Next Sale starts 5am Satuday 17th July

bazwaldo

Yes, I know, Next sales are not what they used to be, but anytime I've gone in I've always managed to get some good stuff for the kids. I haven't bothered looking at the mens stuff mainly as the nearest Next to me does not stock any!

Anyway.... everything on sale is half price or less.

viv2

Liffey Valley, Blanch and Dundrum are open at 4am :eek::eek::eek:

Alanstrainor

viv2 wrote: »

Liffey Valley, Blanch and Dundrum are open at 4am :eek::eek::eek:

I bet there'll be a queue out the door too.

snowdaze

if you want to check in advance what is in the sale and how much it will be just check in store - the price is written on the swing tickets in pencil:)

starfish12

does it start online at midnight, or is it 4am same as the stores?

Murilloinf

is it that good ?

phasers

In my experience the Next sale is rubbish! There are always crowds of women grabbing tons of tat without even looking at it.

I think it would require a lot of patience to find anything good.

Funky G

phasers wrote: »

In my experience the Next sale is rubbish! There are always crowds of women grabbing tons of tat without even looking at it.

I think it would require a lot of patience to find anything good.

Would agree with that. even though i'm not a woman but seeing them just buy anything for the sake of having a few quid off is ridiculous.

Last sale i was at, all the clothes (Mens!) where just squashed onto the rails in a tiny area of the store - in blanch, while the non-sale stock looked normal and very few looking around

Soarer

I've heard Next in Mahon Point is opening at 5am.

Pardon my French, but shag that!

Doodah7

They buy in a load of tat from the Middle or Far East, rebrand it as Next and flog it. Very little of the stuff on the rails has been on sale here at the pre-reduced price...

angel6

Anyone know if http://www.nextdirect.com/ie/en/ have a sale. The http://www.next.co.uk/sale/index.asp seem to start at 8 am today.

MunsterCycling

This what you will most likely face should you have the impossible task of dealing with Next Douglas Court Shopping Centre

____________________________________________

Hi,

My partner had the unfortunate "pleasure" of trying to deal with staff/management in your Douglas(Cork) store the other day. It was in relation to items received as gifts for our 6 week old daughter.
My partner had visited your Mahon Point store the previous day and while they could not do enough to help her (ordered in larger sizes etc) one outfit could not be ordered but was in stock in Douglas (this was confirmed via two calls to them from Mahon Pt), the assistant thus informed my partner that she could go to Douglas and collect the aforementioned item from your store at her convenience and that it would be held for her.
The next day my partner had time so she called in to the Douglas shop and yes they had held the item but were now insisting that she had to pay them for it. The manageress was called and she too insisted that the item had to be paid for. The manageress refused point blank to contact Mahon Point and confirm the details of the exchange (Mahon Point store had held onto the item wishing to be exchanged), insisting that it was quite impossible as they were separate stores with no connection and that she not going to call them. While I understand due to your corporate structure this might well be true it is not good to portray this to the public as this manageress has done as it leaves a very bad impression of Next in the minds of said public. Clearly this manageress (whose name tag was not clearly on display) was having a bad day but the manner in which she dealt with my partner has resulted in us being reticent to purchase from Next again, those whom we have told this story to have not been surprised that it was the Douglas store and have nothing but good things to say about Mahon Point so clearly there is a sickness in the Douglas shop from the top down.

I await your reply to this serious matter,

Best Regards,
MC

viv2

MunsterCycling wrote: »

This what you will most likely face should you have the impossible task of dealing with Next Douglas Court Shopping Centre

____________________________________________

Hi,

My partner had the unfortunate "pleasure" of trying to deal with staff/management in your Douglas(Cork) store the other day. It was in relation to items received as gifts for our 6 week old daughter.
My partner had visited your Mahon Point store the previous day and while they could not do enough to help her (ordered in larger sizes etc) one outfit could not be ordered but was in stock in Douglas (this was confirmed via two calls to them from Mahon Pt), the assistant thus informed my partner that she could go to Douglas and collect the aforementioned item from your store at her convenience and that it would be held for her.
The next day my partner had time so she called in to the Douglas shop and yes they had held the item but were now insisting that she had to pay them for it. The manageress was called and she too insisted that the item had to be paid for. The manageress refused point blank to contact Mahon Point and confirm the details of the exchange (Mahon Point store had held onto the item wishing to be exchanged), insisting that it was quite impossible as they were separate stores with no connection and that she not going to call them. While I understand due to your corporate structure this might well be true it is not good to portray this to the public as this manageress has done as it leaves a very bad impression of Next in the minds of said public. Clearly this manageress (whose name tag was not clearly on display) was having a bad day but the manner in which she dealt with my partner has resulted in us being reticent to purchase from Next again, those whom we have told this story to have not been surprised that it was the Douglas store and have nothing but good things to say about Mahon Point so clearly there is a sickness in the Douglas shop from the top down.

