Dealz

Yyhhuuu · 10-01-2021 1:10am

It appears the managers are on a low pay. In retrospect this explains the manner in which they dealt with me. The should have immediately apologised or said they would investigate and revert but they were defensive. I had to actually ask why two managers appeared ( standing in front of me arms crossed). As I said before Fergal Quinn could teach them a lesson or two in how to properly interact with the customer. After all thanks to customers they have jobs. Unfortunately many retailers take their customers for granted. The manager even said if I wasnt happy I could shop somewhere else. Well I never returned and nor will I. This is the power I have which I m glad I exercised. I also find the more you shop in a store the more they take you for granted. Familarality breeds contempt.

I'm a bargain hunter and when I think about it there are actually very few bargains in Dealz, unless you want to eat junk food.

skooterblue2 · 10-01-2021 1:39am

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

It appears the managers are on a low pay. In retrospect this explains the manner in which they dealt with me. The should have immediately apologised or said they would investigate and revert but they were defensive. I had to actually ask why two managers appeared ( standing in front of me arms crossed). As I said before Fergal Quinn could teach them a lesson or two in how to properly interact with the customer. After all thanks to customers they have jobs. Unfortunately many retailers take their customers for granted.

I'm a bargain hunter and when I think about it there are actually very few bargains in Dealz, unless you want to eat junk food.

They are not retailers they are just getting their first step off the ladder to getting off minimum wage. The new managers are more interested in crunching numbers and moving stock than customer relations. That bright young manager that was there 6 months ago will be looking for a new job in any other place once they get their experience.

The only think I buy in deal is soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, damp traps and maybe a few toys for the kids.

skooterblue2 · 10-01-2021 1:41am

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Low paid, poorly trained staff in sh1tty discount retailer. Baffling.

They are like call center staff why would you train then when they will be off again in under 12 months. Staff turn over in minimum wage jobs is horrendous.

fin12 · 10-01-2021 1:54am

skooterblue2 wrote: »

They are like call center staff why would you train then when they will be off again in under 12 months. Staff turn over in minimum wage jobs is horrendous.

Not exactly, I worked in retail ( same shop) for 6 n a half years while going to college. Retail is not as much turnover as call centers. A lot of other people I worked with were also students and stayed a number of years aswell.

skooterblue2 · 10-01-2021 2:06am

fin12 wrote: »

Not exactly, I worked in retail ( same shop) for 6 n a half years while going to college. Retail is not as much turnover as call centers. A lot of other people I worked with were also students and stayed a number of years aswell.

Was it a job to go from A to B or was it a career? My wife has them for 18 months and the managers for only 12 months. I think we have seen in the last week how dangerous late night convenience stores are. There is cash, cigarettes, alcohol, the retail is going no where good as a profession with the amazon style stores opening. the retail till has been automated, they have robots for filling shelves, Aldi/Lidl style (outer box loaded onto shelf, not filled individually).

fin12 · 10-01-2021 2:42am

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Was it a job to go from A to B or was it a career? My wife has them for 18 months and the managers for only 12 months. I think we have seen in the last week how dangerous late night convenience stores are. There is cash, cigarettes, alcohol, the retail is going no where good as a profession with the amazon style stores opening. the retail till has been automated, they have robots for filling shelves, Aldi/Lidl style (outer box loaded onto shelf, not filled individually).

Yes I agree, a lot of times it’s a A yo B, but my point was thatA to B can be quiet a number of years not under 12 months like a previous poster was suggesting.

gogo · 10-01-2021 4:23am

fin12 wrote: »

That’s crazy. I worked myself in retail before and can’t believe the manager took the side of the employee. Most managers would be very apologetic to the customer especially since u were completely in the right, I’ll prob get killed for saying this but the deals nearest me, the staff are quiet rough I’ve noticed compared to a lot of other retail shops.

In my local dealz a while back and noticed a young lad filling his jumper with half a shelf of rubbish, quietly mentioned it to one of the workers, her reply ‘Ah he’s grand, not worth reporting it, sure ‘there’ always at it’ ..... Huh? you don’t have to take him to court, but surely worth trying to get some of your stock back. As someone said, low paid workers, crappy discount store, not getting paid enough to care.

The docu on it is worth watching, the amt of marketing ploys they use, branded goods to the front to get you in, the cheaper ticket items such as razors etc were all brands that are directly made by poundland themselves, massive markup and sold with the guise that the customer is getting a good deal. Think it also shows a dispute with some company? Kit Kat maybe, who were digging their heels in about not reducing the size of their multipack? Dealz like people to think they are getting a good deal but in reality just sell smaller sizes which equates to the same price if buying a larger size normally

Snake Plisken · 10-01-2021 4:37am

Can we get this thread back onto bargain alerts found in Dealz please?

zell12 · 10-01-2021 11:20am

Some of these products reduced to clear
https://www.dealz.ie/385842-festive-snowman-wrapping-papper-3m/
Some home ranges like this instore https://www.dealz.ie/308929-chain-guard/
https://www.dealz.ie/439478-fleece-throw-120x150cm-2/

irishproduce · 10-01-2021 1:05pm

rubadub wrote: »

Dealz have advent calenders with chocolates, some have some serious weight.

https://www.dealz.ie/christmas/

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chunks Advent Calendar 258g
€1.50

Mars Celebrations Advent Calendar 230g
€1.50

a tub of celebrations is 650g, so at that price a tub is 4.23, which is not great, but you are buying it for the gimmick.

