What's your Bargain of the Year 2023?

Patsy167

For me it is my Amazon Prime subscription. I picked up so many Bargain items over the year and their delivery was always excellent.

For 2024 I would love a holiday bargain. They seem to have completely disappeared recently.

ongarite

Dyson hair dryer damaged unopened box was bargain of year for me.

samo

Best: Dyson airwrap with Black Friday deal. They sent me a limited edition brand new Dyson as out of stock of the refurb. (550e worth for 249!)

Other: Lor Coffee machine for 70e

Also got many “muffler” random Amazon deals, including Craghoppers and Adidas T-shirts.

ted1

Cancelling Amazon prime. No more unnecessary buys.

0ph0rce0

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121553750#Comment_121553750

haha I did the same. Just ordering stuff for the hell of it. Saved me a fortune 😂

Dyson hair dryer for me too. Girls were delighted.

Housefree

€50 bikes when Argos closed. Actually got a good few bargains in the last week's of Argos

thefa

There was the LG 55” OLED from Very earlier in the year that saved a few hundred. It’s a huge upgrade on what I had.

The NOW thread has massive cumulative savings. Saved a few hundred again this year. Best thread in my opinion and thankful for all those sharing on the codes!

DopeTech

Acer Travelmate p2 laptop from Argos for €404 as far as I remember. Nothing else really stands out.

ablelocks

bottle of black barrel proof for €25 last week

irish times for 75 annual sub and english times €5 for 12months

free paramount, turkish netflix, apple one family sub, amazon prime

all the prime free and daily deal 99p kindle books

the steelseries mouse bought yesterday

Refurbished 11-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi 128GB - Silver (2nd Generation) €579.00

ORSKEY Dash Cam

variety of muffler specials - particulalry motion sensing lights

mophie travel power kit - still available at about €6 - just bought another 2

variety of amazon devices - flex, smart plugs and echo dots

ongarite

Forgot about that Very LG OLED.

Got it for family member, what a bargain.

bromley52

A lot of above plus the Galaxy A33 5G (€160) from Samsung.

antodeco

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058328978/whats-your-bargain-of-the-year-2023

I was going to cancel it, but bargain for me was magically being a student and getting free for 6 months and then half price then on.

However, as of today, I've blocked access to Amazon on my phone, so if I need to buy something, laptop only (stops impulse purchases!)

On topic, bargain of the year was a work desk I got from Amazon. €90 down from €210 for a standing desk (height adjustable). Half the size of what I had I can actually fit my chair under it now!

JoeCat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121553778#Comment_121553778

Which one is it? (the No thread)

JoeCat

For me it was the Garmin Epix 2 during Black Friday on the website https://csmobiles.com/ someone recommended it via Boars thread. It took a month to get here, but massive saving. (altough I don't really need the watch that much tbh).

Roberto_gas

Nintendo switch for £94 on amazon warehouse ! pretty much brand new

thefa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121555148#Comment_121555148

Now TV - latest deal codes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058086783/now-tv-latest-deal-codes

Basq

Got married this year, so proper bargains - other than the the missus obviously - were few and far between.

€100 return flight to Tenerife next March wasn't bad however.

Best deals still to be had browsing Amazon Warehouse Deals tbh - this Smart Air Fryer Like New for about €60 wasn't bad: https://amzn.eu/d/fzj1h8t

Sappy404

I found the cheap Nintendo Switches so that one stands out, but I think the biggest bargain was the Samsung TVs which I just missed out on. The gaming mouse at the weekend was incredibly cheap, and I'm sharing a Peacock subscription for some PL football which is working like a dream via VPN.

dowtchaboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121555463#Comment_121555463

Don't do as I did a few years ago - spotted a cheap flight with Ryanair (€20 each way I think), opened 3 tabs on my browser - lined up the flights, lined up a hotel for a week, lined up a bus transfer from/to the airport, went click click click - and congratulated myself on a great deal!

It's only when I gave out yards to the shoulder-shrugging bus operators at Tenerife airport about there being no bus transfer as booked that I realised my bus and hotel were on Gran Canaria.

It was cheaper to book a local hotel for the week, and just write off the original hotel and busses.

Ozvaldo

Youtube pemium with VPN 4 euros a month

Paranoid Mandroid

Nintendo switch for about €100 on Amazon warehouse and the Jack Jones jeans (some near €11!), also on Amazon. Great work.

bren2001

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121557242#Comment_121557242

Argentina is 99c

Quackster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121553792#Comment_121553792

This for me as well. Beefed it up with more RAM and a harddrive in the spare slot.

POBox19

L'Or Coffee machine + 150 coffee pods (mixed single and doubles) for €69.99. Still working through the pods.

YT Premium Argentina was 389 peso in November for 99c. Big increase in December to 869 peso now costs 98c.

Prophet Song, Paul Lynch 2023 Booker Prize winner on Kindle 99p.

Ongoing GoMo 9.99/month.

Soarer

That stupid gaming mouse from the other day. Complete impulse purchase. Back up to £97 now!

The B&O Beoplay Portal headset that the young lad got off Santa. €500 in Harvey's, got it for £150 from Amazon.

There are also things like a Helly Hansen beanie that was reduced from £22 to £9. Didn't like it when it arrived, started a return, and they told me to keep it and refunded me anyway! Amazon are brilliant for things like that.

Junior

Very Rare Midleton for €185

Youtube Premium via India

smallgarden

Free €90 turkey crown with the m&s sparks app and a cheap €23 (was €69) ham from Jwb on toogoodtogo app

Kissy_Lips

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058328978/whats-your-bargain-of-the-year-2023

If you hold off to the last minute like book in May for June etc the prices on the Eurocamp website tumble. Keep an eye out for a bargain.

Nigel Fairservice

A free Dyson Airwrap from the Dyson Ebay store.

StopWatch

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121556762#Comment_121556762

You are Santa Claus in my house. The Switch find totally made our Xmas.

ECookie13

The Nintendo switches on the warehouse, as mentioned, the rest of the bargains were pretty meh tbh and nothing to write home about. Got 2 of those switches.

rob316

Delonghi Magnifica Bean to Cup from the amazon warehouse, €170. Brand new condition, they are like €500 usually.

Homelander

The Aerox gaming mouse for £17 on Amazon. Top tier mouse that usually costs closer to £100.

wassie

I had my Sonos 5.1 surround system since 2015. In all that time best deal Ive ever saw was 30% tradeup offer.

Then in Sept last year Sonos had a targeted 40% discount offer to existing owners by email with a single use code. Max order limit I think was around €1800 (before discount).

But if you changed the number on the end of the code, you could make another order.

Ended up buying whole new setup over 2 orders - original price €3250 paid €1950. Sold my old gear for €450 so all in €1500 for an amazing home theatre setup, along with a couple of portable speakers. I love Sonos, but it is overpriced - this made it justifiable to me.

Gave the code to a friend living in Aus and he purchased the same setup over multiple orders.

BlazingSaddler

I very nearly bought a Craghoppers coat in 53 degrees north for €230, they didn’t have my size. Got home and found it on the Craghoppers website (with an excellent chat assistant) for €105 less a welcome discount of 15% so only paid €86!