pound shop goods

Robsweezie

I bought an 8 pack of AA batteries from one recently and they haven't been the best to use, unreliable . I'm not totally surprised, I half expected them to be gash. I've been told that buying from the pound shop is false economy. And I'd agree to an extent.

In some cases I'd rather pay more for quality. But if you're looking for cheaper things like sweets, snacks
and confectionery than you're better off going there than supermarkets.

Do you buy much from pound shops?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Their HD leads are as good as the €25 gold plated brands from the more upmarket shops.

HD leads work or they don't.

LETHAL LADY

I go a bit ape**** for their Christmas decorations. Very tacky stuff, but the kids love them so I can't complain.

allthedoyles

Bought a few USB car chargers in them and they blew car fuses and stopped working / fell apart .

Bought pliers and screwdrivers in there and they useless too

maudgonner

I get heat pads from them when I get a sore back. They're an extortionate price from chemists or supermarkets and I don't notice a difference with the ones from the pound shop.

mansize

Condoms, then I got aids, they were a Euro as well. But the batteries cost extra

Dawn Rider

allthedoyles wrote: »

Bought a few USB car chargers in them and they blew car fuses and stopped working / fell apart .

Bought pliers and screwdrivers in there and they useless too

The small pliers are horrible to work with but as they have such a rough finish they make great car relay/fuse pullers.

freshpopcorn

We were driven mad with phone chargers cables braking. We were buying expensive ones and they kept on braking Then one day we said we'd try one from Dealz and they're great.

B.A._Baracus

A lot of the guff you get in pound shops are the exact same cheap Chinese low quality products you can order online. Just packaged tho.

Some things fall apart while other things work perfectly fine. You just got to try different things.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Their packs of Sandpaper make a cheaper alternative to branded toilet paper.

Possibly.

Not worth a fcuk as sandpaper anyway.

mojesius

Why shop anywhere else? 4 big cans of Heinz beans for 2 euro.

Guy:Incognito

mojesius wrote: »

Why shop anywhere else? 4 big cans of Heinz beans for 2 euro.

Because you might not be buying beans. I rarely go shopping with the list reading "anything for €2"

PandaPoo

Pregnancy tests are my number one buy from dealz/pound shops. You're either pregnant or you're not, and the more expensive tests might tell you a few days before but they cost crazy money in comparison.

When I was trying for a baby last year I took a test every day, and the pound shop ones showed up pregnant 13 days after we had the sexytime. Thats pretty f*cking great! I'll never spend €10 on a test again when I can buy 2 for €1.50!

B.A._Baracus

You can actually buy a dildo in Dealz for 1.50.
It's called "bullet" and no, I am not joking and also no I didnt buy one :pac:

PandaPoo

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

You can actually buy a dildo in Dealz for 1.50.
It's called "bullet" and no, I am not joking and also no I didnt buy one :pac:

That's not a dildo, it's a vibrator....big difference :cool:

MilesMorales1

Branded sweets and vanilla coke, 3 cans for 1.50 its great.

B.A._Baracus

PandaPoo wrote: »

That's not a dildo, it's a vibrator....big difference :cool:

Well you're the expert....






sorry had to :pac:

Guy:Incognito

PandaPoo wrote: »

Pregnancy tests are my number one buy from dealz/pound shops. You're either pregnant or you're not, and the more expensive tests might tell you a few days before but they cost crazy money in comparison.

When I was trying for a baby last year I took a test every day, and the pound shop ones showed up pregnant 13 days after we had the sexytime. Thats pretty f*cking great! I'll never spend €10 on a test again when I can buy 2 for €1.50!

Were you that appalled at having the sexytime with him that you wanted to know as soon as so you could cut that crap out?:)

Guy:Incognito

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

You can actually buy a dildo in Dealz for 1.50.
It's called "bullet" and no, I am not joking and also no I didnt buy one :pac:

Are they rewrapped returned unsold stuff like the cd's and dvds? Maybe demo models from shops?

PandaPoo

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Well you're the expert....






sorry had to :pac:

:pac:

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Were you that appalled at having the sexytime with him that you wanted to know as soon as so you could cut that crap out?:)

Its no coincidence I know so much about dildos and vibrators!

wakka12

The electronics are definitely false economy. Thought it was great getting my replacement earphones for 2 quid instead of the usual 25 euro apple ones. But they lasted at most 10 or so goes before one of the sides stopped working, shortly after that then the second one failed! The apple ones are ****e too though, Im not the most gentle with them but they last me at most 6-8 months before they start to break!