The cadbury one was £5.99 (~€6.60) on their site

https://www.cadburygiftsdirect.co.uk/cadbury-dairy-milk-chunk-advent-calendar-258g.html

Reese Chocolate Advent 247g

€1.50

None of these in Limerick store. William Street. No Christmas stuff at all.

Thargor · 10-01-2021 7:24pm

zell12 wrote: »

Some of these products reduced to clear

https://www.dealz.ie/439478-fleece-throw-120x150cm-2/

I had a look, it was more of a large tea towel than what Id describe as a fleece throw lol.

murphyebass · 10-01-2021 8:37pm

Thargor wrote: »

I had a look, it was more of a large tea towel than what Id describe as a fleece throw lol.

The clue was in the measurements in the link

freshpopcorn · 10-01-2021 9:08pm

I got these Today for 75c!

fin12 · 10-01-2021 9:09pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I got these Today for 75c!

R they nice. I love the red n black wine gums.

freshpopcorn · 10-01-2021 9:11pm

fin12 wrote: »

R they nice. I love the red n black wine gums.

I like them apart from the black one's!

Doctors room ghost · 10-01-2021 9:12pm

Thargor wrote: »

I had a look, it was more of a large tea towel than what Id describe as a fleece throw lol.

Heap of sh1te.
Wouldn’t cover half a small dog.

fin12 · 10-01-2021 9:14pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I like them apart from the black one's!

Ha lol . Did u ever eat the Maynards sours? They are delicious

Thargor · 10-01-2021 10:42pm

murphyebass wrote: »

The clue was in the measurements in the link

The size was small but bearable if you just wanted something to throw on the end of the bed or over your legs when sitting on the couch, its the material thats the problem, I have teatowels that are fluffier and more fleece-like.

freshpopcorn · 10-01-2021 10:47pm

fin12 wrote: »

Ha lol . Did u ever eat the Maynards sours? They are delicious

Yes, I like them. Also have had the sour patch kids.

In certain countries you can get stoney patch kids.

zell12 · 13-01-2021 2:32pm

Milk pan reduced to 75c
they are tiny

Kintarō Hattori · 13-01-2021 4:35pm

zell12 wrote: »

Milk pan reduced to 75c
they are tiny

Stuff like that is good to have some fun with kids. I have some novelty bread tins that I used recently to make some banana bread alongside a proper sized loaf. My 3.5 year old enjoyed it.

okidoki987 · 13-01-2021 8:31pm

They are opening one of their biggest stores in Europe in Carrickmines Park, Dublin 18 in next 2 weeks, located in the old Mothercare shop.
Should do well as loads of free parking up there.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/shopping/lockdown-shopping-ireland-one-europes-19614877

FanadMan · 14-01-2021 3:22am

okidoki987 wrote: »

They are opening one of their biggest stores in Europe in Carrickmines Park, Dublin 18 in next 2 weeks, located in the old Mothercare shop.
Should do well as loads of free parking up there.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/shopping/lockdown-shopping-ireland-one-europes-19614877

Love the big stores! I used to go to the tiny Mr Price in Galway with my ex. It was horribly tiny and dark. Then they opened one near me in Letterkenny. Probably could have fit 20 of the Galway ones into it!

They'll probably be packed out for the first couple of weeks......and probably lose a load of stock to theft, but will make a fortune.

stevenmartin99 · 24-01-2021 9:17am

Has anyone heard any rumors that Dealz(Poundland) will close it's stores in ROI due to Brexit cost increases?

OmegaGene · 24-01-2021 9:29am

stevenmartin99 wrote: »

Has anyone heard any rumors that Dealz(Poundland) will close it's stores in ROI due to Brexit cost increases?

Can’t see that happening at all, they just opened the biggest branch so far in Dublin I’m sure

horse7 · 24-01-2021 10:18am

Could be similar for mr.price, shelves are quite empty.

Basq · 24-01-2021 10:24am

horse7 wrote: »

Could be similar for mr.price, shelves are quite empty.

Pretty sure Brexit is to blame there..

.. stuff coming from the UK is massively impacted.

OmegaGene · 24-01-2021 10:29am

Deliveries everywhere are being impacted because of Brexit and the pandemic, I was in Lidl last week and food shelves were empty same in dealz this week
Amazon are estimating 3-4 week delivery times

Give it a few weeks and things will settle down and normal service will be resumed I’m sure

horse7 · 24-01-2021 10:44am

Hope so, was in Lidl yesterday, shelves full to the brim, as was Aldi last Monday.

OmegaGene · 24-01-2021 10:48am

horse7 wrote: »

Hope so, was in Lidl yesterday, shelves full to the brim, as was Aldi last Monday.

Yeah the Lidl I saw empty was fully stocked two days later, the Holyhead to Dublin crossing is down 60% according to Stena with hauliers either having to adjust to the new system

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