Bin man Posted July 30, 2022 #1 Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 years go on Ventura there was a Dixons shop in the photo area selling cameras and ipad/Samsung items do they still exist on any ships ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristaltips Posted July 30, 2022 #2 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On Ventura in March there was a shop selling cameras, binoculars, iPads etc. Its no longer Dixon though ( do they still exist? 🤷♀️) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bin man Posted July 30, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted July 30, 2022 No Dixons as you know it don't exist but they were called dixons but didn't use their logo or advertise as the old Dixions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bin man Posted July 30, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Just had a look on p and o site and it's called Dixons Travel .Trialled on Ventura 2017 and was supposed to be on Britannia from 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted July 30, 2022 #5 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Would not buy anything in the shops, especially if expensive. Too many stories of problems if anything goes wrong. Buy at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted July 30, 2022 #6 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Iirc, at some point in the relatively recent past Hardings lost the contract and there were some different shops on board. They are now however back with Hardings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted July 31, 2022 #7 Share Posted July 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Bin man said: Just had a look on p and o site and it's called Dixons Travel .Trialled on Ventura 2017 and was supposed to be on Britannia from 2019 January 2020 it was PCWorld on Britannia. I bought a new Kindle and Fitbit onboard as there was a special extra discount of 30% one evening. Both still going strong. July and December 2021 no electronic shop onboard. Reading this thread hoping to see one back in October and December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david63 Posted July 31, 2022 #8 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Megabear2 said: it was PCWorld on Britannia PCWorld and Dixons are trading names of Currys - all one and the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 31, 2022 #9 Share Posted July 31, 2022 13 hours ago, Fionboard said: Would not buy anything in the shops, especially if expensive. Too many stories of problems if anything goes wrong. Buy at home. DW purchased a Michael Kors handbag on Independence of the seas. Tremendous price. Nothing went wrong with it. We also purchased a pack of playing cards. No problems with them either. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted July 31, 2022 #10 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Was referring to electrical. Had big problems with GHD hair curlers which stopped working shortly after returning home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted July 31, 2022 #11 Share Posted July 31, 2022 46 minutes ago, zap99 said: DW purchased a Michael Kors handbag on Independence of the seas. Tremendous price. Nothing went wrong with it. We also purchased a pack of playing cards. No problems with them either. Sarcasm again! Getting a bit tiresome. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted July 31, 2022 #12 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On our last cruise on Iona every female member of our party bought top branded handbags with 25% off and of course they bought them on our account to get another 10% and we also noticed how much the duty free offers were been snapped up ( we didn't buy any ) but the queue to collect it on the next to last day snaked around the shopping arcade, of course these are not electrical items as previously mentioned but it shows how much revenue ,if priced correctly these outlets can bring in. We have, over the years purchased many items from the Whitewall gallery on board and the orders are then processed to our local gallery for dispatch without any problems, so we feel that the on board shops are worthwhile, or at least my good lady does !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satellite city Posted July 31, 2022 #13 Share Posted July 31, 2022 17 hours ago, Bin man said: 3 years go on Ventura there was a Dixons shop in the photo area selling cameras and ipad/Samsung items do they still exist on any ships ? Not heard any mention of them on Iona, just the usual handbags and expensive jewellery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david63 Posted July 31, 2022 #14 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, gsmt47471015 said: ,if priced correctly these outlets can bring in. More "if marketed correctly". With the onboard shops you need to do your homework and check on what the actual prices are. Recently on Britannia there were daily offers of "duty free" booze - but some of the offers were more expensive than when the same product is on offer in Tesco (other supermarkets are available) and most of the others were only a pound or two cheaper - not worth the hassle of getting them home in my opinion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satellite city Posted July 31, 2022 #15 Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, david63 said: More "if marketed correctly". With the onboard shops you need to do your homework and check on what the actual prices are. Recently on Britannia there were daily offers of "duty free" booze - but some of the offers were more expensive than when the same product is on offer in Tesco (other supermarkets are available) and most of the others were only a pound or two cheaper - not worth the hassle of getting them home in my opinion. Seen that happen a lot even in duty free shops at airports. Fragrance can be ok sometimes but duty free alcohol is usually more of a convenience of it being guaranteed to be in stock (my local supermarket has empty shelves of spirits that are on offer) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted July 31, 2022 #16 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Well in the case of the handbags I'm the wrong person to ask what's marked correctly, however three different females all said that the original price was on a par with shops at home and so the price reductions were quite generous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted July 31, 2022 #17 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Satellite city said: Seen that happen a lot even in duty free shops at airports. Fragrance can be ok sometimes but duty free alcohol is usually more of a convenience of it being guaranteed to be in stock (my local supermarket has empty shelves of spirits that are on offer) By the end of our cruise a lot of the duty free shelves ( of drinks) were empty , so can only assume by those that know better than me it was "competitively priced" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SarahHben Posted July 31, 2022 #18 Share Posted July 31, 2022 49 minutes ago, gsmt47471015 said: Well in the case of the handbags I'm the wrong person to ask what's marked correctly, however three different females all said that the original price was on a par with shops at home and so the price reductions were quite generous When we cruised on Iona in May I bought a Radley handbag and a Swarovski ring, both of which I had seen on land so knew the price, the ring wasn't on offer but was £10 cheaper onboard and the handbag was on a 25% off offer and was around £20 cheaper onboard. My husband bought some aftershave and I looked it up on Amazon and it was £20 cheaper onboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted July 31, 2022 #19 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Like some of the American ships the shopping area on Iona was quite comprehensive and well laid out , the exception been the Pandora outlet which was way to small, not really a shopper but felt the prices were more generous than on the other ships in the fleet, although Men's clothing was still pretty expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 31, 2022 #20 Share Posted July 31, 2022 4 hours ago, gsmt47471015 said: Well in the case of the handbags I'm the wrong person to ask what's marked correctly, however three different females all said that the original price was on a par with shops at home and so the price reductions were quite generous I'm not an expert on handbags ( or hair curlers). DW wanted to buy a handbag reduced fro £280 to £140. Checked online , that was a good price. The sales lady said don't buy it today, I will put it to one side for you .Come back tomorrow as we will be reducing it buy another 50% overnight. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzysdad Posted July 31, 2022 #21 Share Posted July 31, 2022 When I last went with P&O back end of last year alcohol was 4 x litres of branded for £40, tobacco was also very cheap at about £60 for 250grams which is substantially cheaper than in the UK, my gripe with onboard shopping is although they have some nice gents clothing it is invariably not available in the sizes I want as they hold so little stock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted July 31, 2022 #22 Share Posted July 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, ozzysdad said: When I last went with P&O back end of last year alcohol was 4 x litres of branded for £40, tobacco was also very cheap at about £60 for 250grams which is substantially cheaper than in the UK, my gripe with onboard shopping is although they have some nice gents clothing it is invariably not available in the sizes I want as they hold so little stock. Wow, spirits at £10 a litre would definitely mean I wouldn't have to bother with Gibraltar...😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzysdad Posted July 31, 2022 #23 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Britboys said: Wow, spirits at £10 a litre would definitely mean I wouldn't have to bother with Gibraltar...😀 Fortunately we went out of Southampton so I managed to fit my full allowance in my case 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted July 31, 2022 #24 Share Posted July 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, ozzysdad said: Fortunately we went out of Southampton so I managed to fit my full allowance in my case 🙂 Well done! Just going through my head about how to get it all home but fortunately I will be on a Southampton round-trip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonuk Posted August 2, 2022 #25 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Recently bought a Radley handbag on board the Iona and it was cheaper in my local House of Fraser despite the on board discounts. Buyer beware! Also, don’t forget the import limits and tax that has to be paid. When I landed last in Southampton the customs guys were VERY busy checking luggage etc. If you buy an expensive watch on board for instance they will not inform you of the tax situation 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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