Apple MacBook Pro 2017 13 Inch i5 8GB 256GB Silver

MarkR · 26-01-2019 8:49am #1

Saw this on price spy this morning, half off down to 800. I presume it's a bargain, but I'm not up on apple products.

Argos

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6872005.htm

SSeanSS · 26-01-2019 9:32am

That's a great bargain! Thank you

893bet · 26-01-2019 9:35am

Bargaintastic and potentially an error.

Phibsboro · 26-01-2019 9:45am

It is allowing reservations on the basis of ordering it in, this is going to be a sh*tstorm

QikBax · 26-01-2019 9:45am

Wonder is it meant to be an iPad pro and they put the wrong item up.

The link sale is for the Apple Pencil

Alanstrainor · 26-01-2019 9:51am

893bet wrote: »

Bargaintastic and potentially an error.

It's got to be an error. If not it's the deal of the year. Buy it and sell it straight away for a profit.

SSeanSS · 26-01-2019 9:57am

I get a java stack trace error when trying to reserve it now. Was definitely an error. Wonder will they honour the reservations that did go through. Have to be up early for the bargains here

Red Lightning · 26-01-2019 9:58am

Getting 'Unable to check stock at the moment'.
Possibly noticed their error.

DopeTech · 26-01-2019 9:59am

Red Lightning wrote: »

Getting 'Unable to check stock at the moment'.
Possibly noticed their error.

Plenty prefer by now I imagine. Here's hoping they accept the reservations.

beardo81 · 26-01-2019 10:00am

What are the chances of them honoring this price?

wally79 · 26-01-2019 10:02am

Red Lightning wrote: »

Getting 'Unable to check stock at the moment'.
Possibly noticed their error.

Still showing stock available in some stores

baldshin · 26-01-2019 10:03am

I can still reserve for collection in Limerick for this week, can't see them honouring it, but fantastic if they do!

Stheno · 26-01-2019 10:04am

I reserved one

dan786 · 26-01-2019 10:04am

beardo81 wrote: »

What are the chances of them honoring this price?

I got one for 110 few years back from Argos. Macbook Air

Jimdagym · 26-01-2019 10:07am

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's got to be an error. If not it's the deal of the year. Buy it and sell it straight away for a profit.

That’s not the BA way

dan786 · 26-01-2019 10:09am

£1449.00 on Argos UK.

bennyob · 26-01-2019 10:13am

I reserved one in Kilkenny. Lets see how this pans out.

Effects · 26-01-2019 10:15am

Just reserved one in dublin

Jane_Dough · 26-01-2019 10:18am

There's something not right about this.

I've tried to reserve it twice in two different locations where it's showing "stock available" and then after I enter my email and phone number and press "reserve", it then says "out of stock".

Bob24 · 26-01-2019 10:19am

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's got to be an error. If not it's the deal of the year. Buy it and sell it straight away for a profit.

Not necessarily an error. Never saw it in Europe before, but Apple have been offering massive discounts on previous models in the US for some time. They don’t want to sell the extra stocks themselves to protect their premium brand and prefer to let them go through other channels as temporary promotional offers.

See a similar type of offer in the US: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/23/lowest-price-ever-apples-top-of-the-line-13-macbook-pro-with-touch-bar-for-1999-900-off

Great bargain anyway as the new models are not that much different.

Moving2017 · 26-01-2019 10:34am

Jane_Dough wrote: »

There's something not right about this.

I've tried to reserve it twice in two different locations where it's showing "stock available" and then after I enter my email and phone number and press "reserve", it then says "out of stock".

The same happened to me...

Also, The reservation email I received has no reservation number or details of the product.

spiller9020 · 26-01-2019 10:35am

Price changed now to €1598.00

cefh17 · 26-01-2019 10:36am

spiller9020 wrote: »

Price changed now to €1598.00

Still showing as 799 for me. Have a reservation number, will be exciting on Wednesday heading in!

DopeTech · 26-01-2019 10:38am

My reservations had numbers so hopefully they will accept them.

fed_u · 26-01-2019 10:40am

I also managed to reserve.. email came through with a reservation no and the item info. However I reserved an item for store pick up before and never received a txt to say it arrived in store - assuming the same will happen with this meaning you'll have to go to the desk to ask and then it won't be honoured!!

WhiteMemento9 · 26-01-2019 10:50am

Argos have been good about honouring these type of errors in the past but this is such a big ticket item and such a huge error that it seems unlikely.