Zavvi 50% off clearout starting tomorrow..

Basq

Source

The adminstrators of music, games and DVD chain Zavvi have closed 22 of the firm's stores with immediate effect - costing 178 jobs.

The remaining 92 stores will stay open, with a sale of up to 50% off beginning on Friday, Ernst and Young said.

Could be potential bargains galore.

And thank God.. they'd be struggling to clearout with 10% off.

jim_bob

will this be in Ireland or just the UK

Basq

That's what I'm unsure of yet...

But the "10% clearout" in the UK has been applicable here also up until now.

tomred1

Anybody know what time the Liffey Valley shop opens at?

bobcar61

Brillaint....thanks Basquille!

Might bumo into you there,but knowing howm much you love that place you will probably be there early whereas I will still be in bed.

Hope to pick up some boxsets and games:)

Slow Motion

Does that include their Irish shops?

Basq

bobcar61 wrote:

Brillaint....thanks Basquille!

Might bumo into you there,but knowing howm much you love that place you will probably be there early whereas I will still be in bed.

Hope to pick up some boxsets and games:)

Was in the Sligo store earlier this week... definitely nothing I'd buy with the 10% off but if I can pick up a few Blu-ray's for a tenner.. I'll be happy!

Don't blame me if the 50% doesn't apply here!

Slow Motion wrote:

Does that include their Irish shops?

See 3 posts above yours.

bobcar61

basquille wrote: »

Was in the Sligo store earlier this week... definitely nothing I'd buy with the 10% off but if I can pick up a few Blu-ray's for a tenner.. I'll be happy!

Don't blame me if the 50% doesn't apply here!

Don't worry I wont blame you,the mother got a NDS for Xmas so Might take a look and see if there is anything cheap to go with it.

I wonder if those remaining 92 stores will remain open indefinitely?

bobcar61

Still not sure if the sale will apply to the Irish stores but it doesn't sound as if it will as it's just the UK stores in real trouble at the moment!

Link...

RobertFoster

Oh dear, I predict bedlam in the stores if it is over here too. At 10%, I was stepping over people trying to look around.

Slow Motion

basquille wrote: »

See 3 posts above yours.

There were none when I submitted it;) Tis fierce slow today due to the DB work!

Edit: Just had a look at their website, nothing on it about sales

Basq

Just two words I noticed..

The remaining 92 stores will stay open, with a sale of up to 50% off beginning on Friday, Ernst and Young said.

Two words I dread in any sale as they'll have one or two items in store that aren't shifting at half-price whereas the popular items are still 10% - 20% off.

Could be wrong though!

Nerin

RobertFoster wrote: »

Oh dear, I predict bedlam in the stores if it is over here too. At 10%, I was stepping over people trying to look around.

Yup. Any time i've tried to go into it in the last week or so its been crazy. I'd expect the same tomorrow

WithCheesePlease

Was in Zavvi in Dundrum TC yesterday evening and the place was dead.

Went in with vouchers that I was trying to get rid of and couldn't see anything at all I wanted and left again with the vouchers. But looking at their website earlier it says it's no longer honouring gift vouchers!! Seems a little cheeky just after Christmas when loads of people probably just got them!

Source:

http://zavvi.metafaq.com/help/discounts/gift_card_redemption_repireland

tororosso

:DYeah This has been a big issue for discussion on Boards this past week. Legally they seem to be able to refuse to redeem them in stores even thiough they sold them right up to first week of December. I know as I got given some as a Christmas gift:mad: They are saying that if you bought them in a specific week (27th Nov - Dec 4th or something) you can get the money back by filling in a form they have in the stores and sending it to Ernst and Young. Very Very sceptical about actually seeing any of the value back but worth a try. Sale could be good but at 50% reductions they might just start to reach parity with most other places prices:D Wont buy from them on principle anyway..I would advise you to fill in one of those forms and send it on as soon as you can though; couoldnt hurt:)

gearoid_healy wrote: »

Was in Zavvi in Dundrum TC yesterday evening and the place was dead.

Went in with vouchers that I was trying to get rid of and couldn't see anything at all I wanted and left again with the vouchers. But looking at their website earlier it says it's no longer honouring gift vouchers!! Seems a little cheeky just after Christmas when loads of people probably just got them!

Source:

http://zavvi.metafaq.com/help/discounts/gift_card_redemption_repireland

rubadub

basquille wrote: »

Two words I dread in any sale as they'll have one or two items in store that aren't shifting at half-price whereas the popular items are still 10% - 20% off.

