Anyone deliver shopping up north to Galway?

mailburner

I see smartsavers only deliver to dublin and surrounding counties
the same applies to recessionbustours

I rang smartsavers and asked if they would soon be delivering
to galway and surrounding counties and they said there hadnt
been any interest thus far and that i was the first to ring them
from galway.

http://smartsavers.ie/contact.html
www.recessionbustours.ie


I want my shopping delivered to the door and Im sure there's
lots more who want this service
Email them, ring them
We might be able to get something going here if there's enough interest
As mentioned by someone else "It might provide a business idea for someone already living in Galway too".

ethernet

There was a thread in bargain alerts (under Biz at the top) about having a courier pick up goods for you. Worth mentioning if you really want something.

scottledeuce

My Parents live near Enniskillen and I usually do an alcohol and Canned food shop every few weeks...If there was interest I'd nearly take a shopping list.

galwayrush

I'll do it for €1,000 a trip.;)

mailburner

galwayrush wrote: »

I'll do it for €1,000 a trip.;)

You're too kind

biko

If you really need the stuff, do the drive? It's not that far, well about 3 hours.
Or get that border bus.

mailburner

Magnus wrote: »

If you really need the stuff, do the drive? It's not that far, well about 3 hours.
Or get that border bus.

6 hours on the road is a lot in one day
did it in dec and it nearly killed me
my problem is that i work late
and getting up early means very little sleep
It's to my door or nothing tho ill still make the
trip 3/4 times a year

_Whimsical_

scottledeuce wrote: »

My Parents live near Enniskillen and I usually do an alcohol and Canned food shop every few weeks...If there was interest I'd nearly take a shopping list.

I don't think that you even have to take a shopping list. One of the services that the OP mentioned allows you to do your own shopping online with tesco.com (the online uk store rather than the Irish one) and have groceries delivered to the address of their warehouse in the north. Then the company deliver your order down to the Republic to you for €20.If you had an address you could use in the North for this you could have the grocery shopping done for you and delivered there and then you could bring it down in a van once a week or something. You could the same with Argos in the North who sell online and are much more competitive than their Republic branches.

You'd make money if you even got 5 interested people per week. I'd have thought it'd be likely to be an operation plagued with hassles like people complaining about not getting everything they ordered etc but it seems to be working out for the Dublin businesses doing it.

EDIT: I'm not nominating you for this task btw incase it sounded like that. I'm sure your parents would love it though if you took to using their address

mailburner

You would hope smartsavers or recessionbustours or
somebody else will hopefully do a couple of runs a week
and take it from there.
While theyre up and running they should act now before
someone else does.
I hope a few people from the county start something soon
and make a decent living out of it.
Surely sooner rather than later given how many have
lost jobs.

biko

True, it'd be very very handy indeed to get it delivered.
We always go to Belfast so I like to make a weekend out of it, drive up on the Saturday and do the shopping, go out that night. Sunday get the last stuff and head home. Good excuse to get out of Galway for a night too

callagh

Hey Mailburner,



I know a company based in Galway that do deliveries from the North, don't know their position with delivering groceries, beacuse I just bought large kitchen applicances from them.


But sure contacting them wouldn't do any harm.


They have a website, www.borderbargains.ie


Callagh.

dougie ward

i am off to dundalk in 2 weeks,heading over to newry,would be happy to pick up stuff for anyone if my petrol money was covered.

cowlove

Hi Dougie,

I would be really interested in you bringing me stuff back from the North. I am planning to have a bbq soon so want to get beers and spirits and some electrical goods I have seen cheaper in the north.

I have pm'd you!

dougie ward

thanks cowlove i got that pm,i will call you later this eve!

celtictiger

I'm taking names. Been thinking of doing something like this for awhile now but wasn't sure if there would be a market for it. I spoke to a few people who would like their shopping delivered to them from the north and the response has been positive so far. I still require a few more people to commit and I will do a weekly run - maybe even twice weekly if demand is high. I'm thinking 15-20 euros per delivery. PM me to register your interest.

dougie ward

i have had a great response also, i am based in galway but from dundalk so i have a mate who drops a lot of purchases to mullingar, with the bbq season upon us i can arrange great bargains on booze and anything else that the major retail outlets in the north have to offer!

pm if interested! competitive rates!


p.s. the celtic tiger is dead!

snubbleste

celtictiger wrote: »

I'm taking names. Been thinking of doing something like this for awhile now but wasn't sure if there would be a market for it. I spoke to a few people who would like their shopping delivered to them from the north and the response has been positive so far. I still require a few more people to commit and I will do a weekly run - maybe even twice weekly if demand is high. I'm thinking 15-20 euros per delivery. PM me to register your interest.

