Happy Birthday InStore!

starbelgrade · 28-09-2008 11:08PM #1

I was in there today on the way back from a stroll on the beach in Strandhill (feck me, it was breezy!) & they gave me & the missus a glass of wine & directed us to a plate FULL of Pringles. That doesn't happen too often in furniture stores!!

Culchie · 28-09-2008 11:20PM

Furniture Stores .... trivial advice = eat all the pringles you can eat

Serious advice = make sure all money money you pay for deposits/furniture is on credit card.....as your payment is automatically insured.

Arramount in Galway went belly up a couple of months ago over one weekend, and the gi-normous MFI in the UK is also in trouble.

bobcar61 · 29-09-2008 12:47AM

I went up there myself during work.
I was also given a glass of wine,the boss just warned me not to come back langered!
Had some very nice things,and were offering 20% off everything so not too bad value.
Felt sorry for the staff though,the last thing you want on a Sunday is to be open until 8pm,and it was pretty busy aswell.

Gillie · 29-09-2008 10:16AM

Instore is really nice. Something different.
The little cafe they have attracts a lot of people too.

starbelgrade · 29-09-2008 03:30PM

Yeah - it's a nice store alright... we got our sofa & lounger for the sitting room there. Worked out quite reasonable, price-wise & the quality is excellent. There's some very over-priced items, but in general, it seems to be decent value. Coffee there is good too!

Xiney · 29-09-2008 05:21PM

Instore is where we bought our coffee table last year! Nearly the cheapest in the whole retail park, (cheapest was 10 euro less) and definitely the nicest.

murm · 28-11-2008 11:49PM

just be careful out there, i have it from a very very reliable source that these guys are in serious financial trouble ,wouldnt go leaving any big deposits if i were you .

Xiney · 29-11-2008 01:01AM

LOL

The whole f*cking world is in massive financial trouble.

I wouldn't be putting any deposits on anything these days anyway - who knows where your job will be tomorrow.

jimmmy · 29-11-2008 01:17PM

murm wrote: »

just be careful out there, i have it from a very very reliable source that these guys are in serious financial trouble ,wouldnt go leaving any big deposits if i were you .

I heard that as well - a pity if its true.

Incidentally, has the other furniture place at the other end of the estate ( end unit ) closed down ? I was not up there in a while....a few times I was up there mid week a while ago and there were very few cars in the whole car park , considering the size of the place - not a great sign ...maybe the cars that were there were belonging to staff ?

29-11-2008 01:45PM

Instore are doing 30% off giftware today.

Gillie · 29-11-2008 04:06PM

jimmmy wrote: »

I heard that as well - a pity if its true.

Incidentally, has the other furniture place at the other end of the estate ( end unit ) closed down ? I was not up there in a while....a few times I was up there mid week a while ago and there were very few cars in the whole car park , considering the size of the place - not a great sign ...maybe the cars that were there were belonging to staff ?

Yeah. Allendale. They were in trouble for a long time there.
It's a shame!

jimmmy · 29-11-2008 04:17PM

Pity its closed. None of the shops there seem to be that busy. There was a carpet shop and a tile shop there too. I always thought stuff in that warehouse park was expensive.

TequilaMockingBird · 29-11-2008 04:56PM

I got a leaflet delivered yesterday, saying Instore were selling off ex-display furniture.

What a shame, its a scary time to be losing your job.

Happy Birthday InStore!

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