Argos RIP thread

beauf · 09-09-2019 12:27pm

I miss it.

This https://pricescanner.ie/ is probably bettter but lacks the charm and instant buzz of check argos.

ButtersSuki · 09-09-2019 12:38pm

beauf wrote: »

I miss it.

This https://pricescanner.ie/ is probably bettter but lacks the charm and instant buzz of check argos.

Is it gone completely?

beauf · 09-09-2019 12:42pm

Its been up and down for weeks. Usually back in a day or so.

Electric Nitwit · 09-09-2019 2:21pm

The guy who runs checkargos posts here sometimes. I know he used to get a tiny bit of money from affiliate links to argos but they stopped that, so I guess it's a lot of work for no reward to keep it going now. It is a great tool though, fingers crossed it will live on

Skerries · 09-09-2019 3:23pm

yeah I used to love the checkargos extension that allowed you click on the SKU for the item

Suckit · 09-09-2019 4:48pm

I think user (mod?) Witnessmenow owns checkargos and checksmyths

The_Conductor · 09-09-2019 4:50pm

Suckit wrote: »

I think user (mod?) Witnessmenow owns checkargos and checksmyths

Pop Sean an e-mail and ask?

09-09-2019 4:52pm

Yeah I already sent witnessmenow a PM informing him of the situation on the 31st of August. Previously he's always been very quick and responsive....

matchthis · 18-09-2019 8:32am

Anyone know if there is an alternative site to checkargos?

witnessmenow · 23-09-2019 9:54pm

Hey all,

Checkargos is back online now, apologies for being down for so long.

I have a lot more demands on my time since I was working on checkargos (2 kids, a youtube channel and a bit of a side business) and sometimes it's just really tough to set aside some time to dig into why its down. Even I'm a lot less familiar with the project or even the infrastructure of it so it takes more time than it once did to diagnose.

One of the guys who worked on the 2015 revamp of the site moved most of the site to Kubernetes, so it automatically will recover etc (I'm not fully sure what exactly its doing, but it seems like magic) but this outage was caused by the price history service (which is not on kubernetes) being unresponsive.

I do appreciate the heads up when it does go down as I don't use it as much as I once did myself. Cheers to Allen Repulsive Tendon who is always quick off the mark. Don't feel like your bothering me or anything with, it actually still means a lot that people use it!

As Electric Nitwit mentioned, I no longer make anything from the site, but I am happy to try keep the lights on when I get time.

The fact that it still works is an absolute condemnation of Argos prioritization of the Ireland website. The stock checking code (the regular expression) has not changed since I wrote the site 8 years ago. It was ported from PHP to NodeJS in 2015, but its the same endpoint, parsing the same fields.

Brian

Cantona's Collars · 24-09-2019 8:40am

Not sure if it will apply to Ireland but hukd report that Argos are launching a 50% off toy sale tomorrow, Wednesday.

TitianGerm · 24-09-2019 8:56am

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Not sure if it will apply to Ireland but hukd report that Argos are launching a 50% off toy sale tomorrow, Wednesday.

Probably will be a sale or a 3 for 2 seeing as Smyths are starting their €10 off €50 spend today.

The_Conductor · 24-09-2019 9:59am

TitianGerm wrote: »

Probably will be a sale or a 3 for 2 seeing as Smyths are starting their €10 off €50 spend today.

Argos e-mail this morning offered me £6 off £50 and £12 off £100 vouchers for spending in November- for online sales (note- this is UK).

beauf · 24-09-2019 11:01am

Argos usually rise their prices. You need to check using checkargos if something is actually cheaper.

OmegaGene · 25-09-2019 12:02pm

argos toy sale started but it seems a bit of a let down this year

The_Conductor · 25-09-2019 12:15pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

argos toy sale started but it seems a bit of a let down this year

Very little in the sale- a few lego kits- but its actually hard to find anything on offer...……… Also just saw the news- apparently 80 Argos branches in the UK and Ireland are to close because of poor trading. In the UK they're looking at migrating a lot of the Argos lines into Sainsburys- Ireland obviously doesn't have this option. Looks like the writing is on the wall.

OmegaGene · 25-09-2019 1:10pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

Very little in the sale- a few lego kits- but its actually hard to find anything on offer...……… Also just saw the news- apparently 80 Argos branches in the UK and Ireland are to close because of poor trading. In the UK they're looking at migrating a lot of the Argos lines into Sainsburys- Ireland obviously doesn't have this option. Looks like the writing is on the wall.

