Supermarket giant Aldi has found itself in the firing line with shoppers this morning. The supermarket has made a lot of shoppers angry after they woke up at the crack of dawn in the hopes of buying a cheap dupe of the popular Ninja air fryer.
Aldi's Dual Basket Air Fryer comes with seven pre-set programs, plus functions to reheat, defrost, keep warm and sync. It also features a touch screen with a 60-minute timer and two four-litre cooking baskets.
The Aldi air fryer costs £89.99, while a Ninja is £230 - making for a whopping saving of £140. Aldi had promised that the air fryer would go live on its website at 8am this morning.
READ MORE: Wilko, Tesco and B&M shoppers rush to buy 25p kitchen item that helps slash energy bills by £100s
However, after many shoppers woke up early in the hopes of bagging one of the cheap Ninja air fryer dupes, they were left bitterly disappointed. The website and app both crashed at 8am, meaning people were unable to buy the kitchen gadgets.
When we were finally able to load the Aldi website at 9.20am, we were placed number 82,972 in the queue. And that's after a couple of hours of trying to load the website.
On social media, shoppers hit out at Aldi. Many people felt cheated after not being able to purchase one of the budget air fryers.
@robdolphin66 tweeted: "@AldiUKLooks like you were just on a mission to wind up a lot of people. Get them up before 8am on a Sunday and neither site nor app work. Schrodinger's air fryer? #useless #noliein #WebsiteTraffic."
@MattWilkoo said: "This dual air fryer on Aldi is harder to get than Glasto tickets." @Laney338 said: "Any other mad man been up since 8 trying to get one of the new @AldiUK airfryers’?"
@shadyDwilkinson replied: "Me! Woke up at 7:50 on my day off, might as well have not bothered!!! Site crashed at 8am sharp
@megaanalice_x said: "Never thought I’d see the @AldiUK website crash due to a load of nutters trying to buy an air fryer, but I guess I’ve found my people."
@PresenterEmily said: "I am one of the disappointed peeps who set their alarm for 7:50am on a Sunday to grab your air fryer. Why oh why were you not prepared for this. I was I the Adele concert tour queue way easier!"
@Heres_Leah wrote: "Am I one of those people waiting to buy an air fryer from @AldiUK Yes. Why coz some of us can't afford £200 on a ninja and this is a budget friendly option. Aldi please sort your site."
@Chaarlottee_C said: "I’m the mug who tried to buy an @AldiUK air fryer at 8am. Hate myself for feeling disappointed I didn’t get one haha." ckm1974 questioned: "Makes you think did @AldiUK ever have the air fryer in stock????"
@michelereilly07 moaned: "@AldiUKhas website and app crashed been sitting since 7am to get air fryer soon 8am comes everything down."@pepsi_maxie slammed: "@AldiUK been up since 6am to wait for the airfryer and the site crashed."
A notification on the Aldi website says the air fryer is 'coming soon'. The air fryers will be in stock in Aldi supermarkets next Sunday (November 13) - but it looks like it may be difficult to get one.
READ NEXT:
- Aldi shoppers go wild for £30 homeware Special Buy that's 'the same as' £300 designer version
Argos and Amazon shoppers go wild for £56 oven that costs less than an air fryer to run
Aldi introduces new policy that affects all of its 900+ UK stores
McDonald's fans 'shaken to the core' after learning what's put in Sweet 'n' Sour dip
Shein shopper in awe of £8 dress that looks SO expensive people think its £1000 Chanel
