iQon clearance sale

DMC

Factory clearance at iQon, currently in examinership.

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday in their factory in Dundalk.

Desktop PC's from €99
Laptops from €299

Lots of other bits and pieces (LCD Monitors especially) too...

All the info in the PDF below.

http://www.iqon.ie/files/massive-computer-clearance-sale.pdf

alan4cult

Nice 500GB HD only €99!
Don't know if it works on USB. It says SATA.

coldfire1x

Nice looks like I can pick up couple of things.

Ghost Train

wonder what the 300euro laptops are

prices seem good, but then they are iqons

also will the 6 month warrentee... will they be around in 6 months

good find

Eurorunner

Have icon ever done this before - and if so, anyone here buy from it? Just wondering if the prices they're promoting on are an exception or the norm ie. do they just have a handful of units each day at exceptional prices and the rest not so competitive?
Why would this sort of equipment fall into the category of 'factory clearance'?

craichoe

Eurorunner wrote: »

Have icon ever done this before - and if so, anyone here buy from it? Just wondering if the prices they're promoting on are an exception or the norm ie. do they just have a handful of units each day at exceptional prices and the rest not so competitive?
Why would this sort of equipment fall into the category of 'factory clearance'?

the op said

currently in receivership.

Meaning their gone bust and are selling off bits of the company to repay some of the creditors

neacy69

they have had these sales on numerous occasions (every 6 months). I used to work beside them so we would get in on the thursday before the public sale to get the good stuff.
Didn't think they were in receivership

nava

Hi

Bought a PC from them in a previous factory sale, they arrange collection a few times as it had a problem that they did not manage to fix, when I asked for a replacement or refund they said not so had to go to the Small Claims court to get it resolved.

Regards

DMC

Mea culpa, I meant examinership, not receivership.

http://www.enn.ie/article/10123384.html

electricnews.net wrote:

The Irish Times reports that the High Court has appointed an examiner to iQon Technologies, a Louth-based company that makes computers and computer parts and employs 108 people. The company has registered offices in Dundalk, Co Louth, and liabilities of more than EUR7 million but is considered to have a reasonable prospect of survival provided certain conditions are met.

More here..
http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/11/04/story27849.asp

TheDriver

aren't their stuff crap according to recent thread here

If it's a PC or Laptop your after then go elsewhere, stay well clear of anything that has iQon stamped on it, they give nothing but problems.

neacy69

was thinking of getting the 500GB mediaplayer @ €169 seems like a good price....

okidoki987

What happens if you buy a laptop and it goes pear shaped, where do you go for the warranty then?

nava

okidoki987 wrote: »

What happens if you buy a laptop and it goes pear shaped, where do you go for the warranty then?

Yes, they also get Interlink to collect from your house (that was the case for me )

james_d_23

How about their monitors? the 22 inch one would be perfect for me..

johnnysmurfman

I have an Iqon, bought it in Tesco about 15 months ago and I must state that it has never given me any problems, top machine, I recommend.

corkproducers

johnnysmurfman wrote: »

I have an Iqon, bought it in Tesco about 15 months ago and I must state that it has never given me any problems, top machine, I recommend.

Theyre not a top machine at all!

Youre lucky youve had no problems though.

The build quality in them is ****e, after 3 weeks keys started to fall off.

Theres a single rubber contact glued under each key, and ive lost 2 of them because they brake off so easily.

Anyone know where you can buy these rubber thingies?

Every screw has become loose in the laptop, some of which have fell out, and i had to re-tighten most of them.

Also the DC socket is right next to the CPUs fan, which tends to melt the power cable slightly!

The engineer who decided that design is a complete and utter retard!

Thankfully enough, everything else is intact, although i did get a blank screen one time with a crackling noise coming from the speakers.

The only reason i let the mother buy it, is because there was half the money back in Tesco vouchers as part of the deal when buying it.

Good riddings to their company i say.

leinstergurl

corkproducers wrote: »

Theyre not a top machine at all!

Youre lucky youve had no problems though.

The build quality in them is ****e, after 3 weeks keys started to fall off.

Theres a single rubber contact glued under each key, and ive lost 2 of them because they brake off so easily.

Anyone know where you can buy these rubber thingies?

Every screw has become loose in the laptop, some of which have fell out, and i had to re-tighten most of them.

Also the DC socket is right next to the CPUs fan, which tends to melt the power cable slightly!

The engineer who decided that design is a complete and utter retard!

Thankfully enough, everything else is intact, although i did get a blank screen one time with a crackling noise coming from the speakers.



Good riddings to their company i say.

I Have an iqon too..and have ALL of these problems..Ive just been told that it'll be just over a 100e to get a new keyboard installed...Id love to know if more memory could be put in them though,..anyone know??

shayser

james_d_23 wrote: »

How about their monitors? the 22 inch one would be perfect for me..

We bought ten about 3 years ago. Look to be the same Philips ones in the add. All still going strong and only one stuck pixel on one monitor. Now the PCs they came with, that's a different story.

dlambirl

I bought one of the iQon laptops in tesco about 2 years ago. I have to say that there is absolutely nothing wrong with it!?

is_that_so

Nowt wrong with them in my experience although with the arrival of Core Duo prices became far less competitive. Have recommended them to a number of people and found the basic business PCs adequate for standard office work. AFAIK all still working well, some of them 3 year+. Service from Iqon has been patchy but always fixed problems. Not top range PCs IMO but decent basic ones. Worth looking at ,at those prices.

aare

Well the crowds turning up are huge, there is a LONG wait in the cold to be let in, a few at a time, so don't do as I do, do as I say, and DO NOT WEAR THE CROP JACKET.

