Argos-Look here 1st PLEASE before asking.

Stumpy

Below is a copy of the info I have put on Martins' "Why and Rules" thread - mainly a slightly amended extract from the RO2005 website. Hope its helpful (and right!! ).

What is an "RO" list? "RO" stands for "Run Off", and is simply a list of items that are no longer for sale in the current Argos catalogue - one of the few ways to get a list of ex-catalogue items for sale is for a member of staff to "run off" a list from their computers. Some members of staff are happy to do this for non-staff, others are very possessive. Argos seem to have different "rules" depending on which branch you go into, which is why we've been collating a list of all the code numbers discovered.



Where are the lists? As new items are discovered, they are being collated here.

How do I get an RO item? There are two ways to get an RO List item - either via telephone or actually in-store. YOU WILL NOT be able to purchase any of these items from the Argos website (apart from a few exceptions that are actually online here).

To purchase an item via telephone, you can either use the Argos "ring and reserve" service (which is a fully automated service - no humans involved), or ring a particular Argos store direct.

The Argos automated "ring and reserve" number is 0870 6001010 (but see here for alternative, cheaper ways to call!).

Once you are through to the "ring and reserve" line, you will need to press the "*" key twice, then either listen to the blurb, or press the "*" key again to bypass. Then press 1 for stock enquiries, put in the 3 digit store code, then the 7 digit item reference. Once you get used to the system, you can just go ahead and press the buttons - you don't have to wait for the prompt to press the buttons.

To find the 3 digit store code, you can either do a search for Argos on www.yell.co.uk and the last three digits of their 0845 telephone number is the store code. Or, a far superior site is BT Directory Enquiries website, which will give you the branch number of the store you requested, and all nearby stores, together with full address and phone number. And if you're not sure where a store is, they can show you a map as well!!

To ring a specific store direct - simply ring the 0845 number listed. If no-one answers and it goes through to an automated menu, select option "2" twice to get put through to someone. Outside of store hours, this is also a cheap way of getting through to the "ring and reserve" number, as after approximately 20 rings it will automatically divert.

Customer services telephone number is 0870 6003030, which will get you through to a real person - they can check country-wide for a particular item for you, although they're not infallible.

If you want to see what an item is, click the link next to it on the RO List website, which will take you through to another website (or go to http://www.netshoppinguk.co.uk/argos-shopping/ and put in the seven digit code at the end of the web address in the browser address bar, so that it looks something like: ).

More information can be found at the RO List website - and if you can't find the answer to your question, feel free to ask!!

anderida

I stumbled across a page on the Argos site that lists all their stores (Store name and code only), not just the Extra's. I can't get back to it again, but I've got a copy. If someone thinks it's useful I'll post it?

Cheers!

Stumpy

anderida wrote:

I stumbled across a page on the Argos site that lists all their stores (Store name and code only), not just the Extra's. I can't get back to it again, but I've got a copy. If someone thinks it's useful I'll post it?

Cheers!

That might be handy - I've had a quick look at their website, and found a list of all Extra stores here, and their store locator which finds a few stores close to an input postcode or location here.

I'll put links to these on the website as well.

anderida

Sorry it's so long... I did manage to get to the page again, but it's random and link doesn't seem to work!!. Add something to your trolley go to reserve and put in a town say Crawley. Now when the site is busy it directs you to this page (sometimes) othertimes you get asked which Crawley (can't believe there's 2, the one in west Sussex is bad enough, those who live there will understand).

If this is too large I'll delete it. If someone can host it I'll send the list as a word doc.

Anyway here you are:



a.

Aberdare - 65
Aberdeen Berryden - 541
Aberdeen Trinity Centre - 430
Abergavenny - 383
Aberystwyth - 137
Abingdon - 337
Accrington - 385
A****s Green - 124
Airdrie - 220
Aldershot - 272
Alfreton - 532
Altrincham - 100
Ammanford - 753
Andover - 270
Arbroath - 303
Armagh - 696
Arnold - 30
Ashford Business Park - 762
Ashford New Rents - 382
Ashington - 365
Ashton under Lyne Snipe Retail Park - 768
Ashton under Lyne The Arcades - 380
Aylesbury - 797
Ayr - 211

b.

