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  • #152
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,537 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    _Chaos wrote: »
    Anyone know what happened to the 1.50 store in the ilac that was joined to Iceland?
    Are they just remodeling? It's always so busy when I've been in there, it's hard to believe it's the doing of the recession?

    The company that ran those shops / HomeSavers sold the Iceland stores back to the parent firm so it is likely related to that.


  • #153
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    _Chaos wrote: »
    Anyone know what happened to the 1.50 store in the ilac that was joined to Iceland?
    Are they just remodeling? It's always so busy when I've been in there, it's hard to believe it's the doing of the recession?

    Apparently it and Iceland are closed and are being turned into a big TK Maxx...


  • #154
    Sciprio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭Sciprio


    Aren't all their dvds and music cds secondhand? I've notice that in the cork store anyway.


  • #155
    moodrater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    NickDunne wrote: »
    Why wouldn't you use Carplan/Prodriver antifreeze? They're Ethylene based like any other and at 50% ratio is good for -34. I doubt we'll ever see that temperature here and I'm not exactly precious about a 96 micra ;)

    Its probably fine in your micra but most newer vehicle specify or even require OAT or hybrid OAT for german cars. Ethylene glycol is old fashioned poisonous and they are probably using old fashioned corrosion inhibitors which are inappropriate for a lot of modern engines, needs to be changed every 2 years vs 5 years for a quality propylene glycol OAT or hybrid OAT one so the saving is nothing and it may result in corrosion costing you money.


  • #156
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Sciprio wrote: »
    Aren't all their dvds and music cds secondhand? I've notice that in the cork store anyway.

    Nope. Thought that too at first but they have new/unopened/unviewed DVDs made up largely from overstocks and deletions from distributors AND 2nd hand DVDs too that are recycled.

    The new ones sell for €1.49, the 2nd hand typically for €3 - crazy if you think about it on one level!

    I was reading about overstocks in cds/dvds/blu rays recently. When a movie bombs and doesn't do the expected business at the box office the dvds etc have already been manufactured to the expected gross ratio. So say for example they expect a film to do £10m sterling in the UK and Ireland. Movie does £0.5m…..but they've already manufactured say 200,000 DVDs for the subsequent DVD release. So they now have 200,000 copies of a dvd they'll have huge difficulty selling.

    So they sell 20,000 copies to amazon/HMV etc. at full price at launch (typically £5-7 each for a £14-19.99 DVD….. and 6months later cut their losses sell the remaining 180,000 copies at overstocks auctions to companies like deals etc. at £0.01 each. So the likes of Dealz etc. can sell them at €1.49 and still make a huge margin.

    Overstocks and deletions make up large parts of bricks and mortar stock for sales for DVDs and cds etc.

    When you're browsing this kind of stuff though 99% of the DVDs etc tend to be muck (they're that cheap for a reason) but on occasion you will strike gold. One man's meat is another man's poison and all that!


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  • #157
    but1er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭but1er


    January wrote: »
    Apparently it and Iceland are closed and are being turned into a big TK Maxx...

    The shop was invested with rats, quote from close friends and fromer employers of Iceland


  • #158
    JanneG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭JanneG


    but1er wrote: »
    The shop was invested with rats, quote from close friends and fromer employers of Iceland

    Did they not make good business partners, no?


  • #159
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Sciprio wrote: »
    Aren't all their dvds and music cds secondhand?
    You will see them labelled "replay", more info here

    http://www.thatsentertainment.co.uk/what_reply.asp


  • #160
    CuppaCocoa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭CuppaCocoa


    but1er wrote: »
    The shop was invested with rats, quote from close friends and fromer employers of Iceland

    Saw one in the pound shop next door to Iceland. Thought it was a trick of the imagination! :eek:


  • #161
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Someone posted on here a while back that they got "Hick" on DVD, and a book on The Hacienda in Dealz. Anyone spotted these? I'd actually like both but to date haven't been able to find either. If any fellow boardsie spots either could they pick me up one and I'll happily reimburse and a little extra? Ta!

