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George Foreman grill for £8 in Argos

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Hi,

My daughter nipped into Argos to buy an Argos value grill for her friend who is off to university.
It has been reduced from £9.98 to £7.98.
But when she went to collect it it was replaced by a similar model - a George Foreman one:j
Aboslute bargain.
I went and bought one myself when she told me.
The catalogue number is 423/3299
Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
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  • Has anyone else received the George Foreman one? :)
  • Hi,

    My daughter nipped into Argos to buy an Argos value grill for her friend who is off to university.
    It has been reduced from £9.98 to £7.98.
    But when she went to collect it it was replaced by a similar model - a George Foreman one:j
    Aboslute bargain.
    I went and bought one myself when she told me.
    The catalogue number is 423/3299

    Always helps if you put the store where you bought it.
    these type of exchanges are not un-common as they re-use product numbers.
  • me4bargains
    me4bargains Posts: 1,750 Forumite
    They were bought in Uxbridge.
    Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
    January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
  • clairewop
    clairewop Posts: 8,007 Forumite
    I've just reserved one to give to my mum as part of her xmas pressies, the one she had died :)
    Boiler pot £30.92/£1000
  • Its not that these numbers have been re-used, its what we in the Argos world call intergrations (I work for them) - when Argos decide to stop selling an item they just give any remaining stock a catalogue number from something similar. This tends happen a lot just after a new catalogue launch, but also throughout the rest of the year. This particular grill was sold for £17 at one point so a good bargain.

    Theres also some Magicbox phones floating around that have been intergrated to Argos value phones, cat no 552/4660 ( I think!). orginally they sold for about £80, you can now get them for £17.99 :-)

    and in theory these bargains should be in every Argos store
  • Thanks op, i also picked up one in the Coventry Gallagher store today and was indeed a George Foreman. Thanks again :beer:
  • *Kat*
    *Kat* Posts: 1,829 Forumite
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    oh really?! That's so great, so we just order that one and end up with a george Foreman one?
  • clairibel
    clairibel Posts: 3,657 Forumite
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    edited 4 September 2010 at 7:55AM
    If you look at the item through the link underneath it does say:

    You may receive a different brand named item of similar specification, but which is cosmetically different.


    So George Foreman here i come :T great info op and supermole.

    phone link
  • *Kat*
    *Kat* Posts: 1,829 Forumite
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    If I dont get the George Foreman one can I get a refund? lol
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