Argos RIP thread

rosiem · 19-07-2020 09:47PM

Does anybody know the Current policy for Honouring prices my confirmation email stated price as 59.99 but was charged 84.99 in store will return item if they don’t honour the price I reserved it at but wondering do I have a chance of receiving refund for the over charge ?

Caranica · 19-07-2020 10:00PM

rosiem wrote: »

Does anybody know the Current policy for Honouring prices my confirmation email stated price as 59.99 but was charged 84.99 in store will return item if they don’t honour the price I reserved it at but wondering do I have a chance of receiving refund for the over charge ?

Confirmation says you pay the price on the day of collection. Prices are not fixed

rosiem · 19-07-2020 10:24PM

Caranica wrote: »

Confirmation says you pay the price on the day of collection. Prices are not fixed

Thanks for confirming seems like a bit of a scam then on their part item was in stock when I reserved but only got confirmation for collection on day the price went back up how are you supposed to get items at reduced price in this case ?

Caranica · 19-07-2020 10:38PM

rosiem wrote: »

Thanks for confirming seems like a bit of a scam then on their part item was in stock when I reserved but only got confirmation for collection on day the price went back up how are you supposed to get items at reduced price in this case ?

Some store managers will give you the original price, it can be a case of luck.

Eduard Khil · 20-07-2020 06:28AM

Bring a screen grab of the email with the reduced price

ohnonotgmail · 20-07-2020 09:36AM

rosiem wrote: »

Does anybody know the Current policy for Honouring prices my confirmation email stated price as 59.99 but was charged 84.99 in store will return item if they don’t honour the price I reserved it at but wondering do I have a chance of receiving refund for the over charge ?

you're best chance was arguing with them in store. they wont give you a refund for the difference after you bought it.

rosiem · 20-07-2020 10:51AM

rosiem wrote: »

Does anybody know the Current policy for Honouring prices my confirmation email stated price as 59.99 but was charged 84.99 in store will return item if they don’t honour the price I reserved it at but wondering do I have a chance of receiving refund for the over charge ?

Just to update brought item back to return this morning and they refunded the difference no questions asked once I showed receipt and reservation email.

boardz · 21-07-2020 02:26AM

rosiem wrote: »

Just to update brought item back to return this morning and they refunded the difference no questions asked once I showed receipt and reservation email.

Nice one! I had the same issue last week price was €10 dearer than I had reserved. When I pointed this out they checked on the system and let me have the item at the sale price. It seems that they have a 'soft' policy of honoring the reserved price if queried but will try to sell at the new price first.

marcbrophy · 25-07-2020 12:19AM

Sites currently down with this message:

YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS…
We’ve got amazing new products and deals on the way.

Watch this space.

Is it catalogue change time?

johnire · 27-07-2020 10:03AM

Does anyone know where you can put in a promotional code for a discount?
There’s 25% off Silent Night products at the moment with a code but I can’t see anywhere to actually put in that code!
Thanks

rubberdungeon · 27-07-2020 10:23AM

johnire wrote: »

Does anyone know where you can put in a promotional code for a discount?
There’s 25% off Silent Night products at the moment with a code but I can’t see anywhere to actually put in that code!
Thanks

There is a box for a promotional code on the right hand side of the ‘order summary page’, (step 3)

When you add to basket and after you’ve logged in or registered and gave your delivery details, (step1), click to the next page (step 2), click continue to go to step 3 and you should be able to see it in step 3.

deiseindublin · 27-07-2020 01:15PM

Is the SN code on their site? I couldn't see it.

Found it. Thought it'd be on a banner, didn't realise it was on the actual products.

