Price Comparison Sites

superfly

just thought bargain hunters might find these sites handy for finding cheap stuff online

www.kelkoo.co.uk
www.pricerunner.co.uk
www.froogle.co.uk


Kelkoo is the most well known but pricerunner is just as good i find
froogle is by google and is stillin beta but i reckon will come on great in time
normally a combinatioon of these 3 sites helps me find the cheapest price

samo

If you check for dvd's on Kelkoo, alot of time you will get discounts for some of the affiliates,

this is the case for cdwow/The hut etc - if you use the affiliate link for the offer it shows you, you'll get between 50p -£1.00 off depending on the price! Handy for cdwow now the £1.00 off couchers seem to by dying off!

BumFluffy

Don't suppose they show/include shipping to ROI?

samo

I know Kelkoo doesnt show if shipping free/able to Ireland (and havent tried the other!)

Most dvd retailers on the likes of www.find-dvd.co.uk and www.kelkoo.co.uk DO ship to ROI free of charges, only ones I know that charge are select/choices/dvd.co.uk....most of the other major ones are free

robo

I have kept these sites on my signature cos they are very handy! See below

marknoonan1974

found this one this morning

http://www.quoteclub.ie/

For the Irish market!!!

mcgovern

This one is good for DVDs/CDs/Games, but doesn't include shipping to Ireland like most of the rest:
http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/

marknoonan1974

any update on this? Or has anybody got other websites to help beat the recession?

http://www.cheapeats.ie/ looks ok.

Newstalk breakfast show have a mailing list that ya can sign up to on their website that sends bargain alerts every day.

muffler

This should help. Its a list of the P & P charges for the more popular online stores.

www.asda.co.uk Free
www.cdwow.ie Free
www.play.com Free
www.sendit.com Free
www.tescoentertainment Free
www.softuk.com Free
www.photoglossy.com Free
www.mx2.co.uk Free (storage media, batteries, ink cartridges etc)

www.thehut.com £0.99 per item.

www.dvd.co.uk UK free Ireland - £1 per item
www.blahdvd.com UK free. Ireland – 1 Item £1.00
2 - 3 Items £1.50
4 - 6 Items £2.50
7 - 9 Items £3.50

www.hmv.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £2.50 per item.

www.dvdsource.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £0.90 per disc

www.bensonsworld.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £1 per disc

www.101cd.com UK free. Ireland - £1.50 per order no matter how many items

http://www.gameplay.co.uk/ UK – free. Ireland - £2.95 per order

www.game.co.uk UK – free. Ireland - £2.95 per order

www.gameseek.co.uk UK £1.99 per order Ireland £3.99 per item

www.amazon.co.uk UK - CD & DVD £0.29 per item + £1.16 delivery
PC/Video games £0.40 per item + £1.59 delivery
Books £0.59 per item + £2.16 delivery

Ireland CD & DVD £0.39 per item + £1.49 delivery
PC/Video games £0.99 per item + £3.99 delivery
Books £0.99 per item + £3.99 delivery

www.whsmith.co.uk UK only DVD & Video £0.35 per item + £1.29 delivery
CDs £0.35 per item + £1.29 delivery
PC/Video games £0.40 per item + £1.59 delivery
Books £0.59 per item + £2.16 delivery

www.woolworths.co.uk UK only (UK billing address needed) Games, CDs & DVDs - £1.50 per order

RATM

Sticky ftw

FrCrilly

www.dvdbargainalerts.co.uk

muffler wrote: »

www.play.com Free

NOT!!!! Play's compulsory exchange rate can ad up to a sizable delivery charge. See:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055444707&highlight=play

Doodlebug

RATM wrote: »

Sticky ftw

+1!!

muffler

FrCrilly wrote: »

www.dvdbargainalerts.co.uk




NOT!!!! Play's compulsory exchange rate can ad up to a sizable delivery charge. See:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055444707&highlight=play

Look, every site have the cost of P & P factored into the price of a particular product. Its not exclusive to Play.com.

