i5, 6 GB, 750 GB HP € 499 - PC World Sale

Currys PC World: Declan

This is the key deal for the PC World Sale - a big spec i5 for € 499. Available to purchase online from about 5 mins ago and in stores from 09.00 on the 26th.

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-G61241sa-156-laptop/309331/301

We've got a spread of other deals too.

i3 HP, 6GB, 640 GB @ € 449 http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-G61210sa-156-laptop/309335/301

Exclusive i5 MacBook pro @ € 1199 http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/APPLE-MacBook-Pro-13andquot-Laptop-Silver/309214/311

1 TB Quad Core HP with 6 GB RAM @ € 479.99 http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-g61220sa-156andquot-Laptop-Charcoal-Grey/309334/301

Blackberry Playbook € 219 ( Stephen's Day only ), € 239 for rest of Sale http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/BLACKBERRY-PlayBook-Tablet-PC-16-GB/306439/2.9

1 TB Toshiba Hard drive @ € 99.00 ( Stephen's Day ) € 129 thereafter http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/TOSHIBA-Store-Basics-Portbl-Hard-Drive-1TB/308552/326

i5 Sony 4 GB, 500 GB @ € 599.99 http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/SNY-VPCEH2N1E-W-Sony/308626/301

Compaq Dual Core, 4GB, 500 GB @ €339.99 http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/Compaq-CQ57371sa-156-laptop/309333/301

There are lots more deals on the site. Some are live right now and all of them will be live from 08.30 in the morning. The Stephen's Day only prices go live at 00.01 on the 26th and last for 24 hours online.

Stores open their doors at 09.00 on the 26th.

I'm around for an hour or two for any questions but Christmas Day is a day off ( I'm under instructions ! ). Back at 09.00 on the 26th. I'll pick up any and all questions then.

neonitrix

Hi Declan,

by any chance are their any decent hi spec desktops coming up. main uses hi end graphics and games.

with or without monitors dosnt matter

thanks

ed

Ghost Train

Not seeing the Sony i5 you linked to

Currys PC World: Declan

Ghost Train wrote: »

Not seeing the Sony i5 you linked to

Should be up and running in the next 5 mins. Getting text messages telling me that the great coordination plan to post online at 19.00 and have the website operating from 19.01 is a couple of minutes behind schedule

Currys PC World: Declan

neonitrix wrote: »

Hi Declan,

by any chance are their any decent hi spec desktops coming up. main uses hi end graphics and games.

with or without monitors dosnt matter

thanks

ed

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/PC-HP/308471/307

The is the best foot forward desktop deal. What do you think ?

Inbox

Is the sony sold out already?

Currys PC World: Declan

Inbox wrote: »

Is the sony sold out already?

Definitely not. Lots of stock. We manually put up 40 prices and deals tonight. That's only 40. All the rest have a systems download overnight and I'm told that all will be complete by 08.30 tomorrow.

I've 4 kids and a wife to look to give some attention to now. Planning to be back online at 09.00 on Stephen's Day but better have a sneak check that the Sony is up tomorrow. No reason why it shouldn't be. Happy Christmas to everyone

98q76e12hrflnk

neonitrix wrote: »

Hi Declan,

by any chance are their any decent hi spec desktops coming up. main uses hi end graphics and games.

with or without monitors dosnt matter

thanks

ed

You won't find any good pc for gaming in pc world tbh. The destkop he mentioned would be quite poor for most games. You need into look into custom builds for high performance for exactly the same price

Access

Currys & PC World: Declan wrote: »

1 TB Toshiba Hard drive @ € 99.00 ( Stephen's Day ) € 129 thereafter http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/TOSHIBA-Store-Basics-Portbl-Hard-Drive-1TB/308552/326

While i think some of your deals are pretty good... the i5/6 gb for €499 for instance... in all fairness, this is a woeful price for a 1Tb hard drive be it portable or larger mains plug in and this is the main reason why i will be buying a WD 2TB for less money on amazon instead of heading to my local branch of pc world in Navan.

Im all for supporting local and have bought everything from my washing machine to my printer from ye in the past but as the below linky shows, i can get twice the storage (2TB instead of 1TB) for just £85.59/€102.29 (at the time of posting this) delivered to my door :mad:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-External-Desktop/dp/B003IPC21Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1324761371&sr=8-4

All the same though, good luck with the sale, just a pity on the prices of particular items in the sale.

Oh, and happy Christmas!

Antigone05

bad flooding in Thailand has put a big price increase on storage. read this Reuters article.

ucd.1985

Access wrote: »

Im all for supporting local and have bought everything from my washing machine to my printer from ye in the past but as the below linky shows, i can get twice the storage (2TB instead of 1TB) for just £85.59/€102.29 (at the time of posting this) delivered to my door :mad:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-External-Desktop/dp/B003IPC21Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1324761371&sr=8-4

Not comparing like with like.

