[Mercury_Tilt]

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[Ruu_Old]

Gathering up a few links for cheap stuff, please add to it and I will every once in a while, edit this post to add the links ye provide. Thanks everyone. A great deal of these would be used by boards regulars.

General
Aldi
Lidl
Adverts.ie
eBay Ireland
Buy4now.ie (a number of shops under the one website)
Argos Ireland (think they deliver large items but you can reserve your item to pickup in a store near you).

Beer/Wine/Spirits
Booze.ie (exactly what it sez on the tin, Online Wine and Beer Warehouse)

Electronics/Computers
SVP (CD Media, Computer parts, lots of great stufff!
Komplett.ie
Peats
Satellite.ie
Dabs
Marx Computers

Cheap Memory cards/Consumables
7DayShop.com
Shop4Memory
MX2.co.uk

CDs/Games/DVDs/Books
Amazon.co.uk
CDWOW (change domain to .ie if you wish)
HMV
Play
Pixmania
Deep Discount DVD
Blah DVD
Bang CD
XtraVision
Sendit.com (DVDs, music, etc)
The Book Depository (excellent site, huge selection!)
Hughes and Hughes Bookstore Ireland

Currency converters
http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html
http://www.xe.net/
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?u
http://www.onbusiness.ie/currencyconvertor.html
http://www.webshop-ireland.com/ie/
http://www.unison.ie/business/currency_converter.php
http://www.gcitrading.com/converter.htm
http://www.sinainet.com.eg/wrapper/Itemid,194/
http://www.sysmod.com/eurocalc/eurocalc.php

Visa daily exchange rates: http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consume...r_ex_rates.jsp

[admiralgar]

http://www.dress-for-less.ie
discount clothes warehouse

http://www.clubdenim.ie
online jeans & more store

[woolymammoth]

seemed like the best spot for it!

Amazon tips & hacks, [via Lifehacker]

[SoBe]

i keep my eye on this page every now and again.some serious value on it at times

http://www.expansys.ie/n.aspx?d=bstock

[Akula]

Are there any other equivelants of this forum out there?

Any UK sites? Good blogs etc?

[Fnz]

Originally Posted by Akula

Are there any other equivelants of this forum out there?

Any UK sites? Good blogs etc?

www.moneysavingexpert.com is a UK "consumer revenge" site. It has forum and blog sections.

[byte]

www.mandmdirect.com for clothing. Can have some good deals at times and I've ordered from them before, no problems. Delivery to Ireland £5.99 regardless of order size.

[di11on]

www.woodentoys.ie

They do Brio type wooden train sets and accessories and stuff - they seem quite cheap.

[Basq]

You may have noticed a new 'Bargain Alerts [Requests)' subforum which has been created to deal with the ever-increasing percentage of threads requesting the best prices on various products / items.

Please use this forum for all requests from now on (20/12/07).

Any request threads posted in 'Bargain Alerts' after the "birthing period" of the new forum will be deleted - you have been warned!

[FrCrilly]

DVD Price Comparison Websites

http://www.dvdbargainalerts.co.uk
http://www.dvdpricesearch.co.uk/
http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/
http://www.dvdpricecheck.co.uk/

Car/Vehicle Ferry deals forum

http://www.motorhomefacts.com/forum-20.html

New and Used Books Website

http://www.abebooks.com/

Branded Clothing from US (Levi Jeans in my experience)

http://www.jcp.com/jcp/default.aspx

[splotch]

http://www.batterycity.ie

Good for hard to find watch batteries, but also have most other types of battery and lamps, bulbs etc. Seem to be based in Denmark but if you're buying a few batteries then postage (5 euro) easily made back compared to battery prices in maplin, jewellers etc

I just bought a bunch of stuff from them. Delivery did take 6 days but well packaged and delay seemed to be down to DHL anyway.

[bk]

Great list of sites that sell DVD, CD's and games and the cost of shipping to Ireland.

Copied from muffler's great post here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...4&postcount=10



www.cdwow.ie Free
www.play.com Free
www.sendit.com £2.98 per item 7/4/11
www.coolshop.co.uk Free (T & C’s say UK only but it’s free)
www.tescoentertainment.com They did deliver here for free but have now stopped completely.
www.asda-entertainment.co.uk £0.99 for P & P

www.gamesnash.ie - Contact them in their boards.ie forum HERE
www.zavvi.com £0.99 per item
www.thehut.com £0.99 per item.

www.dvdsource.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £0.90 per disc/unit

www.dvd.co.uk UK free Ireland - £1.09 per item for games, DVD’s & Cd’s. £2.09 for Blueray

www.blahdvd.com UK free. Ireland – £1.09 per item for games, DVD’s & Cd’s. £2.09 for Blueray

www.101cd.com UK free. Ireland - £1.09 per item (not boxed sets)

www.inyourbasket.com UK free. Ireland – varies (storage media, batteries, ink cartridges etc)

www.hmv.co.uk UK free. Ireland - £2.50 per item.

www.gameplay.co.uk UK – free. Ireland - £2.95 per order

www.game.co.uk UK – free. Ireland - £2.95 per order

www.simplygames.com UK free Ireland - £3.95 for 1st item + £1 for each additional item.

www.gameseek.co.uk UK £1.99 per order Ireland £3.99 per item

www.gamegears.co.uk UK free Ireland - £6.50

www.amazon.co.uk FREE to Ireland for orders over £25 value. To view €uro prices, use Amazon Currency Converter or use Greasemonkey add on or shop from www.shopireland.ie
UK - CD & DVD £0.29 per item + £1.16 delivery
PC/Video games £0.40 per item + £1.59 delivery
Books £0.59 per item + £2.16 delivery

Ireland CD & DVD £0.39 per item + £1.49 delivery
PC/Video games £0.99 per item + £3.99 delivery
Books £0.99 per item + £3.99 delivery

[Oracle]

Cashback Websites

For anyone who isn't familiar with these sites I thought I'd post a few links here. The way to get the best value when shopping online is to find the best possible price on the internet. Then when you've got the best price you can shave up to 10% or more off if the retailer participates in one of the cashback web sites such as Top Cashback, Quidco, Cashback Kings, Rpoints etc...

I've been including links to Quidco in a lot of my posts. I can confirm they do pay out via Paypal, minus a £5 per annum admin fee. Below are some of the more popular cashback web sites:

www.topcashback.co.uk
www.quidco.com
www.cashbackkings.com
www.wepromiseto.com
www.rpoints.com

Money Saving Expert Cashback Sites Article
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/sho...hback-websites

The cashback sites themselves sometimes offer fees for referrals to join them. Instead of just joining yourself by going to the web site, it can pay to use a friends referral link, and get another friend to use yours. That way both joiner and referrer are paid when someone new signs up.

[Sharp]

Price Comparison Websites


Twenga.co.uk

www.jellydeal.co.uk

www.comparestoreprices.co.uk

www.overstock.com