FizzleSticks

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prinzeugen

Love the pound shops as I can get stuff from the UK that no other chain in Ireland sells (except Iceland).

Wheat Crunchies are the best and most healthy crisps out there.

Robsweezie

PandaPoo wrote:

Pregnancy tests are my number one buy from dealz/pound shops. You're either pregnant or you're not, and the more expensive tests might tell you a few days before but they cost crazy money in comparison.

Thinly veiled "I'm getting some" post :-)

LETHAL LADY

At the Mr. Price grand opening in my hometown, two ladies pucked the head off each other for a golden ticket.
Some folks go mental for a bargain.

FanadMan

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

At the Mr. Price grand opening in my hometown, two ladies pucked the head off each other for a golden ticket.
Some folks go mental for a bargain.

Letterkenny? Only ever been in the one in Galway before that and the Lk one is such a difference. Love Mr Price - can get some great bargains there but some of the food stuffs can be close to BBE date....the reason they can sell them so cheap.

FanadMan

Robsweezie wrote: »

I bought an 8 pack of AA batteries from one recently and they haven't been the best to use, unreliable . I'm not totally surprised, I half expected them to be gash. I've been told that buying from the pound shop is false economy. And I'd agree to an extent.

In some cases I'd rather pay more for quality. But if you're looking for cheaper things like sweets, snacks
and confectionery than you're better off going there than supermarkets.

Do you buy much from pound shops?

The Dealz FusioMax Endurance batteries are so much better than the the rest of the cheap AA/AAA you get. Mind you, it's only 4 in a pack rather than 8 or 12.

Hammer89

I bought a big tub of hair gel there before. It was light blue and reminded me of the one my barber used to use, so I thought I was getting a very decent investment. I come home, screw the top off, peel back the silver thing and there's a layer of fur on the top. It was either throw it out or use it as a fleshlight from the 70s, so I threw it out.

If everybody returned faulty/expired/furry items then they'd probably go out of business, but quite a lot of people are embarrassed to get a refund on their €1.49 purchase so they move on. Anyhow, I agree with the OP. Dealz is fantastic for a six pack of bacon fries, or Thorton's toffees, but anything else and there's a strong chance you'll be disappointed.

Noveight

I bought a phone charger for the car about 2 years back, one of the fag lighter ones and it still does the job.

90% of the stuff you get for €2 is gone within the month.

PandaPoo

FanadMan wrote: »

Letterkenny? Only ever been in the one in Galway before that and the Lk one is such a difference. Love Mr Price - can get some great bargains there but some of the food stuffs can be close to BBE date....the reason they can sell them so cheap.

Who cares about best before dates? It's not like they sell meat!

Capt'n Midnight

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Their HD leads are as good as the €25 gold plated brands from the more upmarket shops.

HD leads work or they don't.

Nah, better off going to PC World / Dixons and spending €99 on discounted cables. Because they are cheaper than $13,500 ones.

If you are thinking about spending lots on a long cable , just buy a chromecast or similar.

Gold plated is a complete joke, copper is a better conductor, and gold plating is so cheap even pound shop cables are gold plated :rolleyes:
Also the golden rule is not to mix metals. Gold plated cables should only ever be used with gold plated equipment. And so far on consumer equipment I've only seen it on some GHz RF connectors.



There's two types of copper. Oxygen free and the harder stuff they use for plumbing.

Capt'n Midnight

Pound shop goods fall in to several categories.

A - brand name goods, but in smaller sizes. They aren't cheaper, and may even be more expensive per Kg , but smaller sizes may be handier.

B - clearances , genuine bargains if you can snap them up before they are gone
like the odd decent Blu-Ray in Dealz

c - pile high , sell low, decent stuff without a humongous mark up
cheap and chearful, acceptable quality but won't be heirlooms
the trick is to ID this stuff

d - crap to be avoided. There's lots of this. Lots.

FanadMan

PandaPoo wrote: »

Who cares about best before dates? It's not like they sell meat!

I know but when some people see the best before is passed they freak and think that it will kill them if they eat it so they throw it out and go buy more....think that's what Mr Price are counting on.

I have plenty of stuff in my presses that's past it date but they'll still be eaten. A use by date is more serious but a best before is only advising that the quality it at its best before the date. With some foods, all you'll notice is a slight difference in taste but mostly they're fine.

