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Argos Getting Ready for New EU Regulations |
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Post# 280155   5/11/2014 at 15:28 (3,609 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Just had a nosey on the Argos website, in the vacuum section obviously.
Quite a lot of vacuum cleaners have been on sale, some discounts on over £150 off. I assume they are trying to flog off all the high wattage machines so there are no stockpiles. www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/pa... This Vax, with £140 off. www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/pa... And the Turbopwer with £145 off. Most of the vacuums in the sale are the power thirsty vacuums, so just to show the future of vacuums will be better when this new law comes in. CLICK HERE TO GO TO suctionselector's LINK |
Post# 280156 , Reply# 1   5/11/2014 at 15:45 (3,609 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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And this, which Argos say that it as a 300 litre bin capacity! CLICK HERE TO GO TO hi-loswitch98's LINK |
Post# 280158 , Reply# 2   5/11/2014 at 15:53 (3,609 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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Post# 280167 , Reply# 3   5/11/2014 at 16:56 (3,609 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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Nope. |
Post# 280238 , Reply# 4   5/12/2014 at 12:54 (3,608 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 280325 , Reply# 5   5/13/2014 at 08:04 (3,607 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)   |   | |
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These aren't particularly cheap to be honest. Like other have said on this forum, they over charge for these vacuums, putting the asking price sometimes a couple of hundred quid more than the vacuum is actually worth and then slashing the price by half and saying "this is an amazing deal" when in reality, that's all they are worth. I couldn't imagine paying £280 for a vax mach air.
If they want to shift the stock quicker, reducing the price by an extra £40 or £50 would be worth it more, but I cant see them doing that somehow ahahah. |
Post# 280336 , Reply# 6   5/13/2014 at 11:32 (3,607 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 280341 , Reply# 7   5/13/2014 at 12:17 (3,607 days old) by sensotronic (Englandshire)   |   | |
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The John Lewis models also come with a full sized turbo brush like the Henry Extra, so they are good value, especially when Argos sell the Henry Extra for £149.99. |
Post# 280347 , Reply# 8   5/13/2014 at 12:52 (3,607 days old) by jord123 (new malden surrey london)   |   | |
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Post# 280362 , Reply# 9   5/13/2014 at 15:10 (3,607 days old) by sensotronic (Englandshire)   |   | |
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Yes, I may get a Lewis at some point. |
Post# 280366 , Reply# 11   5/13/2014 at 15:46 (3,607 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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I always tend to buy from Argos because they have a no fuss returns policy, they accept it back even if you don't want the product. Also because its the only place in town since Currys has gone. |
Post# 280368 , Reply# 13   5/13/2014 at 15:55 (3,607 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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... it definately isn't what it used to be. I think the Argos Catalogue out at the moment is the last one to be produced, so obviously they are going to be mostly online shopping.
They are great though if you need something small such as a kettle, and like me, the store is about 5 minutes away from me, in fact, it's right next to the supermarket we go to weekly. |
Post# 280373 , Reply# 15   5/13/2014 at 16:45 (3,607 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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Argos may not be what we remember it to have been, however, for it to have remained rock-solid throughout the last seven years with all that has gone on proves they must be doing something right. |
Post# 280376 , Reply# 17   5/13/2014 at 16:49 (3,607 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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I just hope Argos don't shut any of their stores. |
Post# 280384 , Reply# 19   5/13/2014 at 17:32 (3,607 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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Hopefully my local stores safe then, car park right next to it & the towns main supply of electrical, furniture & toys etc. unless you go online. |
Post# 280391 , Reply# 20   5/13/2014 at 18:26 (3,607 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I still like Argos - oh you moan about the high prices - but they also price slash too - which not many online sellers do. We should be lucky that they sell Miele - some other franchises don't stock as many as Argos do, let alone current models right across the range.
Unlike independent retailers near me, Argos offer a good rate and a good deal - delivery charges are reasonably low and there's a good back up service, only twice of which I have used in my lifetime - and I relied heavily on Argos when I was a student, not just buying their budget ranges but reasonable stuff that was usually over priced (and still can be) compared to other franchises. John Lewis spring to mind here, as do House of Frasers - Pyrex for example is cheaper at Argos than anywhere else, but that's because like almost everything, they buy in larger amounts and have far more branches than both JL and House of Frasers. Argos were also first (and one of few) franchises to sell generic but good quality vacuum cleaner accessories such as mini turbo brushes (Wessel Werk designs) as well as aftermarket tools. They may not do this now, but they may well appear to sell them in the future - I live in hope. |
Post# 280445 , Reply# 29   5/14/2014 at 05:32 (3,607 days old) by spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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That did make me chuckle as well. The commenter obviously has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, yet what he says isn't entirely untrue either. A good friend of mine is a merchandiser for JL, and some of the customer stories he tells me are ridiculous.
