A useful little store called Argos.

Advantages: Wide range of products. Their own Value range does offer some decent bargains.
Disadvantages: Sometimes have to wait too long.

...There are very few high streets in the UK that don't have the iconic Argos or Argos Extra store somewhere along them. For decades Argos has been the place to go for more or less anything, and still is to this day. From computer games to sofas, and from wardrobes to lawnmowers, you're virtually sure to find what you're looking for here. It isn't the sort of shop you'd visit on a daily basis, but it nonetheless is synonymous with shoppers all across the land. I refer in particular to the Argos branches in Southampton, and the one in the High Street. When you walk in there is a massive area of almost complete openness, bar a few catalogues and stock-checking machines for your convenience. Right at the far end is the collection area, and to the right-hand side are several tills and a queuing area to be served. Alongside this is a tiny...

Sbriers1 01.11.2009 · Read review
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Admirable Argos

Advantages: Good range of products, mostly good prices, special offers, can order online, excellent guarantees
Disadvantages: Queues can be long at busy periods, some prices can be beaten elsewhere, can be confusing for people who haven't been there before

...I'm old enough to remember when the earliest Argos stores opened. It was in the mid-70s, when I was a teenager. Argos claim to be the pioneer of catalogue retailers in the UK, and as such they took quite a risk back then: would they be able to compete with ordinary shops, or would people dislike the idea of selecting goods from catalogues without being able to see them first? Thirty years later, just about every town has an Argos, and some of them have Argos 'superstores' with extended stock. Their catalogues are twice as thick as they used to be, and they've branched out successfully into clothes and entertainment. It's pretty clear that the concept was good, the timing was appropriate, and Argos is as much taken for granted in the British way of life in 2003 as Woolworth's or WH Smith's. * How they function as a shop...

Kukana 27.10.2003 · Read review
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Argos --- with the laminated book of dreams

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...About Argos --------------- Argos was formed in 1973, and now has over 700 stores nationwide. They sell a wide range of products - toys, jewellery, home furnishings and electronics to name a few , and in the last financial year they generated 4.3 billion pounds worth of sales, with 23000 staff working for them . Each year, they serve 130 million customers, and approximately one in five UK households has a copy or the Argos catalogue in their home. Argos are owned by the Home Retail Group, which also owns Homebase . Argos themselves own a number of well known brands - Elizabeth Duke, Cookworks, Chad Valley , Aquarius, Bush and Alba, to name just a few . Argos stores operate a little differently then the majority of high street retailers . Instead of having the products on display for you to see , you browse through a laminated...

Thehonesttruth 02.09.2009 · Read review
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ARGOS - STORES AND WEBSITE

Advantages: Quick service - good deals - competitive prices - easy to use sites
Disadvantages: Low stock availability

...I have been a big fan of argos for many years and am lucky enough to have an argos store right across the road and the website at my fingertips 24/7. I have ordered a wide range of products from argos.co.uk and have used a lot of the services offered - from the online reserve feature - to the delivery service. Products ordered from argos - have ranged from televisions to vaccum cleaners all the way to batteries. The delivery service is fantastic - you get to chose when you want the product delivered - the product s in my experience are always delivered on time and by a more than friendly delivery team. The argos help system is also very helpful - when i rang to change a delivery date - they were very helpful and immediately gave me a new delivery time and date. The email communications are obviously slower but are of the same...

jameweights 04.01.2009 · Read review
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Don't shop for it! Argos it!!

Advantages: Saves you time.
Disadvantages: Can be slightly confusing.

...I have shopped at Argos since I can remember. I remember going in with my mum and dad when I was a kid. But even back then, the queue were diabolical!! Even now, you go into the store, Try to find a parking space, wait ages to get to a catalogue, and then find your items out of stock. Then You get stuck in a mile long queue to pay. Once you pay, you then have to wait for your item. Now they think they are clever with their new waiting system. But they are NOT! You have to sit and wait for your number to be called. But how many times have you been called up, and your item isn't even ready. Either that or everyone else gets theirs, and your still sitting there!! Then you finally get you item, and you realise it's to big to go in the car, or you have to lug it on the bus. Argos can be a nightmare!! But if your like me, and even...

rosebud10 27.02.2006 · Read review
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Argos, not the shop of kings.