Yeah I read the story too and I was in London yesterday and the Argos I passed that’s inside a Sainsbury’s was dead, even the tumble weed had cleared off
This time last year the same shop had long queues with a couple of staff, I think U.K. home delivery is the reason for this as well as poor sales

JimsAlterEgo · 25-09-2019 1:38pm

speaking of home delivery, does anyone know how to order the "online exclusive" items
e.g https://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=7455500&authToken=350238273%252cTug9e5BFRI1kf2u2DWiLwhsPtBI%253d

ButtersSuki · 26-09-2019 9:31am

witnessmenow wrote: »

Hey all,

Checkargos is back online now, apologies for being down for so long.

I have a lot more demands on my time since I was working on checkargos (2 kids, a youtube channel and a bit of a side business) and sometimes it's just really tough to set aside some time to dig into why its down. Even I'm a lot less familiar with the project or even the infrastructure of it so it takes more time than it once did to diagnose.

One of the guys who worked on the 2015 revamp of the site moved most of the site to Kubernetes, so it automatically will recover etc (I'm not fully sure what exactly its doing, but it seems like magic) but this outage was caused by the price history service (which is not on kubernetes) being unresponsive.

I do appreciate the heads up when it does go down as I don't use it as much as I once did myself. Cheers to Allen Repulsive Tendon who is always quick off the mark. Don't feel like your bothering me or anything with, it actually still means a lot that people use it!

As Electric Nitwit mentioned, I no longer make anything from the site, but I am happy to try keep the lights on when I get time.

The fact that it still works is an absolute condemnation of Argos prioritization of the Ireland website. The stock checking code (the regular expression) has not changed since I wrote the site 8 years ago. It was ported from PHP to NodeJS in 2015, but its the same endpoint, parsing the same fields.

Brian

Brian,

I'm sure I speak for many when i say thanks for your creation. It's cost me a small fortune over the years but is a very useful tool. Thanks again!

witnessmenow · 26-09-2019 1:55pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Brian,

I'm sure I speak for many when i say thanks for your creation. It's cost me a small fortune over the years but is a very useful tool. Thanks again!

I apologise and your welcome all at once

Teemarie · 03-10-2019 7:11am

Anyone know if Argos will be doing 3 for 2 this year. Thank you

13-10-2019 7:07pm

I sent him a PM on Friday just in case anyone's wondering!

witnessmenow · 14-10-2019 10:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I sent him a PM on Friday just in case anyone's wondering!

Back up now, popular page doesn't seem to be working though. meed to dig into that.

EDIT: Ah, the service I used to store what was clicked on the most has started charging real money, so that feature would appear to be dead!

Jasminecat · 30-10-2019 10:47pm

Anyone know when the next furniture sale will take place?

matchthis · 30-10-2019 11:34pm

https://www.thesun.ie/money/4712485/argos-ireland-crazy-codes-discounts-toys/

Article about Argos doing 20 percent discount codes on different ranges each week

frash · 21-11-2019 1:56pm

Just spotted this 4.2l Tower Air Fryer on Argos at it's lowest price

https://www.argos.ie/w...mp;productId=1262060

Anyone got one?

RobbingBandit · 21-11-2019 2:06pm

Link is broken just brings me to homepage

dulpit · 21-11-2019 2:17pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Link is broken just brings me to homepage

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7507207/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CKitchen+and+laundry%7C14418476/c_2/3%7C19780844%7CSmall+kitchen+appliances%7C14418587/c_3/4%7Ccat_14418587%7CFryers%7C14418598.htm I assume this is it...

d31b0y · 21-11-2019 2:34pm

frash wrote: »

Just spotted this 4.2l Tower Air Fryer on Argos at it's lowest price

https://www.argos.ie/w...mp;productId=1262060

Anyone got one?

I've the smaller one. It's grand. Used pretty regularly but the results aren't good enough for me to rush out and buy a bigger one. Maybe it's the small size but I don't feel like the chips are really any better than out of the oven.

sweetie · 21-11-2019 3:08pm

frash wrote: »

Just spotted this 4.2l Tower Aif Fryer on Argos at it's lowest price

https://www.argos.ie/w...mp;productId=1262060

Anybody have this? How does it compare to the Philips, need to replace one that was dropped.

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