Best Bargain of 2021

GalwayGaillimh

Just a big thank you and Happy Xmas to all the posters on the Bargain Alert forum

Im curious as to what you think your best bargain of 2021 was?

For myself probably was the cheap Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G from Vodafone for 69.99 but I'm getting ongoing pleasure from the cheap Tidal, Youtube Premium and Netflix subscriptions :-)

Del007

The Google pixel 4a for €99, hell ya

Esse85

Lots of stuff that was posted in the Amazon thread, from shower gels, tripods etc

Treppen

The Tile trackers for €7 including postage. I should have bought a bucket of em.

Find my keys at least once a week.

Tom Mann Centuria

Got a decent phone from Vodafone offer. Got a couple of cheap Tiles, some nice cheap colouring pencils and markers for Xmas.

A Law

Netflix cost me 3.22€ for the top package last month 🤯 S sports a great bargain also.

Xterminator

stadia pro for 22.22. its a new gen console for next to nothing!

TheDriver

Ssport plus or YouTube premium

Atlantic Dawn

The Turkish sports channel with Premier League, UFC and La Liga for circa €17 for the year.

phunkadelic

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118373132#Comment_118373132

Tell me more... is that still available?

Newtown90

S Sport Plus has to be at the top of the list!

loyatemu

S Sports+, and the Xiaomi 5G from Vodafone. Happy Xmas Bargain Hunters.

loyatemu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118373139#Comment_118373139

certainly is, but they only have the EPL rights until the end of the season:

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058153263/premiership-f1-ufc-liga-bliga-nfl-nba-cev-2euro-month-see-op

Caranica

Lots of Amazon bargains but luggage from Adamson's (I think that's what it was called) was pretty great too.

idontlikemyname

The Sennheiser euros discount deal was great

Roberto_gas

Free garmin watch from Amazon !

zell12

The six months of zero vat applied <~£20 purchases, particularly from Amazon.

dakar

The Cross pens thread from all the way back on 1st January had all the hallmarks of a classic BA.

Premium product that you didn’t know you needed but instantly found the urge to buy, ultimately utterly unnecessary but a discount too good to be ignored, the discovery that codes could be stacked leading to 75% off, confusion, will they/won’t they dispatch, a lesson in the reality of post brexit VAT/duty situation, cancelled orders, some anger and eventually, resignation. Top quality drama.

I was one of the lucky ones to actually get my pen and I’ve been using it daily since.

mr_edge_to_you

The Cross pens was my one hit wonder. I love my pen.

Ohmeha

The Times €5 annual subscription that appeared on Black Friday was an impulsive buy because it was so cheap and I've read the site and app everyday since super bargain

The HBO Max Carribbean/Latin America thread has been great too, I didn't sign up to it until after the 50% discount expired but I'm pretty happy I've still got a Brazil 4k annual subscription for €39

As already mentioned SSport+ has been BA of the year for me, Sennheiser Euro 2020 discounts were stupid good value too while it lasted

brophs

The Google Stadia was great as I was going to buy a Chromecast anyway

The Asus laptop from Littlewoods was perfectly timed for my dad’s birthday and saved me spending twice as much

And the little USB fan from Amazon was really handy during the summer for €8 or whatever it was.

Ryath

Pixel 4a @ €99 was one of the best and the stadia for €22. Lots of bits and pieces on amazon up till June when the VAT was being removed.

Best steal was a Lenovo G5 desktop i5 10400, 16gb Ram, 512gb M2 drive and a GTX 1660 Super graphics card for €329! The graphics card alone would cost about €500 in the current market.

GalwayGaillimh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118374781#Comment_118374781

That was some haul of bargains!

beardo81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118372833#Comment_118372833

This X 1000

romperstomper

S Sports+ & google stadia

romperstomper

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118374781#Comment_118374781

when was the pc on sale for 329? presume the boat has been missed here?

ablelocks

edit - the 20 x 24 guinness slabs @ €17 a slab - we'll never see the like of it again

edit 2 - wait, the ?? number of guiness slabs i will buy from Tesco tomorrow @ €15 a slab if they're still there

edit 3 - €15 jameson, €18 jameson with 2 glasses, €23 1l powers, €30 jameson black barrel, €15 slab Carlsberg

the free google nest audio that energia sent me

the second free google nest audio that energia sent me by mistake

(both regifted as kriskindle presents)

times/sunday times for €5/12 months - €55 saved

irish times €8 per month offer - €96 saved

(the ipad mini i will buy next week at a saving of €151)

google stadia, despite the fact i still don't why or what i will do with it

tile trackers that are sitting in my drawer

the amazon vat free offers

the tech stuff i was able to allocate as "work from home" expenses - i'm looking at you SAMSUNG LS32AM700UUXEN 32" 4K Ultra HD HDR LED Smart Display Monitor / TV

