PS5 stock updates *NO CHAT*

Text and email confirmed reservation for Galway. No text message that it was ready to collect, so phoned and was told that they had too many reservations, many were cancelled and mine was one of those cancelled with no notification. There will be many disappointed callers to the store..

Very bad handling by Argos

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Follow this fella on Twitter and turn on notifications. That's how I got the heads up for the Argos drop.

https://twitter.com/ps5_ireland

When I first went in, an Argos guy said that there was a problem with the reservation system and my reservation number was useless. Then I got a text from Argos (Letterkenny) this morning saying my PS5 was ready to collect. I couldn't get in there straight away, but picked it up at about noon. So bloody relieved!

Argos are also doing a promo where they give you a €10 voucher per €100+ spend. I don't know if you can spend them all in one go or it's one per transaction.

Slim chance I know but anyone have a spare code (Dublin based)?

I failed to get one there in currys ... Thought I did, money left my account and everything then got an apologetic email saying that my order wouldn't be filled "but don't panic we'll give you a full refund and will email you when we're issuing it to you"

Fortunately for me I'm only on an anti-tout mission this year, trying to buy as many as I can and provide them at cost to people for santa purposes who might not be too tech savvy.

Recently did a similar thing with tickets to the NZ rugby match. It's v satisfying.

Am considering putting them on adverts to annoy the scumbag fcukers (some who are masquerading on here as genuine buyers btw) at cost.

I'm trying to think of a way to somehow validate that I'm not selling them to a gouger but haven't yet decided how.

Any suggestions?

I'd avoid adverts or reselling and just buy for your friends and family, people you know who actually need one.

You'll be causing yourself a world of pain when someone you sell to keeps on annoying you a few months down the road saying thier little Jimmy say the PS5 is glitchy or the controller doesn't work.... Complaining they can't get a refund from the shop because they only refund to the buyers card.

Not to mention scalpers will have multiple profiles, the poor mouth begging one and the one they resell stuff on.

IMHO just take care of you and yours. By buying stuff you don't really need you could also be denying a genuine user a chance of getting a PS5 only to unwittingly sell to a scalper.

I got mine and a few for the nephews/niece's and I'll be stopping at that.

Yeah disagree with you there.

The fact that these things aren't physically on the shelves anywhere makes it v challenging for a cohort out there. Maybe nobody you know personally, but there are plenty of parents out there who are either not tech savvy, too busy with work/caring for elderly relatives, not on twitter or boards.

You're entitled to feel that it's their tough sh1t but I don't feel that way.

As for the aggro? Well outweighed by the satisfaction of helping someone out.

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Made me laugh! Love the idea but not sure I'd have the balls!

Fair play to you, but I think you're a being a little naive. I seen it first hand myself when selling two of my GPU's when I upgraded on my PC. GPU's are highly in demand even more so than PS5 , crypto miners buying everything for double the retail price. I sold 2 used GPU"s for a reasonable price, I wanted to sell to gamers, not scalpers or crypto miners. I sold them below what the "market value" was but at a what I thought was a "moral" price. First one was back up on adverts the following day under a different user name, second one the following week with the same user. Both sold for double the price I sold them at. To say I felt like a fool is an understatement, but I learned adverts is full of touts and scammers. I didn't make that mistake again a few months later when I upgraded and sold on another set of GPU'S.

The suggestion above is actually a very good one , advertise at "market value" and sell for retail , you'll ward off scalpers and make someone very happy.

Hi Leroy42,

I can make it down today as I live in Carlow and am literally 5 minutes from Argot. If it is still available. I would take it. Thanks.

I’ve two reservation numbers for Liffey valley , I didn’t get a text to say they were in but if someone lives out that way they can chance their arm at the kiosk, they are only from Monday til Wednesday so out of date this evening

I've never been scammed off Adverts, most people are honest on it

Thanks for the contribution, but I'll stay as I am ta.

I won't be involving adverts in any of this. I've all PS5s allocated in the last few hours to friends of friends and a colleague so job done.

And I absolutely will continue to try to buy more in the next couple of weeks.

Depriving genuine people? Ehhhh... Very interesting gymnastics done to arrive at that conclusion fair play to you.

Tell you what I will do for you though, I'll shut my smug, white Knight mouth from here on and leave you to it. Have the last word if you like, coz this is my last contribution to this thread.

Be safe and well.

If anyone has a spare reservation code for around the Midlands I would really appreciate it. Laois, Offaly, Kilkenny, Kildare, Tipperary. Thanks