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Argos Chat Thread #1

Mr.Crinklewood

Seems most weeks we have a bargain or two from Argos, thought it might be an idea to have a dedicated forum like the one for Tesco:-

Sound Asleep Pillow - was € 39.99 - now € 11.99

Morphy Richards Fastbake Breadmaker - was €159.99 - now €79.99.

PAC-MAN Remote Controlled Man and Ghost Racers - was € 39.19 - now €19.59

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Quazzie wrote: »

If anyone is looking for an item and is looking to check for stock nationwide. Use http://checkargos.com/.

Mod note please read post 352 - here

I know this is 'chat' thread but can we keep it strictly to the items posted in the Argos thread for everyone's benefit.

Thanks

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colossus-x

BigCon wrote: »

I remember when argos bargain alerts used to be posted in this thread...

Fe@k the bargains; Luvva bitta drama.

Cantona's Collars

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2629410/Trail/searchtext%3EGREAT+DEALS+ON+SELECTED+TABLETS.htm

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7" for €149.99

muffler

With respect all such chat and complaints should be debated in the Consumer Issues forum

[Deleted User]

BigCon wrote: »

I remember when argos bargain alerts used to be posted in this thread...

Yeah but we're talking about an Argos bargain and moreover discussing the customer service at a particular Argos store. Surely that's not unreasonably off-topic?

mac.in

flangemeistro wrote: »

I collected my rucksack yesterday from Mahon Point and it was seriously touch and go.
Obviously the the girl on the till tried to charge me €62 because that's what came up on her screen so I showed her my email and she went to another computer and came back and said well done great bargain but I'll have to call a manager to change the price.

He then arrived and also went to this main computer and said he couldn't see it so she said no there was clearly a price drop six days ago and it went back up.

He then asked to see my email and said there's no way that's right it's 80% off, so I said look I'm after traveling 35 minutes in rush hour traffic and I have the price on my reservation so he reluctantly told her to give it to me.
When I went to collect it then he was also there and he said to another guy who was standing next to him, here's the guy who's robbing us he got this rucksack for €12 to which the other guy replied I know ya loads of people got them which infuriated the manager even more so I just grabbed the bag and ran.

Techmaster wrote: »

I have had dealings with the manager in there in the past. So rude. I made a complaint to head office about him. I would suggest you to do the same. Complete and utter tw@t.

I had a similar kind of problem. I had reserved a product that was on discount. But when I collected it, I was charged the normal price. I didn't notice it at the store. After I came home I noticed the over pricing (without the discount). I went to the store next day and told them about the issue. Also, the product was still on discount (when I visited for refund); I mentioned that to the staff too. Then, the staff member refunded me the difference without any hazzle.

But in my case the product was still on discount on the next day (when I visited the store again for the refund) too. In the first case discussed above, the item was not on discount during collection.

Whatever is the case, the staff should be amicable with the customers. Any kind of staff member's inappropriate behaviour with the customers is not correct.

dunworth1

BigCon wrote: »

I remember when argos bargain alerts used to be posted in this thread...

my what a memory you have :pac:

DoYouEvenLift

BigCon wrote: »

I remember when argos bargain alerts used to be posted in this thread...

That's a great bargain you posted here, any chance of a link to it? Good to see instead of further contributing to off topic chat you're sharing bargains yourself...oh, wait.

BigCon

I remember when argos bargain alerts used to be posted in this thread...

Curb Your Enthusiasm

flangemeistro wrote: »

I collected my rucksack yesterday from Mahon Point and it was seriously touch and go.
Obviously the the girl on the till tried to charge me €62 because that's what came up on her screen so I showed her my email and she went to another computer and came back and said well done great bargain but I'll have to call a manager to change the price.

He then arrived and also went to this main computer and said he couldn't see it so she said no there was clearly a price drop six days ago and it went back up.

He then asked to see my email and said there's no way that's right it's 80% off, so I said look I'm after traveling 35 minutes in rush hour traffic and I have the price on my reservation so he reluctantly told her to give it to me.
When I went to collect it then he was also there and he said to another guy who was standing next to him, here's the guy who's robbing us he got this rucksack for €12 to which the other guy replied I know ya loads of people got them which infuriated the manager even more so I just grabbed the bag and ran.

I have had dealings with the manager in there in the past. So rude. I made a complaint to head office about him. I would suggest you to do the same. Complete and utter tw@t.

K-9

GY A1 wrote: »

That's a big frying pan lol
Prob a 32 cm

It is yeah!

Bought one of those 3 years ago and served me well. Great for a big fry up, 3 steaks or sealing big joints of meat. Think it was about €16 in Heitons at that time.

duffman13

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So you're saying it's better to do it with an intent of getting someone sacked than getting a fiver voucher for a laugh?

Not at all but you complaining to get a five euro voucher could get someone sacked anyway. I'm saying complain with the intentions of rectifying the problem, not to get a voucher. Anyway I've already gone off topic so I'll park it there

Cantona's Collars

JohnDaniels wrote: »

Argos deserve all the credit in the world for the way they honour these offers. They have always been amazing with regards this kind of stuff.

The best one was the Macbook I posted for €290,I think only 3 were purchased before they copped it......I didn't get one:(

CH3OH

Apologies for off topic

How about we get back to the thread title....

Ordin73

I collected mine a little while ago and the girl at the register initially said it was the €62 price. I showed her the reservation and she double checked on another computer only to return and congratulate me on getting such a bargain. Then when it when to collect it another girl saw what I was collecting, winked and said well done you are one of the lucky ones ..lol

[Deleted User]

So you're saying it's better to do it with an intent of getting someone sacked than getting a fiver voucher for a laugh?

duffman13

[Deleted User] wrote: »

For me it would depend on how he said it. If it was jokingly then no bother. If he was deadly serious then I'd be firing in a complaint (mostly in the hope of getting a free voucher though!).

