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Amazon Black Friday - Chat thread

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Amazon Black Friday - bargains chat

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olestoepoke

Looking for an xbox one s for my son this week. Any advice on the cheapest place to get it? Thanks

murpho999

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

An Irish website would just be an excuse to rip off Irish customers with the added downside of less stock and availability similar to the likes of Screwfix and Zooplus and of which I'm sure there are many more.

Amazon give you the choice of paying in GBP or EUR but you'll pay them a hefty commission for converting to EUR. Paying in GBP is good especially if you have Revolut which gives great exchange rates with no commissions.

I don't get your comparison with Screwfix or Zooplus.

I'm talking about customers in Ireland having to shop in a foreign currency. I already said about the GBP EUR conversion being bad.

sweetie wrote: »

Get a revolut card and pay in Sterling for best value. It's amazon.co.uk why would they need an Irish site, it's pretty simple

I already have a Revolut card and I wasn't asking for advice on that.

The point is that we're forced to pay in a foreign currency.

Take the Amazon Dot with clock. Today it's £34.99 on UK site but €34.99 on German and French site. (I know vat is different) Other eurozone countries would buy from them so why should Irish people have to pay in sterling?

Aquos76

murpho999 wrote: »

I don't get your comparison with Screwfix or Zooplus.

I'm talking about customers in Ireland having to shop in a foreign currency. I already said about the GBP EUR conversion being bad.

I already have a Revolut card and I wasn't asking for advice on that.

The point is that we're forced to pay in a foreign currency.

Take the Amazon Dot. Today it's £34.99 on UK site but €34.99 on German and French site. (I know vat is different) Other eurozone countries would buy from them so why should Irish people have to pay in sterling?

Actually, no one is forcing you at all, you have a choice to buy or not to buy.

dubrov

murpho999 wrote: »

The point is that we're forced to pay in a foreign currency.

They do it as it is a huge money earner for them. Amazon's margins are already very tight and the FX conversion fee probably doubles it. They have no real competition in Ireland.

murpho999

Aquos76 wrote: »

Actually, no one is forcing you at all, you have a choice to buy or not to buy.

Well I was talking about buying on Amazon, not about buying or not.
If you want to buy on Amazon then you are forced to pay in sterling or exorbitant Euro exchange rate.

randombar

Looking for tablet recommendations for my father in law. Android >= 10 inch screen.

Soarer

murpho999 wrote: »

Well I was talking about buying on Amazon, not about buying or not.
If you want to buy on Amazon then you are forced to pay in sterling or exorbitant Euro exchange rate.

murpho999, meet capitalism.

If you don’t like it, don’t take part.
Otherwise, suck it up.

duffman13

murpho999 wrote: »

Well I was talking about buying on Amazon, not about buying or not.
If you want to buy on Amazon then you are forced to pay in sterling or exorbitant Euro exchange rate.

Pay in Sterling using Revolut, you can avoid the extorionate exchange rate then. Revolut has been available for a number of years and is brilliant for this type of stuff

Discodog

GaryCocs wrote: »

Looking for tablet recommendations for my father in law. Android >= 10 inch screen.

I just bought a Huawei T5 32gb.3gb for €169 in Curry's. It's €163 on Amazon. Excellent tablet.

Stallingrad

GaryCocs wrote: »

Looking for tablet recommendations for my father in law. Android >= 10 inch screen.

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3410824.htm

JohnFalstaff

Stallingrad wrote: »

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3410824.htm

Would this be a better overall tablet than the Amazon Fire 10HD that is currently on offer? I am looking for a tablet for my grandson. He will be mostly playing games and watching some YouTube shows.

amor3

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

Would this be a better overall tablet than the Amazon Fire 10HD that is currently on offer? I am looking for a tablet for my grandson. He will be mostly playing games and watching some YouTube shows.

I was interested in this tablet but when I reviewed it, it doesn't have youtube or the play store! I'm now watching for deals on the samsung galaxy tab

Mitch Connor

amor3 wrote: »

I was interested in this tablet but when I reviewed it, it doesn't have youtube or the play store! I'm now watching the samsung galaxy tab

the specs on Argos say it Android 8.0 and compatible with Play Store. Surely it would just be case of installing the apps you want.

Stallingrad

Mitch Connor wrote: »

the specs on Argos say it Android 8.0 and compatible with Play Store. Surely it would just be case of installing the apps you want.

Amazon Fire don't have access to the Play Store, it's deal breaker for many. The Argos one does.

amor3

Mitch Connor wrote: »

the specs on Argos say it Android 8.0 and compatible with Play Store. Surely it would just be case of installing the apps you want.

On the amazon fire 10 hd? Can you post the link please. The one I see says nothing about android 8 or the play store.

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7501375/Trail/searchtext>Amazon+fire.htm

RoYoBo

Stallingrad wrote: »

Amazon Fire don't have access to the Play Store, it's deal breaker for many. The Argos one does.

You can sideload the Playstore via an APK - very easy to obtain online and install. I have the Fire 10" and all the Play apps I need work just fine on it. IMO, it's the best budget tablet and I love having Alexa on it too.

amor3

RoYoBo wrote: »

You can sideload the Playstore via an APK - very easy to obtain online and install. I have the Fire 10" and all the Play apps I need work just fine on it. IMO, it's the best budget tablet and I love having Alexa on it too.

Do you need a laptop or commuter to do that though??? We don't have any of them anymore, just our own tablets and phones! Have you youtube installed on it?

RoYoBo

amor3 wrote: »

Do you need a laptop or commuter to do that though??? We don't have any of them anymore, just our own tablets and phones! Have you youtube installed on it?

No need for a PC, all done via the tablet. Search Google for Play Store APK and install. You need to enable apps from unknown sources first - that's in your security settings.

I don't have the YouTube app installed, but I can do so if I want AFAIK.

torrevieja

Is it me or is this a Poor Sale ?

brightkane

We have a couple of 7 inch fire tablets.a you tube toutorial will have you up and running with the play store in minutes.

Tom Mann Centuria

brightkane wrote: »

We have a couple of 7 inch fire tablets.a you tube toutorial will have you up and running with the play store in minutes.

Yeah, if it's the same on this gen as my fire tablet it's a couple of minutes sideloading (4?) apks to get it working.

bromley52

amor3 wrote: »

I was interested in this tablet but when I reviewed it, it doesn't have youtube or the play store! I'm now watching for deals on the samsung galaxy tab

Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) €179

amor3

bromley52 wrote: »

Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) €179

Thank you.. it's been sitting at that price the last week. Was wondering if it would go any lower this week but looking unlikely. Think I will get it. Thank you..

Discodog

I bought the Huawei Mediapad T5. Argos & Curry's have it at the same price as Amazon's Black Friday Deal. €169

32gb.3gb. Really nice tablet with good reviews.

Sheep Shagger

Down to £20 as a Prime customer, anyone have any experience with these, reviews seem fine but can't see anyway its compatible with Google home (only Alexa).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B074J7XBHM/ref=gbmg_mob_m-7_25a0_1c021b36?dealid=1c021b36&pf_rd_p=3a752e60-0687-46f9-8782-61a0cc5425a0&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-7&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_i=14235985031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=3NQ2Q07QNAW9PZ203WVR

Standman

Just found out black Friday is next week

Shefwedfan

Standman wrote: »

Just found out black Friday is next week

Black Friday itself is next week

Black Friday sales are now 2 weeks long

punisher5112

It's gone mad.

I preferred when it was just the Friday.

chonix

punisher5112 wrote: »

It's gone mad.

I preferred when it was just the Friday.

ahh, another pure soul added to the spirited age of consumerism

punisher5112

chonix wrote: »

ahh, another pure soul added to the spirited age of consumerism

It is an American thing at the end of the day but I buy most of my hue lights and CCTV as they come down so much.