    220px-Hick_film_poster.jpg


    Not 100% positive this is the book that was referred to but hoping it is:
    the_hacienda_how_not_to_run_a_club_450.jpg

    Bump….anyone spot either of the above…..pretty please!


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  • #162
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Walkers crisps 5 pack €1.49 or end of aisle promotion a 20 pack for €2.00
    Yet people were still buying the 5 packs :confused:


  • #163
    daytob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭daytob


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Bump….anyone spot either of the above…..pretty please!
    ill have a look when i go again. ill pm you if i find them


  • #164
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    daytob wrote: »
    ill have a look when i go again. ill pm you if i find them

    Yay! Thanks a mill! Really appreciate that ! :)


  • #165
    messinkiapina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,162 ✭✭✭messinkiapina


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Bump….anyone spot either of the above…..pretty please!

    I've been looking for that Hacienda book every time I go into the Queen's Old Castle store in Cork. Never seen it yet though.


  • #166
    MonkstownHoop
    Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭MonkstownHoop


    messinkiapina wrote: »
    I've been looking for that Hacienda book every time I go into the Queen's Old Castle store in Cork. Never seen it yet though.

    it was a few months ago i picked up one in Dublin, i get the impression they only have a book in stock for a certain time


  • #167
    Cyber Ghost
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 382 ✭✭Cyber Ghost


    Just got nine rolls of bogroll for 1.49 in dealz midleton! Sweet fkn deal!

    gQR7wgYl.jpg


  • #168
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    That beats Saturday's Lidl offer


  • #169
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭degsie


    Cyber Ghost wrote: »
    Just got nine rolls of bogroll for 1.49 in dealz midleton! Sweet fkn deal!

    gQR7wgYl.jpg

    That's a sh1t hot deal! Prices are really starting to bottom out on the whole. This could wipe the competition.


  • #170
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Lyons Green Label Tea Bags 240 Pack €6.00


  • #171
    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭jpb14


    Dealz is great for dried mealworms.1 euro 49 for a pack.Same size pack is 3 euro 75 in Tesco.:eek:


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  • #172
    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭jpb14


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Lyons Green Label Tea Bags 240 Pack €6.00
    Eurogiant are selling 320 Tetley round teabags for 6 euo.They are even nicer than Lyons green label.as I like me cuppa Lyons but the Tetley are even nicer to drink.


  • #173
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    TheSun today costs €1
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  • #174
    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭jpb14


    snubbleste wrote: »
    TheSun today costs €1
    paWTSVcl.jpg?1
    Whats the Tc and Cs though?


  • #175
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Simply €3 off a €18 shop until 12/03


  • #176
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Worth noting that Tesco may honour this coupon
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=89218849&postcount=1


  • #177
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    Got a wifi bluetooth dongle in Dealz tonight for €1.49. At last I can send stuff from my phone to my laptop without a cable.


  • #178
    D Trent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭D Trent


    athtrasna wrote: »
    Got a wifi dongle in Dealz tonight for €1.49. At last I can send stuff from my phone to my laptop without a cable.

    Is that a bluetooth USB stick thing?


  • #179
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    D Trent wrote: »
    Is that a bluetooth USB stick thing?

    Exactly...sorry...long day and word association lead to me typing the wrong thing. It's a semi-circle about the size of half a 10c coin, with a USB connection. Turns my non-bluetooth enabled laptop into a bluetooth receiver.


  • #180
    D Trent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭D Trent


    athtrasna wrote: »
    Exactly...sorry...long day and word association lead to me typing the wrong thing. It's a semi-circle about the size of half a 10c coin, with a USB connection. Turns my non-bluetooth enabled laptop into a bluetooth receiver.

    I kno the one paid €8 for mine I was livid wen I saw it in Dealz for €1.49


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  • #181
    kn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,867 ✭✭✭kn


    They have HDMI cables etc in there for €1.49.


  • #182
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    2l Coke €1.49
    24x330ml DietCoke €8


  • #183
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    One thing I've found in Dealz to be a bit of a false economy is their batteries.

