What are Argos playing at?

currymonster · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 01, 2005 Posts: 9

Argos are now advertising i3's at £199 saying they were £299. Last week they were still £169!
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Steve_S · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 9

Woops! Perhaps someone at Argos confused the Garmin with the TomTom? Question

Is this just Argos online or in-store?

currymonster · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 01, 2005 Posts: 9

On their website

Skippy · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:

I think you will find that they were advertised at this price in their store in Outer Mongolia for about 5 minutes during the last 6 months... Rip Off Britain at it's best. :x
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Minx · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject:

When I was deciding on the best place to purchase mine I went to PCWorld and it was indeed £169.99 but they said I needed to purchase the memory card as an extra? Halford online still have it at £169.99, that's where I got mine from.

Minx · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

What bit don't you get? Seems self explanatory to me Confused

When I went to PCWorld I was told the SPi3 would cost £169.99 the card contained within it was NOT included in the price and I would have to buy it seperately.

Whether it was a PCWorld Donkey getting it wrong or whether that was infact the case I don't know.

kevinbev · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 22

Was going to pull PCW staff to bits but just had a look on the i3 box and it states: package contains:-Streetpilot i3 preprogrammed with City Navigator Europe NT (UK/Irl only), vehicle suction cup mount, 12-24volt adapter cable, dashboard disk, usb interface cable, usb drivers cd, quick ref quide. Then it lists the optional accessories:- preloaded micro sd cards for additional European regions, GA 27c remote gps antenna,a/c adapter, dash mount kit, carry case, mapsource software. So reading that there is no mention of the micro sd card in the unit but that it comes with preprogrammed software. Strangely is that Argos now put the price back up to £199 online but in the store I visited today there was a poster advertising it at £179.99.

cantgetlost · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 291

don't know about Argos. But I did see that "the link" stores have them at £169

Skippy · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:41 am Post subject:

Steve_S · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2005 Posts: 9

I got mine from Comet, V.8, cost £170. Free delivery, can't complain.

/ RANT MODE ON
I won't buy anything from PCW on principle unless I'm really desperate!
They just pi$$ me off. I bought a new PC a few years ago and had nothing but trouble - I had to threaten them with Trading Standards before I got a refund. Then I payed out £250 for a printer and asked if they would throw in a USB cable...which they wouldn't! Sometimes I go into PCW just to have a laugh at the prices...a 1.8m Ethernet cable for £15....!!!!! Some mugs don't know any better and actually buy these things (either that or they shop for business and don't care about the price). And the staff don't know their AGP from their elbow!
/ RANT MODE OFF

RODTROTTER · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 175

nice rant steve_s thats the way i feal about pc world too i have it the past been asked the leave because i told some poor mug they could get the stuff they where buying half the price at a independent pc shop down the road Laughing Out Loud

Minx · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject:

mcintyre · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

Stanley_Tweedle · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 207

I feel the same about PCW.
Freecom USB DVB-T stick: PCW Price £60. Local supplier (CCL) £42; what a bunch of comedians!

interface · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 30, 2005 Posts: 1

Hello.
The I3 is now £159.99 now in Argos.
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