Shopping/Bargain Alerts In Sligo Town/County (Merged)

Mint Sauce

Was just in that new sweet shop. I was like a kid.... in a sweet shop.

Buford T Justice

catreyn wrote: »

It's the same O Briens-style shop that went into where Conways Newsagents was on Grattan Street. Except this one does sweets only

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sweets................

Ms. Chanandler Bong

Was in Easons today. They have a sign at the tills saying that they only offer refunds/exchanges within 10 days of purchase!!:eek:
When did this happen?! IIRC they used to offer 30 days... Is this a bad sign???

Basq

catreyn wrote: »

Was in Easons today. They have a sign at the tills saying that they only offer refunds/exchanges within 10 days of purchase!!:eek:
When did this happen?! IIRC they used to offer 30 days... Is this a bad sign???

Well, to be fair, they're a bookshop.

If they allowed exchanges / refunds up to 30 days after purchase, people would use them like a public library.

Ms. Chanandler Bong

basquille wrote: »

Well, to be fair, they're a bookshop.

If they allowed exchanges / refunds up to 30 days after purchase, people would use them like a public library.

30 days is fairly common practice, TK Maxx is the only one I know that offers less (14 days there).
Am almost certain it was 30 days in Easons until recently. They had a no-returns policy on 'special order' books as they were ordered from a site called gardners.com & not from their own stocks.
Also, Easons isn't just books. There's the stationary & gift lines as well:)

Japer

bennyc wrote: »

Maxx Pizza in Ballymote , above Cryans Shop in the middle of the town.

Got this the other night,
20" Pizza, massive portion of wedges , 1 bag od chips (was enough for 2)
Chicken Salad, again enough for 2 in the salad alone.
16euro :eek:

Enough for the 4 of us for two nights. Pizza was as good as what you would expect from the bistro. I think the pizzas are all 10e.
Menu can be got from the shop.

anyone else eaten there / recommend it ?

Ms. Chanandler Bong

Japer wrote: »

anyone else eaten there / recommend it ?

Was chatting to friends on NYE who were talking about it, they said the 20" pizza is more like 2 feet across!!!:D It was humongous they said, no way they could finish it between them. They couldn't recommend it highly enough, said it was better than Dominos or Four Star:)

Basq

Was in Abbey Foods.. absolutely great value in there!

4 Battered Cod reduced from €6 to €4.50
7 Big Southern Fried Chicken Fillets for €6
700ml Hazelnut or Vanilla Coffee Syrup for €7
Big McDonnells Curry Sauce Box for €6
Big 1.0L bottles of Blender's Sauces for between €8 and €10.

Bought a load of stuff for €33... recommend everyone to give a look (as long as you've the freezer room!)

magnumlady

basquille wrote: »

Was in Abbey Foods.. absolutely great value in there!

4 Battered Cod reduced from €6 to €4.50
7 Big Southern Fried Chicken Fillets for €6
700ml Hazelnut or Vanilla Coffee Syrup for €7
Big McDonnells Curry Sauce Box for €6
Big 1.0L bottles of Blender's Sauces for between €8 and €10.

Bought a load of stuff for €33... recommend everyone to give a look (as long as you've the freezer room!)

Is that the same place as the 'Food Centre'? Whereabouts are they?

Basq

magnumlady wrote: »

Is that the same place as the 'Food Centre'? Whereabouts are they?

Yep, same place.

They're in Cleveragh Business Centre (beside Cleveragh Business Park - Argos, Smyths etc). McCormacks Service Centre and Happy Days is in the same place.

magnumlady

Great, thanks. I must check them out.

Basq

Official website is here

magnumlady

I've seen them on facebook, just wasn't too sure where they were.

Basq

Oh, and got 6 Chocolate Crossaints in there yesterday for €3 (normal croissants are €2 for 6).

Heated them in the oven.. amazing, I've tried chocolate croissants from Dunnes / Tesco (Finest) / M&S - this beats them all hands down.

It was almost a thin layer of chocolate sauce throughout - amazing!

Ms. Chanandler Bong

Cross Sections at the bottom of High Street offering 10% off all stock at the moment...

magnumlady

The Book Nest on Rockwood Parade have 50% off everything.

Ms. Chanandler Bong

magnumlady wrote: »

The Book Nest on Rockwood Parade have 50% off everything.

Oh dear...that's never a good sign
The health shop in Quayside is closing down, everything reduced to clear.

mountainy man

magnumlady wrote: »

The Book Nest on Rockwood Parade have 50% off everything.

was in there today , they are re-locating to cleveragh buisness park, which i think is a bad plan

AlmightyCushion

mountainy man wrote: »

was in there today , they are re-locating to cleveragh buisness park, which i think is a bad plan

What the hell? I'm not exactly Donald Trump but even I can see that's a terrible idea. I can see them losing a lot of business to easons now.

Wester

They have a large wholesale business so moving over to Cleveragh makes sense. Plus they still have the bookshop in the IT as far as I know. The retail side of book selling as far as most small independents are concerned is on the slide so why wouldn'd the Booknest consolidate?

whatswhat

Lidl are having a 3 day clearance sale on non food items 28th to 30th Jan, at the old Toy City store at Sligo Retail Park. Looks like there will be plenty of bargains!

fillefatale

catreyn wrote: »

Oh dear...that's never a good sign
The health shop in Quayside is closing down, everything reduced to clear.

My dad was down there a couple of days ago and he said he was totally shut up, no sign of a sale.

thebuzz

Any pizza, any size - €4.50 in Borza on Mail Coach Road. DEAL

Mint Sauce

thebuzz wrote: »

Any pizza, any size - €4.50 in Borza on Mail Coach Road. DEAL

What are their pizzas like? Only thing I have had from there is the battered mars bar.

Lornen

irish-stew wrote: »

What are their pizzas like? Only thing I have had from there is the battered mars bar.

Borza doing pizza?! When did they start doing that do you know?

Ah, the battered mars bar.. I got one out of curiosity once.. Never again.

It took me a while to recover from that.

Plazaman

I see a new Chinese Take Away beside Borza too, anyone try it? (Well new as I just seen it this evening..)

Lornen

Plazaman wrote: »

I see a new Chinese Take Away beside Borza too, anyone try it? (Well new as I just seen it this evening..)

Basquille has tried it a few times and commented that it seems to be getting better each time he tries it. Another user claimed it did good in the chip and curry department but a spare rib and spring roll failed to impress..

I really want to try it!

magnumlady

I went into the Lidl warehouse sale yesterday.
I've never seen the retail park so busy.
The place was packed. People were coming out with trolley loads of stuff.

They had trainers for 4.99. Ladies leather boots for 4.99, a chest of drawers for 30 euro...loads of stuff.

galwayshelly

anyone tell me how to get to lidl sale from n17.we are coming from tuam

magnumlady

galwayshelly wrote: »

anyone tell me how to get to lidl sale from n17.we are coming from tuam

Go on the N17 until you reach the roundabout where it meets the N4. Turn left at that roundabout onto the N4. Stay on that dual carriageway until you see a sign for Carraroe and take that left turn. Straight on at the roundabout (you will see Cliffords lighthouse). Keep going until you get to another roundabout and the retail park is on the right off that roundabout.