I await your reply to this serious matter,

Best Regards,
MC

That doesnt make sense, are you saying the store in Mahon Point kept the item that was to be exchanged?
Nobody would send somebody to another store to change something and not give the item back.All exchanges are done through the till, its not possible to give an item back to 1 store and get another in a different store.
If mahon point held onto the item the customer would have been given a refund card to the value which could then have been used to purchase the item in the store that had the correct size.

MunsterCycling

You are missing the point, the staff in Douglas are cr@p

viv2

MunsterCycling wrote: »

You are missing the point, the staff in Douglas are cr@p

Why are they crap? because they wouldnt give somebody something for free?

91011

Its the store in Mahon Point you have the problem with - they falsely told you you could go into another Next store to collect an item.

I can't see how Next would allow such a thing as their stock system would break down within days if this was permitted.

Basq

Was in the Sligo store at 9.30 this morning.. not that busy!

But it was a terrible selection.. I always find a T-Shirt or something. But absolutely nothing in there worth buying!

Don't get me started on their "selection" of jeans! :rolleyes:

tomo536

phasers wrote: »

In my experience the Next sale is rubbish! There are always crowds of women grabbing tons of tat without even looking at it.

I think it would require a lot of patience to find anything good.

was there this morning in liffey valley unreal black people just filling huge plastic bags fullof clothes.Love to know where they get all the money from.Was not just one or two shop was packed with them recession my arse

gunnerfitzy

tomo536 wrote: »

was there this morning in liffey valley unreal black people just filling huge plastic bags fullof clothes.Love to know where they get all the money from.Was not just one or two shop was packed with them recession my arse

take a look in your payslip next week. it's under PAYE......

RayCon

*scratches head* .... just don't get why people go apesh!t for Next's sales ?? ...

POKERKING

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

take a look in your payslip next week. it's under PAYE......

i laughed!

MunsterCycling

Not to worry lads the matter is now in the hands of Next Corporate in the UK and they will handle the discipline.

Moonbeam

Next kids in Maynooth had loads of lovely stuff half price or less,no queue at the till or anything.
Found loads of stuff we had admired before the sale.

wmpdd3

MunsterCycling wrote: »

This what you will most likely face should you have the impossible task of dealing with Next Douglas Court Shopping Centre

____________________________________________

Hi,

My partner had the unfortunate "pleasure" of trying to deal with staff/management in your Douglas(Cork) store the other day. It was in relation to items received as gifts for our 6 week old daughter.
My partner had visited your Mahon Point store the previous day and while they could not do enough to help her (ordered in larger sizes etc) one outfit could not be ordered but was in stock in Douglas (this was confirmed via two calls to them from Mahon Pt), the assistant thus informed my partner that she could go to Douglas and collect the aforementioned item from your store at her convenience and that it would be held for her.
The next day my partner had time so she called in to the Douglas shop and yes they had held the item but were now insisting that she had to pay them for it. The manageress was called and she too insisted that the item had to be paid for. The manageress refused point blank to contact Mahon Point and confirm the details of the exchange (Mahon Point store had held onto the item wishing to be exchanged), insisting that it was quite impossible as they were separate stores with no connection and that she not going to call them. While I understand due to your corporate structure this might well be true it is not good to portray this to the public as this manageress has done as it leaves a very bad impression of Next in the minds of said public. Clearly this manageress (whose name tag was not clearly on display) was having a bad day but the manner in which she dealt with my partner has resulted in us being reticent to purchase from Next again, those whom we have told this story to have not been surprised that it was the Douglas store and have nothing but good things to say about Mahon Point so clearly there is a sickness in the Douglas shop from the top down.

I await your reply to this serious matter,

Best Regards,
MC

This makes absolutely no sense, there is no way the dress you were exchanging was left in the Mahon pt store with out either the operator exchanging it on the spot or a gift receipt was issued.

Did you want Douglas to transfer the dress to Mahon?

You went to the store, got you dress and what just expected them to hand it over with out payment?

God help the team in Leister trying to sort that one out.

Anyway the Next badge doesn't have the employee's name on it...thank god.

MunsterCycling

Yeah well you should work for them, your attitude would fit right in. :rolleyes:

Douglas had been rung and informed that a customer was coming to collect said item and to hold it for them, how is that not clear!

Anyway I'll be happy to see them rebuked by head office for their bad attitude and hopefully they will be re-educated re customer service.

The staff member in Mahon Point said they would get the item transferred so we no longer have to deal with the joke Douglas shop

Nabber

tomo536 wrote: »

was there this morning in liffey valley unreal black people just filling huge plastic bags fullof clothes.Love to know where they get all the money from.Was not just one or two shop was packed with them recession my arse

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

take a look in your payslip next week. it's under PAYE......

Just a hint of racism there eh?