Anyway: Argos. It's true that some of the stores are looking a little tired. The fit-out is obviously done on the cheap, which is why it soon appears rough around the edges, and stacking product on the shop floor in boxes makes the place look like a cash and carry. I understand that it is done to encourage impulse buys - you can take the item straight to the till, rather than selecting it from the catalogue and waiting at the collection point - but the stores did look much neater when they had a limited number of items on display with the actual stock being held behind the scenes. They have to be doing something right however, because the two branches near me are always packed. Even when busy, they keep things moving along at a steady pace and by the time you've paid and collected you can be in and out within ten minutes. It's not comparable to a fancy department store by any means, but then it was never supposed to be. People don't go to Argos to be fawned over, they go there to quickly pick up the item they need without having to go through the usual sales rigmarole. With regard to the stock situation, I've always personally felt that the items available for collection or delivery at a later date are an addition to the core range held in stock at each store. The alternative would be to not offer those products at all, which would severely limit the choices available to those who don't necessarily need it that very same day. Probably not so much an issue if your nearest branch is a big one like Thurrock, but it would be a bit of a bummer for those with a smaller, remote branch like Stornoway! |
Post# 280446 , Reply# 30   5/14/2014 at 05:39 (3,607 days old) by Hoovermatic (UK)   |   | |
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I like John Lewis |
Post# 280454 , Reply# 31   5/14/2014 at 07:15 (3,607 days old) by spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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Don't get me wrong, I like them too for certain things. The comments on the Mail article are obviously a sweeping statement (no surprise there) and tar all JL customers with the same brush. I think he could have done with using the word "some" when referring to their clientele, and maybe rounded the edges a bit. Even then it's guaranteed to offend someone, which was probably the intention all along. The blatant snarkiness, with no attempt at even thinly veiling it, is what made me laugh in the first place.
This does however remind me of a department store I used to work for, which often attracted a certain type of customer who would only buy their electricals from us, because it wouldn't be seen as "fitting" for them to shop at Currys or Comet. Very nice and all that, but really we used to get all sorts in. For every customer who insisted on a Miele and paid for it on their platinum card, there were ten others who were buying an Indesit on credit and collecting it themselves from the warehouse round the back. I'm assuming the same applies at John Lewis too. |
Post# 280458 , Reply# 32   5/14/2014 at 09:51 (3,606 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 280462 , Reply# 33   5/14/2014 at 10:10 (3,606 days old) by madabouthoovers ()   |   | |
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I'm not bothered sebo_fan. I don't care how many franchises it has, if the prices are cheaper I will buy from Freenet. They sell what I want, and at a price I want to pay, which Argos don't, and nor do John Lewis. |
Post# 280472 , Reply# 34   5/14/2014 at 11:25 (3,606 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 280494 , Reply# 37   5/14/2014 at 13:00 (3,606 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
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The local stores staff are nice. I think it's just the area in the other town. |
Post# 280529 , Reply# 40   5/14/2014 at 18:04 (3,606 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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Too true they do. I'd sooner that than people live on welfare and do nothing at all to earn it. |
Post# 280532 , Reply# 41   5/14/2014 at 18:10 (3,606 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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They are certainly a strange one. Their website describes the stores as agents, not franchisees. I'm not splitting hairs, merely saying that the set-up must have some notable differences. |
Post# 280541 , Reply# 42   5/14/2014 at 19:48 (3,606 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Euronics have a bad habit of running out of stock between what they have online and offline, in my experience.
In my experience they are no better than Argos or Currys. They have a few branches in Scotland and of the ones I've visited, they're always out of a lot of the brands they have on their website. However, as one of the early exclusive companies, SEBO have upped their range with the Pro series of X and K series vacs as well as the classic red exclusive X1.1 that Euronics have always had, but now only appears to sell the white model now. Their prices are good and they are often cheaper than Argos or John Lewis but if you can't buy it and have to wait for it compared to high street shops that get stock in quicker, then there's really no point unless you have all the time in the world. For most buyers, not collectors, leaving it to the last minute to buy a new vacuum cleaner doesn't just come down to price, but also if the model is in stock at the time of purchase. |