the smaller
boxen in. At the checkout it's too late to be thinking about a box.

And yes, the good stuff does sell out early. I got my compressor at 0815, by
0900 they were gone, as were the air tools.

I hope someone here will notice and post when they're doing cordless or
petrol strimmers.

Steve

In message , shazzbat
wrote

I hope someone here will notice and post when they're doing cordless or
petrol strimmers.

Sign up for their junk email They will send the electronic form of
the in-store 'special offer' newsletter twice a week. Subscribe to the
newsletter until it comes along and then un-subscribe. Often you will
find that if Aldi doesn't have a gardening offer that Lidl will. They
seem to co-ordinate their offers so both stores don't have the same type
of offer at the same time. Lidl also have a email newsletter sent twice
a week.



--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

"Alan" wrote in message
...
In message , shazzbat
wrote

I hope someone here will notice and post when they're doing cordless or
petrol strimmers.

Sign up for their junk email They will send the electronic form of the
in-store 'special offer' newsletter twice a week. Subscribe to the
newsletter until it comes along and then un-subscribe.

No way. I get quite enough spam already thanks. The trouble with signing up
for that sort of stuff is they take it as a licence to also send you
everything else they ever think of, and put you on a database so everyone
else can too. I check their sites when I remember/when I have time at the
relevant time, but can't always.

Steve

"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Alan" wrote in message
...
In message , shazzbat
wrote

I hope someone here will notice and post when they're doing cordless or
petrol strimmers.

Sign up for their junk email They will send the electronic form of
the in-store 'special offer' newsletter twice a week. Subscribe to the
newsletter until it comes along and then un-subscribe.

No way. I get quite enough spam already thanks. The trouble with signing
up for that sort of stuff is they take it as a licence to also send you
everything else they ever think of, and put you on a database so everyone
else can too.

Not evidence of Aldi (at least) doing that that I'm aware of; and it would
be illegal if they did.

"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Rick... (The other Rick)" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:56:28 +0000, Alan wrote:



As this subject has been previously raised in this group, Aldi are
selling bird nest boxes with an inbuilt camera for £40 on Sunday.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...d=2009-02-06-1
5-49

I would guess the camera to be of 'adequate' quality and 'built to a
price' so don't expect high definition pictures . It only has an
analogue TV output signal (S video) that can be connected directly in to
a suitable SCART socket on a TV. It would need an additional video
capture card in a computer to distribute the pictures over the Internet.

If you have never used an Aldi store before....

Popular special offers often sell out soon after the store opens on the
first day when they are available (in this case on Sunday). Once it's
gone - it's gone - there will be no more deliveries. Sometimes a special
offer doesn't get delivered to all stores.

They don't take credit cards. Debit cards (chip and pin) or cash only
(probably no cheques).

No free bags - bring your own or expect to pay (assuming that they have
any stock of carrier bags).

No packing of bags at checkout. Everything goes back into the trolley
which you then take to the 'packing area' with shelves or to your car.


The trick at Lidl and aldi is to grab an empty box out of the veg area, or
from one of the BIG cardboard boxen on pallets that they put the smaller
boxen in. At the checkout it's too late to be thinking about a box.

And yes, the good stuff does sell out early. I got my compressor at 0815,
by 0900 they were gone, as were the air tools.

I hope someone here will notice and post when they're doing cordless or
petrol strimmers.

Steve
Flippin' eck Steve did you have to tell everybody those boxes are thin on
the ground at the best of times :-) and before anybody takes issue with the
quality of the specials they should remember it is guaranteed and not in the
Curry/Dixons manner where you pay for the cost of a replacement for the
'extended' guarantee. btw no issues with extra spam tho' I really don't need
the very reasonable photoprinting offers cos I do me own.
DerekW

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 16:26:19 -0000, "Derek"
wrote:


"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"Rick... (The other Rick)" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:56:28 +0000, Alan
wrote:



As this subject has been previously raised in this group, Aldi are
selling bird nest boxes with an inbuilt camera for £40 on Sunday.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...d=2009-02-06-1
5-49

I would guess the camera to be of 'adequate' quality and 'built to a
price' so don't expect high definition pictures . It only has an
analogue TV output signal (S video) that can be connected directly in
to
a suitable SCART socket on a TV. It would need an additional video
capture card in a computer to distribute the pictures over the
Internet.

