What was your best bargain of 2022 ?

01-01-2023 8:28pm

This, to be honest but I'm new to the forum

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058276959/lg-55-oled-tv-cs6-series-990

Treppen · 01-01-2023 8:44pm

De longhi espresso frother machine (managed to escape customs as well as it was over €150).

One plus ear buds were ok too.

flexcon · 02-01-2023 2:05pm

100% the Reds note 11 Pro 5G TTL, TCP IPK, APP....

Fantastic phone, with buds for 189 in total. Mental

ozmo · 02-01-2023 3:15pm

YouTube premium (no more adds yay) and the XBox Ultimate Gamepass were best deals for me.

andydurnin · 02-01-2023 3:30pm

Turkish Netflix for €4.78 a month for premium and Turkish Netflix for €20 for year for me and wife. YouTube premium for around €1 a month for son, no more adds. Now tv codes for under €5 a month.

Dyson hairdryer for wife and mc Donald's codes when It lasted for family.

Muahahaha · 03-01-2023 9:09pm

Outiside of the Redmi 10 for 100 euro from Vodafone probably not any major bargains this year but all the small ones added up nicely. McDonalds codes were fantastic while they lasted, we got a good 10 months out of that one and you can still get a Big Mac and fries for 3.90 now which is great with the cost of eating out everywhere gone through the roof.

Also the Lidl 10 off 50 vouchers were great while they lasted as well as all the freebies via the app with the Parkrun codes, saved a fortune there. Youtube Premium for a tenner a year was a lifesaver when YT started blasting 5 ads per 20 minute video at me. The Nowtv sticks have been great for cheap Sky Sports.

The 3% cashbacks from Revlout while small are better in my pocket than the retailers and its on going. The other ones were the Revlout quiz where you got free cryptocurrency, I sold mine immediately for 11.60 odd, its probably worth 11 cents now lol. Also the free tenner for making 3 Mastercard spends was good too, nothing like free money.

Thanks to all who posted bargains throughout the year, hopefully lots more to come in 2023.

OnLooker · 04-01-2023 2:40pm

Definitely the Dyson Supersonic. A massive hit with the 3 ladies in the house. They can't believe how good it is compared to their old hairdryer

04-01-2023 2:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120052566#Comment_120052566

still going?

mad m · 04-01-2023 4:32pm

Best Bargain, was not to go into Bargain Alerts as much as I used to. But very Happy with LG 55 OLED TV C6 series. Oh and I suppose netflix sub from Turkey for past few years.

ECookie13 · 05-01-2023 12:32pm

The year's Youtube Premium and music streaming service for 15 quid all in was a steal - having no ads on youtube is a lifesaver

The shark vacuum for 100 quid was also a great deal

mel123 · 06-01-2023 1:15pm

what was the mcdonalds hack, i must have missed that??

for me defo the turkish netflix.

brexit ruined any amazon bargains.

as.eirinn · 06-01-2023 2:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058277613/what-was-your-best-bargain-of-2022

...can you pass on the Disney bargain, unless ive missed it : )

Muahahaha · 07-01-2023 3:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120073367#Comment_120073367

We were basically entering codes on the order screens to get 40-50% discounts off the McDonalds menu. It lasted most of 2022 until they copped it and shut it down. Theres a big thread on it here, some codes still work but nowhere near as many.

07-01-2023 4:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120052810#Comment_120052810

Aldi still have a number of craft beers still at 2 euro that are very good - probably better than those Lidl ones from the Crafty Range tbh

e.g. "Summit to Say" 5.0%

"Brown Bear" 5.2%

probably the two best imo

elperello · 07-01-2023 5:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078505#Comment_120078505

Thanks I'll give them a go.

Sheep Shagger · 21-01-2023 10:21pm

Easily the McDees codes.

corks finest · 30-01-2023 6:52pm

Google pixel watch ⌚

New boxed silver - e200 ebay (; french seller)same one e290 on adverts/DD

Homelander · 30-01-2023 7:32pm

Google Stadia including Chromecast Ultra.

Google gave a full refund of the bargin 25 euro price when Stadia was shut down, and I still have a chromecast ultra and a high-quality gaming controller that works wired or via blueooth.

Also got my gaming PC and gaming laptop from Lenovo bargins, laptop was a 5800/RTX3060 for 900 more than a year ago, same laptops still cost 1000+ 12 months on. PC was a 5800/RTX3060Ti again for around 900 last year, when they were still going for 1,500 given it was the height of the crypto boom.

I'm sure there were more but those stand out as ones I got from Boards.

corks finest · 31-01-2023 8:17pm

5800/RTX3060T

Do you rate this as a gaming PC?

Or a PC that game's.

Genuinely interested,my PC packed up 3/4 yrs ago,and think it's high time to get stuck in again to COD

Thanks

Moving2017 · 08-02-2023 7:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120206148#Comment_120206148

Did you have to pay customs if they came from Target in the US?

crisco10 · 08-02-2023 7:33pm

That enegia EV fixed price day night electricity plan back in September. Night rate of 9.5c, day rate of 30c. Guaranteed until next September. Compared to what's on offer now, it's insanely good.

suave.4u · 10-02-2023 1:29am

YT Premium with YT Music included for EUR 1.5.

It would have Eur 14 if I had taken an Irish account.

#RIPOFFIRELAND

migrant · 10-02-2023 1:37pm

A year of Youtube Premium using an Indian address

Fabulous Samsung Fridge from Curry's with €200 cashback.

Bobeagleburger · 10-02-2023 7:20pm

Energia fixed unit rate deal. I was paying 6c night rate for a full year until recently.

Muahahaha · 11-02-2023 5:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120216812#Comment_120216812

yeah none of us probably realised it at the time but the Energia fixed rate deal is turning into bargain of the year. My last bill was only 156 off the back of 29c day 9c night units. If I was paying the unit rates available now it would have been more like 250 euro. I reckon over the year it could save me 400-500 euro. We got lucky that the deal was available in August/September and also that it is fixed rates for a full 12 months at a time of multiple price increases.

Im just hoping now that by the time August rolls around unit rates have come down or we could be in for some shock later this year, unit rates are now running at about 47c/27c which is insane. It would mean the current night rate of 9c will triple in price for us.

Bobeagleburger · 12-02-2023 5:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120229166#Comment_120229166

Night rates are 13c with Energia day/night. Ev plan.

StonedRaider · 14-02-2023 10:17pm

2022 bargain of the year has to be the 7 year 1.95% fixed mortgage with Avant, with the 10% overpayment option. Hope to have slashed my mortgage term by half in 2029. Not forgetting the Dunnes double hack for groceries going on for 16months now