What can we learn from the teachings of Argoos?

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She's pissed that she doesn't get a Christmas present, but she pretends all the work is being done by someone else. I mean, huh?

(Also, why does Argos want to advertise it's an embarassing place to shop?)

― Graham (graham), Monday, 27 January 2003 14:50 (twenty-three years ago)

If you read Polly Toynbee's recent slumming-it diary in the Grauniad, Social Fund loans are apparently based entirely on prices at Argos ("You'll need a bed. They cost £75 at Argos. You'll need oxygen to breathe. Argos do them at £29.99 per cylinder" etc.).

― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 27 January 2003 14:55 (twenty-three years ago)

That tickled me as well. Argos is interesting mainly because it isn't. It is just there. It has no 'iconic status' (M&S, BHS etc.) The only thing I bought there recently was a TV. It was the cheapest one available anywhere.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 27 January 2003 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Argos.co.uk is the 2nd biggest online shop in Europe, after Amazon.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 27 January 2003 15:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Argos is interesting in so many ways - its catalogue shop status. The department store you can browse in the comfort of your own home (better than ver internet for comfort). Stocking and warehousing and space and PROFIT!!

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 27 January 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I need shelves. Argos apparently do free delivery! Yay!

Except I can't justify the money for shelves when it could so obviously go on beer.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 27 January 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Like Ed I found it was best for aa cheap telly. However Argos is a hell hole and going there upsets me deeply.

(They only do free delivery if the item costs over £100, Sarah, you will need a strapping young man for heavy things under £100)

― Emma, Monday, 27 January 2003 15:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the teachings of Argooos are that Mr. Grant and Mrs. Sawahla are struggling to find roles of worth in this heady post-8 Mile world.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Monday, 27 January 2003 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Do they? Oh nadgers I guess I will have to struggle home with my shelving myself them. I admit I have done this before but this time there will be a bus ride involved too o no!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 27 January 2003 18:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Argos and Index shops smell, look and feel like the Benefits Agency waiting room, right down to the fag ends and chewing gum embedded in the carpet.

― Madeleine (Madeleine), Monday, 27 January 2003 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

The weird thing for me about the latest ad (beach house) is that the decor and products on show all look really crap, and I say this as someone who doesn't much care about decor.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 27 January 2003 21:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes they are v.poor. Argos does do the odd bit of inoffensively tasteful furniture (hey - I bought a top of the range bed there) but the stuff in that beach house is rankorama. Is that intentional? New brazen honesty in marketing a la Pot Noodle, maybe?

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 21:35 (twenty-three years ago)

It would make more sense like that anyway, seeing as Richard E. Grant's character is supposed to be a fool (I presumed).

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and I have to correct Graham - the correct Lithuanian spelling is 'Arr Ghoos'.

http://static.sky.com/images/skymovies/pics/1086032.jpg

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 21:48 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.richard-e-grant.com/Sightings/ArgosDailyTelegraph-1.jpg

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 21:48 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.richard-e-grant.com/Sightings/ArgosDailyTelegraph-1.jpg

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 27 January 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

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