When you go through the process of buying from them their web site states that P & P is free so if you have a problem with that then take it up with them and dont misquote me.

sedohre

I note that people are putting up sites that aren't comparison sites. I was hoping this thread would be exclusively for Price comparison sites

muffler

sedohre wrote: »

I note that people are putting up sites that aren't comparison sites. I was hoping this thread would be exclusively for Price comparison sites

Most of the price comparison sites are already listed in the charter & resources thread which is stickied.

Maybe one of the mods may be able to pick anything extra out of here and add it to the stickied thread.

Sharp

Twenga.co.uk

marknoonan1974

Found this one today

http://www.freetocompare.ie/

viking

Will throw my own site into the mix:

www.cataloguecompare.com

Allows you to compare Argos UK v. IE pricing for an item by simply entering in the catalogue number for the item.

marknoonan1974

viking wrote: »

Will throw my own site into the mix:

www.cataloguecompare.com

Allows you to compare Argos UK v. IE pricing for an item by simply entering in the catalogue number for the item.

Thanks for that, thats one hell of a smart idea!!!!!

viking

Cheers Mark

mailburner

cost me £5 to get a usb stick delivered from dvd.co.uk
a bit steep but the price was good

muffler wrote: »

This should help. Its a list of the P & P charges for the more popular online stores.

www.asda.co.uk Free
www.cdwow.ie Free
www.play.com Free
www.sendit.com Free
www.tescoentertainment Free
www.softuk.com Free
www.photoglossy.com Free
www.mx2.co.uk Free (storage media, batteries, ink cartridges etc)

www.thehut.com £0.99 per item.

www.dvd.co.uk UK free Ireland - £1 per item
www.blahdvd.com UK free. Ireland – 1 Item £1.00
2 - 3 Items £1.50
4 - 6 Items £2.50
7 - 9 Items £3.50

www.hmv.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £2.50 per item.

www.dvdsource.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £0.90 per disc

www.bensonsworld.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £1 per disc

www.101cd.com UK free. Ireland - £1.50 per order no matter how many items

http://www.gameplay.co.uk/ UK – free. Ireland - £2.95 per order

www.game.co.uk UK – free. Ireland - £2.95 per order

www.gameseek.co.uk UK £1.99 per order Ireland £3.99 per item

www.amazon.co.uk UK - CD & DVD £0.29 per item + £1.16 delivery
PC/Video games £0.40 per item + £1.59 delivery
Books £0.59 per item + £2.16 delivery

Ireland CD & DVD £0.39 per item + £1.49 delivery
PC/Video games £0.99 per item + £3.99 delivery
Books £0.99 per item + £3.99 delivery

www.whsmith.co.uk UK only DVD & Video £0.35 per item + £1.29 delivery
CDs £0.35 per item + £1.29 delivery
PC/Video games £0.40 per item + £1.59 delivery
Books £0.59 per item + £2.16 delivery

www.woolworths.co.uk UK only (UK billing address needed) Games, CDs & DVDs - £1.50 per order

Brianb8802

I have used dvd, books, and games in the last month and think its great, saves alot of time and results are laid out well

http://www.find-games.co.uk/

http://www.find-book.co.uk/

http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/

http://www.find-cd.co.uk/

http://www.find-electricalgoods.co.uk/

gary82

We'll soon need a "Price Comparison Site Price Comparison Site"! :rolleyes:

kendragon

Brianb8802 wrote: »

I have used dvd, books, and games in the last month and think its great, saves alot of time and results are laid out well

http://www.find-games.co.uk/

http://www.find-book.co.uk/

http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/

http://www.find-cd.co.uk/

http://www.find-electricalgoods.co.uk/

I Find the book depository to be one of the online bookstores around. They usually beat amazons price and show it on their site.

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/homepage.php

I had to stop clicking the 'watch people shop' link though cause I started finding it addictive. Sad I know.

oneweb

I normally don't post when I can't confirm something but figured someone else might have the details to back it up...

I recently read that there's a push for Irish online retailers to provide a list of their prices for the purposes of a price comparison site. It might have been something linked with Tesco's price "reductions" and transparency etc.

Davy

oneweb wrote: »

I normally don't post when I can't confirm something but figured someone else might have the details to back it up...