Balham - 20
Ballymena - 9
Banbury - 186
Bangor - 809
Bangor (NI) - 213
Barnsley Cortonwood - 766
Barnsley Peel Street - 144
Barnstaple - 85
Barrow in Furness - 291
Barry - 789
Basildon Pipps Hill - 506
Basildon Westgate Park - 41
Basingstoke Retail Park - 505
Basingstoke The Centre - 120
Bath - 49
Bathgate - 300
Beaumont Leys - 536
Beckton - 429
Bedford Harpur Centre - 50
Bedford Interchange - 520
Bedminster - 341
Beeston - 353
Belfast Great Victoria Street - 97
Belfast Ross's Court - 484
Belfast Royal Avenue - 217
Berwick upon Tweed - 294
Bexleyheath - 251
Bicester - 298
Billericay - 529
Billingham - 352
Birkenhead - 473
Birmingham Pallasades - 464
Birmingham Priory Square - 407
Bishop Auckland - 340
Bishopbriggs - 351
Bishops Stortford - 359
Blackburn Market Way - 267
Blackburn Towns Moor Retail Park - 693
Blackpool - 122
Blackwood - 388
Blandford Forum - 296
Bletchley - 781
Blyth - 316
Bolton Bridge Street - 472
Bolton Middlebrook - 772
Bootle - 107
Borehamwood - 501
Boscombe - 21
Boston - 10
Bournemouth Castle Point - 755
Bournemouth Post Office Road - 163
Bournemouth Ringwood Road - 585
Bracknell - 533
Bradford Forster Square - 545
Bradford Kirkgate Centre - 434
Braehead - 16
Braintree - 206
Brentwood - 178
Bridgend - 189
Bridgwater - 77
Bridlington - 389
Brighton Carden Avenue - 775
Brighton Western Road - 132
Bristol Cribbs Causeway - 404
Bristol Galleries - 509
Bristol Imperial Park - 689
Brixton - 531
Bromley - 431
Bromsgrove - 127
Bulwell - 677
Burgess Hill - 293
Burnley Market Square - 129
Burnley Retail Park - 786
Burton upon Trent - 175
Bury - 364
Bury St. Edmunds - 540
Buxton - 311

c.

Caernarfon - 348
Caerphilly - 42
Camberley - 112
Camborne - 329
Cambridge Bradwells Court - 139
Cambridge Retail Park - 538
Camden - 117
Cannock - 76
Canterbury - 478
Cardiff Bay - 476
Cardiff Queens Arcade - 436
Carlisle - 181
Carmarthen - 7
Castle Vale - 534
Castleford - 336
Catford - 223
Charlton - 502
Chatham - 413
Chelmsford Chelmer Village - 526
Chelmsford Springfield Road - 446
Chelmsley Wood - 39
Cheltenham - 128
Cheshire Oaks - 535
Cheshunt - 760
Chester Foregate Street - 435
Chester Greyhound Park - 530
Chester le Street - 342
Chesterfield - 82
Chichester - 344
Chippenham - 98
Chorley - 390
Christchurch - 371
Cirencester - 62
Clacton on Sea - 228
Cleveleys - 308
Clydebank - 232
Coalville - 318
Coatbridge - 328
Colchester - 93
Coleraine - 164
Colliers Wood - 507
Colwyn Bay - 773
Congleton - 363
Consett - 25
Cookstown - 91
Corby - 170
Coventry City Arcade - 444
Coventry Gallagher - 582
Coventry The Burges - 34
Craigavon - 803
Cramlington - 804
Crawley - 466
Crewe - 209
Cromer - 653
Croydon Church Street - 403
Croydon Purley Way - 326
Cumbernauld - 282
Cwmbran - 121

d.