    I bought Kodak and Sony AA's for €1.49 and they have a really short life, you get 10 Sony Carbon Zinc Batteries for €1.49 and 11 Kodak Zinc Chloride Batteries for €1.49. The Kodak's last slightly longer but both have a woeful life, one of them only lasts about a week or ten days in my wireless mouse. I have stopped putting them in clocks now as the clock runs slow so often. Normal Alkaline batteries are far better.

    I think I will buy a rechargeable kit and battery's soon.


  • #184
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    snubbleste wrote: »
    2l Coke €1.49

    Lidl for €1.14 this weekend, coke and diet coke.


  • #185
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,414 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Stinicker wrote: »
    One thing I've found in Dealz to be a bit of a false economy is their batteries.

    .

    Yes noticed this too. They do have 4 packs of Sony alkaline batteries for €1.50, probably a better purchase.


  • #186
    deise08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Bought 'The Stig's' autobiography in there yesterday for a whole 1.49!
    Was debating whether or not to buy it when it was released first.
    Worth a read for that price anyway.


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  • #187
    Marhay70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭Marhay70


    Stinicker wrote: »
    One thing I've found in Dealz to be a bit of a false economy is their batteries.

    I bought Kodak and Sony AA's for €1.49 and they have a really short life, you get 10 Sony Carbon Zinc Batteries for €1.49 and 11 Kodak Zinc Chloride Batteries for €1.49. The Kodak's last slightly longer but both have a woeful life, one of them only lasts about a week or ten days in my wireless mouse. I have stopped putting them in clocks now as the clock runs slow so often. Normal Alkaline batteries are far better.

    I think I will buy a rechargeable kit and battery's soon.


    I put the Kodak ones in my camera, one picture and gone. That's really taking the piss


  • #188
    Baked.noodle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Baked.noodle


    The cheap batteries are crap, but I think they are fine for a remote control.


  • #189
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    http://zeusbatteryproducts.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/digital-camera-buying-guide-faqs-about-alkaline-nicd-nimh-lithium-ion-rechargeable-batteries/
    Is it normal for my digital camera to use so many alkaline batteries?

    Unfortunately, yes. Digital cameras use alkaline batteries at a rapid rate. If you are using a lot of alkaline batteries for your digital camera, your best bet is to switch to rechargeable NiMH batteries as quickly as possible. Not only will NiMH batteries power a digital camera much longer than an alkaline battery, they are a lot less expensive.

    Why do my alkaline batteries run down so quickly when used in my digital camera?

    Alkaline batteries are not designed to meet the high power demands of most electronic devices. Alkaline batteries have a high rated capacity, but they can only deliver their full capacity if the power is used slowly. Digital cameras place a high power drain on batteries, so it is much better to use rechargeable NiMH or NiCd batteries for this type of device. Lithium ion rechargeable camera batteries also work well in high drain applications like digital cameras but are often much more expensive.


  • #190
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    B1G1F on Mariah Carey perfumes
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  • #191
    jjbrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭jjbrien


    Stinicker wrote: »
    One thing I've found in Dealz to be a bit of a false economy is their batteries.

    Most of the dealz stuff is false economy or the same or better deal in Tesco/Dunnes/SuperValu etc

    2L coke 1.49 Tesco have these 2 for 3 euro or as someone else said here Lild 2 Liters for 1.19

    Sarsons Vinegar 1.49 in dealz SuperValu its 98 cent

    Capri Sun they sell it in packs of 5 for 1.49 its packs of 10 in Dunnes for 2 euro.

    Andrex Toilet Roll they have it 2 rolls for 1.49 can get a 4 roll pack in SuperValu for 2 euro


    Dealz looks cheap but its false economy they sell most stuff in smaller sizes than the main supermarkets so it looks cheap but it really isn't.


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  • #192
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,654 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Not necessarily.

    They have Colgate toothpaste in 125ml tubes for €1.49.

    A savvy shopper will work out the cost per roll/100g/etc.


  • #193
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,483 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    jjbrien wrote: »
    Most of the dealz stuff is false economy or the same or better deal in Tesco/Dunnes/SuperValu etc

    2L coke 1.49 Tesco have these 2 for 3 euro or as someone else said here Lild 2 Liters for 1.19
    That was a super saturday deal in Lidl, and the 2l is back at full price in tesco since midweek last week.

