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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:39 pm

Argos has been trending all day on Twitter.

Because all their stores in the Irish Republic are to close. dontpanic

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:41 pm

Have all their stores in Britainshire already closed? I know the ones in Sheffield have. Now, you have to go to Sainsbury's to shop there. And it's just a tiny little corner of the store, where you go to pick things up from. bawl

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:42 pm

I got my first mobile phone from Argos.

And my second.

And my current laptop.

And my digital radio.

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Post by Butterfield Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:20 am

I went in a High Street Argos store in a West Midlands town just before Christmas. The catalogues encased in plastic for the public to browse through have all been removed from the desks!

It just wasn't the same - they have all been replaced with touchscreen computery tablet things instead which are more difficult to have a gentle browse through.

A woman at the same desk was muttering how much she missed the catalogues and I agreed with her. The shop floor actually felt rather stark and empty.
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Post by Fangirl Three Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:57 am

I thought all the high street stores had closed down during the pandemic. The one in Fanchester did, that's why I had to start ordering online.

I got my first mobile phone from Argos.

I got my most recent one from there, online.

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Post by Nightjar Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:46 pm

I worked in the stockroom at Ouchies! Shepherd's Bush when I was 19. bowtie

It was one of the worst jobs I've ever had. happy

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:36 pm

They used to have 2 within easy walking distance open for ages, I was amazed they didn't just shut one.

Then they did. And then the other. :(

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Post by cosmictanya Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:45 pm

I prefer the touchscreens. The worst thing about Argos was those tiny pens that were too small to rest against your hand as you wrote the codes on the forms.
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Post by Nightjar Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:59 pm

Weren't/aren't they actually pencils?

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Post by cosmictanya Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:03 pm

No, they were pens. Small red plastic pens.
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Post by Nightjar Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:18 pm

I reckon you're thinking of the bookies. yes

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Post by Butterfield Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:43 am

I remember the little pens. I'm sure the ones I remember were light blue though.

The pens at the similar but long-forgotten catalogue store Index were white.
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Post by Fangirl Three Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:21 am

I remember the pens being there first, and subsequently replaced by pencils.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:51 am

I remember pencils and pens being available at various times. Like Buttertubs, I remember the pens being light blue.

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:06 am

I wouldn't have called them light blue,

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:20 am

I'm thinking of using their click and collect service, now that I know just how many Sainsbury's stores, locally, do it.

I'd always assumed it was just the big Sainsbury's on the Moor that does it.

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:22 am

But what should I buy? scared

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:26 am

A mobile phone? Excited

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Post by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:51 am

I've already got seven. shifty

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Post by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:21 am

Not at all suspicious burners eh?

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