I think you might save a few pounds, but nothing worth driving more than 20 miles for...

I picked up a couple of 17" flat screens, got them home, switched them on and found both to be very badly "bruised", the one I got cheap as "damaged" because of a surface scratch near the bottom (I was only picking one up for a friend, but when he said I could have that cheap with the scratch I got it for myself - however, I was NOT told about the heavy, additional "bruising" elsewhere on the screen) was actually in far better shape than the "perfect" one, but neither is useable.

I'm going to have to drive 220 mile round trip back there tomorrow to, hopefully, sort it. I'll let you know how I get on.

Fnz

aare wrote: »

Well the crowds turning up are huge, there is a LONG wait in the cold to be let in, a few at a time, so don't do as I do, do as I say, and DO NOT WEAR THE CROP JACKET.

I think you might save a few pounds, but nothing worth driving more than 20 miles for...

I picked up a couple of 17" flat screens, got them home, switched them on and found both to be very badly "bruised", the one I got cheap as "damaged" because of a surface scratch near the bottom (I was only picking one up for a friend, but when he said I could have that cheap with the scratch I got it for myself - however, I was NOT told about the heavy, additional "bruising" elsewhere on the screen) was actually in far better shape than the "perfect" one, but neither is useable.

I'm going to have to drive 220 mile round trip back there tomorrow to, hopefully, sort it. I'll let you know how I get on.

Sound like you were... Qon'ed?

aare

Fnz wrote: »

Sound like you were... Qon'ed?

OWWWWWWWW!!!
:rolleyes:

Mind you, I would like to state, here and now, on the record, that I do not IN ANY WAY, hold Philips, Iqon, their employees or subsidiaries responsible for the 2" band of numb, blue, flesh around my waist...

THAT was my own fault...I have learned my lesson, I will be back in my favorite anorak today.

Spipov

was a waste of time all right. got there yesterday at 2 30. waited in the queue in the cold till 3 30. got in, a couple of staff are either very rude or not nice, not 299 laptops, huge queues to pay, i really see no bargains. would not recommend it really. went away with nothing except the petrol i burnt to get there.

Rhodney

thanks for the info aare...
was planning to go there today, interested with the monitors too..

aare

Spipov wrote: »

was a waste of time all right. got there yesterday at 2 30. waited in the queue in the cold till 3 30. got in, a couple of staff are either very rude or not nice, not 299 laptops, huge queues to pay, i really see no bargains. would not recommend it really. went away with nothing except the petrol i burnt to get there.

You must have been practically NEXT to me in the queue so?

I have to say that I found the staff were really nice, despite the mayhem? Perhaps I talked to different ones? But they did seem to come from a place BEYOND clueless...

aare

Rhodney wrote: »

thanks for the info aare...
was planning to go there today, interested with the monitors too..

I have to get refunds...my friend refuses to pay me for a monitor from there after seeing these two, and I can't use two monitors that look like "The Flatscreens that Walked into Doors"

They have nowhere you can actually see the screen plugged in and working, and some of them are DEFINATELY returns...

It's like a game of "flatscreen roulette"...

aare

****Boardscaster LIVE****

From the car park outside IQON in Dundalk, thanks to Vodafone 3g (Digiweb, I WILL LEARN YOU to flyer my car when you refuse to provide in my home area:mad:).

Few people here today only.

No laptops left at present but there will be more at 4pm (though most are booked).

They refunded almost before I asked, and there are no more Samsung screens in evidence (though plenty of others)

Staff STILL seem lovely - maybe it's just me?

But, my gut tells me this is a factory that will not still exist come New Year, so lord knows what any warranty is worth.

No great bargains though.

Worth a visit if you are passing - but otherwise...:(

aare

aare wrote: »

But, my gut tells me this is a factory that will not still exist come New Year, so lord knows what any warranty is worth.

No great bargains though.

Word from ones that work there are saying the same, looks like it will be gone soon, what with overpriced crap, very high volume of returns here in Ireland and from the QVC shopping channel in the UK, bad customer service, they owe money everywhere, and to make matters worse they moved into a bigger building they didn't need and can't afford.

witnessmenow

alan4cult wrote: »

Nice 500GB HD only €99!
Don't know if it works on USB. It says SATA.

Its probably too late but i though i'd just mention that these seem to be the same ones Aldi have every now and again. Extremely fast when plugged in via E-sata, but the power supply is horribly cheap feeling!

lafors

I got a desktop in one of their sales last year, working perfect no problems.
And the in-laws live near by, they have bought a number of laptops of them, all of which have never had a problem.

I would recommend them, but you do need to get there on the first day to get the decent deals.

Goldenquick

Thank you for the heads up on this DMC. My brother-in-law is there now getting us some cameras for Christmas presents .

Shamrogue

I bought that 500Gb Aldi IQon harddrive back in May. I went bust in October there. They replaced it with a new one no bother in fairness to them. Shocking bad quality power supply as witnessmenow says, loose connection to the hard drive itself. and the world cheapest looking plug!