I really hate that kind of complaint, if you've had a bad experience complain to the manager on duty, if he is a douche escalate it to stop it happening to someone else, not to get a free voucher.

If he said that he was clearly joking otherwise he wouldn't have honoured the price.

The conducter said it earlier but thanks to Mark in Liffey Valley who gave me my two and said I'd got a great deal. Seems like a really nice guy

[Deleted User]

Billy Agreeable Lady wrote: »

If it were me, I'd be writing to Argos Head Office in the Uk to put in a complaint. He accused you of theft...I wouldnt let that go.

For me it would depend on how he said it. If it was jokingly then no bother. If he was deadly serious then I'd be firing in a complaint (mostly in the hope of getting a free voucher though!).

tigershould

it's definately not THEFT, might be FRAUD though :-P

Soarer

He was obviously trying to be smart and made a balls of it.

Should've replied saying something about green rucksacks never sell 'cause envy is a terrible thing.

PeterDuggan

Let it go. No point getting the guy sacked over a momentary lapse. Let's face it, it is daylight robbery. :-)

uck51js9zml2yt

flangemeistro wrote: »

I collected my rucksack yesterday from Mahon Point and it was seriously touch and go.
Obviously the the girl on the till tried to charge me €62 because that's what came up on her screen so I showed her my email and she went to another computer and came back and said well done great bargain but I'll have to call a manager to change the price.

He then arrived and also went to this main computer and said he couldn't see it so she said no there was clearly a price drop six days ago and it went back up.

He then asked to see my email and said there's no way that's right it's 80% off, so I said look I'm after traveling 35 minutes in rush hour traffic and I have the price on my reservation so he reluctantly told her to give it to me.
When I went to collect it then he was also there and he said to another guy who was standing next to him, here's the guy who's robbing us he got this rucksack for €12 to which the other guy replied I know ya loads of people got them which infuriated the manager even more so I just grabbed the bag and ran.

If it were me, I'd be writing to Argos Head Office in the Uk to put in a complaint. He accused you of theft...I wouldnt let that go.

DoYouEvenLift

That manager sounds like a douche, at the end of the day the money isn't coming out of his own pocket. On the opposite end, the manager in the store I got that set of drawers in a few months back came over to help the cashier and saw the deal and laughed about it and basically congratulated me on getting such a bargain and also offered to help carry it out to the car lol.

Sure Argos lose out a bit with things like this sometimes but all chain stores expect a certain amount of losses through theft and other things but it's managers like the one that served me that keeps you going back to them and sharing positive experiences.

[Deleted User]

flangemeistro wrote: »

When I went to collect it then he was also there and he said to another guy who was standing next to him, here's the guy who's robbing us he got this rucksack for €12 to which the other guy replied I know ya loads of people got them which infuriated the manager even more so I just grabbed the bag and ran.

Sounds like they're meeting their gimp ratio on customer service staff.

TallGlass

flangemeistro wrote: »

I collected my rucksack yesterday from Mahon Point and it was seriously touch and go.
Obviously the the girl on the till tried to charge me €62 because that's what came up on her screen so I showed her my email and she went to another computer and came back and said well done great bargain but I'll have to call a manager to change the price.

He then arrived and also went to this main computer and said he couldn't see it so she said no there was clearly a price drop six days ago and it went back up.

He then asked to see my email and said there's no way that's right it's 80% off, so I said look I'm after traveling 35 minutes in rush hour traffic and I have the price on my reservation so he reluctantly told her to give it to me.
When I went to collect it then he was also there and he said to another guy who was standing next to him, here's the guy who's robbing us he got this rucksack for €12 to which the other guy replied I know ya loads of people got them which infuriated the manager even more so I just grabbed the bag and ran.

Cheeky phek, I would put in a complaint to head office, a retail manager I hope it wasn't a store manager that has no item about customer laws in Ireland.

flangemeistro

I collected my rucksack yesterday from Mahon Point and it was seriously touch and go.
Obviously the the girl on the till tried to charge me €62 because that's what came up on her screen so I showed her my email and she went to another computer and came back and said well done great bargain but I'll have to call a manager to change the price.

He then arrived and also went to this main computer and said he couldn't see it so she said no there was clearly a price drop six days ago and it went back up.

He then asked to see my email and said there's no way that's right it's 80% off, so I said look I'm after traveling 35 minutes in rush hour traffic and I have the price on my reservation so he reluctantly told her to give it to me.
When I went to collect it then he was also there and he said to another guy who was standing next to him, here's the guy who's robbing us he got this rucksack for €12 to which the other guy replied I know ya loads of people got them which infuriated the manager even more so I just grabbed the bag and ran.

fleet_admiral

Fairly sure this thread will be busy tomorrow. New deals start and the winter catalogue launches on Saturday

witnessmenow

White PS4 is €342 with Bloodborne free as one of the special offers. Bloodborne is worth €42 cash in CEX if its not your thing, making the console €300.

Pretty tempted!

Not a huge amount of stock though

Synode

emmetkenny wrote: »

Just spotted on Argos Scanner that the Google Nexus 9 is €279 for both the 16GB or the 32GB model.
Must be a pricing mistake on the 32GB.

Completely out of stock

TitianGerm

Just spotted on Argos Scanner that the Google Nexus 9 is €279 for both the 16GB or the 32GB model.
Must be a pricing mistake on the 32GB.

D'Agger

The rucksack in that pic filled with other rucksacks :pac: