
"Feral" Aldi's customers took the discounted vacuum cleaner from children and stole it from each other's carts in a strange shopping frenzy.
German retail giant Aldi attracted thousands of shoppers to its stores last weekend with huge discounts on Dyson vacuum cleaners and portable air conditioners.
When customers arrive, they find almost sold out goods, and people turn to stealing products from each other and even vulnerable children.
Melbourne woman Mary McKenzie said she lined up outside the Frankston store in southern Melbourne
East, Saturday became one of the first to buy a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
Before opening the door, she said, she was one of about 40 enthusiastic customers lined up outside the store.
When it's close to 8.
She told 3AW that at the age of 30, you will feel the change, there is a firm expression in their eyes, and even take a different position.
People become wild.
Ms. McKenzie said that when she was a child, she had been watching the product take from her.
We have a little girl next to us named Ava, 10 years old. years-
"I put my hand on the box and someone took it from under me," she said . ".
She was very disappointed.
Frustrated Aldi customers have also vented on social media after selling out within minutes of the weekend.
Some claim that there are only three stores in stock, while others are surprised by the queue of ten people in half an hour before the supermarket opens.
Much sought after of items including 299 dollars of hand-held DC44 Dyson vacuum equipment and 349 dollars of DC29 multi-layer equipment and 279 Dollars of 2 KW air-conditioner.
A woman slammed the chain in an online post on Saturday, commenting on Aldi's Facebook page that she was "very disappointed" with treatment at the Waurn Ponds store ".
She wrote that she was in line to pick up Dyson (in the first place) and was shocked by the way the event was handled.
"Knocked down the elderly and even someone took (items) from my six children )--year-old's hand.
Another Victorian woman tells how her partner visited Aldi Monzon in Victoria, where they met an unruly group.
He was pushed bowed by many women and shoved so they could buy a lot of Dyson sticks.
Others were disappointed that the store did not impose restrictions on cheap products that people could buy.
"I don't think you have a special purchase limit for every transaction, which is disgusting," one woman vented . ".
Even though she was one of the top 20 people who entered the door, the annoyed customer said she missed an air conditioner, six in ten Taichung in a home stock.
Another lady at Tamworth also expressed the same frustration, claiming that many of her line-ups at her local store missed it.
"I know your specials are popular, but it's unfair for you to let people buy three or even four specials," she said . ".
"A lot of people in line missed it because others caught them as much as they could.
Another angry shopper questioned how the products were sold out before the store opened.
"Can someone explain to me, five minutes before the store opens, how can it be possible to sell out the product on the day the store should be able to buy? ' she wrote.
A man compared a large team and violent procedures to the infamous Black Friday sale.
"Bedlam is defined as trying to get Dyson at Aldi when sales start," he wrote . ".
This is probably the closest thing I 've ever seen to selling video crazy on Black Friday.
However, it is reported that some stores, including Brunswick and marikville, have allocated tickets to the first customers in line to help combat the chaos.
After the chaos on Saturday, customers called on stores to change their practices to boost future specials.
One suggested why not let them at the front door, control the crowd, and distribute them when people enter.
Another official added that the recruitment of "a staff member near a special officer" to supervise the crowd, so that people can reduce items and make sales more smooth.
Similar scenes took place earlier this year when shoppers took a $99 gray armchair and found in some stores that only three items were available.
A spokesman for Aldi, Australia, told the Australian Daily Mail on Saturday that the items were ordered "a few months in advance" and planned to be sold for a week to keep the range "fresh and interesting.
We do our best to provide our stores with sufficient inventory, they say, however, due to their superior value and high quality, sometimes they sell faster than expected.
If you have missed a special purchase, we recommend that you ask the team in the local Aldi who should be able to assist with the stock supply in your area.
Since we started operations in Australia in 2001, special acquisitions have been a key part of ALDI products.
"Every Wednesday and Saturday, different specials arrive at the store and it's not uncommon to see customers waiting in line for special offers released on the day before business hours.