DID vs Powercity

vincenzo1975

this started off as DID offering 12% off, then power city countered with 5% below any quote from DID, now they have gone one further and said that they will drop 10% below anything in the DID catalogue.

Great bargains now, but I would say January will be a blood bath between these two.

http://www.powercity.ie

Varkov

dO THEY SELL pLAYSTATIONS?

niceirishfella

Only to people who can type properly!

burberry

oo not very nice everybody has to learn.

Varkov

niceirishfella wrote: »

Only to people who can type properly!

Well excuse me sir. I had caps lock on. Do you feel smug now?

jenno86

Varkov wrote: »

Well excuse me sir. I had caps lock on. Do you feel smug now?

Why did you have caps lock on?

beolight

now now nicey nicey everyone

niceirishfella

Varkov wrote: »

Well excuse me sir. I had caps lock on. Do you feel smug now?

Well, I'am NICEirishfella so, Nicey Nicey comes naturally to me!


and yes Varkov, Smug is my middlename, to its
Nice "SMUG" irishfella to you!:D

FFS...I'm just having laff here:) Lighten up will yis:p

corkproducers

Lads do powercity deliver nationwide?

Or more accurately to Cork?

Edit: Just got a call back from them and its 45 euro for the first item, and something like 20 or less for the next.


Any other Irish sites that deliver nationwide?

Looking for a site that sells george foreman grills. And not amazon or ebay.

Do-more

corkproducers wrote: »

Lads do powercity deliver nationwide?

Or more accurately to Cork?

Edit: Just got a call back from them and its 45 euro for the first item, and something like 20 or less for the next.


Any other Irish sites that deliver nationwide?

Looking for a site that sells george foreman grills. And not amazon or ebay.

Don't they have GF Grills in Tescos, why do you need it delivered?

steph1

corkproducers wrote: »

Lads do powercity deliver nationwide?

Or more accurately to Cork?

Edit: Just got a call back from them and its 45 euro for the first item, and something like 20 or less for the next.


Any other Irish sites that deliver nationwide?

Looking for a site that sells george foreman grills. And not amazon or ebay.

Is there an argos store near you. They do George Foreman grills.

corkproducers

Do-more wrote: »

Don't they have GF Grills in Tescos, why do you need it delivered?

Not sure, ill check it out!

I dont need it delivered but by getting it delivered to a relative in dublin im saving 20 euro as opposed to buying one in argos down here:
edit: or 30 if they collect it


http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/0504159/Trail/searchtext%3EGEORGE+FOREMAN.htm

It would be nice to know similar sites anyway for future reference.

Zonda999

corkproducers wrote: »

Lads do powercity deliver nationwide?

Or more accurately to Cork?

Edit: Just got a call back from them and its 45 euro for the first item, and something like 20 or less for the next.


Any other Irish sites that deliver nationwide?

Looking for a site that sells george foreman grills. And not amazon or ebay.

45e aint too bad to be fair. I wonder, though, if us Corkonians went into a currys down here and asked them to pricematch power city?? Tell them that you'll be in dublin son and you could just as easily get a tv from them instead. Theyre bound to give you some incentive to buy from them. I might give that a try. Would much rather buy from a shop than from laptopsdirect.

Could i ask a favour of someone who has that DID catalogue. Could you please post some of the prices for 1080p tvs around the 40" size. If theyre the same as those on the website, then thats ok

Thanks:)

astrofool

www.appliancesdirect.co.uk deliver to the republic, and usually handily beat those two on pric.

bk

Zonda999 wrote: »

Could i ask a favour of someone who has that DID catalogue. Could you please post some of the prices for 1080p tvs around the 40" size. If theyre the same as those on the website, then thats ok

I highly recommend you give richersounds a call, they will sort you out with an excellent TV for far less then did/powercity and these guys really know what they are talking about.

You will get far better service from them then you would ever get from these two, the guys in richersounds really know their AV gear, they are really enthusiastic about it and they run the Philips shop in Dublin, so you have a physical store to go to if you want*. They even have a forum here on boards:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1105

* Note they carry way more gear in their Belfast richersounds store, then just Philips stuff in the store in Dublin, but you can pick your order up or drop stuff off at their Dublin store.

paddydriver

astrofool wrote: »

www.appliancesdirect.co.uk deliver to the republic, and usually handily beat those two on pric.

Just checked their T&C's and it states the following:

"Delivery is to mainland UK only. Unfortunately we do not make overseas deliveries"

Are they open to cutting a deal on a delivery to our green shores?

Zonda999

bk wrote: »

I highly recommend you give richersounds a call, they will sort you out with an excellent TV for far less then did/powercity and these guys really know what they are talking about.

You will get far better service from them then you would ever get from these two, the guys in richersounds really know their AV gear, they are really enthusiastic about it and they run the Philips shop in Dublin, so you have a physical store to go to if you want*. They even have a forum here on boards:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1105

* Note they carry way more gear in their Belfast richersounds store, then just Philips stuff in the store in Dublin, but you can pick your order up or drop stuff off at their Dublin store.

