Argos to close all Irish stores starting March

Totally - everything from Computers (Vic 20) to Cameras (Zenith Russian made) - you could get things in Argos though that you could never get in Irish shops- mad things like a clothes line pole 😀

Loved the catalogues and people really did spend a fair whack of money in Argos every year- I remember queuing in Belfast for not far off an hour just to submit our order - about 6 lines of queues to the counter - great times

Like many others commenting here - it was handy for bit and pieces throughout the years - stuff when we moved into our first place, toys and video games for the young lad, office stuff for when at college or working.

But yes in recent years the company has lagged behind. The website is useless on the phone so I can only use it at a pc. When I want to buy something it's often not in my local store but can be ordered to store in a day or two, which was ok sometimes but a bit of an inconvenience to be honest. I've been trying to buy a slow cooker from them but the ones I want have all been out of stock since christmas, so at this stage I may start looking elsewhere. We were only talking about Argos recently and commented that our local one the unit seems quite empty and must be costing a bit in rent as they don't seem to even hold much stock there.

But yes I remember the excitement of the new catalogue being released. We used to have to get 2 in our house otherwise there'd be fighting over it! Then as a teenage girl pouring over the jewellery pages.

It's a shame but not surprising, last time I was in there it was very quiet, but they did have what I wanted and for much less than what the other retailers were charging. Although no longer affiliated I think Homebase could be in trouble too. I hope the employees find other work soon.

I definitely didn't help them. Used to reserve an item then buy it cheaper on Amazon. Collect the Argos order that day, then return the Amazon one to Argos whenever it came.

Oops

No harm if ebay died,its a totally user's website.

I remember using it a lot when it first started, it was fantastic. Got loads of unusual things and lots of bargains. When it was all auctions .

Then it turned into just selling things at normal prices, and took out element of it being a bidding site. I'd say 95% of it is now just 'buy stuff at this price '. What's the point of that? It's mostly overpriced and amazon do it much much better.

Yeah, eBay is like amazon with no oversight. Full of tat, though that's the Irish experience. It has a much bigger userbase in the UK and US, while we use Adverts and Donedeal.

Been a couple of years since I picked up anything there. As others said it used to be pretty handy for picking random things up and you used to get decent deals. But then they never seem to have a variety of things in stock and their pricing became uncompetitive.

But their Irish website was the pits, particularly when it tried make you use the mobile site. And they really shot themselves in the foot when they cause hassle for the boardsie who made that great checkargos website.

It just dropped off my radar for checking for anything to the point I'd even check Harvey Norman or Currys beforehand.

Their click and collect was very handy too.

I don't think I have gone in store, filled in the little docket for maybe 7 or 8 yrs. Always click and collect.

What will high streets and shopping centres look like in 20 years ? Will indeed they be viable ? Probably not.

many fields, farms, and bit of spare land in suburbs have massive distribution/warehouse facilities a la Amazon built ? So big they have their own separate climates in different parts ?

Sorry for the staff, but from what I read this morning the company have given assurances redundancy wise, even for those who don't qualify for statutory. I hope that is the case.

Anyway, I did use it a lot in the past, for this and that, easy to pick up click and collect 10 minutes away, but now - as others have said anything I want has been out of stock for a long time. It killed me checking out the item and selecting the store to see if it had the stock, only to see the message "out of stock". I nearly had to reach the end of the process to find that out!

The premises are probably being eyed up by Roddy O'Gorman for the asylum seekers, like the office blocks. They are desperate for accommodation at the moment!

The times they are a changing.

The only purchases I've made in recent times is replacement gas canisters for Soda Stream. Website is a disaster, and they've been running stock down since autumn - my local Argos has had no jewellery on display for months.

I'm close to the border so if I'm really stuck, I can try up north.

The busiest streets in Limerick have none of these shops any more. The busy streets are all food and coffee now.

Argos and many others abandoned the high streets long ago and the high streets are well on their way to adapting.

Oh, where's www.amazon.ie ??? I haven't come across it yet. Amazon treats the Republic of Ireland like a province of the UK - feck them.

That's pretty much what the non-food part of M&S is now over in the UK. Have a bit of stock for unreserved walk-in buys but a lot of shops are really just show rooms.

Gonna miss those fiddly blue pens, the catalogue and the excitement while you wait for the goods. Was dead handy for some stuff, you could check if it was available and pick it up immediately or reserve and pick up at leisure. And no problem with returns.

The Irish web site was pants but not the end of the world. And you never had to pay online ... just pay when you collect in cash/whatever.

So, it's a very handy option that's gone.

True, but a Jysk are just household right ? Argos really had everything.