Argos RIP thread

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.

noble00 · 21-11-2019 3:14pm

I got that one a couple of years ago from Amazon, it’s great just as good as any of them, that’s a great price I think I paid about 80 for my one

Mantis Toboggan · 21-11-2019 3:23pm

Link isn't working

It wasnt me123 · 21-11-2019 3:36pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Link isn't working

Try this one

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

Mantis Toboggan · 21-11-2019 3:38pm

It wasnt me123 wrote: »

Try this one

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

Cheers, would a 3.2 litre capacity basket be enough for two people?

Friend of mine has an air fryer but it would barely hold enough chips for 2 people.

It wasnt me123 · 21-11-2019 3:40pm

No idea, I have a small one and can fit plenty in it - in fairness, its not that expensive so not a huge problem if its too small - just take it back

IvoryTower · 21-11-2019 3:59pm

Are they quicker than the oven?

sweetie · 21-11-2019 4:39pm

IvoryTower wrote: »

Are they quicker than the oven?

In my experience, yes. Less space to heat etc. Can do a small chicken in like an hour.

RobbingBandit · 21-11-2019 10:03pm

If anyone is posting a deal the checkargos.com link really helps

beauf · 21-11-2019 10:21pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

If anyone is posting a deal the checkargos.com link really helps

That hasn't worked properly for ages.

Ben Done · 21-11-2019 11:11pm

noble00 wrote: »

I got that one a couple of years ago from Amazon, it’s great just as good as any of them, that’s a great price I think I paid about 80 for my one

Have you tried the Philips Airfryer for comparison?

It's often been asked on the Airfryer threads whether the cheaper brands were as good - I've yet to be convinced by the answers, so it would be great to hear of someone who has tried both..

Ryath · 23-11-2019 11:26am

Anybody else having problems with the Argos.ie site? Getting lots of errors when trying to look at it, only some page's work and can't reserve anything.

plhealy2000 · 23-11-2019 11:33am

Ryath wrote: »

Anybody else having problems with the Argos.ie site? Getting lots of errors when trying to look at it, only some page's work and can't reserve anything.

Was able to reserve a laptop in the last half hour. No issues with browsing either.

smelly sock · 23-11-2019 12:06pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

just a headsup but hitachi dont make TVs any more. they are made by a company called vestel in turkey. reviews online dont seem to be great.

Yep. Id agree. You get what you pay for. I have a hitachi 49 inch 4k smart bought 3 year ago. Still going strong. Pic quality isnt a patch on my LG 4k HDR but a really good second tv though.

Id highly recommend at that price.

Masala · 23-11-2019 12:23pm

plhealy2000 wrote: »

35 in currys.
https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/digital-and-smart-tv/set-top-boxes/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-with-alexa-voice-remote-10188019-pdt.html

Got excited... but only home delivery available and earliest 1 Jan ....

Zero-Cool · 26-11-2019 1:46pm

I have a tv reserved in Argos and have between now and Friday to collect. Does anyone know if argos reduces prices further on actual black Friday? Gonna hold out to be sure anyway but wondering if anyone here remembers from last year?

Same with Harvey's and Currys. They said their black Friday sales are on at the moment and can't go any lower.... But they might drop more on Friday, can't say.

frash · 26-11-2019 4:32pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I have a tv reserved in Argos and have between now and Friday to collect. Does anyone know if argos reduces prices further on actual black Friday? Gonna hold out to be sure anyway but wondering if anyone here remembers from last year?

Same with Harvey's and Currys. They said their black Friday sales are on at the moment and can't go any lower.... But they might drop more on Friday, can't say.

Argos usually have a "sale price valid until xxx" thing down the bottom of the page

check what that says

Zero-Cool · 26-11-2019 4:37pm

frash wrote: »

Argos usually have a "sale price valid until xxx" thing down the bottom of the page

check what that says

That says January 2020 so I know it shouldn't go up but it could still go down, I'm hoping.

matchthis · 26-11-2019 10:35pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I have a tv reserved in Argos and have between now and Friday to collect. Does anyone know if argos reduces prices further on actual black Friday? Gonna hold out to be sure anyway but wondering if anyone here remembers from last year?

Same with Harvey's and Currys. They said their black Friday sales are on at the moment and can't go any lower.... But they might drop more on Friday, can't say.

I have reserved items that have gone up and down in price. Was always charged the sale price on the day.

Suckit · 26-11-2019 11:48pm

Is checkargos.com not working at the minute?
I'm getting this error

upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure

tvercetti · 26-11-2019 11:52pm

Suckit wrote: »

Is checkargos.com not working at the minute?
I'm getting this error

https://pricescanner.ie/

Suckit · 26-11-2019 11:56pm

tvercetti wrote: »

https://pricescanner.ie/

Thanks, but checkargos allows you to check stock in stores. Unless I'm missing something? - I never realised pricescanner can do that.

casio4 · 27-11-2019 9:01am

Suckit wrote: »

Is checkargos.com not working at the minute?
I'm getting this error

I googled check argos and I was brought to a different screen but could still check stock in stores the usual link from my computer was bringing up that error also so try google it

uck51js9zml2yt · 27-11-2019 10:29am

Someone needs to contact witnessmenow. He mightn't know .

RocketRaccoon · 27-11-2019 10:41am

Holland Pitiful Wheelchair wrote: »

Someone needs to contact witnessmenow. He mightn't know .

He said recently he wasn't focusing on it as much anymore, basically he'd keep the lights on and not much else.

Mantis Toboggan · 27-11-2019 10:43am

Unfortunately it's down more often than it's up these days.

phunkadelic · 27-11-2019 2:12pm

pajoemccracken wrote: »

Bargain from Hotukdeals.
Cant check stock as checkargos down. can reserve or order. Got one in Limerick.
SIM Free Samsung Galaxy S10e 128GB - Canary Yellow 880/9083
Half Price
€410.00

Beware though, it's S10E, like a budget version of the S10. RRP of €800 is taking the p1ss

IvoryTower · 27-11-2019 3:00pm

I have that s10e through work, it's very good phone, very little difference between it and the full s10, especially since you'll be putting a cover on it anyway.

utyh2ikcq9z76b · 27-11-2019 5:26pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

That says January 2020 so I know it shouldn't go up but it could still go down, I'm hoping.

They usually honor the reserved price if it goes up so you can't lose

Mantis Toboggan · 27-11-2019 6:02pm

phunkadelic wrote: »

Beware though, it's S10E, like a budget version of the S10. RRP of €800 is taking the p1ss

It's very similar though, not much difference.

shawki · 27-11-2019 10:02pm

PS4 Pro, Select Game, Blu Ray and 2nd Dualshock for €335

My plan is to get Death Stranding, Camo Dualshock & Spiderman: Far from Home and trade in at CEX for cash.

Death Stranding €43
Spiderman Far from Home €10
Green Camo Dual Shock €40
Total = €93

PS4 Pro = €242

Argos RIP thread

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