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    #1262
    Soarer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,879 ✭✭✭Soarer


    If anyone comes across one of those little mobile hotspot yokes that you throw a simcard into, can they point them out?

    Don't even know what they're called!


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    #1263
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,652 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Soarer wrote: »
    If anyone comes across one of those little mobile hotspot yokes that you throw a simcard into, can they point them out?

    Don't even know what they're called!

    Mobile broadband router?

    Here's a starter https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-Mbps-Wi-Fi-Hotspot-DWR-932/dp/B00OVJDCQ0/ at £50 but I'm sure you can do better than that.

    Edit another a bit cheaper https://www.amazon.co.uk/E5576-320-Portable-Networks-Genuine-Warranty/dp/B081S5KRZ7/ seems to be unlocked?

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1264
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Soarer wrote: »
    If anyone comes across one of those little mobile hotspot yokes that you throw a simcard into, can they point them out?

    Don't even know what they're called!

    This one may be of interest.

    https://www.mymemory.ie/4g-lte-mobile-wifi-router-unlocked-hotspot-modem-150mbps-usb-white.html


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    #1265
    Poochie05
    Registered Users Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    I never knew they existed before today, but think I might be convinced to buy a jaw exerciser! :eek:


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    #1266
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,652 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Poochie05 wrote: »
    I never knew they existed before today, but think I might be convinced to buy a jaw exerciser! :eek:

    Then get you partner a pair of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Portwest-PW40RER-Classic-Ear-Defenders/dp/B00AHBB4QG/

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1267
    marcbrophy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,455 ✭✭✭marcbrophy


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    USB 3.0 Hub, TechRise 3-Port Data USB Hub with 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Splitter RJ45 LAN Wired Network Converter Extension Compatible with Ultrabook, Notebook, Tablet, Windows XP


    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07YFLGYZK

    Just £4.5 after 60% off voucher

    Ah man, I missed this one!
    Been looking for something like this for a long while.
    Hope something similar comes up again :)


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    #1268
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,652 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HCDMNVL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_C9CDT7NAQT51SZNCEJ9S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

    £5.74 for infrared thermometer ! Cracking price !

    Forehead Infrared Thermometer, AGM Non-Contact Digital Thermometer, Temperature Test for Adult, Children and Objects

    I keep getting tempted by these as I think the thermometers are a great idea but then I start reading the reviews and checking sites like fakespot.com and this is what they say
    Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.

    But at that price I'm still in two minds, if they haven't all been sold by the time I make a cup of tea I might buy one.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1269
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,484 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    The Continental Op wrote: »
    I keep getting tempted by these as I think the thermometers are a great idea but then I start reading the reviews and checking sites like fakespot.com and this is what they say



    But at that price I'm still in two minds, if they haven't all been sold by the time I make a cup of tea I might buy one.

    I ordered one, and I'll compare it to the in ear, and mouth ones I already have. It should be obvious then if it is any way accurate. If not, then it will be back to Amazon as faulty.


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    #1270
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,652 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    I ordered one, and I'll compare it to the in ear, and mouth ones I already have. It should be obvious then if it is any way accurate. If not, then it will be back to Amazon as faulty.

    Post back and let us all know. I'm just suspicious of those devices as when I was first looking at them about 12 months ago there were so many obvious fake reviews that I gave up.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1271
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,484 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    The Continental Op wrote: »
    Post back and let us all know. I'm just suspicious of those devices as when I was first looking at them about 12 months ago there were so many obvious fake reviews that I gave up.

    Yeah, I was the same and then prices shot up. The infrared will be a help with the kids if it is accurate as they sometimes won’t let the ear one be used.


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    #1272
    grogi
    Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    I ordered one, and I'll compare it to the in ear, and mouth ones I already have. It should be obvious then if it is any way accurate. If not, then it will be back to Amazon as faulty.

    Forehead temperature is way off from the internal temperature you want to measure. That typically is 36.6*C.

    I have a medical thermometer, it has a few compensation settings as to where you're measuring and what readout you expect. The difference is often as high as 3 degrees, so be sure what temperature you should expect.


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    #1273
    Peckham
    Registered Users Posts: 3,520 ✭✭✭Peckham


    Nest Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm for £80

    Anyone buy one from Amazon before? Some of the reviews raise concerns about Amazon having old stock so you don't get the full 10 years out of them before they expire.


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    #1274
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,843 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    bennyineire wrote: »
    Amazon could learn a lot of things in regards to workers rights and pay to their contractors
    event wrote: »
    They are great and I love if/when they do that. But it rankles a wee bit when you see the way they treat their staff, especially delivery and warehouse staff. They could dial down the customer service a bit and look after the people they employ

    I don't disagree, but you could level the same accusation at the likes of Apple or any of those companies using far-East labour. Doesn't stop everyone buying their products though, no more than it stops us buying from Amazon.
    A lot of retailers here aren't exactly great either (zero-hour contracts, poor working conditions, no benefits etc).

    SomethingElse wrote: »
    There's a lot of companies that could go to the wall from those kind of terms too.