Yep, I hate when shops do this, renders the whole thing a completely meaningless term, they could well put up the prices on everything, bar 1.

Dave!

They weren't accepting student cards/discounts last week either, I presume that will continue

Might head out to Liffey Valley in the morning...

sedohre

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Hi, I just went on to Zavvi (for the first time) and I looked up 2 items but I can't see the price of them? or a "Buy" button?

Also when I tried to add to wish list or login it get the page "Secure Connection Failed"

Basq

sedohre wrote: »

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Hi, I just went on to Zavvi (for the first time) and I looked up 2 items but I can't see the price of them? or a "Buy" button?

They've ceased the ability to order from their website since just before Christmas..

rubadub wrote:

Yep, I hate when shops do this, renders the whole thing a completely meaningless term, they could well put up the prices on everything, bar 1.

Well.. according to this report by Yahoo:

EUK was the company's main supplier and its demise left Zavvi unable to take customer orders. Zavvi's remaining outlets are now set to slash the price of their products by a further 20% to 50% from Friday.

So the majority at 20% - 30% is looking likely.

PG4000

The remaining 92 stores will stay open, with a sale of up to 50% off beginning on Friday, Ernst and Young said.

According to wikipedia, they have 92 stores in the UK AND Ireland left open, so one can assume it's 50% off here too.

Doodah7

sedohre wrote: »

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Hi, I just went on to Zavvi (for the first time) and I looked up 2 items but I can't see the price of them? or a "Buy" button?

Read the PROMINENT notice on the top right hand side of the homepage...:cool:

thenightrider

Type Private Founded September 2007 (2007-09) (as Zavvi)

1971 (as Virgin Megastores) Founder(s) Richard Branson (1971 Virgin)
Simon Douglas (2007 Zavvi)

Headquarters London, England, UK

No. of locations 130 (92 as of 9 January 2009)

Area served UK and the Republic of Ireland


No. of locations 130 (92 as of 9 January 2009) that along with the bbc report The remaining 92 stores will stay open, with a sale of up to 50% off beginning on Friday, Ernst and Young said.

looks like Ireland will be doing the sale as well

AdMMM

never have I had a better excuse to go to Cork to see my friends...

brettmirl

thenightrider wrote: »

Type Private Founded September 2007 (2007-09) (as Zavvi)

1971 (as Virgin Megastores) Founder(s) Richard Branson (1971 Virgin)
Simon Douglas (2007 Zavvi)

Headquarters London, England, UK

No. of locations 130 (92 as of 9 January 2009)

Area served UK and the Republic of Ireland


No. of locations 130 (92 as of 9 January 2009) that along with the bbc report The remaining 92 stores will stay open, with a sale of up to 50% off beginning on Friday, Ernst and Young said.

looks like Ireland will be doing the sale as well

From Wikipedia? Hardly the most reliable source.

Aquos76

AdMMM wrote: »

never have I had a better excuse to go to Cork to see my friends...

Wouldnt Kilkenny be a shorter spin instead of heading down to Cork

BaZmO*

I had a gift voucher from last April for €150 for Zavvi and only got around to using it for the first time in November. I normally buy on line or just download stuff now.
Thought I only had €50 left on the card and struggled to get enough stuff for €50. When I went up to the counter and paid for the stuff I had €30 left on it.

Pity it's gone now. Might still check out the sale tomorrow though, but I'd imagine that it's just the tat that's left at this stage.

suppafly

was in there yesterday and didn't really see anything much. might pop in tomorrow if I'm around town and see if the 50% sale is on here too.

Dman001

This will hardly include consoles or iPods would it?

The_Conductor

They have some really good offers on DS games in Dundrum (though even Game have come down in price recently......)

Lemming

I wandered into zavvi in Dundrum after coming back from Scotland just before new years and was shocked to see such price disparity, even with "sales" & 10% discount.

I bought the Rambo blu-ray boxed set in Zavvi in Scotland; £29.99 (and at this point with a near 1:1 currency exchange). Same boxed set in Dundrum; the lo-lo price of €75 (with 10% off so only €67.50). Even with a sale, can anyone here say "royally f*cked up the ass"?

Ideo

anybody know if zavvi have a right not to honour gift vouchers? ive heard they dont have to honour the vouchers and therefore the vouchres are worthless! the CAI are closed until monday so im just wondering if anybody has had any dealings in this regard

harmankardon

hmm sounds interesting alright

robo

Has anyone been into the stores in Ireland and asked if they are having a sale tomorrow of 50% off? I have tried to call them but no answer!

