Naffest thing in the new argos catalogue

srhand · 06-08-2005 07:23PM #1

Just laughing myself silly at some of the things for sale in the new "novel". I would like to nominate page 1246 as one of the best pages for useless products. One of my favourites is the heated styling kit for lashes! A snip at 19.99! What things have other people noticed?

whiskeyman · 06-08-2005 07:28PM

Just got it today... its like a bloody phone book!!
Plenty of naff, but something worthwhile... Page 1343 - item 13.
A giant beer glass... holding 2 1/2 pints!!!
Must get a few of those

Alun · 06-08-2005 09:01PM

The Argos catalogue has nothing on the KleenEze catalogues you get pushed through the door, especially the "Health and Beauty" supplement. Those who have seen it will know what I mean

Rhyme · 06-08-2005 09:08PM

Oh man, that stuff is genius... who else wants that 'toy dog digging up the back garden' thing with the wagging tail... luducris.

if you have no idea what im taling about, dont worry...

beller b · 06-08-2005 09:10PM

Yeah! those f****rs really get on my wick..You don't buy anything so they ask for the catalogue back.Why? so they can puti t back in your letter box in another 2 weeks.

Wertz · 06-08-2005 09:11PM

Alun wrote:

The Argos catalogue has nothing on the KleenEze catalogues you get pushed through the door, especially the "Health and Beauty" supplement. Those who have seen it will know what I mean

hahaha....and the best thing about it is when the idiots who push them through your letterbox come around at the end of the week asking for them back...

Sparky · 06-08-2005 09:23PM

best thing once was the remote control protector, it was a rubber thing you stretched around the remote so that it couldnt brake when it fell, oh i had great fun flinging it around the house

eskimo · 07-08-2005 05:10AM

It appeared in my house today - I'm gonna get stuck into it just as soon as I'm done with the bible... :rolleyes:

The General · 07-08-2005 10:52AM

eskimo wrote:

It appeared in my house today - I'm gonna get stuck into it just as soon as I'm done with the bible... :rolleyes:

do you want to join my church group we meet every sunday at 6AM and it costs €5000 to join

Le Rack · 07-08-2005 12:15PM

have to say I really want one of those farting gnomes, they're funny, imagine that when your drunk/stoned!

Wertz · 07-08-2005 12:18PM

Le Rack wrote:

have to say I really want one of those farting gnomes, they're funny, imagine that when your drunk/stoned!

That's what everyone said about that singing fish a few years back...

Le Rack · 07-08-2005 12:21PM

hehe yeeeaaah.... "You ain't nothing but a hound dog..."

Alun · 07-08-2005 01:14PM

Actually despite my swingeing criticism of the KleenEze catalogue, I have to admit to actually buying some stuff from it

Only really cleaning stuff ... they have some great stuff for getting rid of the caked on grease on cooker hoods, and some really good sticker remover for example.

I'll get me coat .......

Wertz · 07-08-2005 01:43PM

Alun wrote:

Actually despite my swingeing criticism of the KleenEze catalogue, I have to admit to actually buying some stuff from it Only really cleaning stuff ... they have some great stuff for getting rid of the caked on grease on cooker hoods, and some really good sticker remover for example.

I'll get me coat .......

Household Ammonia or Sugar Soap can do both of those. Available in any good hardware store.

murphaph · 07-08-2005 03:57PM

I fcuking hate those Kleeneze as$holes. I fcuking tell them every time NOT to push the stupid catalogue into my house and every time they come looking for it I've binned it and they start on about it. Do Argos have "no catalogues please" stickers for your letterbox perchance?

Alun · 07-08-2005 04:55PM

Wertz wrote:

Household Ammonia or Sugar Soap can do both of those. Available in any good hardware store.

Well, I've know what Ammonia is, although I had no idea you could buy it "in the raw" so to speak, and indeed that does seem to be the main ingredient of this stuff judging by the smell. But what on earth is "Sugar Soap" when it's at home? Never heard of it. The sticker remover is a solvent that you spray on, leave for a few minutes to soak in, and the sticker just lifts off. I can't imagine anything that isn't some type of alcohol or similar being able to remove sticky labels somehow, and Sugar Soap doesn't sound like it'd be anything like that.

el rabitos · 07-08-2005 05:01PM

who the hell buys a wheelchair from the argos book??

Femelade · 07-08-2005 05:05PM

murphaph - who is philip in your sig? i'm missing a horse called philip, is he with you?

Wertz · 07-08-2005 06:05PM

Alun wrote:

Well, I've know what Ammonia is, although I had no idea you could buy it "in the raw" so to speak, and indeed that does seem to be the main ingredient of this stuff judging by the smell. But what on earth is "Sugar Soap" when it's at home? Never heard of it. The sticker remover is a solvent that you spray on, leave for a few minutes to soak in, and the sticker just lifts off. I can't imagine anything that isn't some type of alcohol or similar being able to remove sticky labels somehow, and Sugar Soap doesn't sound like it'd be anything like that.

Any ammonia you buy is a very diluted form of the gas in water...about 5% I think. Also an active ingredient in all kinds of degreasers and over cleaners.

Sugar soap is a heavy duty alkaline detergent used for washing down paintwork....it's similar to caustic soda, but a little less abrasive/corrosive. It's called sugar soap because it dissolves completely in hot water and washes away leaving no residue...oh and it looks like sugar.