Dalston - 74
Darlington - 161
Dartford - 6
Daventry - 273
Derby - 449
Dewsbury - 376
Doncaster Frenchgate Centre - 424
Doncaster Wheatley Centre - 253
Dorchester - 244
Dover - 370
Dudley - 88
Dumfries - 157
Dundee - 660
Dunfermline - 289
Dungannon - 785
Dunstable - 205
Durham - 212

e.

Ealing - 193
East Dereham - 319
East Grinstead - 373
East Ham - 29
East Kilbride - 225
Eastbourne Admiral Retail Park - 503
Eastbourne Terminus Road - 135
Eastleigh - 245
Ebbw Vale - 580
Edgware - 346
Edinburgh Craigleith - 256
Edinburgh Kinnaird Park - 416
Edinburgh North Bridge - 183
Edmonton - 28
Elgin - 357
Ellesmere Port - 320
Eltham - 237
Ely - 301
Emersons Green - 577
Enfield - 339
Enniskillen - 271
Epsom - 290
Evesham - 38
Exeter - 479

f.

Falkirk - 252
Falmouth - 369
Fareham Titchfield - 471
Fareham West Street - 143
Farnborough - 386
Farnham - 159
Felixstowe - 277
Fleet - 280
Folkestone - 195
Fraserburgh - 805
Frome - 264

g.

Gainsborough - 670
Galashiels - 203
Gateshead MetroCentre - 410
Glasgow Fort - 784
Glasgow Stockwell Street - 437
Glenrothes - 236
Gloucester - 458
Goole - 148
Gosport - 276
Grantham - 229
Gravesend - 233
Great Yarmouth Market Place - 184
Great Yarmouth Retail Park - 794
Greenock - 286
Grimsby Alexandra Dock - 682
Grimsby Victoria Street - 461
Guildford - 73
Guiseley - 659

h.

Hailsham - 674
Halesowen - 681
Halifax Greenmount - 656
Halifax Horton Street - 224
Hamilton - 31
Hammersmith - 377
Hanley - 405
Harlow - 130
Harpenden - 295
Harrogate - 158
Harrow - 266
Hartlepool - 257
Harwich - 796
Hastings - 80
Havant - 327
Haverfordwest - 279
Haverhill - 102
Hayes - 160
Heanor - 527
Hemel Hempstead Marlowes Centre - 374
Hempstead Valley - 4
Hereford - 354
Hexham - 153
High Wycombe - 113
Hinckley - 356
Hitchin - 751
Hoddesdon - 297
Holborn - 221
Holloway - 480
Holyhead - 698
Honiton - 777
Hornchurch - 274
Horsham - 243
Hounslow - 453
Huddersfield Leeds Road - 671
Huddersfield Pack Horse Centre - 141
Hull Ferensway - 125
Hull Kingswood - 662
Hull Market Place - 411
Huntingdon - 366
Hyde - 375

i.

Ilford - 462
Ilkeston - 27
Inverness Eastfield Way - 673
Inverness Eastgate - 349
Ipswich Carr Street - 489
Ipswich Suffolk Retail Park - 776
Irvine - 240
Isle of Wight (Newport) - 451

j.


k.

Keighley - 192
Kendal - 241
Kensington - 24
Kettering - 214
Kidderminster - 26
Kilburn - 447
Kilmarnock - 231
Kings Heath - 36
Kings Lynn - 481
Kingston upon Thames - 401
Kirkcaldy - 207

l.

Lancaster - 187
Larne - 779
Launceston - 783
Leamington Spa - 250
Leatherhead - 780
Leeds Albion Street - 485
Leeds Colton - 695
Leeds Crown Point - 468
Leeds Eastgate - 90
Leeds White Rose - 171
Leek - 655
Leicester Belgrave Gate - 417
Leicester Fosse Park - 758
Leigh - 334
Letchworth - 218
Lewes - 310
Lewisham - 771
Lichfield - 13
Lincoln - 469
Lisburn - 586
Liverpool Paradise Street - 460
Liverpool St. Johns - 70
Liverpool Walton Road - 44
Livingston - 81
Llandudno - 387
Llanelli - 255
Londonderry Crescent Link - 774
Londonderry Foyleside - 18
Long Eaton - 43
Loughborough - 204
Lowestoft - 185
Luton - 71

m.

