Anyone been in Quayside SC (Sligo) yet?!

Basq

Fantastic place!

Only was really interested in Carphone Warehouse and TK Maxx though. TK Maxx is absolutely massive in there. Only one in the West and biggest store TK Maxx currently operate too!

On Monday, 17 of the 32 stores will be open apparently!

Currently (August 11th), the only stores open are (may have missed one or two):

- TK Maxx
- River Island
- Next
- Carphone Warehouse
- Specsavers Opticians
- United Colours Of Benetton
- Auto Accessories (.. something like that.. accessories / radios (etc.) for cars)
- Hallmark
- Shop (just a simple shop selling drinks / sweets)
- Spill The Beans (coffee / sandwich place)
- Cafe Prima
- Bagel Place (not sure of the name)

The 2 Euro Discount Store and Lifestyle Sports are currently being stocked and expected to open ASAP.

Tar.Aldarion

my bro went in the day it opened....and spent 450e :eek: ....im scared to go there now

Basq

You'd spent that easily in TK Maxx... going out on the booze tomorrow night so gonna impress with some of last season's fashions...!

The only thing is you'll have every fecker on the streets of Sligo in last season's CK / Billabong / Ben Sherman / Hurley etc. Still some excellent stuff in there though!

Heard tonight that PC World, Harry Corry and InHouse are opening up in the Retail Park next week.

We should really all have a Sligo / North West Beers but judging by the amount of people on Boards from Sligo... it'll be a fairly quiet night!

Tar.Aldarion

heh but we will get fairly drunk so it will be ok...north west beers!!!

oo pcworld yay

Basq

Maybe i should stick in a post for it in Events to see if there's any interest - d'ya think?!

Tar.Aldarion

go on lol,there would be at least 2 of us

maybe get the whoe north west in on this

Basq

Done!

Tar.Aldarion

ha signs up! :P

Drag00n79

basquille wrote:

Heard tonight that PC World, Harry Corry and InHouse are opening up in the Retail Park next week.

Hope so, Basquille. A PC World is badly needed ... but not as much as an Argos. I won't even go down that road :mad:

Basq

Shamrok wrote:

Hope so, Basquille. A PC World is badly needed ... but not as much as an Argos. I won't even go down that road :mad:

I know.. i'm as pi*sed off as you are! It's mad to hear about all these execs in the Chamber Of Commerce resigning this week and denying it had anything to do with the whole Argos topic. I'll be extremely suprised if we get an Argos after all this!

I'll tell you something - MSL and Compustore are really gonna suffer with PC World opening. Though saying that, Westside Computers have some good value on stuff in there. Got a spindle of 25 Bulkpaq DVD+R's in there for €17.

Tar.Aldarion

argos :ANGER:

Drag00n79

basquille wrote:

I'll tell you something - MSL and Compustore are really gonna suffer with PC World opening.

Isn't Compustore closed? Do you mean Compupaq? If so, I have no sympathy for them. I always found them to be far too highly priced anyway.[/QUOTE]

basquille wrote:

Though saying that, Westside Computers have some good value on stuff in there. Got a spindle of 25 Bulkpaq DVD+R's in there for €17.

Is that the place in Connolly Street? I haven't been in there yet. Must pop in.

Basq

Shamrok wrote:

Isn't Compustore closed? Do you mean Compupaq? If so, I have no sympathy for them. I always found them to be far too highly priced anyway.

Sorry.. yeah, meant Compupaq. I always assumed that was the same place! I found both Compustore and Compupaq to be rip-off merchants! The prices that they charge for a standard PC / PC accessories is a joke!

Shamrok wrote:

Is that the place in Connolly Street? I haven't been in there yet. Must pop in.

Yeah.. the place across from what used to be the old Murrays Bar. Now the whole side of the street across from him is tore down.

Shame he's in a real secluded area - he could do very well. Although.. at the same time with the stuff he's selling, i can't imagine him doing that well outta it anyways. He seems to mainly sell for people making their own PC - like fans / cases (etc.) - can't imagine there's much demand for that in Sligo. But like i said.. he's some great value in there on spindles of CD's / DVD's

Drag00n79

basquille wrote:

Shame he's in a real secluded area.

Not for much longer. That's a big (,ugly IMO!) hotel development being constructed opposite him. I think the street will be pedestrianised when its complete.

Basq

Shamrok wrote:

Not for much longer. That's a big (,ugly IMO!) hotel development being constructed opposite him. I think the street will be pedestrianised when its complete.

Yeah.. and apparently O Connell Street will be pedestrianised from October.. about time too!

Ooly

Haven't been to the "Q" yet (omg it has nicknames already).

Can't wait to see what it's like. I'm trying to dodge the mad rush to it so i'll prob go in next week.

This north west beers sounds like fun.......sign me up! It should be held in Sligo of course.........

Tar.Aldarion

post your support in the events part of boards nobody posted :eek:

Dagon

Yeah cool.. I'm up for some Sligo boards beers!

I'm blown away with al the development taking place in Sligo, and even more blown away after reading this thread - didn't realise abou that new Hotel going up, or the PC World + Harry Corry going into the retail park! Looks like Sligo is really taking off! And of course I've heard that a new niteclub is also in the works, although I'm not sure where it's supposed to be going up.