Advantages: See text.
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...I would just like to share my own experiences of Argos, a shop that took my business earlier on this afternoon. I was looking for a storage item for my enormous collection of PC games, so went in to my local Argos store in order to look for it. I went to the catalogue, took a look in the index - and found nothing, or so I thought until I got home. As I had more time, decided to look in the Argos catalogue that we had at home. And on closer inspection, they actually had what I was looking for. The supposed main index in exactly the same catalogue that was in the shop was at the front of the book, I never thought of looking more towards the back. Therefore, only the basics were shown in the front of it - people just like me don't think to look elsewhere! So I took a note of the catalgue number; went back on in to town...

dynamicnurse 07.02.2009 · Read review
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Argos - Something For Everyone

Advantages: sells everything, good customer service
Disadvantages: long waiting times for delivery

...I can remember going to Argos when I was really young with family members, at Christmas time and when mum and dad where buying new things for the house. It's one of the few shops that I remember from a very early age and find myself shopping in today and will continue to do so in the future. Argos has 690 stores across the UK and Republic of Ireland, and serves over 130 millions customers per year whether it via orders within the stores, across the telephone or via the argos website. Argos is one of those shops that if you know what you want then you might as well go and obtain it from there. There are five stores withi my local area, all within easy reach of each other which is pretty handy whether I want to go after work or whether I am at home during the weekend. Over the years we have seen the Argos catalogue, substantially...

blondgem 17.02.2008 · Read review
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Argos - the shopping experience

Advantages: wide range of products, convenience, speed of service, shop from home
Disadvantages: speed of service, occasionaly limited stock

...Argos was formed in 1973, with only 17 stores. It has now expanded to about 650 stores throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Argos is the UK's general retailer of sales with about 3.5 billion last financial year. Argos is owned by GUS (who also own Homebase). They employ over 23,000 people within Argos; this increases dramatically over the Christmas period though. The aim of Argos is in the next 3 years for 95% of the population to be within 10 miles of an Argos store. There are 2 different types of store that can be found: a normal Argos, or an extra. Extra stores are only selective, and are restricted to a few in each area. For example in the North East, there are only 4: Durham, Gateshead, Hylton Park and Teesside Retail Park, which can be a problem if your product is only available in an extra store...

amz84 15.01.2006 · Read review
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Argos

Advantages: Loads of smaller outlets
Disadvantages: Limited super stores

...Argos in my opinion is amongst the best of the best when it comes to satisfying customer's, the staff are always pleasant and courteous, even when you have a cause to complain. The product range throughout their catalogue is pretty much second to none, You can buy almost anything through their chain. I've personally used Argos for at least 15 years and have never had a reason to be put off and change my loyalty to some other shop, they really are great. If you visit one of the Super Store branches you can usually test out most of their advertised furnishing, and often the majority of large electrical and mechanical items. The only draw back here is the limited amount of outlets with Super Store status. Even if you purchase blindly, so long as the goods are clean and undamaged Argos will give you a refund instantly. You can even...

Trev1000 04.01.2001 · Read review
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Great addition to Argos

Advantages: Good fashionable clothes, cheap, shop from home
Disadvantages: none

...I am a women and what do wamen like to do yes shop, I love shopping. I was in my local argos and i picked up an Argos additions catalogue, when i get home i can't help myself and started looking though it, there were loads of these things which i wanted so i want on line and brought a few things. If you havn't heard of Argos additions where have you been for the past 2 years. ~~~~~~WHAT DO THEY SELL~~~~~ My god where do i start they sell lots of things which include: ~ Womens fashion: jeans, suits, lingerie, coats ~ Womens footwear: boots, trainers ~ Womens sportswear: jackets, tops, t-shirs, trainers, tracksuits ~ Menswear: jeans, coats, jackets, suits ~ Mens sportwear; tops, t-shirts, trainers, tracksuits ~ Babies, kids and teens wear ~ Electrial: cameras,comcorders, computers, games, heaters, irons...

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