What happens with Argos discontinued items?

VoucherMan

I've been looking for a cheapish camera & found one in the Argos catalogue for £49.99. Unfortunately my local store didn't have any in stock. In fact very few did, so I guessed it was due to be discontinued. I only found one store reasonably local with stock - they had 3.

I planned to go there on Saturday 24th (new catalogue out) but noticed that the price was only valid until Friday 23rd.

At this point I chickened out and decided to go and get it on Friday.
I reserved on-line (reserved until shops close Saturday) and after work on Friday I went and bought it.


At last to the query-

What happens to the discontinued stock? The store still had 2 cameras left in stock, but when I checked the website on Saturday morning the product code wasn't recognised.

And if I hadn't collected the camera until Saturday morning what price are they likely to have charged?

I'm happy with the price & the camera - hopefully niece will be too. It's her Christmas present - but am curious whether I could have got a better bargain or not.

The model I bought is sold in several colours but Argos only advertised it in black. The camera(s?) they had in stock are/were silver. Not really an issue as the (very helpful) SA opened the box for me to have a look at it first. I searched Argos by model reference and they're now selling it in red and silver (the one I got) but it's only available for home delivery priced £89.99:eek:

TehJumpingJawa

Don't Argos have an ebay shop where they sell their returns?
Perhaps they sell their discontinued stock there too?

Lily1

There is an Argos Clearance store in Corby, Northants where discontinued items are sold very cheaply. Presumably, there are more around the country.

thatguy1

They also sell stock thought this site https://www.argosclearance.co.uk/default.aspx

Here's info about the clearance stores http://www.clearancebargains.co.uk/

And here's their ebay outlet http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Clearance-Bargains