Argentinian youtube premium that i rarely use

cheap turkish tidal, until i got free apple music till June, thank you

edit 4 - all the 0.99p kindle books

30% off amazon warehouse, particularly the sony wireless earbuds @ €99 - if Carlsberg did magically silencing your family, it still wouldn't be as good

siemens eq500 coffee machine, €404 from amazon.de warehouse

Ryath

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118376102#Comment_118376102

Yea long gone was back in May was only up for an hour before it sold out. Was sure it would be cancelled as a miss price. Normal price was about €900 it had dipped to the €600 mark a few times. Lenovo pricing yo yo's a lot and there can be great deals.

waxmelts2000

(the ipad mini i will buy next week at a saving of €151)

Where can I buy the iPad mini please?

How about the amazon bargain for the kitchen roll 48 rolls for E9 or E10 I think (its now E57!)

go4it

pixel 4a at 99e and a TCL unlocked dual sim phone for 40 after supe rvalu 100 off coupon ( both from vdf ) .

Stadia deal at 22 , as a Christmas presie to a gamer

as mentioned before , lots of under 20 pounds purchases through Amazon..

not a beer fan , but got a few 30c beer cans from dunnes today after paying more yesterday for a 0.5L bottled water

slave1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118373670#Comment_118373670

This, stocked up on regular shower stuff bargains and with the extra 20% off they were cheap as chips

seanin4711

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118374781#Comment_118374781

desktop- where???

dubmick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118376367#Comment_118376367

Interested in iPad mini ?

The Times for a year @ €5 is bargain is the year for me

ablelocks

times/sunday times for €5/12 months - €55 saved

irish times €8 per month offer - €96 saved

this is the €151 "saving" that i will use as justification to upgrade my ipad mini (which incidentally, i got free for taking out the times sub in the first place)

Ryath

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118382677#Comment_118382677

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118376317/#Comment_118376317

iHungry

The Asus Zenbook from Littlewoods for €269.99 was an excellent bargain.

Wheety

What was the €99 4a? I think I paid €179 and then didn't go back to the thread much. Did they reduce the retail price to €199 while still having the €100 off for switching or was there another method?

cas2kx

Samsung Cashback offer was great in 2021 I got the following deals

Amazon.de - Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 -> €555.35 - €110 (Cash Back) = € 445.35

and more recently

Amazon.de - Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 & Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Wireless Headphones -> €348.02 - €155 (Cash Back) = €193.02

masterboy123

The Times Ireland Digital Edition - €5 for 12 months.

I got it today 😁

Waesfjord

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118387850#Comment_118387850

just wondering how good is the UK Times (Irish edition) - how much Irish content does it have. It's cheap, but wondering what's in it that may be of interest, compared to Guardian which has alot of the international content anyway.

Muahahaha

The 69 euro Xiaomi 5G for me, great phone and the timing couldnt have been more perfect as my old phone was almost dead with a cracked screen and battery life gone to pot.

The Amazon VAT free purchases were great too, it was like a 20% off sale that lasted 6 months, we will never see the likes of it again.

a2deden

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118390663#Comment_118390663

How much the Guardian cost? I keep seeing the 6 magazine deal, and cant decide if its my thing

jakdublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118383173#Comment_118383173

Got those newspaper deals but for a fiver the Times/Sunday Times is tops for me. Also got the Argie Tidal and Indian YouTube deals.

The latest iPad mini is a little beast of a machine, but it's very expensive and unless you're a creator I'd opt for the basic iPad, which is half the price. I got myself and iPad Air this year, but it's wasted on me as I'm just using it for browsing, reading and watching videos.

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118391459#Comment_118391459

Pretty sure the Guardian is always free, they do have a premium membership which might give a few extra articles but the free version is perfectly adequate for most.

If its magazines you are after then go to your local library website and get a membership number. Then download a free app called Libby and enter the library card number. This will then give you access to thousands of magazine that you can read for free from the current edition to the back catalogue. Theres lots of premium stuff there for free like Hello! magazine and 150 others in the Celebrity/Showbusiness section alone. Theyve tons of sections like wildlife, home and garden, DIY, motoring, health and fitness, etc Theres no need to ever pay for a magazine again with this app.