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Wooden Swingset Argos €94.99

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  • 11-04-2014 1:04pm
    #1
    patrickpc
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭


    Solid wooden Swingset in Argos.ie for €94.99

    Reduced from €379.99

    Coming up as £149.99 on Argos.co.uk so may be a mis-price.


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    selfbuilder1
    Registered Users Posts: 655 ✭✭✭selfbuilder1


    Thanks a million. Just ordered one seems like a very good price when comparing to other stores.


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    #3
    daingeanrob
    Registered Users Posts: 823 ✭✭✭daingeanrob


    me too cheers op, happy girl in my house this summer... now to get a summer...


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    celticbhoy27
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celticbhoy27


    Good deal, don't see why us culchies should be charged extra for delivery though. "9.95 delivery within Dublin 17.95 rest of country"


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    hoodrats
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭hoodrats


    a few sticks ,a bit of rope and a few bits of plastic . I wouldn't like to have payed 380 euros for it .:confused:


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    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,266 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    celticbhoy27 wrote: »
    Good deal, don't see why us culchies should be charged extra for delivery though. "9.95 delivery within Dublin 17.95 rest of country"
    Because diesel costs are related to. Distance travelled from warehouse, also wages are based on return. They can do 20 houses in dublin in the time it takes to do 4 houses outside dublin


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    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    how solid is this? anyone have it yet?


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    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,394 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    ted1 wrote: »
    Because diesel costs are related to. Distance travelled from warehouse, also wages are based on return. They can do 20 houses in dublin in the time it takes to do 4 houses outside dublin

    except when its a nationwide company.......
    I find their home delivery terrible, they give you an all day estimated time and can turn up at 7:30 in the morning like they did with me.........


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    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,867 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Looks like a hangman game on the end of it.


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    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,266 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    TheDriver wrote: »
    except when its a nationwide company.......
    I find their home delivery terrible, they give you an all day estimated time and can turn up at 7:30 in the morning like they did with me.........

    Home deliveries come from a central depot not the closet store


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    2013Lara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭2013Lara


    sweetie wrote: »
    how solid is this? anyone have it yet?

    I don't have this exact set bit have a wooden swing set by plum and very happy with it. Good and strong, mine just hasn't got the climbing part.


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    eamonnq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    ted1 wrote: »
    Home deliveries come from a central depot not the closet store

    Unless you ordered a closet.


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    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,235 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    I've ordered one of these, cheers OP.
    But on closer inspection, one of the swings is just a rope and a yoke to sit on (like a zip wire thing) which is fine, except if two kids are swinging at the same time, what's to stop the child on the zip-wire seat swinging right across the path of the child on the normal swing.

    Hmmm

    I think I'll put the rope ladder thingy beside the swing and put the zip wire thingy on it's own where the rope ladder is in the picture


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    celticbhoy27
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celticbhoy27


    Anybody get theirs yet? What's the verdict?


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    iPhone.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭iPhone.


    daingeanrob wrote: »
    me too cheers op, happy girl in my house this summer... now to get a summer...

    Summer was on Tuesday here last year if I recall correctly, so it should be on a Wednesday this year.


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    Loobz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭Loobz


    Akrasia wrote: »
    I've ordered one of these, cheers OP.
    But on closer inspection, one of the swings is just a rope and a yoke to sit on (like a zip wire thing) which is fine, except if two kids are swinging at the same time, what's to stop the child on the zip-wire seat swinging right across the path of the child on the normal swing.

    Hmmm

    I think I'll put the rope ladder thingy beside the swing and put the zip wire thingy on it's own where the rope ladder is in the picture

    I was thinking the same thing. And I will probably do what u suggested with mine. Thanks. Looks very solid overall. 51kg weight while most tubular metal swings weigh half that, even with more things built on.


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    celticbhoy27
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celticbhoy27


    Out of stock now.


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    2nd Row Donkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,639 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    Wooden ladders, talk to me.


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    #19
    celticbhoy27
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celticbhoy27


    back in stock. just purchased. anybody get theirs yet?


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    craggy2
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭craggy2


    celticbhoy27 wrote: »
    back in stock. just purchased. anybody get theirs yet?

    Yep ..arrived today..looks really sturdy..delighted with it ..be a week or two before we assemble it though...


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    dball
    Registered Users Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭dball


    would this need to be secured in theground with cement or is it sturdy enough to just stake in the grass?


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    #22
    loopymum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭loopymum


    I bought one and was told delivery was slow but I would hear from delivery company between 15th and 18th which I agreed to.
    I just got a phone call from Argos saying they are out of stock and want to refund me, I have refused, their UK website is showing in stock and I created an account to double check, if I lived in UK they would deliver it tomorrow.

    Anyone else get a call?


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    Zilog
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Zilog


    dball wrote: »
    would this need to be secured in theground with cement or is it sturdy enough to just stake in the grass?
    Received mine at the weekend and assembled. Quite sturdy, very happy with it, thanks OP!
    Does need to be fixed to the ground though. It is supplied with 4 holding down brackets, intended to be cast into ground using concrete. I used these, dug 4 small holes (approx 150 x 150 x 300mm deep)and used postmix to anchor to ground, mixing postmix outside the hole, then filling hole and inserting supplied brackets. This method did need careful setting out though, so when I put the swing into position the legs lined up with the brackets!
    The swing could easily be drilled and screwed to concrete path or paving using appropriate fixings too. I'm sure stakes into grass would be fine, though you will need long stakes to make sure the movement of the swing does not loosen them!


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Buy Postcrete (20kg bag for €6), you dig the hole, fill the hole with water, pour in the Postcrete up to the level of the water and in 10 minutes you're good for a cup of coffee !! Simples


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    #25
    loopymum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭loopymum


    When did you order Zilog?

    I ordered on the 24th April


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    Zilog
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Zilog


    loopymum wrote: »
    When did you order Zilog?

    I ordered on the 24th April
    Just checked there, ordered on 19th April, received last Saturday morning.


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    The lips
    Registered Users Posts: 468 ✭✭The lips


    loopymum wrote: »
    Anyone else get a call?

    I got a call Friday, refused there cancellation. They could not give me a delivery date, it looks like they do not want to deliver.

    Play the waiting game I suppose.


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    The lips
    Registered Users Posts: 468 ✭✭The lips


    I caved and accepted the refund.

    Did anyone get there swing set after?


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    #29
    craggy2
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭craggy2


    I got one, told the sister in law, she got one too. Reckon a few got through at the price allright.


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    #30
    daingeanrob
    Registered Users Posts: 823 ✭✭✭daingeanrob


    I got one too. cheers op..


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    #31
    daveohdave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 483 ✭✭daveohdave


    OT but has there been any sign of the roofed sandpit this year, have I missed it? Our kids love it but the roof is long gone and I don't want to buy more and until I've a new one.


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