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Alternative to Argos?

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  • 08-09-2008 10:50am
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    Xiney
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    The bookcases I want from Argos aren't in stock. I can't find a number to phone them and ask when they expect them to be in stock (not that I expect that to have been a particularly fruitful endeavour in any case)

    Is there another reasonably priced flatpack furniture emporium in Galway with a pretty good selection, or even better, an online website?

    Since moving to Ireland I've only lived in Sligo (which has nothing) so I don't know Irish stores... something that might be obvious to you wouldn't be to me :) And golden pages can't tell me price ranges. (I nearly died of shock when I saw what the stores in Sligo wanted for a coffee table that I could have easily bought in Canada for 50 bucks... but hey. That's another thread altogether)


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Atlantic Homecare have full size bookcases starting from 49.99, I'm sure Woodies carry most of the same or similar stock seeing as they're owned by the same company- Also B&Q. Argos would have been my first recommendation for cheap flatpacks though!


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    biko
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    Take the trip to IKEA Belfast, it's worth it.


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    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    no car, biko :(

    Ikea is probably reason number 7 that I want to move back to Canada ASAP


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    biko
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    It's worth it just for the
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    Xiney
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    99 cent breakfast (in Montreal anyway)

    also for the sake of closure I ended up getting two different shelves at Argos. Just easier when it came down to it. sigh!


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    paddy316i
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    Oh man Argos is a ripoff!!


    A guy I know was gonna buy a 42" tv there and ended up driving up north where it was €300 cheaper in Argos up there!!!!


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    Euro_Kraut
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    Xiney wrote: »

    Ikea is probably reason number 7 that I want to move back to Canada ASAP

    Out of interest, what are reasons 1-6?

    Should prop be a new thread though "Why Canada is better than Galway!"


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    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    The disparate pricing between the Republic and the North isn't limited to just Argos though.


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    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Euro_Kraut wrote: »
    Out of interest, what are reasons 1-6?

    Should prop be a new thread though "Why Canada is better than Galway!"

    It was a joke :P

    (Although if you're interested, healthcare and weather rank considerably higher in my list than Ikea)


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