Le Rack · 07-08-2005 07:35PM

Alun wrote:

Well, I've know what Ammonia is, although I had no idea you could buy it "in the raw" so to speak, and indeed that does seem to be the main ingredient of this stuff judging by the smell. But what on earth is "Sugar Soap" when it's at home? Never heard of it. The sticker remover is a solvent that you spray on, leave for a few minutes to soak in, and the sticker just lifts off. I can't imagine anything that isn't some type of alcohol or similar being able to remove sticky labels somehow, and Sugar Soap doesn't sound like it'd be anything like that.

whether this is the same thing or not I don't know but sugar and soap mixed up into a goopey stuff makes a great hair gell if you've got long hair and want to do punk-ass spikes....

curliq · 07-08-2005 09:46PM

have to admit my favourite item in Kleeneze has to be the Big Toe Straightener

murphaph · 07-08-2005 10:49PM

Femmy wrote:

murphaph - who is philip in your sig? i'm missing a horse called philip, is he with you?

No, he's gone out. I'm sick of his late nights, comin' in at all hours makin' a racket! You can have him back if you like, although I warn you, he's become quite violent these past few days.

Tha Gopher · 08-08-2005 01:35PM

Christ, what is it with peoples love of the Argos catalogue?

ARGOS IS SH1TE!!!!

Fcuk me, it isnt particularly cheap compared to its competition and to buy anything you fill in more forms than when you are buying a house. I only go to that place as a last resort, I despise it

aphex™ · 08-08-2005 01:43PM

Tha Gopher wrote:

Christ, what is it with peoples love of the Argos catalogue?

Cos of the amount of stuff thats in it. Where, offhand can i get a water purifier (for example) . Sure, i could try every hardware shop in town, or i could just go to argos.

And theres thousands of things in one place. Brilliant.

Capt'n Midnight · 08-08-2005 02:02PM

Wertz wrote:

Any ammonia you buy is a very diluted form of the gas in water...about 5% I think. Also an active ingredient in all kinds of degreasers and over cleaners.

Sugar soap is a heavy duty alkaline detergent used for washing down paintwork....it's similar to caustic soda, but a little less abrasive/corrosive. It's called sugar soap because it dissolves completely in hot water and washes away leaving no residue...oh and it looks like sugar.

Sugar soap is a lot less corosive than Caustic (hint look at the name) Soda

DIY cleaners
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Brown_Is_Green/es41/readings/week5/TOXC4193.html

Re: 5%, it used to be sold as a saturated solution of > 25% as .88 ammonia (referring to the specific density) and it used to go cloudy very soon after you opened the bottle from the CO2 it took out of the atmosphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia

drunkenfool · 08-08-2005 02:17PM

argos makes me puke

Le Rack · 08-08-2005 02:18PM

yeah but you can't se ethe stuff before you buy it, well you kinda can but you don't know if its of good quality or not, some of their stuff is but most is Sh!te wouldn't buy electrical goods there, guitars and the likes...

Our man in Havana · 08-08-2005 02:21PM

whiskeyman wrote:

Just got it today... its like a bloody phone book!!
Plenty of naff, but something worthwhile... Page 1343 - item 13.
A giant beer glass... holding 2 1/2 pints!!!
Must get a few of those

On the same page, I refer you to the talking tankard handy!

Stephen · 08-08-2005 02:29PM

I hate those kleeneze ****ers. If you have the cheek to push your unwanted junk through my letterbox, you should not expect to get it back.
I wonder if they'd make a deal - i.e. you can have it back if you agree to take all the other unsolicited ****e i've received this week as well?

Wertz · 08-08-2005 07:02PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Sugar soap is a lot less corosive than Caustic (hint look at the name) Soda

DIY cleaners
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Brown_Is_Green/es41/readings/week5/TOXC4193.html

Re: 5%, it used to be sold as a saturated solution of > 25% as .88 ammonia (referring to the specific density) and it used to go cloudy very soon after you opened the bottle from the CO2 it took out of the atmosphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia

I agree Capt'n about the caustic qualities but still, spill concentrated sugar soap on bare skin (which I have a few times) and it'll burn you good. (please don't try this at home kids)

I vaguely recall the ammonia you're talking about (my parents used to run a restaurant) it used come in one of those glass bottles with the ridges on the side to indicate it was hazardous...you definitely can't get it at that strength anymore, at least not for domestic usage, probably for health and safety reasons.
That old cloudy stuff would knock out an elephant if you poured out too much...

Shifty · 08-08-2005 07:57PM

What upsets me most about the Argos catalogue products, is that quite a lot of the stuff is 'home delivery only' (it is not only big and bulky stuff that is home delivery). A lot of the home delivery stuff would fit in a small hatchback car.
If you live outside Dublin you are charged for this, those who live in Dublin get delivery free. I know they're are costs involved for delivery in rural areas etc. and I don't expect Argos to bare the cost of this. But if I could make a suggestion....

Allow the customer to order the 'home delivery' product as per usual but if u live outside of Dublin and can collect the product yourself, then you could nominate an Argos store of your choice and have the home delivery product delivered there (with Argos usual deliveries) and you collect it on a designated day (they could call u first to say its arrived and after you have paid for it)

At least then you would have a choice, rather than being penalised...

Naffest thing in the new argos catalogue

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