It's Back.......For Two Weeks Only

It's Back.......For Two Weeks Only

The Argos up to 75% RO clearance will be coming back (somewhen) during the week starting 17/10/05 and lasting until the end October. After this the stock will be returned and sold off to other companies. (so expect to see more of “Argos sold this months ago for more money” on the shopping channels!)

However there are fewer lines of stock featured within it this time around! (Mainly due to this activity being later this year and the inclusion of items which sell slower and specialist items into the extra catalogue)

The actual amount in you local store will vary from store to store depending on how well the staff there have been selling RO the last few months.

There is also a small amount of RO in the distribution centres which you or the store can order in.
Yes you can order items from the distribution centres to be delivered to the store from online or over the phone by reserving them as usual – you end up with a reservation saying “will be available from today+3 days until today+5 days” or something along those lines. Not via text yet though.
Update 13/10/05: This is no longer true - all DC stock is being shipped to stores

There is no definitive RO list for the 75% reduced stock available so far and exact details won’t be available until it happens.

There are still going to be bargains to be had. For instance there is still some Sony and Olympus digital cameras, various brands of camcorders and various brands of In-Car-CD players. There is also the usual blend of discontinued Argos exclusive items and brands within ranges such as lights, furniture, luggage, sports backpacks and toys at silly prices.
There is also a small amount of jewellery and watches which may/may not be included.

Stumpy seems to have collected most of the catalogue numbers and descriptions for RO this year so there a good place to start. However a lot of items have been sold already during the last few months or returned to their original manufactures for sale elsewhere.

For a guide to “RO hunting” check out the sticky at the top of this board.

One thing missing is though is if you have the catalogue number and store name/number you could always use the text service if you are fortunate to have a generous mobile network giving you hundreds/thousands of texts a month for free.

All details subject to change at a moment’s notice (as ever)


Stockie

Update 12/10/05: The date it starts is Wednesday 19th October. A leaflet will be avaliable in some stores with the top 100(ish) clearance lines in it.

Update 13/10/05: More updates as they come. (Also I'm trying to get hold of some info on the top 100 lines)