Amazon moving to Cork

robinph

Seems that Amazon have decided that Slough is not good enough for them any more so they are moving their customer service to Cork as they speak better French aparently!?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4765774.stm

I guess it would be a bit too much to ask that they would then open a proper Irish version of their site to give us some cheaper shipping costs though?

raheny red

Surely the rainforest won't survive in Cork :eek:

PowerHouseDan

Great news as two places in cork got shut down.... Myself working in one actually...

robinph

PowerHouseDan wrote:

Great news as two places in cork got shut down.... Myself working in one actually...

Best brush up on the languages then.

projectmayhem

nice but as mentioned before, they should get moving and give us a .ie with cheaper shipping

(shopireland.com doesn't count)

Terry

david brent is crying into his pint right now.

Kernel

robinph wrote:

I guess it would be a bit too much to ask that they would then open a proper Irish version of their site to give us some cheaper shipping costs though?

projectmayhem wrote:

nice but as mentioned before, they should get moving and give us a .ie with cheaper shipping

<Bangs mug of beer on table> Hear Hear!

dimerocks

PowerHouseDan wrote:

Great news as two places in cork got shut down.... Myself working in one actually...

tought break man. there is loads of things being built around cork at the moment. lots is happening.

simu

projectmayhem wrote:

nice but as mentioned before, they should get moving and give us a .ie with cheaper shipping

Yeah, that would be super-sweet!

honru

robinph wrote:

I guess it would be a bit too much to ask that they would then open a proper Irish version of their site to give us some cheaper shipping costs though?

Here's hoping.

That is all.

toString

doesnt matter to me, they are not doing any developement here anyway, only support, so good luck, they will probably eventually move to India anyway

[edit]while leaving an Irish distribution centre here for the book business, run by an army of highly trained monkeys, amazon - monkeys, get it!!![/edit]

Kernel

toString wrote:

doesnt matter to me, they are not doing any developement here anyway, only support, so good luck, they will probably eventually move to India anyway

Posting books to me from India? Jeeez, that would take even longer than Slough!

viota

cork is the best place to be and we can speak better french nothing is wrong with cork

toString

viota wrote:

cork is the best place to be and we can speak better french nothing is wrong with cork

viota, I 'm sure you're right, I have no problem with Cork or it's people.

Nous parlons meilleur français like

lostexpectation

gordon brown answered a parliamentary question on them moving from slough, said eu subsidies allowed us to have low corporations tax, that goes above language skills or ability of workforce

viota

tostring, merci beucoup

stevenmu

viota wrote:

cork is the best place to be and we can speak better french nothing is wrong with cork

Hmmm.... I can't understand french and I can't understand cork people....

Seems like a perfect match to me