Argos RIP thread

The_Conductor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120841394#Comment_120841394

Yes- have a wander up to The Quays or Sprucefield and you'll find they're integrated into the actual stores where once they were stand alone entities.

DopeTech

Time to unsticky this me thinks.

hold my beer

It must be a big enough unit in Tallaght. Wonder how much the rent is a year.

marcbrophy

Wondering where would be a good place to start a "now that Argos is gone, where can I buy X" thread might go?

I'm looking for some rechargeable batteries that I could have bought in Argos, but now I don't know if any B&M stores stock them near me!

Especially cos I'm not in Dublin, so options are limited!

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120848846#Comment_120848846

Supermarkets carry batteries. Not 100% on rechargeable ones but my dunnes has a massive battery display so I would be surprised if they didn't.

I did a quick search on my local builders providers website and they have a few.

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849192#Comment_120849192

amazon ship them as well here... at least i got some at some point this year! i know they can be strange about shipping batteries overseas

marcbrophy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849192#Comment_120849192

Oh good call on supermarkets!

I didn't think any would have rechargeables, but Tesco do. They are just a slightly smaller capacity.

And yes, Woodies and Halfords seem to have them too nearby!

But my favourite place to find them from an online search is in Boots, which may be the easiest to get to for me :)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849494#Comment_120849494

Yes, they do! I was just about to buy them from the site last night, but I thought I'd ask on here for local places first.

Well, I say local, but they are all chains really :D

Only place I found that does them, but not near me is DID, that's about 70 mins to the Galway or Thurles ones from Limerick!

Phil.x

Mr Price, is good for some stuff, but the last 8 items I bought were from amazon, sadly.

pat_sconce

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120842851#Comment_120842851

It's the one branch not listed on the agent's website, so most likely has been taken back by the centre owners.

Here's 3 examples

Dundrum is an eyewatering €675,000/year, €115,900 service charge + €109,000 rates. (13,000 sq ft)

Whereas Liffey Valley retail park is €250,000, €23,500 service charge and €19,911 rates (9800 sq ft)

Ilac is €250k rent, 35k service charge & 49k rates (10,000 sq ft)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849494#Comment_120849494

Amazon ship all packages that are not fulfilled in Baldonnel from UK to Ireland in their own trucks and dropped to An Post and therefore they are not subject to the international air freight battery restrictions.

Sheep Shagger

Too late now obviously but the big kid in me always wondered how big the store room in an Argos (even better an Extra!) were, compared to the retail space customers see.

Take Dundrum for example, presumably if you took out the collection point wall/counter the actual unit would go back a fair bit?

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120865116#Comment_120865116

Not overly big tbh. Jervis has 2 levels you could see that by the conveyor belt.

Shelves would remind you of the IKEA self storage area. Floor to ceiling. It wasn't overwhelmingly big. However they are ridiculously well organised so the space is used to maximum potential.

Deliveries were fairly frequent too so I suppose they operated on a "just in time" model rather than carrying huge amount of stock, certainly for the bigger items.

ButtersSuki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120861394#Comment_120861394

Those numbers for Dundrum are insane.

oneweb

This and the other thread still a sticky? 👻

lau1247

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120848846#Comment_120848846

Try Ikea if you are ever up that way, their rechargeable batteries are supposed to be very good quality for the price you pay. They do deliver but can be costly unless you buy a good bit to spread that cost out.

Sheep Shagger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120923844#Comment_120923844

Is now unstickyed....

z80CPU

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120925001#Comment_120925001

Try and avoid the delivery option if at all possible from IKEA. If you really have to, do what I did: I contacted the TAXI outfit ( may have been CAB 2000 ) from the store in ballymun to bring my carpet roll home with me in a taxi: If I had got delivery from IKEA I would have paid IKEA the tidy little sum of €50. As it was, I paid the taxi driver to carry myself and the carpet back home €35.

marcbrophy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120925001#Comment_120925001

I ended up getting 4 branded ones in Boots for €18

Then when I got home, remembered I had 8 Amazon brand ones in the drawer already, that I paid £15 for.

Though they were a few years old, bought originally in Dec 2020 😄

witnessmenow

Sorry for dragging up an old thread but this is the most recent Argos thread I found.

Just a heads up that I'm letting the checkargos domain expire (I'll save my €15 for some bargain I don't need 😅) so if anything pops up on it from here on in, it's not me.

I've no idea what someone would put on it or why anyone would visit the url anymore but I thought it would be best to let people know to not trust it if it does happen!

Doodah7

checkargos was a brilliant site. It was more useful than Argos' own website and was a great resource until Argos eventually changed their code.

Many thanks for making it.

marcbrophy

Thanks for the memories witnessmenow :)

Muahahaha

sorry to bump an old thread but I need to return an item to Argos and cant find the receipt. Ive tried logging into Argos.ie to find the order but cant get in and resetting the password doesnt send me a reset email.

Can others still login to argos.ie or did they shut all Irish accounts? Im just not sure if I used my account to buy it or just checked out as a guest. I cant find any emails relating to the order either, except for one where the item was 3 weeks late and I emailed customer service about it. Any ideas on what to do and if they shut down Irish accounts, can anyone try logging in to theirs and let me know if you can still see your previous orders

NIMAN

We are lucky still to have them in the North. Very handy store which gets plenty of money out of me over the year.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893564#Comment_121893564

I think you are well past the date for returns.

corkie

@Muahahaha

https://www.argos.co.uk/features/republic-of-ireland

This might be some help for you?

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893568#Comment_121893568

Can I ask if you are reserving something for click and collect do you need a valid UK mobile to receive the text or can you just add any random number and your email address? I can't remember if it just texted you when item was ready in stock or if it also emailed you to confirm.

bennyx_o

Any number and email was fine the last time I used them

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893780#Comment_121893780

Not sure. You get email and text, not sure if you even have to register a phone number.

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893961#Comment_121893961

Cool, once the email works it should be grand.

romperstomper

I was wondering would a newry run be viable. Even to get a few cheap casio watches. It's 11.60 off peak return from Connolly.

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893677#Comment_121893677

No item was purchased Jan 2023 but not delivered till March 23. They've agreed to a return but I need to find the receipt & order no. To make matters worse I paid via Ulster Bank and now they're closed too so I can't prove the purchase that way