I bought a folding workbench from them just before I moved house. I got rid of a couple of B&D Workmates for a number of reasons and also binned an older folding workbench which I had battered over the years. So I assembled the Lidl one the other day and sat on it to rest my weary body from assembling it and the bloody top broke. Made of MDF I should have expected but wait, I had one for years and have used club hammering on it plus it is supposed to take 100kg and I am nowhere near that. So I phoned Lidl and got BS about "You are not supposed to sit on it".
I only phoned them as I have not got the receipt.
What a bunch, it is brand new and unmarked and were I near to my original Lidl I would have marched it back.
I did a similar thing to a silverline one but i just cut and drilled a piece of 3/4 inch pine and screwed that in place. Sorted. I take your point though that it should be able to perform especially when new.
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11/60 wrote: I did a similar thing to a silverline one but i just cut and drilled a piece of 3/4 inch pine and screwed that in place. Sorted. I take your point though that it should be able to perform especially when new.
Yes, what angers me is that I took one to the tip which had perfectly usable jaws - I only slung it because most of the rest of it had broken, winder handles, leg stay etc. so it had become a bit lethal with it.:laugh: :laugh:
I do have a piece of scrap wood I can use when I get my workshop which I have nicknamed the "hut" up and running (it lacks electrics right now).
Go to your new local Lidl and buy another one if they have them. Then the next day take the broken one back with your newly aquired receipt for a refund or credit note. A bit crooked, but i don't think you'll do porridge.
