Drill and screwdriver set, £45 down from £100.

gazzabboi

Bought this today, seemed a good deal.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7114834.htm

adonis

Don't believe anything is a bargain in Argos, a challenge drill is not worth £99.99
when you can get this for the same price, and the screwdriver is going to be a piece of carp.

Retro_Bunny

I also question the original price of £99.99

Challenge Xtreme Hammer Drill - 18V (more power than 14.4V) - usual price £34.99
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7114315.htm

Challenge Xtreme Cordless Screwdriver - 4.8V - usual price £12.99
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7114683.htm

£34.99 + £12.99 = £47.98 (for a slightly higher powered cordless drill)

So how is the set £99.99 reduced to £44.99?!?
£44.99 is it's usual price judging from similar products

Another con courtesy of Argos

Retro_Bunny

Also on the original advert it does say at the bottom:

Argos wrote:

Additional Information

* Please note item 7114834 has previously been on sale at 49.99.

gazzabboi

Retro_Bunny wrote: »

I also question the original price of £99.99

Challenge Xtreme Hammer Drill - 18V (more power than 14.4V) - usual price £34.99
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7114315.htm

Challenge Xtreme Cordless Screwdriver - 4.8V - usual price £12.99
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7114683.htm

£34.99 + £12.99 = £47.98 (for a slightly higher powered cordless drill)

So how is the set £99.99 reduced to £44.99?!?
£44.99 is it's usual price judging from similar products

Another con courtesy of Argos

I don't think its a bad deal. Try find a better drill set for less. Its not worth £100, but is £45. It came with the screwdriver set, drill, 2 batteries, seperate cases, and 50 screw and drill bits, which you don't get if you buy seperate. I tried the screwdriver out and its strong enough to take the hinges off my door.

Retro_Bunny

I'm not having a go at you OP, I'm just fed up with Argos selling a £49.99 set (as stated in the their previous price information), which then miraculously goes up to £99.99 so that it can be sold as "half-price" to customers in the "sale".
It may be a good deal at £45, but it's only a £5 discount, not a £55 discount as implied by Argos.

And as for finding a better deal, personally I'd pay the extra £2.99 and get the two items that I posted, as it's a higher powered drill and higher powered screwdriver for an extra 3 quid. Well actually, I wouldn't buy Challenge at all, I use Bosch (20 year old dril going strongl) and De Walt drill bits (De Walt Extreme 2 are only £8.99 from Screwfix, they go through my solid walls like it's butter)
http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-extreme-2-masonry-drill-bit-set-5pcs/88598

lordra

Good spot guys, they just artificially inflate prices to trick consumers into believing they have a good deal... Scumbag superstores...