    I wouldn't say most stuff is false economy - varies product to product, and depends on what offers are on elsewhere. And of course you have to look at the pack sizes. Having said that, we wouldn't really buy a lot of food there.

    Their batteries are no different from any other cheap brand, in my experience. Grand for LED torches, remotes etc., but I wouldn't think of putting them in a digital camera.


  • #194
    irishproduce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    jjbrien wrote: »
    Most of the dealz stuff is false economy or the same or better deal in Tesco/Dunnes/SuperValu etc

    2L coke 1.49 Tesco have these 2 for 3 euro or as someone else said here Lild 2 Liters for 1.19

    Sarsons Vinegar 1.49 in dealz SuperValu its 98 cent

    Capri Sun they sell it in packs of 5 for 1.49 its packs of 10 in Dunnes for 2 euro.

    Andrex Toilet Roll they have it 2 rolls for 1.49 can get a 4 roll pack in SuperValu for 2 euro


    Dealz looks cheap but its false economy they sell most stuff in smaller sizes than the main supermarkets so it looks cheap but it really isn't.

    Dealz is owned by Poundland (They had to change name for Irl obviously) but channel 4 did a dispatches show on this last year.
    It is exactly as you have said.
    You can watch it here (If an ad pops up, just click through to the file).
    They sell a lot of stuff in custom made sizes to deceive - it seems from the show anyway.
    Enjoy


  • #195
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    irishproduce wrote: »
    They sell a lot of stuff in custom made sizes to deceive - it seems from the show anyway.
    Enjoy
    How do they deceive? The packaging states the content clearly.


  • #196
    Marhay70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭Marhay70


    I don't think many people would use Dealz for a weekly shop so some of the comparisons are irrelevant. They do comply with legislation to include quantity , size etc. so really it's a case of caveat emptor.
    The quality of their products is probably not top class but is often sufficient for the occasional user, for instance, I bought a 2ft spirit level for €1.49 but I used it for hanging pictures, not erecting skyscrapers. Horses for courses. I think, in the area of tools, electronics, gardening etc. the quality is at least as good as what you'll pay three or four times the price for in Tesco.


  • #197
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    I wouldn't say most stuff is false economy - varies product to product,
    +1, I simply buy only good deals. Same in tesco, many of the advertised offers are non-offers. Doesn't bother me much, I see people blindly filling baskets with these non-offers, that's how I figure they can then have such good genuine offers.

    I find tesco to be very good value, if I shopped the way some people do I certainly would not though.
    snubbleste wrote: »
    How do they deceive? The packaging states the content clearly.
    +1, I had these comments about that documentary.
    rubadub wrote: »
    Many items were smaller, you see this in euro shops here, bars like dairy milk can be a little smaller, sometimes broken multipacks. Some bars never seem to change size, like bounties.

    I couldn't believe my ears when in the documentary some woman from a government agency or something was saying this practice could be illegal! one example was poundland were selling say a 180g jar of nutella for €1, and the tesco had a 200g of nutella for €1. This sounded bizarre to me, that trading standards or somebody could prevent manufacturers making varying pack sizes of the same product.

    They did show a window cleaner which they said was deceptive, the smaller poundland bottle was actually taller and narrower. But I still cannot ever imagine a manufacturer being stopped from selling it.

    They were really presuming all customers are complete idiots unable to determine good value for themselves, I found it quite offensive.


  • #198
    irishproduce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    snubbleste wrote: »
    How do they deceive? The packaging states the content clearly.

    Ok snubbleste, then if the strategy of using smaller size packaging doesn't work because the size/ weight is on the packet, do you think they would engage in it?
    I think it makes no difference if the size or weight of the product was in big bold writing across the centre - not everyone watches the price per kilo, price per ltr etc


  • #199
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Dealz do deals with suppliers it to meet their £1/€1.49 price point.


  • #200
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,654 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    irishproduce wrote: »
    I think it makes no difference if the size or weight of the product was in big bold writing across the centre - not everyone watches the price per kilo, price per ltr etc

    Then that's the buyer's fault.


  • #201
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    Was at the one in letterkenny the other week. It was huge.


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