Originally posted by: DrPizza
Oh, and since this is brought up in every Aldi's thread, I'll get it out of the way now.
Aldi's is not a small mom&pop chain... It's friggin huge. It's presence is growing in the USA, but it is very well established in Europe.
Aldi's is kinda like a Wal-Mart, only cheaper and without frills. (they cut costs by not hiring baggers, charging for any bags you want to use (10 cents), stocking the store is minimal - they just open the big case boxes and leave them stacked - no shelves. You can take all the boxes you want and "box" your food instead, rather than bagging it. Kinda like at BJ's (and, I suspect, Sam's club)
Aldi's accepts only cash and debit cards. This is to further reduce their own costs since they have to pay 1.5 to 3% on credit card purchases. Since they're primarily a grocery chain where they probably only make about 3cents on the dollar, this policy makes sense.
Most/all of the stuff they sell is just rebadged name brands. (example: IIRC their cereal is Kelloggs - there is absolutely no difference between their apple o's and Kellog's apple jacks)
Apparently what they've done to offer great prices on electronics in the past is to focus on just one model of PC or laptop or whatever and order a ton of them.
Medion has had fantastic reviews on all the reviews I've checked for other products in the past.