Mr E · 30-07-2020 11:38AM

Argos to stop their printed catalogue. End of an era.

https://www.live95fm.ie/news/buzz/argos-says-goodbye-to-famous-catalogue/

ButtersSuki · 30-07-2020 11:43AM

Mr E wrote: »

Argos to stop their printed catalogue. End of an era.

https://www.live95fm.ie/news/buzz/argos-says-goodbye-to-famous-catalogue/

Long overdue - both they and Ikea should have stopped printing years ago.

rubadub · 30-07-2020 12:01PM

Mr E wrote: »

Argos to stop their printed catalogue. End of an era.

https://www.live95fm.ie/news/buzz/argos-says-goodbye-to-famous-catalogue/

I remember being in the Ilac one shortly after it opened, some pure Dub woman shouting to her mate "Maarrgarett, they're giving away free bewks" and people were snatching up loads of them each. When I was next in it the they were behind the counter so you had to ask.

30-07-2020 12:20PM

Mr E wrote: »

Argos to stop their printed catalogue. End of an era.

https://www.live95fm.ie/news/buzz/argos-says-goodbye-to-famous-catalogue/

Ah the days when the new catalogue provoked much excitement. Needless to say the Christmas ones were the best.

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Long overdue - both they and Ikea should have stopped printing years ago.

Wouldn't be surprised if there will still be some moaning about it though. Coming to a Liveline episode soon. "Not all of us are on the internet, Joe".

tallaghtfornia · 30-07-2020 01:41PM

Cant understand why they don't invest in an App for the IPhone and Android and bring there website into the 2000s!!
They would double there sales

tinofapples · 30-07-2020 01:44PM

tallaghtfornia wrote: »

Cant understand why they don't invest in an App for the IPhone and Android and bring there website into the 2000s!!
They would double there sales

I'd imagine they will now.

GBX · 30-07-2020 01:58PM

Let's hope they invest wisely to a user friendly site.

IvoryTower · 30-07-2020 02:06PM

I always assumed they expected to go the way of blockbuster because of amazon etc and were just spending as little as possible until theyre no longer profitable. Seems strange for such a large company to have such a brutal website

tallaghtfornia · 30-07-2020 02:18PM

IvoryTower wrote: »

I always assumed they expected to go the way of blockbuster because of amazon etc and were just spending as little as possible until theyre no longer profitable. Seems strange for such a large company to have such a brutal website

Gas thing there is still a huge market for the unique grab and go model that they have - Video stores where different

GBX · 30-07-2020 02:25PM

While the printed catalogue obviously had its limitations, it served its purpose very well for those that wanted to browse products without the headache of using the website (or had access -older generation without smartphones etc).

rubadub · 30-07-2020 02:48PM

GBX wrote: »

Let's hope they invest wisely to a user friendly site.

they could start with finding the person who set up that "check argos" site.

It was like they were some freak eccentric stubborn old shopkeeper.

"I want this item, do you have it in dun laoghaire?"
"NO, I DON'T"
"is it in any other shops nearby"
"MAYBE"
"can you tell me which ones have it"
"NO, NAME ONE, then I tell you"
"ehhh dundrum?"
"NO, HAHAHAHAA, guess again, I'm not even telling you if any shop in the country has it"
"fcuk off ye mental prick"

Skerries · 04-08-2020 03:28PM

I think they did that so there wouldn't be as much of a load on their servers when searching multiple databases

04-08-2020 04:40PM

Skerries wrote: »

I think they did that so there wouldn't be as much of a load on their servers when searching multiple databases

Or maybe the developer just sucked at sql queries and struggled with anything beyond SELECT FROM WHERE

ohnonotgmail · 04-08-2020 05:31PM

Skerries wrote: »

I think they did that so there wouldn't be as much of a load on their servers when searching multiple databases

if they are searching multiple databases they are doing something very wrong.

Eduard Khil · 12-08-2020 08:36AM

No updates on pricescanner.ie this morning for any of the listed stores

MikeD22 · 15-08-2020 07:47PM

Anyone know why nearly everything on the website is listed as out of stock? Is it to do with covid or what?

15-08-2020 08:30PM

MikeD22 wrote: »

Anyone know why nearly everything on the website is listed as out of stock? Is it to do with covid or what?

Wow your wrist must be wrecked if you've manged to determine that.

vicwatson · 16-08-2020 08:31PM

Is checkargos no longer? Is there another?

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