Portable vs a hard drive that needs a power adapter.

Pointless comparison.
:rolleyes:

ucd.1985

To use the Amazon example you gave

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-1TB-inch-External-StorE/dp/B003INEF2K/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324810552&sr=8-1-spell

;)

Badgermonkey

Hi Declan & Merry Christmas,

Your sale page has Sony i5 @ €599.00 but clicking through, it's showing @ €629.00 in error.

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/SNY-VPCEH2N1E-W-Sony/308626/301

Daniel S

Which is better, The HP G6-1241sa or the HP G6-1220sa? Are there any better laptops for that price? Would be used for the odd bit of gaming and solidworks. Loads of movies/music.

padraig91

Shouldnt this sort of self promotion not be allowed in the bargain alerts section? Also the apple laptop is not a bargain it's that price all year around on the apple website... All that says is that u have been overcharging people for it before!

budhabob

Currys & PC World: Declan wrote: »

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/PC-HP/308471/307

The is the best foot forward desktop deal. What do you think ?

Hi Declan,

There doesn't seem to be any specifications on this page.the father is in the market for a decent desktop, basically office, net, pictures editing etc.this looks like it'll do the job.I presume it comes with the screen etc.any other options?

dodzy

budhabob wrote: »

Hi Declan,

There doesn't seem to be any specifications on this page.the father is in the market for a decent desktop, basically office, net, pictures editing etc.this looks like it'll do the job.I presume it comes with the screen etc.any other options?

You presume correctly, screen will of course be included, as will the KB and mouse.

Specs here http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/PC-HP/308471/307 ( well they'll be close enough )

yenoah

Ive reported the OP's post. The last thing I want to see creep in here is traders plugging their wares. There's enough goddam advertising in the world don't you think.

Please folks, do likewise. Keep this forum for users only.

Le King

yenoah wrote: »

Ive reported the OP's post. The last thing I want to see creep in here is traders plugging their wares. There's enough goddam advertising in the world don't you think.

Please folks, do likewise. Keep this forum for users only.

They pay for advertising here that's why it's allowed.

yenoah

Le King wrote: »

They pay for advertising here that's why it's allowed.

This guy has his own forum, He's meant to deal there.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1333


This forum is for users.

yenoah

This from the forum charter.

The forum shall not be used by anyone for the purpose of personal gain by advertising their services directly or referring to same in their posts. This includes user names.

Folks, can we please have this thread deleted. I urge you to report it.

Johann.

yenoah wrote: »

Ive reported the OP's post. The last thing I want to see creep in here is traders plugging their wares. There's enough goddam advertising in the world don't you think.

Please folks, do likewise. Keep this forum for users only.

Was it really, really bothering you that much?

Hope you get to sleep tonight now!

Le King

yenoah wrote: »

This from the forum charter.

The forum shall not be used by anyone for the purpose of personal gain by advertising their services directly or referring to same in their posts. This includes user names.

Folks, can we please have this thread deleted. I urge you to report it.

I don't think you understand. They pay Boards.ie to advertise which means they can talk about their products here.

paddydriver

yenoah wrote: »

This from the forum charter.



Folks, can we please have this thread deleted. I urge you to report it.

Your new around here... :rolleyes: Check back some time and you will see Declan from PCW has been posting on here long before you strolled into town. Take it up with the mods if you have an issue.

We are happy to see what PCW are offering.

Johann.

Currys & PC World: Declan wrote: »

The bargain alerts thread should stay open. I get permission to post there once a year....

-Chris-

yenoah wrote: »

Folks, can we please have this thread deleted. I urge you to report it.

The mods'll delete/edit/move/leave it in due course, you don't need it reported more than once.

Currys PC World: Declan

yenoah wrote: »

This from the forum charter.



Folks, can we please have this thread deleted. I urge you to report it.

I do this once a year on bargain alerts. I post to to our own forum also. It's the one time of the year that we absolutely go for it in terms of providing bargains to people. And we've been members of this community for the last 18 months.

All done with the full knowledge of the boards team. I'd agree that companies shouldn't be flogging their wares endlessly on boards, it would just get stupid then, but I don't think that once a year is taking the mick.

paddydriver

So who is gonna take a punt on a Playbook? - I would be tempted, even though I expressed my views on it in another thread somewhere recently, but not sure I can convince myself.

