argos rip off's

peterweston

dont know if any one else has been caught out but the first cheapest products in the argos catalogues never seam to be in at my store some times its the first four cheapest item on the cat. page plenty on the internet but why should i pay delivery tried it today on a free view box cheapest one they had was £30 walked out and went to currys it was only £15 for the one i wanted how many people are getting caught out by being asked at the till that one is not in stock but the one which is £15 dearer and the one we have a better profit line is avalible would you like that one instead. if you say yes they sort it out straight away on the screen but say no and its back to the end of the que and start again

torizia

Erm maybe you could use the stock checkers by the browsers to check which items are available before you queue up...or check online at home since you clearly have access to the internet! Then you could reserve the item you want...

custardy

i dont get the point of your post at all

Pound

Perhaps the low price makes these items very popular which is why you have trouble finding stock.

Halloway

I think it's shocking that a shop might sometimes sell things and not have them in stock. I mean, what's a shopper supposed to do? It's not like we can go and shop somewhere else is it?

maninthestreet

Halloway wrote: »

I think it's shocking that a shop might sometimes sell things and not have them in stock. I mean, what's a shopper supposed to do? It's not like we can go and shop somewhere else is it?

In the OP's case, they did go and shop somewhere else.

G42

maninthestreet wrote: »

In the OP's case, they did go and shop somewhere else.

I think you misunderstood the post!

eyelinerprincess

I don't understand the question. Argos doesn't have the item that the OP wanted to buy, possibly because the item in question was a popular item, and the price made it attractive to other customers, and so they had sold out. Therefore the OP had to go to another shop to buy said item?

Hardly a vent by any standards. By that logic I could start one every week on here about a shop that didn't have something in my size that I wanted to buy, or the local bakers running out of sausage rolls...

Pollycat

Although I can (in part) appreciate the OP's frustration at offers not being available, I can't see how this can be described as a RIP-OFF.

Most stores put stuff on offer, no surprise then when that stock is snapped up.

In my view, the Argos 'reserve for store-pickup' works pretty good.

eyelinerprincess

It does, I have an item reserved for tomorrow which I didn't see in the catalogue (maybe the last of last season's stock) which I desperately need and it's cheaper than the one I was going to get!

phingers

I have a suggestion. We need an 'I AM BEING IRONIC' indicator on some of these posts which would help the hard of thinking.