New Currys Store bargain!

Antispam

I went to currys yesterday for a new fridge freezer it was £550 same on there online web site. I went online to boots appliances and I could get it for £442.98 which included delivery (£20) and take your old one away (£7.99) and that wasn't the cheapest price, but I did get some cashback £11.48 (Top cash back) and also boots points of £16.60

Currys is well expensive for some things, always check before hand


Currys LG GR419BSCA STAINLESS STEEL 11.5 cu ft Fridge Freezer £549.95 (free delivery online only) £20 in store

Boots
http://www.bootskitchenappliances.com/Product_Information.aspx?BackLink=Search_Query&ProductID=8095&ProductCode=GR419BSCA_SS £415 (£19.99 delivery)

arlybarly

oh just come back from wednesbury and there are no bargains left at all

Antispam

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1078179/Thousands-bargain-hunters-bring-motorway-standstill-rush-grab-half-price-goods-new-superstore.html

phoenixbbs

I wonder if someone can clarify whether a retailer is allowed to add a further charge for removal of old goods, as they are now required to do so under the WEEE regulations if requested when purchasing a similar item.

Allowing them to charge sounds like a loophole, whereby they will just increase the pickup fee to put people off paying it.

sporty1

I bought a tv 18 mths ago, at the end of Jan 07, it was HD READY with 2 HDMI sockets, i packed in smoking to buy this!;)
As technology changes so fast I DID MY RESEARCH i made sure that the tv was good technology wise for at least 4-5 yrs i.e HDMI etc. The tv came with freeview various ways of connecting appliances and most importantly HD READY, as i wanted in the future to connect to High Definition on whichever source, so now Oct 08 i choose to connect to sky HD who is one of the biggest supplier of digital throughout the uk.
I now this week have took the offer from sky £75 hd box + £35 installation total £110, using the savings of my ciggie money ( i’m proud of it packing in smoking ).
Sky engineer came out to install on 13 oct 08 and was emmediatly prompted with a HDCP banner across the screen. Saying this is not compliant with HDCP Basically the people in Hollywood copying there films shown on tv onto dvd players etc, I was told by the sky engineer that one of there technical boffins would ring me to explain the situation , after speaking to him at long length he basically told me it is a tv issue and not a sky problem, i therefore got intouch with PHILIPS the manufacturer of my tv, who are fully aware of this issue and offer a free software/firmware upgrade so that the tv and sky box do an electronic handshake ( accept each other ) the upgrade is via a usb dongle which is sent free of charge in the post simply insert into tv and follow the instructions and it solves the issue. Unfortunately my tv doesn’t have a usb port, when i told Philips this they quickly told me i would have to go through there recommended tv engineers as it is out of warranty at a cost of a minimum of £165 + VAT AT MY COST
( i dont think so ), i have now had to go down the route of trading standards who have told me that the book stops at the retailer who sold me the tv as it does not suit the purpose it was originally bought for HDMI connection (under the sales act of 1979 ). I am still awaiting the response from the retailer .
So to clarify i have purchased a HD READY TV to watch HD when i’m ready (which is now! :j , BUT CANT BECAUSE OF THIS HDCP BANNER ) :mad: Philips say i need the upgrade software to which they don’t have a plan B of getting it into my HD ready tv because i have no usb on this model ( unless i do the other option above at my cost, by having it sent away the back took of to make it then HD viewable ).
I think this is totally unacceptable as i purchased the tv HD READY at a cost of £1200 so not a cheap tv ,
As anyone else experienced this problem if so how was it resolved , bearing in mind the new sky boxes only support HDMI connection
thanks