Argos RIP thread

Amazon have opened a huge warehouse, new retail names are arriving (jysk is an example), IKEA opening a second store, Flannels expanding, Next expanding and many more.

Argos will sell off stuff here, but they don't carry huge stocks of items. In many cases it's 3 or 4 at most in a store. Items will be delisted and then a clearance.

There is no way that laptop was ever €1189. 289 is about the right price for that spec of chromebook.

available for €254 here, reduced from 289

All these issues of stock and prices existed before Bexit.

It was a sinking ship in RoI long before Brexit.

Bargains Argos thread on boards runs from 2015 or so. Lots of us have been watching it wind down for a long time.

My experiences of the stores were always positive - the staff really made the difference here, so hopefully they will be looked after as promised and find suitable roles afterwards.

The Irish business appeared to receive minimum investment. The stores were becoming tatty, there was no mobile app and the .ie web site - which the business now entirely depended upon - was dated, lacked functionality and was buggy.

It would not have been a multi-million Euro investment to refresh the web site to be the same as the UK version. The products, images, text, catalogue numbers etc. are all the same. I would not be surprised to hear they had the groundwork already done.

This decision was really made many years ago when the UK web site was refreshed and the Irish one was left. I get the feeling Sainsburys just didn't know what to do with it, so just kept it going with no changes. They are operating at a loss now - but would that have been a profit or a smaller loss with the required investment years ago?

Will I miss it? Yes - I often picked up electronics and toys there, pretty much been a customer since it launched. Thanks to them also picked up a PS5 when they were like gold dust.

However, when it's 2023 and your web site shows no results when you search for one of most well known products in the world, it's game over.

Proves my point - the web site is buggy. If I search from desktop (not mobile) I get zero results... unless I put a space at the end of the search.

Max Output - 10.5W Energiser vs 15W Belkin it seems and the Energiser has a micro usb input which the Belkin does not

http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/product_page.php?p_code=P0191&l=en

Rated InputMicro-USB:5V/2A

USB-C: 5V/2ARated OutputUSB-A: 5V/2.1A

USB-A: 5V/2.1A

mmTotal Output10.5W (Max.)

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• https://www.belkin.com/support-article/?articleNum=317050
• 15W total power
• Two USB-A ports charge your devices
• USB-C port
• Two USB-A ports (15W total output) 
  • Up to 5V / 2.4A / 12W per port

May only be on certain products but it seems you now have 7 days to pick up a reserved item.

Anyone know if Argos home deliveries are delayed at the moment, have an item that they said 7-9 days and its been over 2 weeks now

Anyone manage to get one of those ssd drives on the non chat thread for 34 euros - likely pricing error - should have been at least 134.

I also got an Acer laptop, I use it for a small business and study, its perfect

I picked up the iPad Air that was posted yesterday. I’m using it to post this. Brilliant bit of kit.