Got to play with an iPad for good while today and they really are well put together... but waiting for No 3:D

Zonda999

Can't you see, its not that every business is using this forum for advertising, only those who pay for it(Seeing as boards does cost money to run, after all). Declan does not come on here posting deals every week, you may have a point if there was incessant advertising, but there is not

iMax

Hi Declan, before you go tend to the family (and you should), anything on apple TV & can the recent boards discount be applied to it also?

yenoah

Look, I'm not new, I've been a user on boards.ie since 2006. I have changed usernames is all. I just don't think this is an appropriate place for a retailer to be placing an Advert. The charter clearly states this this is not allowed so are the rules real or just there to suit certain circumstances.

I sleep fine Johann. I just tend to make more of a stand these days when it comes to blatant advertising. The worls is littered with this stuff now. There's hardly room to breathe anymore. I think it's important to take a stand at some point.

Also, bear in mind, this particular retailer is one of the most expensive in the country, actually in Europe for things like consumables. Go in there and price a cable or cartridge, or anything like that and you'll be picking up your jaw from the floor.

This is our goddam forum, RETAILERS OUT !

Currys PC World: Declan

iMax wrote: »

Hi Declan, before you go tend to the family (and you should), anything on apple TV & can the recent boards discount be applied to it also?

Yes, I'm going to log off now and watch a movie with my young fella. Nothing happening on Apple TV, still € 119 for Sale but the Currys headline voucher ( which I think you're referring to ) will apply to that if you bang in an online order. I think it may be out of stock online but it should come back on over the course of the week.

Johann.

yenoah wrote: »

Look, I'm not new, I've been a user on boards.ie since 2006. I have changed usernames is all. I just don't think this is an appropriate place for a retailer to be placing an Advert. The charter clearly states this this is not allowed so are the rules real or just there to suit certain circumstances.

I sleep fine Johann. I just tend to make more of a stand these days when it comes to blatant advertising. The worls is littered with this stuff now. There's hardly room to breathe anymore. I think it's important to take a stand at some point.

Also, bear in mind, this particular retailer is one of the most expensive in the country, actually in Europe for things like consumables. Go in there and price a cable or cartridge, or anything like that and you'll be picking up your jaw from the floor.

This is our goddam forum, RETAILERS OUT !

Prices of cartidges or other consumables is an irrelevant topic to bring up.

I can see where you're coming from, but for goodness sake it's 1 day out of 365 days a year. Let it go, if it was a regular thing, then it'd be a problem, but it's not!

yenoah

Look I'll leave it at this,

Am I the only one who sees a problem with a huge MultiNational chain store placing an advert on our user forum on CHRISTMAS DAY ?????

Not to mention all the other points I raise. Its one day in the year. Stop! Just stop ffs!

Johann.

yenoah wrote: »

Look I'll leave it at this,

Am I the only one who sees a problem with a huge MultiNational chain store placing an advert on our user forum on CHRISTMAS DAY ?????

Not to mention all the other points I raise. Its one day in the year. Stop! Just stop ffs!

It was placed on christmas eve.

iMax

Please do stop Yenoah. You're in the minority. If the mods have an issue, they'll act accordingly.

yenoah

OK but there's clearly an employee or Curry's/PC World responding to the ad on CHRISTMAS DAY whinch I find a little obscene. The responses more or less constitute work/ advertising etc. Plus.......ITS AGAINST THE RULES

Zonda999

To be fair, the original post was put up yesterday.

Declan obviously has permission to do this. And, in any case, no one is forcing you to look at this thread. If everyone took your opinion, and ignored it, it wouldn't be long disappearing off the first page of the forum.

yenoah

OK folks, I'll stop, I'm outa here, I can do no more. Happy xmas one and all regardless.

Peyton Manning

Nice one Declan, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I only check here for Bargains, don't check any of the Talk To forums. Cheers.

-Chris-

yenoah wrote: »

Look, I'm not new, I've been a user on boards.ie since 2006. I have changed usernames is all. I just don't think this is an appropriate place for a retailer to be placing an Advert. The charter clearly states this this is not allowed so are the rules real or just there to suit certain circumstances.

I sleep fine Johann. I just tend to make more of a stand these days when it comes to blatant advertising. The worls is littered with this stuff now. There's hardly room to breathe anymore. I think it's important to take a stand at some point.

But there's a difference between shilling and helping people find a bargain. I don't think anyone could accuse Declan of shilling in or across any forums.

Discretion can be allowed in any situation, whether the Charter allows it or not. I guess we'll have to wait to see what the Mods say.

yenoah wrote: »

Also, bear in mind, this particular retailer is one of the most expensive in the country, actually in Europe for things like consumables. Go in there and price a cable or cartridge, or anything like that and you'll be picking up your jaw from the floor.

That's the wonderful thing about a forum like this. Anyone who comes on claiming that they've found (or are offering) a bargain will quickly be pulled up on it.

yenoah wrote: »

This is our goddam forum, RETAILERS OUT !

