Argos - Closing Down Sale

I thought all of their large size stock came in from UK on a "just in time" basis - i.e., it wasn't brought into Ireland unless there was an order? Did they have large warehouses here?

There'll be a few bits of electronics without the UKCA stamp which they won't be able to ship back to the UK. I've picked up some hard drives so far and I'd expect a few more bits to be reduced over the coming weeks.

Kilkenny closure seems to have been accelerated to March 25th, just FYI.

Strange because in April they were heavily reducing some items. I got a Spears and Jackson battery Lawnmower for €55 and a Challenge air-conditioning until for €85.

There was also a Dyson air purifier for €280.

I presumed at that stage they were testing the waters.

Stock transferred to Argos NI/UK

I'm genuinely surprised Argos lasted so long over here. It's like they had no-one at the wheel for the last 10 years, just jacked the GBBP prices up by a set percentage, and even the website was left to die (how many weird ways were there just to check stock in a store??)

Such a shame, too. To think they had convenience buying nailed 30 or more years ago and just never made the most of the internet when it came along.

The burn in on those TVs would likely be crazy, you'd want it on max brightness all the time

Clearly it's business as normal until the bitter end. It will probably make up part of the redundancy.

No, that certainly won't be the case. From my understanding the staff are being treated fairly in terms of their redundancy.

In terms of a sale, doesn't look like anything much so far - I'm guessing all the unsold higher value items will just go back to the UK.

I was in a store recently... very bleak!

Also some weird (i.e. poor!) decisions on stock and pricing in Ireland.

For example, they have 2 x Humax Freeview recievers (item #940/6674) in Liffey Valley Argos. They have been sitting on a shelf for at least two years. Nobody will buy these because they don't work here! And yet, they are still listed at full price and listed online.

A proper review of stock would have flagged this issue.

I might have one for sale. Bought on impulse, put it together, but never see myself using it now.