Stores Closing in Sligo mod warning post #720

wannabepr · 03-03-2009 07:04PM

thundermuppet wrote: »

Word has it that Currys or PC World are moving next Argos,

Proof??

AlmightyCushion · 04-03-2009 12:51AM

thundermuppet wrote: »

Word has it that Currys or PC World are moving next Argos,

As in down to cleveragh? That isn't happening.

TequilaMockingBird · 04-03-2009 01:08AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

As in down to cleveragh? That isn't happening.

I saw you in your work a week or two ago, but I thought I'd spare you the "Hi! I know you from the internet!" talk. I was in buying a cable, a really, really, really expensive cable, I have since learned.

/Vows to check pound shop first next time..:pac:

(Sorry, off topic - thought it was chit chat thread.)

Basq · 04-03-2009 01:10AM

The 3G (old Eircom store) in Wine Street Car Park is closing..

No great loss.. very pricey products which can be ordered cheaper from the 3G website on Buy4Now.ie.

Not to mention the fact they've got a sign outside saying 'Authorised Apple Dealer' - and I got blank stares when asking if they sold MacBook's about two years back.

magnumlady · 04-03-2009 11:06AM

I agree about the 3G store not being a great loss. I asked in there about internet radios (think that was when they were still eircom), they hadn't a clue what I meant.

Essexboy · 15-03-2009 04:46PM

I am told that Gilroy Tiling let 20 people, in Grange and Sligo, go during the week, and they are holding (another) sale.
Not surprising, I suppose: if houses are not being built, tiles will not be needed.

magnumlady · 15-03-2009 04:51PM

Shame about Gilroys they've been around for years.

Principles in the Quayside have closed down.
http://www.sligotoday.ie/detail.php?id=3438

Mrs.T · 15-03-2009 07:05PM

Essexboy wrote: »

I am told that Gilroy Tiling let 20 people, in Grange and Sligo, go during the week, and they are holding (another) sale.
Not surprising, I suppose: if houses are not being built, tiles will not be needed.

I can confirm that, a friend of me works there and he's one of the few still working there.

nobeastsofierce · 08-06-2009 07:55PM

worth a bump?

Slidey · 08-06-2009 07:59PM

Well you can add Vinnie McDonaghs in here now.

I was in there this eve and its cleaned out. Got a dvd/surround sound combo for a ton.

genie · 08-06-2009 08:47PM

Slidey wrote: »

Well you can add Vinnie McDonaghs in here now.

I was in there this eve and its cleaned out. Got a dvd/surround sound combo for a ton.

The shop in Ballymote or the one in Collooney?

Slidey · 08-06-2009 09:07PM

AFAIK it is both.

It was the Colloney one I was in this evening though.

I'll walk the mutt and let ye know if you wait half an hour!

Slidey · 09-06-2009 12:43AM

Yep, its not looking good for Ballymote either.

Had a look through the shutters and the place looked like there was a looters convention in there.

Vinnie always, always, gave a few quid off whatever ya bought and made ya feel like you got a bargain. I normally went to him as he was local and if the thing broke outside of warranty he would organise something for you.

darealtulip · 09-06-2009 09:18AM

Slidey wrote: »

Yep, its not looking good for Ballymote either.

Had a look through the shutters and the place looked like there was a looters convention in there.

Vinnie always, always, gave a few quid off whatever ya bought and made ya feel like you got a bargain. I normally went to him as he was local and if the thing broke outside of warranty he would organise something for you.

Maybe in Ballymote but the one in colloony didn't.

fmcc · 09-06-2009 09:33AM

is this for real I knew Pat from business before and always found him a gentleman as is his father. Really hope this is not the case and that they pull back from it. The Ballymote store should be bought and paid for long ago unless remortgaged again since to finance the other shops.

jimmmy · 09-06-2009 10:01AM

Pity they moved from Sligo to Collooney a few years ago...the market in Sligo was much bigger. A friend of mine needed a kettle recently and said who would drive 14 miles or 15 return for a kettle ? There was no pedestrian traffic in Collooney. Pity they seem to have closed all the same, I hope they can keep going / open again somehow.