I recently read that there's a push for Irish online retailers to provide a list of their prices for the purposes of a price comparison site. It might have been something linked with Tesco's price "reductions" and transparency etc.

Yes, the National Consumer Agency are in making a grocery database containing price information which you could use to make comparisons on the cost of goods. I think tesco were saying they were willing to participate.

marknoonan1974

oneweb wrote: »

It might have been something linked with Tesco's price "reductions" and transparency etc.

Re: transparancy, I wonder how many of the price comparison sites are genuine, from what I heard they all get kick backs to display certain companies at the top.

marknoonan1974

Davy wrote: »

Yes, the National Consumer Agency are in making a grocery database containing price information which you could use to make comparisons on the cost of goods. I think tesco were saying they were willing to participate.

Was talking about this with a few people last night, whats the point of such a site, when the supermarkets have so many "loss leaders" to get ya into the shop. I'd be pretty sure that they all more or less average out to be the same price. I very much doubt they will go along with the NCA plan also, as they will claim the pricing is commercially sensitive information.

Apparently the supermarkets are very busy checking each others prices on a daily basis, i.e. sending their people around to the competition to check prices.

In a time of deflation and loads of people losing jobs, prices will fall, and fall very very fast over the rest of the year.

The NCA's plan could best be described using the following words, re-arrange them to get the meaning..."door the after bolted has horse the closing". This should have been done years ago when we were getting screwed by every supermarket. The NCA are now busy trying to justify their existence after the bord snip report, which is interesting because I have NEVER seen them stand up for the consumer before.

madmoe

Love that Argos compare site, well done whoever created it!!

I am gonna e-mail him and ask him to create one for Ikea, Dublin Vs. Belfast.....should be interesting!!

Cheers,
M

Davy

marknoonan1974 wrote: »

Was talking about this with a few people last night, whats the point of such a site, when the supermarkets have so many "loss leaders" to get ya into the shop. I'd be pretty sure that they all more or less average out to be the same price. I very much doubt they will go along with the NCA plan also, as they will claim the pricing is commercially sensitive information.

Well ye your right because in the latest figures of same goods, i think their was only 1 euro in the difference between tesco and dunnes! It varied slightly then with selecting branded and nonbranded goods. Supervalu came out very good on one of the results. Think superquinn was about €15 more. Despite the price comparing/matching going on a site to compare all the big stores would be helpful i think.

viking

madmoe wrote: »

Love that Argos compare site, well done whoever created it!!

I am gonna e-mail him and ask him to create one for Ikea, Dublin Vs. Belfast.....should be interesting!!

Cheers,
M

Development on a site redesign and IKEA comparison functionality is almost complete and hope to release very soon.

davehey79

found this one today www.uchoose.ie

viking

Ok, the new Catalogue Compare site has gone live.

From initial comparisons, it looks as though IKEA Ireland is quite competitively priced against the UK especially when you strip away VAT from both prices.

Not all items exist in both UK and Ireland product sets but the site will let you know if it can't perform a comparison.

Enjoy,

viking

traceybere

Viking this site is amazing - fair play to you

A2LUE42

Anyone know if you can get Argos/Homebase flat pack furniture without having to have it delivered and paying the delivery charge ?

Johny P

are there any shopping price comparison sites dedicated for the irish market? most of the ones i found give prices in pounds.

kc66

Not sure why anyone would want one comparing prices on the Irish market, unless you were completely set on buying Irish. In which case price shouldn't be much of an issue. I have found that 99 times out 100 the Irish retailer is more expensive than somewhere else.

leemaree

marknoonan1974 wrote: »

found this one this morning

http://www.quoteclub.ie/

For the Irish market!!!

link doesn't work

ahyeahok

leemaree wrote: »

link doesn't work

old link is old

cruzzo08

Have used this hotel price comparison site for recent hotel bookings http://www.travels.ie/

I was surprised at difference in room prices depending on who you book with for the same room type. It may save some boardsies a few bob.

cherryghost

Skyscanner ftw. Saved me over 160 euro a ticket from Dublin to Italy thanks to its extensive searches.