The "Q" is very impressive indeed! I was in River Island today and they have some nice mens stuff at reasonable prices. Yes, local Sligo businesses will lose out, but do we have any sympathy? The amount of times I've gone looking for stuff around Sligo only to find that everything is overpriced, and totally unaffordable unless you're earning big bucks. Or else it's hard to find stuff that you actually like, and you have to spend ages looking. In Next, TK Maxx, Jack&Jones and River Island you can get decent quality lads stuff that is not only up to date (maybe bar TK MAxx hehe) but not impossible to afford for poor students

At last we have choice!

Hmm.. now I wonder would the Q be a good spot for a bit of busking? hehe...

Basq

Heard on the news earlier as well that the owner of the Q offered a place in Q to Argos for 2 and a half years with no charge?

Excellent opportunity but hard to know whether it was a sincere offer.. or a ploy to get himself and the Q in the papers.

magnumlady

I hope Argos take him up on it. Fair play to him I say. It'd be a kick up the jacks for the chamber of commerce. What is their problem anyway!!

JIZZLORD

Dagon wrote:

Yeah cool.. I'm up for some Sligo boards beers!
And of course I've heard that a new niteclub is also in the works, although I'm not sure where it's supposed to be going up.

that club is going opposite toffs, on the other side of the river.
think of it an Envy V.2.1 beta

genie

Was in the new shopping centre area the other day and I was amazed to find a pedestrianised area not part of the shopping centre. I thought it was all going to be under the one roof and out of the rain! Very badly thought out IMHO. :rolleyes:

Ooly

genie wrote:

Was in the new shopping centre area the other day and I was amazed to find a pedestrianised area not part of the shopping centre. I thought it was all going to be under the one roof and out of the rain! Very badly thought out IMHO. :rolleyes:

I think it was a good idea & it looks good too. It makes it different to all other shopping centres 8-)

genie

Ooly wrote:

I think it was a good idea & it looks good too. It makes it different to all other shopping centres 8-)

You must love getting wet, then!

nanook

have to say i was in the shopping centre a couple of weeks ago and i have to say it was a load of rubbish. Some good shops, you cant go wrong with TK Max and Next but the layout is terrible, if you are on the lower level and take the escalator up to the toilets, there is no stairs back down, you have to take the lift.

Badly laid out.

genie

Wahaay! Someone else who doesn't like it!!

rancheros

was in it yeah, think there's a whole lot of nothing in it,

Anyone been in the cafe prima in it, with the luminous green chairs, don't go in with a hangover

Basq

rancheros wrote:

was in it yeah, think there's a whole lot of nothing in it,

Anyone been in the cafe prima in it, with the luminous green chairs, don't go in with a hangover

Yeah.. feckin' eyes were burned off me in there!

Bought a simple plate of chips and a small cup of coffee - charged me €4.55! Thievin' bastards! This is Sligo - not Stephen's Green! :rolleyes:

its pretty good!river island and next are very good.

rancheros

basquille wrote:

Yeah.. feckin' eyes were burned off me in there!

Bought a simple plate of chips and a small cup of coffee - charged me €4.55! Thievin' bastards! This is Sligo - not Stephen's Green! :rolleyes:

I was in there last friday after coming form hospital ,had eye drops put in thile there and my pupils were huge could not keep my eyes open with the brightness,

Good value breakfast @ 7.50 though
2 rashers
2 sausages
black and white pudding
beans
hash browns
tomatoe
toast and tea

Think that was good value

Madge

I think it's great. About time Sligo got a shopping centre! Clothes shops such as Next , Bay, River Island are badly needed as theres not much decent clothes shops in Sligo for gals in their 20s like me.
Havent been in the cafes yet, but I've heard the juice bar has some interesting concoctions

Basq

Madge wrote:

Havent been in the cafes yet, but I've heard the juice bar has some interesting concoctions

Zumo opened on Friday - well, when i say opened, they had no menus on the billboards. Just a printed sheet for you to look at and order from! Had a Strawberry Energy smoothie myself - quite tasty!

It's the same place that's in between floors on Jervis Street SC in Dublin.

Madge

hmm, sounds nice- me thinks i might get myself one of those
although I'm more partial to bananas

Tar.Aldarion

i still havn't been in there....

goodgod3rd

basquille wrote:

Fantastic place!

Only was really interested in Carphone Warehouse and TK Maxx though. TK Maxx is absolutely massive in there. Only one in the West.

no. not true. tk max store in letterkenny. big too. and opened bout 6 months ago.

but i cant wait to go shoping there!

goodgod3rd

oh. i was walking around sligo once with the same eye drops. (damm diabetes) and i was with my aunt. i was whealing an empty push chair around with out anyone in it. everyone was staring. when they saw my eyes *cool stoner eyes*....well lets just say i saw a gaurd approach me...... and abruptly turned away when my aunt and baby returned!

*i mean i only lost it once before!*

SprostonGreen

I was in there last week, thought it was ok, bought a few nice things in TK Maxx, Next and Pull & Bear.

Whatever about the layout, its good that Sligo is starting to look good, coz it was a bit of a kip when I was growing up.

magnumlady

Its a good centre if you are into clothes. I think the floor with TK Max on is very depressing though. The ceiling is really low. Also if its the ground floor why is it called Level 4!
The only other bad design is that you have to walk through Next to get to Mauds. I saw a builder with a ladder going through Next to get to an empty shop unit on the other side. Bad planning I think.

magnumlady

If anyone is interested about news about shops in Sligo I have just come across this pretty good website although it needs updating a bit in places. :


http://www.sligoshoppingonline.utvinternet.com/