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Argos Chat Thread #1

Mr.Crinklewood · 2014-01-03 22:33:30

Seems most weeks we have a bargain or two from Argos, thought it might be an idea to have a dedicated forum like the one for Tesco:- Sound Asleep Pillow - was € 39.99 - now € 11.99 Morphy Richards Fastbake Breadmaker - was €159.99 - now €79.99. PAC-MAN Remote Controlled Man and Ghost Racers - was € 39.19 - now €19.59 Mod…

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#4952 29-04-2016 3:20pm
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bigpink wrote: »

Oh cool have it reserved there.You pay at till or self service

Till, came up at the €66, showed her my email, she went over to another till and changed the price, no issues

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#4953 29-04-2016 5:53pm
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Zombienosh wrote: »

Lenovo YOGA Tab 3 8 Inch 16GB Tablet
€164.66
http://checkargos.com/product/3463606

I was gonna say that's a great price as sister has one but this is same name different spec than hers,

Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
1.3GHz quad core processor.
1GB RAM

Bought in the same place but far inferior to hers^^, bit sneaky in a way.

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#4954 30-04-2016 11:49am
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Hollister11 wrote: »

They don't have to. It's up to the managers discretion

Same thing happened at Clonmel. Manager said they weren't honouring it. He had received contact from head office (?) earlier that day.

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#4955 30-04-2016 1:15pm
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It wasnt me123 wrote: »

Same thing happened at Clonmel. Manager said they weren't honouring it. He had received contact from head office (?) earlier that day.

They're under new ownership now so you'd expect some changes, wiping out these errors would be an easy one, especially when they're abused by people, no shortage of them on here over the years.

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#4956 02-05-2016 11:42am
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Does Argos still price match?

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#4957 02-05-2016 1:08pm
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Billy Agreeable Lady wrote: »

Does Argos still price match?

Yes, but only on toys

https://www.argos.ie/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/toy-price-promise.htm&mvt=HP1_fsarea

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#4958 02-05-2016 2:09pm
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witnessmenow wrote: »

Yes, but only on toys

https://www.argos.ie/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/toy-price-promise.htm&mvt=HP1_fsarea

Thanks. They've changed their policy
Smyths it is then !

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#4959 03-05-2016 3:03pm
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I added back in the clearance section to checkargos:

http://checkargos.com/clearance

Let me know if you see any issues!

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#4960 03-05-2016 10:54pm
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witnessmenow wrote: »

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Let me know if you see any issues!

Some products have no price displayed. When clicked...

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#4961 04-05-2016 9:30am
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witnessmenow wrote: »

I added back in the clearance section to checkargos:

http://checkargos.com/clearance

Let me know if you see any issues!

could the search filter out items where stock is 0 in all stores?

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#4962 04-05-2016 12:21pm
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witnessmenow wrote: »

Its not on argos.ie or checkargos.com when i search, but is on the app! :pac:

Here is the link if anyone is interested

http://www.checkargos.com/product/3232040

I have no idea whats happening with this! Will look into it!

EDIT: Had to move my own post for posting in the no chat thread .... Abuse of mod powers or what!

I fixed this now on checkargos, entering the above product ID returns the correct page.

joujoujou wrote: »

Some products have no price displayed. When clicked...

Yeah I noticed a few products with "." as their price, unfortunately thats how Argos search returns them on their website

They don't seem to be valid products anymore so I now remove them from results shown in checkargos

I also added a nicer error page than your screen shot , as that one was kinda bare!

JimsAlterEgo wrote: »

could the search filter out items where stock is 0 in all stores?

It's a nice idea, but unfortunately I wont be able to do it. Basically it would be way too many requests to Argos stock checker to check stock live every time someone does a search, and not doing it live means people might miss out on things that come back into stock.

The best I can offer on this as the moment is that you can select a store from the drop down and it will check that the search results are in stock, hope this helps?

I'm still doing work on the site so any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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#4963 05-05-2016 12:21am
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ahmsalo wrote: »

Amazon Kindle Fire 7 Inch for 64euro !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-7-Inch-LED-1-3-GHz-8GB-Wi-Fi-Fire-OS-5-Tablet-Black-/3615357907567

What has that got to do with Argos bargains or have you a link to that item on Argos.ie?

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#4964 05-05-2016 12:29am
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Kristopherus wrote: »

What has that got to do with Argos bargains or have you a link to that item on Argos.ie?

Have a look at who's selling it on eBay.

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#4965 05-05-2016 11:43am
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Kristopherus wrote: »

What has that got to do with Argos bargains or have you a link to that item on Argos.ie?

it's argos outlet store on ebay

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#4966 05-05-2016 12:12pm
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ahmsalo wrote: »

Amazon Kindle Fire 7 Inch for 64euro !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-7-Inch-LED-1-3-GHz-8GB-Wi-Fi-Fire-OS-5-Tablet-Black-/3615357907567

Are they worth having here without Amazon prime and all that, given they run on Fire OS?