I asked in Next in Blackrock could I see the original price on the books. Was told I could have the item if I wanted it FOC 'baby'. The system works..... I bought a lot of clothes that day, lucky I'm white or people would have said it was social welfare that paid for it :P.....

cast_iron

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Hi,

My partner had the unfortunate "pleasure" of trying to deal with staff/management in your Douglas(Cork) store the other day. It was in relation to items received as gifts for our 6 week old daughter.
My partner had visited your Mahon Point store the previous day and while they could not do enough to help her (ordered in larger sizes etc) one outfit could not be ordered but was in stock in Douglas (this was confirmed via two calls to them from Mahon Pt), the assistant thus informed my partner that she could go to Douglas and collect the aforementioned item from your store at her convenience and that it would be held for her.
The next day my partner had time so she called in to the Douglas shop and yes they had held the item but were now insisting that she had to pay them for it. The manageress was called and she too insisted that the item had to be paid for. The manageress refused point blank to contact Mahon Point and confirm the details of the exchange (Mahon Point store had held onto the item wishing to be exchanged), insisting that it was quite impossible as they were separate stores with no connection and that she not going to call them. While I understand due to your corporate structure this might well be true it is not good to portray this to the public as this manageress has done as it leaves a very bad impression of Next in the minds of said public. Clearly this manageress (whose name tag was not clearly on display) was having a bad day but the manner in which she dealt with my partner has resulted in us being reticent to purchase from Next again, those whom we have told this story to have not been surprised that it was the Douglas store and have nothing but good things to say about Mahon Point so clearly there is a sickness in the Douglas shop from the top down.

I await your reply to this serious matter,

Best Regards,
MC

Whilst you may have a valid point regarding the Douglas store customer service, let me tell you, with an attitude like that, I'd have gone out of my way to make sure you got nothing too. Retail staff can smell a smart-arse-know-it-all a mile off.

"Serious matter" lol

Next sales are complete rubbish in any case.

MunsterCycling

Well you clearly didn't read the post, it wasn't me it was my partner, our 7 year old our 6 year old and our 6 week old baby... Thanks anyway but FAIL

cast_iron

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Well you clearly didn't read the post, it wasn't me it was my partner, our 7 year old our 6 year old and our 6 week old baby... Thanks anyway but FAIL

If I didn't read it, I wouldn't have replied. Birds of a feather and all that. I'm not here for an argument though.

mini mouse

can anyone reccommend a branch of next that has a good homeware section in the south east / dublin ?
thanks

viv2

mini mouse wrote: »

can anyone reccommend a branch of next that has a good homeware section in the south east / dublin ?
thanks

Blanch would probably have the best selection instore but everything can be ordered in all stores.

Basq

Let's put an end to this now!

MunsterCycling - if you've an issue with Next, take it up in Consumer issues - not here!

snowy2008

picked up some great bargains yesterda, does anyone find their sizes a bit off sometimes? i go two dresses size 12, one fit and the other didnt!

wmpdd3

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Yeah well you should work for them, your attitude would fit right in. :rolleyes:

Douglas had been rung and informed that a customer was coming to collect said item and to hold it for them, how is that not clear!

Anyway I'll be happy to see them rebuked by head office for their bad attitude and hopefully they will be re-educated re customer service.

The staff member in Mahon Point said they would get the item transferred so we no longer have to deal with the joke Douglas shop

Douglas had been rung and informed that a customer was coming to collect said item and to hold it for them, how is that not clear!


The next day my partner had time so she called in to the Douglas shop and yes they had held the item but were now insisting that she had to pay them for it. The manageress was called and she too insisted that the item had to be paid for.

Because you were not prepared to pay for it!!

Basq

wmpdd3,

See my warning above!

No more discussion of it!

ntlbell

snowy2008 wrote: »

picked up some great bargains yesterda, does anyone find their sizes a bit off sometimes? i go two dresses size 12, one fit and the other didnt!

Does this not hold true for nearly every clothes shop?

surley it depends on the type of fit the drsss? top/whatever

MunsterCycling

basquille wrote: »

Let's put an end to this now!

MunsterCycling - if you've an issue with Next, take it up in Consumer issues - not here!

Basq, people looking for deals should be allowed to know what they are getting themselves in for, anyhow following reply from Next HQ this matter is closed, as is said manager!

Thanks for your time Basq

Animo

tomo536 wrote: »

was there this morning in liffey valley unreal black people just filling huge plastic bags fullof clothes.Love to know where they get all the money from.Was not just one or two shop was packed with them recession my arse

gunnerfitzy wrote: »

take a look in your payslip next week. it's under PAYE......

Ever think that they might work? If it was white people you wouldn't have questioned it but since they were black ye had to have a go at them, racist much?

Anyway getting back on topic, don't like much of their clothes myself but my brother did get too nice hoodies there yesterday. They were €19 each so he was happy out.