Ideo - they are not taking vouchers and have stated that in their press release about going into adminstration. You have to join the queue of those due money!

Ideo

yeah i just read the other thread. thanks though

cruachan7

i've just rang zavvi in liffey valley, they said 20% off at 10 am

CyberWaste

Just went into the one in kilkenny there, its open till 9pm on thursday, asked a lad I know about it and he said he didnt hear anything about it, but that there still could be a sale on tomorrow, but he doubts it.

Aquos76

20% of all stock tomorrow according to a girl I just spoke to in the Kilkenny Zavvi

BaconZombie

Does this include consoles?

Aquos76 wrote: »

20% of all stock tomorrow according to a girl I just spoke to in the Kilkenny Zavvi

Aquos76

No idea, but when it was 10% off It did NOT

CyberWaste

Aquos76 wrote: »

20% of all stock tomorrow according to a girl I just spoke to in the Kilkenny Zavvi

Well, I said to him if there was 50% off, maybe that's why he said he didn't hear anything, or maybe there is 20% off but he wasn't told yet. Hopefully there is a sale on, some cheap cd's and games would be nice.

tvnutz

20% still isn't great if they want to shift the amount of stock they have in there,and they seem to have a lot! The UK stores get 50% but we get 20? Come on,I'd be in there in a heartbeat of it was 50% off but I'm not going to bother going in for only 20 off.

AlmightyCushion

Is it not 20-50% off in both the uk and ireland?

The_Conductor

tvnutz wrote: »

20% still isn't great if they want to shift the amount of stock they have in there,and they seem to have a lot! The UK stores get 50% but we get 20? Come on,I'd be in there in a heartbeat of it was 50% off but I'm not going to bother going in for only 20 off.

Well- they have already sold the Irish branches- the liquidators are simply raising a bit of cash prior to cut off dates etc.

Rev. Kitchen

If anyone is in there today looking around the games section will you get a quick price check on mass effect, i bought it used in smyths but its scratched to hell and the xbox wont read past 50% on the disk. I lost the receipt so they wont change it for me but i liked it so much im going to rebuy it just looking for the cheapest option since ive allready spent 25 euro on it !!

thenightrider

Just been in Zavvi in Blanch no signs up about 50 % any were only 20 % and it dosnt look like console's is part of the deal

Mr E

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

If anyone is in there today looking around the games section will you get a quick price check on mass effect, i bought it used in smyths but its scratched to hell and the xbox wont read past 50% on the disk. I lost the receipt so they wont change it for me but i liked it so much im going to rebuy it just looking for the cheapest option since ive allready spent 25 euro on it !!

Mass Effect is going for €15 second hand in Xtravision (City Center Limerick). They had about 8 copies too. If buying, look at the disks before walking away.

Rev. Kitchen

Mr E wrote: »

Mass Effect is going for €15 second hand in Xtravision (City Center Limerick). They had about 8 copies too. If buying, look at the disks before walking away.

Good stuff might check the one here in grove island at lunch so, i had a look at the disk it didnt look too bad it has loads of little scratches as if it was left down wrong side up, ive had worse disks play and at the time i was looking for the game for ages and this was the cheapist id found, I prob should have left it or at least kept the receipt but i cant help myself

deRanged

at about ten past nine the staff were only putting out the new signs in Cork.
It looked to only be 20% though, games and music hardware not included.

Macer123

thenightrider wrote: »

Just been in Zavvi in Blanch no signs up about 50 % any were only 20 % and it dosnt look like console's is part of the deal

Do you have any idea if they are applying the 20% discount to the offer of 2 Blu Rays for €30 (which was on the go after Xmas).

Any good Box set offers ??

Oafley Jones

deRanged wrote: »

at about ten past nine the staff were only putting out the new signs in Cork.
It looked to only be 20% though, games and music hardware not included.

Don't understand this at all. They're finished, they need to get rid of all stock as quickly as possible and a limited 20pc off isn't going to achieve that.

bored_newbie

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

If anyone is in there today looking around the games section will you get a quick price check on mass effect, i bought it used in smyths but its scratched to hell and the xbox wont read past 50% on the disk. I lost the receipt so they wont change it for me but i liked it so much im going to rebuy it just looking for the cheapest option since ive allready spent 25 euro on it !!

Buy it new for about €18 on hmv
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=505708&affiliate=td&lpgrp=network&tduid=2cfdf13862291c0740b3a03dd289a3d8