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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Chris Harper & Rachel Pugh

Argos shoppers angry after finding out the exact time PS5 consoles are restocked

Shoppers who have tried to buy a Playstation 5 console will, by now, know it's no easy feat.

Trying to bag one of the consoles from retailers like GAME, Argos, Amazon, Currys or John Lewis seems like the equivalent to trying to get Glastonbury tickets, and unsurprisingly, it's driving people round the bend.

But now shoppers have become even more frustrated, after discovering that Argos restocks consoles at an ungodly hour - making the fight to get a PS5 even more difficult.

It is believed that Argos dropped consoles around 1am and 3am in the morning - similar to previous drops the retailer has done previously.

And it hasn't gone down well with people who have been trying to get a console and trying to get some beauty sleep, reports Birmingham Live.

One person said: "@Argos_Online why do you keep releasing PS5 's at such a stupid time I work so I either need to be asleep to wake up for work or I am that shattered from work.

"I can't stay up and when you do the very early releases you do it by area at random times"

Another wrote: "@Argos_Online cheers argos for another early ps5 drop when normal people are in bed cos they have to get up for work nice one".

And another said: "I want to buy a ps5 from Argos so I can get it on my card, but they make them available at 2am, how am I ever supposed to win?"

It is unknown as to why Argos drops so early in the morning but a spokesperson said it is to allow the "website to run smoother".

The spokesperson said on Twitter: "Almost every PS5 stock replenish has been around the same time. With less people online at this time the website runs smoother."

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