Logitech Squeezebox Boom - €119.97 clearance at PC World

Freddie59

Picked one up in Waterford earlier. Cheapest on the Internet is €195 delivered.

Here it is:



I set one up before and it's a lovely piece of kit.

SPECS/USER GUIDE

banchang

If you can get one at this price go for it - a real bargain. Its a fantastic machine.

dan185

Yep, an absolute steal. I got one in Peats for 199 but that was after haggling down from 249.

I use it daily. Really excellent piece of kit.

Freddie59

dan185 wrote: »

Yep, an absolute steal. I got one in Peats for 199 but that was after haggling down from 249.

I use it daily. Really excellent piece of kit.

+1 to that.:)

Flana

Just put a hold on that Tallaght unit, pick up tomorrow

Tusky

Flana wrote: »

Just put a hold on that Tallaght unit, pick up tomorrow

I was in the Tallaght branch this morning. Its a mistake on the system. The manager searched the place and the backroom and couldn't find it. He told me to come back in 20 mins while he searched again - still couldn't find it. Took all of my details and said if it turns up they will contact me and hold it for me. This was at about 12:30 today. I'm guessing the person you spoke to on the phone didnt realise there was already a hold on the unit. But it makes no difference as it doesn't appear to exist.

Soarer

Slightly off topic, but how far behind "live" radio would streaming be?

kenon

Seconds.

Do-more

Do they have any other Squeezebox stuff reduced?

In particular I'm looking for a Squeezebox Touch at a good price...

Soarer

Cool.
I assume you meanless than 5 or 6, as opposed to 120?!

Would be using this to replace our current Philips unit as our day-to-day device, but couldn't handle it if the 6 o'clock news came on at 5 past!

kenon

Soarer wrote: »

Cool.
I assume you meanless than 5 or 6, as opposed to 120?!

Yep, about 5-10 secs.

Tusky

Do-more wrote: »

Do they have any other Squeezebox stuff reduced?

In particular I'm looking for a Squeezebox Touch at a good price...

They had the Squeezebox touch for around 200 euro if I recall correctly.

Dixons, Currys and PC World have the boom on their website for £120. Pity they dont deliver here.

Zynks

Soarer wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but how far behind "live" radio would streaming be?

I was watching the presidential candidates talking today on RTE News Now (Saoirview) and listening to it on my old SB3, and the online streamed sound was coming in about 2 seconds EARLIER. :cool:

Freddie59

Tusky wrote: »

I was in the Tallaght branch this morning. Its a mistake on the system. The manager searched the place and the backroom and couldn't find it. He told me to come back in 20 mins while he searched again - still couldn't find it. Took all of my details and said if it turns up they will contact me and hold it for me. This was at about 12:30 today. I'm guessing the person you spoke to on the phone didnt realise there was already a hold on the unit. But it makes no difference as it doesn't appear to exist.

Feck's sake. I had a bit of good fortune then.:)

unklerosco

I picked up the Squeezbox radio today in Tallaght.. Class bit of kit, a sinch to setup, have the software on my home server, using my phone as a remote. It's the business!! Best toy I've bought in ages...

dan185

I use my iPad and phone as remotes, they're ace. Ipeng is the name ofmthe app to use to control the squeezebox.

parsi

dan185 wrote: »

I use my iPad and phone as remotes, they're ace. Ipeng is the name ofmthe app to use to control the squeezebox.

There's an official app available for iPhone and Android - it's excellent and free.

dnme

Is this bargain available as stated or not? i.e. Can I go into my local PCW tomorrow and pick one up for €120? If not then what's the point of this thread?

Freddie59

dnme wrote: »

Is this bargain available as stated or not? i.e. Can I go into my local PCW tomorrow and pick one up for €120? If not then what's the point of this thread?

Did you actually READ the thread?:rolleyes:

dnme

Freddie59 wrote: »

Did you actually READ the thread?:rolleyes:

Now I'm even more confused. I did read the thread yeah, that's why I posted..........

Tusky wrote: »

I was in the Tallaght branch this morning. Its a mistake on the system. The manager searched the place and the backroom and couldn't find it. He told me to come back in 20 mins while he searched again - still couldn't find it. Took all of my details and said if it turns up they will contact me and hold it for me. This was at about 12:30 today. I'm guessing the person you spoke to on the phone didnt realise there was already a hold on the unit. But it makes no difference as it doesn't appear to exist.

Freddie59 wrote: »

Feck's sake. I had a bit of good fortune then.

