Fiddle Spinners!!

Gloomtastic!

My son has me demented looking for these bloody things. We went into town on Tuesday and everywhere was sold out with dozens of parents, like myself, wandering from shop to shop asking if they have them.

So, if you've seen them in central Dublin or the north suburbs please post here.

PLEASE! :rolleyes:

noble00

Hi I have seen them for sale on groupon I think they were 4.99 plus delivery or living social for 5.99

rubadub

lots on adverts, only heard of them in the last few days
http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_spinner/

fidget spinner is the proper name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidget_spinner

RosieJoe

Got 2 on Mary Street yesterday lunch time, selling them outside between Deals and M&S.

John Mason

Charlestown shopping centre has a pop up shop selling them

BeerNut

RosieJoe wrote: »

Got 2 on Mary Street yesterday lunch time, selling them outside between Deals and M&S.

They were there today too.

foodaholic

I saw them on sale on Henry st yesterday

Gloomtastic!

Got them in Charlestown, thanks for the nod.

200% mark-up on the RRP, the guy was raking it in. Fair dues to him being in the market at the right time. This time next month they won't be able to give them away.

Doctor Nick

Are these those yokes you put on your finger and they spin? If so, I've seem them being sold on Henry Street between Dealz and M&S.

Personally don't see the appeal. Though maybe I'm wrong in my thinking.

cee_jay

They have them on some shop on Talbot St (next to FX Buckley butcher). Shop has a sign up outside this evening advertising them.

Cienciano

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Got them in Charlestown, thanks for the nod.

200% mark-up on the RRP, the guy was raking it in. Fair dues to him being in the market at the right time. This time next month they won't be able to give them away.

He was looking for €8 each!

Gloomtastic!

Cienciano wrote: »

He was looking for €8 each!

2 for €15, I got 3 for €20. :rolleyes:

MartyMcFly84

I bought two on Amazon.co.uk for 4 pounds. Delivered to your door

Gloomtastic!

MartyMcFly84 wrote: »

I bought two on Amazon.co.uk for 4 pounds. Delivered to your door

So did my wife last Saturday. They're due for delivery end of this month!! :mad:

Lux23

I saw them for sale in shops on Talbot Street on Friday - kids really like dumb stuff sometimes. In my day it was bits of elastic for the "England, Ireland, Scotland" game.

January

Got 3 in Charlestown yesterday. 5 euro each

Doctor Nick

I don't understand the enthusiasm for these. You hold them between your thumb and index finger and a piece of plastic spins around? Seriously, why would people spend their hard earned money on crap like that. The kids would be bored with it after 10 minutes, if that.

B'ah! Maybe I'm just old now.

MartyMcFly84

There are always things like this that come along every few years. From Rubix cubes to Yo-Yos to Pogs, its just something for kids to do that catches on.

Kids want to have what their friends have and start start working on their parents endlessly until they get one, sparking massive demand that fizzles out in a few months, only for them to become retro 20 years from now and the circle is complete.

Cienciano

January wrote: »

Got 3 in Charlestown yesterday. 5 euro each

He wasn't there today. Fad must be dying off already

Neon_Lights

I can just imagine OP going into smyths perplexed looking for

"one of them fiddle spinner yokes or whatever you call em"

to the bemused look of the shop assistant

miamee

If anyone is still looking for these, Mr Price apparently have a load of them, €2.99 each

Gavin "shels"

miamee wrote: »

If anyone is still looking for these, Mr Price apparently have a load of them, €2.99 each

Tonnes of them in Mr.Price in Blanch as of 8pm.

infogiver

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

Tonnes of them in Mr.Price in Blanch as of 8pm.

Another craze bites the dust!

mvron

Street traders on both Grafton and Henry Streets selling these yesterday

January

Cienciano wrote: »

He wasn't there today. Fad must be dying off already

Was on the stand that sell the bows and stuff near to Heatons it's always there they must have been out of stock.

infogiver

January wrote: »

Was on the stand that sell the bows and stuff near to Heatons it's always there they must have been out of stock.

I was in the queue in Lidl earlier and earwigging on the conversation between 2 student types of The Young Ones type.
One was saying how he spotted a 9 ct. gold plated fiddle spinner called a Wolf Fang earlier.
Apparently it has a glass centre with a picture of a wolf.
€80!!!!

January

infogiver wrote: »

I was in the queue in Lidl earlier and earwigging on the conversation between 2 student types of The Young Ones type.
One was saying how he spotted a 9 ct. gold plated fiddle spinner called a Wolf Fang earlier.
Apparently it has a glass centre with a picture of a wolf.
€80!!!!

World's gone mad!

I didn't really want to even spend a fiver on one! My daughter bought them for her and her sisters out of her communion money so I couldn't really say anything.

loyatemu

every discount and phone shop on Talbot St. is selling them - one of them has 3 for €10 if you're looking for cheap spinners.

Gloomtastic!

loyatemu wrote: »

every discount and phone shop on Talbot St. is selling them - one of them has 3 for €10 if you're looking for cheap spinners.

I think of all the fads throughout my lifetime, this one came in the fastest and lasted the shortest amount of time - between a week and 10 days. The illegal non-CE approved gadgets, and anyone selling them, cleaned up because they were first on the market. The shops tried as hard as they could but couldn't get stocks in time. Now they're left with unsellable stock. They'll be talking about this one in marketing lectures for a few years yet. :rolleyes:

rubadub

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

The illegal non-CE approved gadgets,

CE is required for childrens toys, if it was sold as an adult stress relief device it would not require it. This is why you often see these "this is not a toy" stickers on things, to be sure to cover themselves, and for genuine safety warnings.

infogiver

Born in 1965 the first craze I remember (apart from hula hoops and skipping ropes, which come and go) was "klackers".
2 balls on 2 pieces of string, attached by a loop, which you had to...well, clack off one another so that...well, ...nothing really.
Genius.