NOT "Argos" !!!

carpetmojo · 03-24-2011, 07:02 AM

To those UK members - or indeed anywhere else in the world this concern has "stores"- I have a little "breaking news" about the mighty "Argos" - over-priced, "free credit" catalogue sellers with High Street premises in a number of cities.

You may decide, like me, that there is little chance of us giving them any of our lolly anytime soon...... A decision I'd reached years ago, but this just reinforces it.

Walking into town recently, and remembering some blurb or other I'd seen in a paper somewhen, out of sheer noseyness I popped into the Argos I was passing, and looked up "ereader" in their bulging tome of junk, oops, sorry, goods on offer.......

To find two Binatone offerings, at £79.99 & £ 144.99 (yes, that's correct, and the cheapest one was the colour version !), under the delightfully informative heading .......

" An ebook, or ereader as they are sometimes known, is a device ........." etc.. blah blah.

It makes you feel they haven't quite gone into the subject with too much care, doesn't it - especially as with these particular products, and at these prices, they might well be dipping the wrong toe into too deep a pond with the wrong fishing rod ..... well, you know what I mean.

HarryT · 03-24-2011, 07:13 AM

I buy lots of stuff from Argos

.

There's been a fair amount of discussion about these Binatone devices. They are the typical Chinese-made 7" Android tablets. Cheaply made, but good value for money if you're in the market for such a thing.

carpetmojo · 03-24-2011, 12:47 PM

£150 ? Cor blimey guv'nor, leave it aht ....

HarryT · 03-24-2011, 12:49 PM

I wouldn't recommend buying one as a bookreader, certainly, but if you're in the market for a low-end Android tablet - eg as a video player - then they're quite acceptable.

Tomsk · 03-24-2011, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

It makes you feel they haven't quite gone into the subject with too much care, doesn't it - especially as with these particular products, and at these prices, they might well be dipping the wrong toe into too deep a pond with the wrong fishing rod ..... well, you know what I mean.

That's about normal for any shop.
Most staff don't know about the products they're selling.

carpetmojo · 03-25-2011, 06:31 AM

Well, in these places there are no staff in the normal sense, they're usually behind a counter taking your order, and calling you over when it comes up from the basement !

( And I doubt any of them would know much about any of the 1,000's of products available. )

And my real point was their no-doubt expensively produced catalogue, compiled by no-doubt supposedly knowledgable marketeers, checked by (probably poorly paid ) proof-readers, displayed total ignorance of the difference between an ebook and an ereader ....

( I just thought 'twas amusing...........................

carpetmojo · 03-25-2011, 06:35 AM

Here, why am I a groupie, incidentally ? !!!

Sadly, them days are lorng gorng, mate..............

Still, you never know......................

Many an old toon......................

HarryT · 03-25-2011, 07:37 AM

If you know it is you want to buy, Argos is a good place to buy. But it's definitely NOT the place to go if you don't know, because you can't "browse", as you can in a normal shop. It's actually very like buying online, now I come to think about it.

carpetmojo · 03-25-2011, 11:20 AM

But without the atmosphere...............

Tomsk · 03-25-2011, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

If you know it is you want to buy, Argos is a good place to buy. But it's definitely NOT the place to go if you don't know, because you can't "browse", as you can in a normal shop. It's actually very like buying online, now I come to think about it.

Before the internet and online shopping, it was find the product you wanted to buy in a normal shop, then off to Argos to get it cheaper!

HarryT · 03-25-2011, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomsk

Before the internet and online shopping, it was find the product you wanted to buy in a normal shop, then off to Argos to get it cheaper!

There's a big Argos just down the road from me. Still the place I go to buy most of my "household" stuff

.

carpetmojo · 03-25-2011, 06:05 PM

Someone has to pay for all the free credit by installments ............

Conor · 03-25-2011, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Stores between 1000 and 10 000 books.

I don't have 1000 ebooks.

carpetmojo · 03-26-2011, 06:50 AM

Was that the Binatone ? Couldn't force myself to read the blurb that far.

At the moment I am struggling to keep it under 100, I have to confess.

I'm going to fool myself, and put some categories on cards, then I can be as acquisitive as I like !

03-24-2011, 07:02 AM	#1
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	NOT "Argos" !!! To those UK members - or indeed anywhere else in the world this concern has "stores"- I have a little "breaking news" about the mighty "Argos" - over-priced, "free credit" catalogue sellers with High Street premises in a number of cities. You may decide, like me, that there is little chance of us giving them any of our lolly anytime soon...... A decision I'd reached years ago, but this just reinforces it. Walking into town recently, and remembering some blurb or other I'd seen in a paper somewhen, out of sheer noseyness I popped into the Argos I was passing, and looked up "ereader" in their bulging tome of junk, oops, sorry, goods on offer....... To find two Binatone offerings, at £79.99 & £ 144.99 (yes, that's correct, and the cheapest one was the colour version !), under the delightfully informative heading ....... " An ebook, or ereader as they are sometimes known, is a device ........." etc.. blah blah. It makes you feel they haven't quite gone into the subject with too much care, doesn't it - especially as with these particular products, and at these prices, they might well be dipping the wrong toe into too deep a pond with the wrong fishing rod ..... well, you know what I mean.

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03-24-2011, 07:13 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I buy lots of stuff from Argos . There's been a fair amount of discussion about these Binatone devices. They are the typical Chinese-made 7" Android tablets. Cheaply made, but good value for money if you're in the market for such a thing.

03-24-2011, 12:47 PM	#3
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	£150 ? Cor blimey guv'nor, leave it aht ....

03-24-2011, 12:49 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I wouldn't recommend buying one as a bookreader, certainly, but if you're in the market for a low-end Android tablet - eg as a video player - then they're quite acceptable.

03-25-2011, 06:31 AM	#6
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Well, in these places there are no staff in the normal sense, they're usually behind a counter taking your order, and calling you over when it comes up from the basement ! ( And I doubt any of them would know much about any of the 1,000's of products available. ) And my real point was their no-doubt expensively produced catalogue, compiled by no-doubt supposedly knowledgable marketeers, checked by (probably poorly paid ) proof-readers, displayed total ignorance of the difference between an ebook and an ereader .... ( I just thought 'twas amusing...........................

03-25-2011, 06:35 AM	#7
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Here, why am I a groupie, incidentally ? !!! Sadly, them days are lorng gorng, mate.............. Still, you never know...................... Many an old toon......................

03-25-2011, 07:37 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you know it is you want to buy, Argos is a good place to buy. But it's definitely NOT the place to go if you don't know, because you can't "browse", as you can in a normal shop. It's actually very like buying online, now I come to think about it.

03-25-2011, 11:20 AM	#9
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	But without the atmosphere...............

03-25-2011, 06:05 PM	#12
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Someone has to pay for all the free credit by installments ............

03-26-2011, 06:50 AM	#14
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Was that the Binatone ? Couldn't force myself to read the blurb that far. At the moment I am struggling to keep it under 100, I have to confess. I'm going to fool myself, and put some categories on cards, then I can be as acquisitive as I like !