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Buying from UK sites

  • 13-04-2009 12:37pm
    #1
    Declan Carey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭


    I want to buy something from a website that will only ship to the UK,

    I've heard of a service that allows you to get it shipped to the UK then this other company/person will ship to you for a fee. Can anyone advise?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    mandysmithers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭mandysmithers


    I'd be interested in finding out this too. Although, how would you return the goods? For example, I want to get something from Jane Norman (it's not in the shop here), so if it doesn't fit properly, is there any way of returning it? they don't deliver to Ireland, so I'm thinking that a shop based in Ireland wouldn't take returns bought online.


  • #3
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,375 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    There is a service listed in the Bargains forum in the "shop north" thread on the last couple of pages (forgot the link). They charge you 20 EUR and will deliver to your door as I recall.

    To the second post, you would have to send it back to UK.


  • #4
    Declan Carey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭Declan Carey


    Can't seem to find that link unfortunately! :(


  • #5
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,375 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Can't have looked very far, page 198 on the thread you have the link to http://www.recessionbustours.ie/


  • #6
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Declan Carey wrote: »
    I want to buy something from a website that will only ship to the UK,

    I've heard of a service that allows you to get it shipped to the UK then this other company/person will ship to you for a fee. Can anyone advise?

    Thanks!

    Is it Shiply.com your thinking of?

    Nico


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  • #7
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    There's also www.my-uk-mail.com . I've used them to buy a couple of expensive things over the course of one month.I paid for the mailbox for one month and they notified me as soon as anything was recieved for me and let me store my things there until they all arrived. Once I was ready to have them sent on they packed them all wel in one big box and it arrived 24hrs after I gave the word to send it. I was impressed with their service.


    If you want to buy something that can only be bought by a UK registered card or can only be delivered to the address in the UK that the card is registered too my-uk-mail will pay for the item for you for 10% of the cost. You pay them via paypal.

    Anyone know of any other service that lets you get around that issue btw?


  • #8
    Declan Carey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭Declan Carey


    recessionbustours.ie would be ideal except they dont ship to Cork in Ireland, just the Dublin region.

    myukmail sounds handy alright but a bit expensive for once off buys. Cheers for the help guys.


  • #9
    madmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭madmoe


    Nody wrote: »
    Can't have looked very far, page 198 on the thread you have the link to http://www.recessionbustours.ie/

    Hi all,
    A word of warning about http://www.recessionbustours.ie/, they are a complete shower of idiots and I hope you do not have the mis fortunate I did in getting mixed up with them.

    I ordered a piece of furniture in Argos in the North and wanted them to deliver it to me in Dublin. Firstly, I contacted them through the contact form on their website and asked how much it would be to get said item of furniture delivered to Dublin and I was told no more then €40. I sent them the exact link from the Argos website so they had dimensions, weight etc. Delivery day came and I was then told I had to pay €60 by another person, apparently the guy that runs the show even though I had the e-mail that said €40.
    Apparently there are a number of people involved and differnt prices are given out....first warning sign!!

    He arrived on his own with a van and my piece of living room furnitire in it, I had though he would at least have had one helper as the unit was big and in tow pieces )second warning sign). With no one else in sight I had to help him bring it into my place only to discover the top part of the unit was badly damaged?? Anyhow, Argos got the blame and he agreed to take the unit back up to the North with him.

    Next day I called Argos and in fairness to them they agreed to send out a replacement no questions asked. So the delivery date for the replacement is set to the following week and they will pick up the damaged top half of the unit and replace with a new one. I called yer fella and told him the deal, he re-assured me that he would be back down to deliver the replacement unit the next day after it was delivered and that he would call me beforehand.

    I waited, and waited and once again waited..... and with no word from him (not even that call he promised), I decided to call. Turns out Argos came, something magical happened and once again the unit was damaged.....He was unable to tell me who signed for the unit?? There is no way in hell that Argos would come to replace a unit with a damaged one and no way they would leave the new unit without it being signed for so all I can assume is one of his incompetent staff damaged it again if in fact that is the real story??

    The moral of it all is that I would never ever use these shower again and would be worried for anyone else that would, especially when it comes to furniture. I have no idea what they are like with delivering anything else but I can sure as hell tell you I won't be finding out!!

    Sorry to rave but you know it does good to get these things off one's chest!!

    Cheers,
    M


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