Macclesfield - 249
Maidenhead - 242
Maidstone - 110
Malvern - 131
Manchester Ancoats - 412
Manchester Arndale - 661
Mansfield - 167
Marble Arch - 111
Margate - 230
Market Harborough - 355
Meadowhall - 332
Melton Mowbray - 307
Merry Hill - 442
Merthyr Tydfil River Walk - 358
Middlesbrough - 676
Middleton - 322
Mill Hill - 457
Milton Keynes - 415
Mold - 675
Morecambe - 321
Motherwell - 284

Part 2 follows:

anderida

n.

Neath - 226
Nelson - 360
New Oxford Street - 23
Newark on Trent - 227
Newbury Northbrook Street - 172
Newbury Retail Park - 770
Newcastle under Lyme - 331
Newcastle upon Tyne - 467
Newmarket - 324
Newport Kingsway Centre - 96
Newport Maesglas Retail Park - 800
Newquay - 317
Newry - 208
Newton Abbot - 265
Newton Aycliffe - 778
Newtown - 548
Newtownabbey - 537
Newtownards - 792
North Finchley - 367
Northallerton - 309
Northampton - 470
Northfield - 145
Northwich - 197
Norwich Castle Mall - 433
Norwich Riverside - 573
Nottingham Broadmarsh Centre - 57
Nottingham Parliament Street - 428
Nottingham Riverside - 528
Nuneaton - 384

o.

Oban - 47
Old Street - 448
Oldbury - 658
Oldham Elk Mill - 752
Oldham Town Square - 146
Omagh - 684
Ormskirk - 546
Orpington - 378
Oswestry - 95
Otley - 48
Oxford Botley Road - 443
Oxford City Centre - 51

p.

Paisley - 198
Parkhead Forge - 575
Partick - 694
Peckham - 285
Penrith - 67
Penzance - 58
Perry Barr - 323
Perth - 259
Peterborough - 421
Peterhead - 87
Peterlee - 234
Plymouth - 475
Pontefract - 35
Pontypool - 798
Poole - 482
Port Talbot - 305
Portadown - 94
Portsmouth - 419
Prescot - 680
Preston Deepdale - 663
Preston Fishergate - 455
Putney - 254

q.

r.

Ramsgate - 216
Reading Forbury - 790
Reading Oxford Road - 422
Redcar - 672
Redditch - 261
Redhill - 194
Retford - 275
Rhyl - 362
Richmond - 173
Rochdale - 260
Romford - 402
Rotherham - 347
Rugby - 361
Runcorn - 168
Rushden - 764

s.

Sale - 345
Salford Regents Park - 651
Salford Shopping City - 333
Salisbury - 162
Scarborough - 325
S****horpe - 372
Selby - 313
Sheffield Angel Street - 463
Sheffield The Moor - 69
Shepherds Bush - 15
Shipley - 763
Shrewsbury Claremont Street - 150
Shrewsbury Meole Brace - 795
Sittingbourne - 219
Skegness - 78
Skelmersdale - 335
Slough - 456
Solihull Mill Lane - 83
Solihull Sears Retail Park - 761
South Shields - 147
Southampton High Street - 441
Southampton West Quay - 182
Southend Airport Business Park - 787
Southend Talza Way - 438
Southport - 142
Spalding - 89
Speke - 283
St. Albans - 222
St. Andrews - 306
St. Austell - 278
St. Helens - 769
St. Neots - 314
Stafford - 169
Staines - 140
Stamford - 14
Stechford - 668
Stevenage - 408
Stirling - 179
Stockport Peel Centre - 665
Stockport St. Peters Square - 248
Stockton on Tees - 202
Stoke Festival Park - 664
Stowmarket - 315
Stranraer - 699
Stratford - 105
Stratford upon Avon - 210
Streatham - 61
Stretford - 215
Strood - 767
Stroud - 302
Sudbury - 54
Sunderland High Street - 450
Sunderland Hylton Park - 578
Sutton - 115
Sutton Coldfield - 106
Sutton in Ashfield - 304
Swansea Fforest-Fach - 654
Swansea High Street - 406
Swindon Brunel Centre - 439
Swindon Greenbridge - 543
Swiss Cottage - 180

t.