    When buying local (or online IE stores) costs more and has significantly less choice (even the bigger/UK retailers) or just doesn't stock whatever-it-is at all, my sympathy and support dwindles rapidly.
    Even more so when poor customer service is added in. Maybe it's that I worked for several of the big American tech companies for years, but I have very little patience for the Irish "Ah shure it'll be grand!" approach.

    But anyway, I digress.


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    #1275
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,032 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    I don't disagree, but you could level the same accusation at the likes of Apple or any of those companies using far-East labour. Doesn't stop everyone buying their products though, no more than it stops us buying from Amazon.
    A lot of retailers here aren't exactly great either (zero-hour contracts, poor working conditions, no benefits etc).




    When buying local (or online IE stores) costs more and has significantly less choice (even the bigger/UK retailers) or just doesn't stock whatever-it-is at all, my sympathy and support dwindles rapidly.
    Even more so when poor customer service is added in. Maybe it's that I worked for several of the big American tech companies for years, but I have very little patience for the Irish "Ah shure it'll be grand!" approach.

    But anyway, I digress.
    Great stuff! But what about the bargains :rolleyes:


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    #1276
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,989 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    muffler wrote: »
    Great stuff! But what about the bargains :rolleyes:

    Surely chat in the chat thread isn't forbidden? (Or have posts been moved here from the non chat thread?)

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #1277
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,489 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    Surely chat in the chat thread isn't forbidden? (Or have posts been moved here from the non chat thread?)

    No. Chat posts in no chat thread get deleted and a warning issued. We get a lot of reports every time someone chats in that thread.


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    #1278
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users Posts: 6,652 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    Surely chat in the chat thread isn't forbidden? (Or have posts been moved here from the non chat thread?)

    No one moves post from the non chat thread you just get your post is deleted and you get an infraction (warning first but its far to easy to end up posting in the no chat thread if someone else has already started :o).

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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    #1279
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    The main problem I have with the bargains thread is people posting products that you can buy cheaper locally... ridiculous at times tbh


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    #1280
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,032 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »
    Surely chat in the chat thread isn't forbidden?
    Of course its not but the thread is about Amazon Prime bargains and I fail to see how some previous comments/posts have anything to do with the topic. Anyhow thats my 2c worth. :)


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    #1281
    [Deleted User]
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    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    The main problem I have with the bargains thread is people posting products that you can buy cheaper locally... ridiculous at times tbh

    Examples?


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    #1282
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Examples?

    Toilet paper, mens body wash are the 2 that spring to mind immediately...it gets to a stage where people post any rubbish because they believe it's a bargain
    You can't post on thread to call it out as you'll get carded


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    #1283
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Toilet paper, mens body wash are the 2 that spring to mind immediately...it gets to a stage where people post any rubbish because they believe it's a bargain
    You can't post on thread to call it out as you'll get carded

    If only there was a thread where you could...


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    #1284
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    If only there was a thread where you could...

    It's not my job to police it..I've just pointed out my concern


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    #1285
    hognef
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭hognef


    Peckham wrote: »
    Nest Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm for £80

    Anyone buy one from Amazon before? Some of the reviews raise concerns about Amazon having old stock so you don't get the full 10 years out of them before they expire.

    Bought five of them (wired version) in April 2019. I never really thought about when the 10 years would start or end, but the Nest app now tells me they need to be replaced by October 17th and 18th 2028. So I guess they were nearly 6 months old when I got them.


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    #1286
    [Deleted User]
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    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Toilet paper, mens body wash are the 2 that spring to mind immediately...it gets to a stage where people post any rubbish because they believe it's a bargain
    You can't post on thread to call it out as you'll get carded

    Where have you seen them cheaper in Ireland?


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    #1287
    Sup08
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭Sup08


    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    The main problem I have with the bargains thread is people posting products that you can buy cheaper locally... ridiculous at times tbh

    Locally to who? not everyone has a tesco close by or don;t want the hassle of travelling... bargain to them maybe a bargain to another person,, not just the ones with the luxury of convenience


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    #1288
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,106 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    I got the Nivea Women's shower gel, 6 bottles for £3.44. The cheapest shower gel I've found here is €1 50 a bottle in Dealz or the like


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    #1289
    SouthWesterly
    Registered Users Posts: 6,726 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    My wife told me to stop buying toilet rolls. :)


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    #1290
    Sup08
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭Sup08


    SouthWesterly wrote: »
    My wife told me to stop buying toilet rolls. :)

    Heard you're full of it!!! :D;)


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    #1291
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,121 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Toilet paper, mens body wash are the 2 that spring to mind immediately...it gets to a stage where people post any rubbish because they believe it's a bargain
    You can't post on thread to call it out as you'll get carded

    Toilet roll when compared to locally is substantially cheaper in the Amazon thread. You can only compare the Lidl €2.99 for 9 rolls to the puppy or the Regina.

    Nivea body wash (hair, face and body). 6 bottles for less than €8. You cannot get that locally.


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