AN OUTRAGED Aldi customer has slammed the supermarket chain after her Christmas tree fell apart as soon as it was unwrapped.
Ginny Zieba was furious when her 7ft festive centrepiece was left almost completely bare, despite forking out £25 for it.
The 30-year-old's living room looked as though the Grinch had paid a visit, as the ruined tree stood surrounded by pine needles.
The Stoke woman posted a picture of the sad looking spruce on Facebook and it left people stunned.
As a caption she wrote: "Don't get an Aldi tree.
"I had not even had a chance to put this twig in water yet. As soon as I opened it from the wrapping it all fell on the floor."
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In response, one outraged Facebook user said: "OMG, that's bad – I mean, really bad. Take it back and demand your money back."
"I don't think it's funny at all. They have paid for it and it does that!" Another commented.
Someone else wrote: "Would take it back and ask for my money back, it will be bald by Christmas. I would shop elsewhere and get one with a root on."
She told the Daily Mail: "I bought the tree from the store, while it was in its packaging.
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"I couldn't see how much fall out there was and when I got it through the door there was a train of pine needles coming from the car.
"I sent a complaint but did not hear anything back from customer services or their Facebook page.
"This was a weekend when I was supposed to have a lovely tree which I thought was a great bargain, but ended up as a nightmare of cleaning up and no response from Aldi.
"The staff at the Poynton Aldi didn't really acknowledge how much of an inconvenience this was at all either."
Aldi has since refunded Ginny but she claimed this was not enough to make up for the hassle the ordeal caused her.
An Aldi spokesperson said: "We have apologised to Ms Zieba that her Christmas tree didn’t live up to our normal high standards. This is an isolated complaint and we have offered Ms Zieba a full refund."
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