Talbot Green - 33
Tamworth Ankerside - 288
Tamworth Jolly Sailor Retail Park - 685
Taunton - 477
Teesside Retail Park - 579
Telford - 238
Thamesmead - 690
Thetford - 263
Thurrock Retail Park - 504
Thurrock Shopping Centre - 414
Torquay - 138
Tottenham Hale - 508
Totton - 692
Trowbridge - 292
Truro - 123
Tunbridge Wells - 269

u.

Uttoxeter - 759
Uxbridge - 114

v.

Victoria - 440

w.

Wakefield Cathedral Retail Park - 697
Wakefield Westgate - 427
Wallsend Silverlink - 679
Walsall - 409
Waltham Cross - 343
Walthamstow - 37
Walworth Road - 235
Wandsworth - 686
Warrington Birchwood - 368
Warrington ****hedge Centre - 454
Washington - 188
Watford Charter Place - 423
Watford Waterfields - 652
Wellingborough - 338
Welwyn Garden City - 239
Wembley - 425
West Bromwich - 136
Weston super Mare - 166
Weybridge - 379
Weymouth - 165
Whitchurch - 60
Whitehaven - 258
Widnes - 350
Wigan Galleries - 418
Wigan Robin Retail Park - 691
Wilmslow - 40
Wimbledon - 75
Winchester - 287
Winsford - 788
Wisbech - 12
Wishaw - 765
Witney - 799
Woking - 108
Wokingham - 683
Wolverhampton - 432
Wood Green - 420
Woolwich - 452
Worcester - 154
Workington - 247
Worksop - 196
Worthing - 174
Wrexham - 92
Wythenshawe - 574

x.


y.

Yate - 381
Yeovil Babylon Hill - 667
Yeovil High Street - 116
York Bridge Street - 149
York Clifton Moor Centre - 459

z.

Stumpy

Sent you a PM!!

student100

Just make sure you reserve at the right store.

Several times when I was working at Chester Foregate Street store over Christmas people came up to us with reservation numbers for either Chester Greyhound Park store (not so bad, only the other side of town) or Chester-le-Street store (170 miles away!)

newsgroup_monkey

I know it doesn't affect everyone, but those of you in the Beds / Bucks area, there is a new store that opened Friday (25th February): Leighton Buzzard

Code number: 815
Phone number: 0845 1657815

For those of you local to this, it's easy to find: Park at the new car park (drive into Leighton Buzzard. After the THIRD roundabout, it's on your left by Waitrose). Walk out of the door and it's on your left.

NB: THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WEB YET

Also, only 'cos I work there, there's also a new EXTRA store in Hemel Hempstead (which is available on the web!)

Code number: 808
Phone number: 0845 1657808

I haven't visited it yet, but I think it's next door to Comet, where Homebase used to be (please confirm anyone who's been there!)

Dealseek

newsgroup_monkey wrote:

I know it doesn't affect everyone, but those of you in the Beds / Bucks area, there is a new store that opened Friday (25th February): Leighton Buzzard

Code number: 815
Phone number: 0845 1657815

For those of you local to this, it's easy to find: Park at the new car park (drive into Leighton Buzzard. After the THIRD roundabout, it's on your left by Waitrose). Walk out of the door and it's on your left.

NB: THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WEB YET

Also, only 'cos I work there, there's also a new EXTRA store in Hemel Hempstead (which is available on the web!)

Code number: 808
Phone number: 0845 1657808

I haven't visited it yet, but I think it's next door to Comet, where Homebase used to be (please confirm anyone who's been there!)

Can confirm Hemel extra store is in Apsley Mills next to Currys, Homebase is still there.