Tusky wrote: »

They had the Squeezebox touch for around 200 euro if I recall correctly.

Dixons, Currys and PC World have the boom on their website for £120. Pity they dont deliver here.

SickBoy

None available in PC World Limerick

Freddie59

dnme wrote: »

Is this bargain available as stated or not? i.e. Can I go into my local PCW tomorrow and pick one up for €120? If not then what's the point of this thread?

Look - people post bargain alerts here. They may/may not be available in all stores.

Some people - myself included - got them; some didn't. Luck of the draw.

Take a chill pill.

dnme

Freddie59 wrote: »

Look - people post bargain alerts here. They may/may not be available in all stores.

Some people - myself included - got them; some didn't. Luck of the draw.

Take a chill pill.

I don't think there's a single one of these units available at this price. I think this "bargain alert" was a bit of a lucky accident for one or two people. Therefore should this thread not be marked as expired? It certainly got my hopes up falsely. That's all I'm sayin, not as if I need to "chill" but thanks for the kind suggestion.

unklerosco

I agree with above, should be marked as expired. I asked pcworld to do a stock check in other stores. Tallaght had one but it was an error on the system, Navan also had one but no one has been out to check. They where the only two stores in Ireland listed as having any...

unklerosco

Amazon of the squeezbox radio for €114 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Squeezebox-Radio-Internet-streaming/dp/B002N2YZYU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1317336009&sr=8-3

Good price, it's €169.99 in PCworld. I have one n it's class...

dnme

unklerosco wrote: »

Amazon of the squeezbox radio for €114 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Squeezebox-Radio-Internet-streaming/dp/B002N2YZYU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1317336009&sr=8-3

Good price, it's €169.99 in PCworld. I have one n it's class...

Yeah I saw that too. No the same though, the boom is meant to have awesome sound quality. That's why I was after it. It seems to be a product that is passed it's end of life. Makes you wonder if there's a successor in the pipeline...

unklerosco

A new boom with the features from the radio would be sweet. It's the only thing about the radio thats missing is a decent bit of kick. For what I use it for (kitchen radio) it does the job.. Trying to get my spotify account setup on it at the mo, then i'll be sorted..

Tusky

Freddie59 wrote: »

Look - people post bargain alerts here. They may/may not be available in all stores.

Some people - myself included - got them; some didn't. Luck of the draw.

Take a chill pill.

Did you actually get one in Tallaght? If so I shall be making a complaint.

I went into the Jervis branch on Friday morning and they had none. He checked computer and said Tallaght had one. I asked if he could get them to hold it for me and he said he couldn't.

I told him that I had tried ringing Tallaght a number of times and they didn't answer. He laughed and said that the phones rarely get answered in PC World. Told me the only way was to go out to Tallaght to get it.

So I went out to Tallaght straight from Jervis and the guy there couldnt find the unit. He searched the floor and the backroom. Said it was strange that it was on the system but missing. Told me to come back in 20 mins. I did, he still couldnt find it but told me that it would be held for me if it turned up and took my details. Said he would ring me either way the following day to let me know.

I never heard back from him, so if you were able to ring up, put a hold on it and then collect it after all that its fairly annoying tbh.

Freddie59

dnme wrote: »

I don't think there's a single one of these units available at this price. I think this "bargain alert" was a bit of a lucky accident for one or two people. Therefore should this thread not be marked as expired? It certainly got my hopes up falsely. That's all I'm sayin, not as if I need to "chill" but thanks for the kind suggestion.

Look, as I've already said myself and unkelrosco (post No. 15) got one each. I've seen several Tesco threads on here of a similar nature (having checked the Waterford stores myself), where it's available in some stores but not others. I know you're a bit miffed at not getting one, but them's the breaks.
:cool:

Freddie59

dnme wrote: »

Yeah I saw that too. No the same though, the boom is meant to have awesome sound quality. That's why I was after it. It seems to be a product that is passed it's end of life. Makes you wonder if there's a successor in the pipeline...

I'd say so - thus the reduction. I can confirm about the sound quality. It is superb.

SickBoy

I want one
Have it in my basket on Amazon at the moment, can't bring myself to checking out though

unklerosco

I'd hold off.. I'd say they'll drop the prices soon. Seems to be dissapearing from most sites.

SickBoy

unklerosco wrote: »

I'd hold off.. I'd say they'll drop the prices soon. Seems to be dissapearing from most sites.

That's the problem, if they disappear from sites then I won't be able to get one...