I'm happy to see these offers detailed here.

padraig91

Zonda999 wrote: »

To be fair, the original post was put up yesterday.

Declan obviously has permission to do this. And, in any case, no one is forcing you to look at this thread. If everyone took your opinion, and ignored it, it wouldn't be long disappearing off the first page of the forum.

I just think it should be in the currys and pc world thread. And if they are good bargains it would be long before a boards member put it up. I'm mainly pissed because he is saying the MacBook is a bargain when it clearly is not so he is basically trying to trick people.

AlmightyCushion

padraig91 wrote: »

I just think it should be in the currys and pc world thread. And if they are good bargains it would be long before a boards member put it up. I'm mainly pissed because he is saying the MacBook is a bargain when it clearly is not so he is basically trying to trick people.

No he's not. The standard MacBook Pro has a 500GB, the one he posted has a 750GB.

padraig91

MacBook pro is 100 euro cheaper in argos
And I think currys price promise says they will match the price and beat it by 10% so That's 990 for the MacBook pro now that is a bargain

padraig91

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

padraig91 wrote: »

I just think it should be in the currys and pc world thread. And if they are good bargains it would be long before a boards member put it up. I'm mainly pissed because he is saying the MacBook is a bargain when it clearly is not so he is basically trying to trick people.

No he's not. The standard MacBook Pro has a 500GB, the one he posted has a 750GB.

Oh my bad
But it only has the i5 processor so it's basically the same as the one on the website if it were the i7 machine then it would be a deal

chazlan

So on topic again... Is anyone else thinking of getting the 'HP i5 €499' mentioned in the OP? Anyone know of better offers!?

podgeandrodge

yenoah wrote: »

I just don't think this is an appropriate place for a retailer to be placing an Advert. The charter clearly states this this is not allowed so are the rules real or just there to suit certain circumstances.

I tend to agree with yenoah. It's should not be about whether PC World pay or not - that's why they should get their own space for which they do. And I welcome Declan putting any of these offers on the "talk to" forum.

But Bargain Alerts is supposed to be alerts from us the users about what we perceive to be a bargain and not from a retailer selling their wares.

Doesn't matter if it is only once a year. What if it starts to be twice a year. And then only 3 times a year....It brings into question the integrity of Bargain Alerts. And it changes it from a user forum to a part commercial forum.

And let's take the "but they pay Boards money for it" further - so, technically if every retailer in Ireland started paying Boards for it we would have Bargain Alerts inundated with retailer offers. No thanks.

Stick to the "talk to" forum retailers please where it is appreciated. That's my vote!


Edit: From the Bargain Alerts Charter:

Basq wrote:

Bargain Alerts is NOT the place for any commercial interaction or advertising, whether you've a small or large company.

If you wish to advertise on Boards.ie, see details here. And if you wish to interact with consumers on Boards.ie, you can contact one of our Community Managers and ask for details about a 'Commercial Interaction' forum.

But please do not use Bargain Alerts as a medium.

If the mods make any exception to this rule because of money it is the start of a slippery slope.

sunny2004

Can I just say firstly I am not a fan of PC, they shafted me with insurance a few years ago, But regarding this issue, He has stated that he is only allowed to post here once a year... so who cares.. and if its not a bargain, just like all the other posts here, people are free to say so..

So Just leave it as is as I am sure if there is an issue then the Mods or team will deal with it....

-Chris-

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Edit: From the Bargain Alerts Charter:

Bargain Alerts is NOT the place for any commercial interaction or advertising, whether you've a small or large company.

If you wish to advertise on Boards.ie, see details here. And if you wish to interact with consumers on Boards.ie, you can contact one of our Community Managers and ask for details about a 'Commercial Interaction' forum.

But please do not use Bargain Alerts as a medium.

I love the way you're happy to quote that from the Charter, but conveniently decide to ignore the Charter post two posts below it...

UPDATE 14/03/2011:

If you're suspicious that a user may be promoting a website or product, please use the 'Report Post' function to let us know. DO NOT start an interrogation on thread. It both derails the thread and makes it a pain in the ass to get back on track.

copacetic

yenoah wrote: »

OK but there's clearly an employee or Curry's/PC World responding to the ad on CHRISTMAS DAY whinch I find a little obscene. The responses more or less constitute work/ advertising etc. Plus.......ITS AGAINST THE RULES

The BASTARDS , giving up part of their CHRISTMAS DAY to respond to queries from boardsies. Absolutely obscene, won't somebody think of Declan's children?!!:eek:

Drumpot

What the processing speed of http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-G61241sa-156-laptop/309331/301

Thanks