It would be handy for my son to watch the kids stuff we have off a memory card, and the usual like Netflix etc.

Amazon themselves are selling them for £49.99 also.

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#4967 05-05-2016 12:17pm
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ThisRegard wrote: »

Are they worth having here without Amazon prime and all that, given they run on Fire OS?

It would be handy for my son to watch the kids stuff we have off a memory card, and the usual like Netflix etc.

Amazon themselves are selling them for £49.99 also.

Maybe try discussing on the Argos 'chat' thread.

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#4968 05-05-2016 12:27pm
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Moved chat to this thread, please report in future

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#4969 05-05-2016 1:51pm
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ThisRegard wrote: »

Are they worth having here without Amazon prime and all that, given they run on Fire OS?

It would be handy for my son to watch the kids stuff we have off a memory card, and the usual like Netflix etc.

Amazon themselves are selling them for £49.99 also.

Yep, and Kodi.

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#4970 06-05-2016 4:21pm
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witnessmenow wrote: »

I added back in the clearance section to checkargos:

http://checkargos.com/clearance

Let me know if you see any issues!

The clearance section doesn't seem to bring up anything for me?

I do love the site though, so thank you for your work!

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#4971 06-05-2016 8:27pm
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Star Lord wrote: »

The clearance section doesn't seem to bring up anything for me?

I do love the site though, so thank you for your work!

Did you select a section (e.g. Kitchen/Laundry) as well as a store? It's a required field.

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#4972 06-05-2016 8:47pm
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Reserved this hoover in Nutgrove posted in the no chat thread earlier in the week, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99613137&postcount=166
Sister went to collect it for me earlier and they told her it did not come in to stock and offered her this one for the same price €34.99.

Happy days

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#4973 08-05-2016 1:55pm
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Prices are mental in Argos nowadays.

SD Cards and Irons and Drills I've checked in the last week and they're a joke their price is so far away from Amazons.

New owners haven't a clue.

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#4974 08-05-2016 5:57pm
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_Tombstone_ wrote: »

Prices are mental in Argos nowadays.

SD Cards and Irons and Drills I've checked in the last week and they're a joke their price is so far away from Amazons.

New owners haven't a clue.

It all depends- I got an 80 speed class 10 128Gb Micro SD Card for 34.99 recently. Its not remarkable value- but its the beat of anywhere else.

Similar to buying anywhere- you need to have a good idea of what other places are charging for the product you're looking at- nowhere has a monopoly on cheap prices; bargains, and indeed misprices, pop up regularly in a wide variety of places.

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#4975 10-05-2016 10:09am
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Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro 10" with Projector currently €401.99. Cant post the URL. Looking to purchase a tablet as a present, this seems good (spec wise) but mixed reviews on various sites. Has anyone any experience with this? worth the money?

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#4976 11-05-2016 9:30am
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Hoolies wrote: »

Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro 10" with Projector currently €401.99. Cant post the URL. Looking to purchase a tablet as a present, this seems good (spec wise) but mixed reviews on various sites. Has anyone any experience with this? worth the money?

i bought this on saturday. the quality of the screen is unbelievable. Battery life the same. i havent put it to any hard use yet but no lag at all.

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#4977 11-05-2016 10:05am
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ohnonotgmail wrote: »

i bought this on saturday. the quality of the screen is unbelievable. Battery life the same. i havent put it to any hard use yet but no lag at all.

Thank you good to hear

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#4978 11-05-2016 3:52pm
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Couple of questions:

Family member is looking for a good deal on a basic office laptop (running Word, Excel and Chrome with 20-30 tabs will be the extent of its performance being stretched). Any good deals on Argos since they have some store credit?

Product 450/5037 "Microsoft Office 365 Personal and McAfee LiveSafe" - I don't give a damn about the McAfee, but can anyone confirm if the Office 365 licence is a one-off full licence, or if it's for 1 year of a renewing 12 month licence?

🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast

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#4979 11-05-2016 4:00pm
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Office 365 is a subscription and will be for 1 year only.

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#4980 11-05-2016 10:08pm
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JDxtra wrote: »

Office 365 is a subscription and will be for 1 year only.

Libreoffice is free

also check if anyone already has one of the older office home and student version that allows 3 installs from same family

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#4981 12-05-2016 9:50am
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JDxtra wrote: »

Office 365 is a subscription and will be for 1 year only.

You can pick up an Office 2013/2010 sub on the likes of adverts for 20e or so. That's what I'd do.

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