DoozerT6

I don't tend to buy much in places like Dealz etc other than toiletries. Big-brand deodorants, shower gel, shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste...all €1.50 each? Sure why wouldn't you.

dealz is ok, cheap led lightbulbs for security lights, toiletries, some of the batteries are actually ok (not the ones where you get 12 for 1.50 obviously), toffifiee sweets, some garden stuff, a few plates.

January

Dealz is great for arts and crafts stuff for the kids. Paper, glue, pom poms, lollypop sticks etc. The pencils aren't worth a **** as the lead in them is usually all broken so they keep breaking as they're pared down but the markers (20 in a box for €1.50) are brilliant. Envelopes and stuff too are great. Love the 6 packs of Scampi and Bacon fries for 1.50 sure you can barely buy one pack of scampi fries for that price in a normal shop.

fussyonion

I have to say, I do love Dealz.
My other half is a sucker for pork scratchings and Dealz sells a 6-pack for €1.50.

I sometimes pick up the 6-pack of Scampi Fries and Bacon Fries. Up until Dealz started stocking them, I'd never seen a 6pack on sale anywhere.

Great also for the big 240 box of Lyons tea for €6, cereal bars, Cadbury Shortcake biscuits (too dangerously nice), Pringles always €2...
I could go on but you get the gist.

fussyonion

Oh yeah and I always pick up toothpaste and shaving gel there too.
They've lots of different toothpastes, all only €1.50; all the same size as the ones they sell in the supermarkets, so they're not doing you.
The Gillette shaving gel is only €1.50 and I saw the same one in Tesco recently for nearly €3.

snubbleste

Well I don't go to pound shop unless I'm in UK Land.
I use Euro2, Dealz & MrPrice regularly though.

suicide_circus

I await the day when every main Street in ireland is tenanted exclusively by Dealz shops up one side and Starbucks down the other.

Outlaw Pete

The last ONS I had was with a Swedish girl / woman I met in Dealz on Talbot St. I was minding my own business wondering could I really eat a four foot Toblerone when she came up alongside and asked me "Is everything in here really only one euro and fifty cent?". I said 'Yes' but I lied as she got me for free. True story.

Don't bother going there and hoping it will happen to you. I have gone back there every night since and turns out it was a fluke.

Sorry to go a bit off topic, since this is an Aldi example not a Pound Shop one, but the thread reminded me that a friend and I were in Aldi last night buying drink to take to a party. My friend and I decided the safest thing to buy would be cider, which it turns out is INCREDIBLY CHEAP in Aldi. It' like a fiver for four cans.

NEXT thing, Poirot here notices that you can buy a 2-litre plastic bottle of same nasty cider for €3.59! My friend was horrified as I walked to the check-out with my 2 x 2 litre bottles of vagabond gut-rot, but it was actually not bad at all. It tasted better than Bulmers (which I'm aware is a low starting point). for the more sophisticated palate, they also do a 2-litre bottle of Pear Cider, but I didn't try that yet.

For about the price of a pint (in some Dublin hostelries), you can get absolutely swivel-eyed in Aldi. I can't believe the value.

whatdoicare

what the heck do ye expect for two Euro???

bodhrandude

Always go to the Euro stores for my sugar fix, fcuk paying €1.20 for a chocolate bar in Spar or Centra when you can get 3 of them for 1.50, bargain of the month, the white chocolate Lion bar, fecking gorgeous and included in that 3 for 1.50 deal.

Robsweezie

bodhrandude wrote:

Always go to the Euro stores for my sugar fix, fcuk paying €1.20 for a chocolate bar in Spar or Centra when you can get 3 of them for 1.50, bargain of the month, the white chocolate Lion bar, fecking gorgeous and included in that 3 for 1.50 deal.

You can get 3 bars for 1.50 in the local whereas in petrol stations and supermarkets you'd get only one for 1 something.

BoobeR

I buy the small cans of WD40 in there, cheap enough and a handy little size for keeping in your glovebox. Other stuff like cleaning wipes, floor cleaner, Also things like if you needed a handful of screws or nails, nails are nails generally. Anything that's not very complicated I'd buy in there. Stuff like spanners and sandpaper though - don't bother. Oh also the teak oil for wood restored a lovely teak table I sanded down and now have in my hallway. Would have cost me around 5x the price in Telfords.

Spanish Eyes

The retractible chargers for Iphone and Kindle are the absolute business. I know (wink) I buy them by the bucketload and they work great. That would be in Dealz.

Retractibles are brilliant for travelling have to say!

Mister Vain

I got some tupperware in there for storing my food. I also got some cleaning stuff for the pc which worked well. Avoid their electronics.