If you have never used an Aldi store before....

Popular special offers often sell out soon after the store opens on the
first day when they are available (in this case on Sunday). Once it's
gone - it's gone - there will be no more deliveries. Sometimes a
special
offer doesn't get delivered to all stores.

They don't take credit cards. Debit cards (chip and pin) or cash only
(probably no cheques).

No free bags - bring your own or expect to pay (assuming that they have
any stock of carrier bags).

No packing of bags at checkout. Everything goes back into the trolley
which you then take to the 'packing area' with shelves or to your car.


The trick at Lidl and aldi is to grab an empty box out of the veg area,
or
from one of the BIG cardboard boxen on pallets that they put the smaller
boxen in. At the checkout it's too late to be thinking about a box.

And yes, the good stuff does sell out early. I got my compressor at
0815,
by 0900 they were gone, as were the air tools.

I hope someone here will notice and post when they're doing cordless or
petrol strimmers.

Steve
Flippin' eck Steve did you have to tell everybody those boxes are thin on
the ground at the best of times :-) and before anybody takes issue with
the
quality of the specials they should remember it is guaranteed and not in
the
Curry/Dixons manner where you pay for the cost of a replacement for the
'extended' guarantee. btw no issues with extra spam tho' I really don't
need
the very reasonable photoprinting offers cos I do me own.
DerekW


I saw a German test of power tools on German TV. The cheap no name makes
had a
very short life.
--

Martin

No doubt about it but I'm happy to get 12 months out of an angle
grinder(landrovers!!) failure before and its returned under guarantee but
if you put say a budget angle grinder from Sealey , Silverline and a
Powercraft (Lidl) on a bench together you will notice two differences the
label and the price, the manufacturers are the same in the ones I have
handled down to impressed part numbers . When it comes to the airtools the
price variations are amazing the major difference is the customer service
the Powercraft CS are brilliant when I needed a replacement compressor seal
they had it to me next day FOC
DerekW

In message , Martin
wrote

I saw a German test of power tools on German TV. The cheap no name makes had a
very short life.

That's always been true but these days the no-name tools are probably of
an equal quality to the cheaper tools of the past that carried well
known brand names and were sold in the sheds to the DIY market. If you
want something of a professional grade then still expect to pay a lot of
money.

Even well known brands are made in China to a price and often the same
no-name item will carry different main stream branding. Sometimes the
quality of a product improves when manufacture is moved to a modern far
eastern assembly plant!

It's not just tools, the well known brands of the UK hi-fi market,
Wharfedale, Mission, Quad and Audiolab are just a brand name owned by
IAG that is put the badges on items built in their Shenzhen factory.


--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

Rick... (The other Rick) wrote:

Both Aldi and Lidl now accept credit cards.

Aldi wouldn't accept mine ten days ago.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

In message , Chris J Dixon
wrote
Rick... (The other Rick) wrote:

Both Aldi and Lidl now accept credit cards.

Aldi wouldn't accept mine ten days ago.



Possibly a confusion between chip and pin (debit) cards and credit
cards. Some debit cards may carry the same brand names as credit cards,
Visa for instance.

--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

"Alan" wrote in message
...



Possibly a confusion between chip and pin (debit) cards and credit cards.
Some debit cards may carry the same brand names as credit cards, Visa for
instance.


I think you are incorrect on this.
Visa is a credit card facility and as such the Visa symbol would never
appear on a debit card.

Chris is correct - Aldi and Lidl will only accept debit cards that debit
your bank account PDQ !

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com