Madge · 09-06-2009 01:28PM

I've heard the closure was a big surprise to employees and they are still owed wages etc

SligoBrewer · 09-06-2009 01:47PM

Slidey wrote: »

Vinnie always, always, gave a few quid off whatever ya bought and made ya feel like you got a bargain. I normally went to him as he was local and if the thing broke outside of warranty he would organise something for you.

:eek:

The battle I had with them over stuff before in the town store would lead me to never buy stuff from him ever again and it was only a quarter way through it's warranty. Customer Service was never their strong point.

Slidey · 09-06-2009 01:52PM

In fairness you weren't dealing with Vinnie but his son.

The auld fella himself was a shrewd business man and would look out for repeat customers.

EDIT: Oh ya, Sony are walking bastards to deal with as well.

Basq · 09-06-2009 02:02PM

I thought McDonagh's were fecking woeful too!

Girlfriend picked me up a nice 21" CRT there a few years back for Christmas.. was taken from the store to a taxi and carried into her house.

Opened up Christmas morning to see the screen smashed to bits.. brought it back the first day they were open after Christmas and they were reluctant as feck to take it back.

jimmmy · 09-06-2009 03:20PM

fmcc wrote: »

is this for real I knew Pat from business before and always found him a gentleman as is his father. Really hope this is not the case and that they pull back from it.

I agree, hopefully they will pull back from it, as the shops had a reasonably good reputation for after sales service ...its sad to see old businesses go.

starbelgrade · 09-06-2009 08:08PM

Customer service at Mc Donaghs? You must be kidding.... I ordered stuff there for the house to be delivered 3 weeks later & was told "no problem". The dishwasher arrived a week later & I'd nowhere to put it. The washer arrived on time, but no sign of the fridge.

It hadn't been ordered & would take 3 months to arrive into the country. Feicin' joke of a place - no wonder their closing.

magnumlady · 09-06-2009 08:26PM

I feel really sorry for Vinnie, he has had the Ballymote shop for so many years and is a lovely fella.

If there was an anchor store in Collooney the shops might have done better.

genie · 09-06-2009 09:15PM

magnumlady wrote: »

I feel really sorry for Vinnie, he has had the Ballymote shop for so many years and is a lovely fella.

We've bought a lot of stuff off Vinnie and always found him good to deal with. He must have had the Ballymote shop for around 50 years! :eek:

Never really took to the Collooney shop, though, and never bought anything from it.

Slidey · 09-06-2009 09:33PM

He set it up in 1949.

He actually told me the story when i bought my telly off him a few months ago. It is sad to think a man of his age would see all that he worked at by destroyed by overzealous expansion

Radharc na Sleibhte · 09-06-2009 09:49PM

I was in there today.
The girl behind the counter told me they had now been bought over and assured all their jobs were safe.......

jimmmy · 10-06-2009 10:37AM

genie wrote: »

We've bought a lot of stuff off Vinnie and always found him good to deal with. He must have had the Ballymote shop for around 50 years! :eek:

Never really took to the Collooney shop, though, and never bought anything from it.

+1

The shop in Sligo seemed to always be much busier than the Collooney shop.

Janine87 · 10-06-2009 12:34PM

Melody Maker hasnt been closed but it moved on the shopping lane where the Morgan shop was before in the Quayside shopping centre across from River Island.

DenMan · 10-06-2009 12:40PM

Jeez....this is awful guys. While not from Sligo originally it is sad to see these places close down. Has anybody an idea as to whether companies are coming to Sligo?

If it keeps up it'll become a ghost town being dependent on the students. Let's hope not (even though I am a student there).

10-06-2009 05:02PM

Its also sad to see the Zavvi store still closed.Its a pity HMV couldnt open up as there wouldnt be any competition for them!

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