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Argos catalogue

Jul 30, 2020#1

mikerc

This is one that only other British forumites will get, but for almost 50 years British children have made up their Christmas list by circling the things they wanted in the Argos catalogue and now it has published its last edition. Only the Bible was believed to be in more UK homes than the big book of dreams.

RIP, my childhood. RIP

Jul 30, 2020#2

PatrThom

mikerc said:
RIP, my childhood. RIP

We lost the Sears Catalog, frequently nicknamed the "wish book," in 1993. We remember.

--Patrick

Jul 30, 2020#3

Just Me

Quelle's catalogue for germans, went down in 2009.
The memories still persist.

Dec 7, 2020#4

PatrThom

And now Ikea joins them.

--Patrick

Dec 8, 2020#5

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
And now Ikea joins them.

--Patrick

Awww.

Dec 8, 2020#6

Dei

I don't feel super terrible about catalogues dying off. They are pretty wasteful in this day and age.

Dec 8, 2020#7

figmentPez

As fondly as I remember making my Christmas wish list from catalogs and holiday ads, holy crap were those things manipulative. I can't help but wonder sometimes if people will look back on the virtually unchecked advertising of the last couple centuries and view it like we do using lead tableware, or asbestos ceiling tiles.

Dec 8, 2020#8

Squidleybits

I just picked up an IKEA catalogue. It was my last?

Dec 8, 2020#9

PatrThom

Dei said:
I don't feel super terrible about catalogues dying off. They are pretty wasteful in this day and age.

You're not wrong.

--Patrick

Dec 10, 2020#10

Frank

PatrThom said:
We lost the Sears Catalog, frequently nicknamed the "wish book," in 1993. We remember.

--Patrick

1993!! Holy shit, it lasted A LOT longer in Canada.

We definitely got it well into the 2000s.

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