Trust me, RS are the best option by far. I fear, though, that they wont be able to ship me the tv i want. Supply problems and what have ye. Wont be buying for a few weeks anyway

I think laptopsdirect.ie are my second option. Some of their deals are quite good. A pain to order through, though

The bricks n mortar stores are my third option. If i was able to get a tv for about say 50e max more than the others , i'd say i'd nearly go with a store. Ye know, just for the piece of mind if anything went wrong

gaillimh

I hear a lot of people on here talking about RicherSounds.
Can anyone tell me - does their store in Belfast have a large range of LCD TVs? If you go onto www.richersounds.ie there is a total of just 14 LCDs listed which is pretty crap.

M00lers

Check out the co.uk website and you can order anything you like via the Belfast store. The .ie website is a waste of space.

golfball37

I've spotted a TV that I want on richersounds, how do I go about buying it? Its on the UK website.

quarryman

Ring them.

bk

golfball37 wrote: »

I've spotted a TV that I want on richersounds, how do I go about buying it? Its on the UK website.

Just give them a call on the number listed on their .ie site.

M00lers

Ring the Belfast shop and tell them you're a member of boards.ie and you would like to buy a tv. Check out the richersounds thread in the commercial interaction section. Pick up the phone.......

bmaxi

corkproducers wrote: »

Not sure, ill check it out!

I dont need it delivered but by getting it delivered to a relative in dublin im saving 20 euro as opposed to buying one in argos down here:
edit: or 30 if they collect it




http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/0504159/Trail/searchtext%3EGEORGE+FOREMAN.htm

It would be nice to know similar sites anyway for future reference.

I'm pretty sure I saw that in my local Dunne's for €60

xsre4u2

Curry's matched and then beat the price at Powercity by offering you the item at the same price as Powercity and they will give you a 10% discount on the difference in price between the 2 shops.

bought a sony hd tv a few months ago at Curry's in Liffey Valley retail park. There was a €300 euro diff in price at the time, so they matched the price and gave me €30 off as well. Even knocked the stand price down and received another 10% on that as well. Had to bargain a bit, but got it done.

StickyMcGinty

xsre4u2 wrote: »

Curry's matched and then beat the price at Powercity by offering you the item at the same price as Powercity and they will give you a 10% discount on the difference in price between the 2 shops.

bought a sony hd tv a few months ago at Curry's in Liffey Valley retail park. There was a €300 euro diff in price at the time, so they matched the price and gave me €30 off as well. Even knocked the stand price down and received another 10% on that as well. Had to bargain a bit, but got it done.

is it still the same craic with regards to price matching? i.e. you have to produce a written quote from the other vendor?

Also, i thought that the same tv could have a slight variation in its model number to restrict price matching aswell, remember someone mentioning this to me before is it still the case?

Zonda999

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

is it still the same craic with regards to price matching? i.e. you have to produce a written quote from the other vendor?

Also, i thought that the same tv could have a slight variation in its model number to restrict price matching aswell, remember someone mentioning this to me before is it still the case?

Currys still have exclusive tvs(Some Samsungs for example). But, i reckon if you tell them that theyre not fooling anyone, and that you know that such a tv is exactly the same as one in another shop, theyre gonna have to do something. Or else, tell them you're takin you're business elsewhere

astrofool

paddydriver wrote: »

Just checked their T&C's and it states the following:

"Delivery is to mainland UK only. Unfortunately we do not make overseas deliveries"

Are they open to cutting a deal on a delivery to our green shores?

I ordered a cooker off them about a month ago, and they had no problem (£109 delivery), saved me 50% on the best price here. Unless they've changed the policy since then. I made the order by phone, and they deliver it on a palette.

xsre4u2

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

is it still the same craic with regards to price matching? i.e. you have to produce a written quote from the other vendor?

Also, i thought that the same tv could have a slight variation in its model number to restrict price matching aswell, remember someone mentioning this to me before is it still the case?

No. I just gave them the salesmans name at Powercity and they said they would call to verify. When I went back, they said they could not get anyone in powercity to verify price. However the manager, said that there is no use having a sign (Curry's guarantee, etc) displayed if they couldn't match the deal. So I got the match plus 10% discount on difference.
Exactly the same model number as well.

Zonda999

xsre4u2 wrote: »

No. I just gave them the salesmans name at Powercity and they said they would call to verify. When I went back, they said they could not get anyone in powercity to verify price. However the manager, said that there is no use having a sign (Curry's guarantee, etc) displayed if they couldn't match the deal. So I got the match plus 10% discount on difference.
Exactly the same model number as well.

Do ye reckon they could do this in Cork?? We have a currys down here but no DID or power city. I could tell them i'd be in Dublin soon. I might give that a try...

xsre4u2

Zonda999 wrote: »

Do ye reckon they could do this in Cork?? We have a currys down here but no DID or power city. I could tell them i'd be in Dublin soon. I might give that a try...

No harm in trying. Always depends on the sales person i think.