Put a notice up on the noticeboards in Tesco

I don't do enough shopping to justify it, if you can target young families somehow the interest is there

celtictiger

snubbleste wrote: »

Put a notice up on the noticeboards in Tesco

lol - I bet they'd love that

Your right about the young family thing - nappies are scandolous down here. Noticed two jumbo boxes of pampers for £20 in Asda - buying them down here would make your eyes water :eek:

Still PM when you do need something.

pandamoanium

Sounds good lads, we could definitely do with a service like this in Galway!

One thing though - now perhaps I'm being overly cynical but how do we know we're not going to either pay you for goods in advance, or else order goods online and pre-pay for them and never see you or any sign of our goods again?!

I don't think too many people will be too trusting of new-ish posters and send them off with wads of cash to do their shopping for them!

How exactly is this gonna work?

celtictiger

I pay for the groceries and then receive payment on delivery - No risk to you. Hope this helps

biko

I feel bad for banning this guy now (had similar post here) since everyone else is doing the same thing.

Until I get told off by my superiors , feel free to post anything here to do with NI shopping.
There's also http://borderbus.net/ but then you have to travel yourself.

Remember to deal safely, boards will not take any responsibility if you're scammed - we do not vouch for anyone!

?Cee?view

Magnus wrote: »

I feel bad for banning this guy now (had similar post here) since everyone else is doing the same thing.

Until I get told off by my superiors , feel free to post anything here to do with NI shopping.
There's also http://borderbus.net/ but then you have to travel yourself.

Remember to deal safely, boards will not take any responsibility if you're scammed - we do not vouch for anyone!

Actually I was in touch with the guy you banned. Seems like a decent type (now do you feel worse:D)

Anyway, he gave me a good quote to deliver two couches Belfast to Galway. It'll be a month or two until I use him and if it's ok (boards rules etc.) I'll post how I got on using him.

coldwood92

Tesco?

ukgalwaymcguire

dunnes should do it,
seeing as they source all of there store supplies from there nothern warehouse, they make me laugh! when they print on your receipt how many irish purchases you have made.
then they have a handful of stores in england and spain..
i run a small catering business, and i get my bread from dunnes, i was told when i first started by the manager i have too be at dunnes at 10pm, as thats when the lorry comes in from the northern run,
they should do a shopping service as well!! lol ( can see that happening not!)
just have too see what ikea come up with for paddy prices that will give me something else too moan about lol

_Whimsical_

celtictiger wrote: »

I pay for the groceries and then receive payment on delivery - No risk to you. Hope this helps

dougie ward wrote: »

i have had a great response also, i am based in galway but from dundalk so i have a mate who drops a lot of purchases to mullingar, with the bbq season upon us i can arrange great bargains on booze and anything else that the major retail outlets in the north have to offer!

pm if interested! competitive rates!


p.s. the celtic tiger is dead!

Great to see there's a few people with the initiative to offer a service like this. If either of you really want to do it you should set up a web site. You might get more interest that way.

Also if you had an address you could be at on a particular day in the North you could really use online shopping to your advantage. You could ask people in Galway who want groceries to buy them online on www.tesco.com and have everyone chose the same delivery slot on the same date. Then theoretically when the tesco delivery man arrives you could just unload groceries from their van into your own van. It could save alot of time going around doing loads of grocery shopping .It would also save having to exchange large sums of cash with a consumer. It could protect you and them. Just a thought!

Also,there have been so many complaints about the crazy sterling conversion rates charged by M&S in the republic. You could allow Galway customers to buy online in M&S and have the stuff delivered for collection to one of their stores in the North.Then you could collect it all together and bring it down. It seems like there's savings of €20 on nearly every item of clothing if you're buying in sterling. I think that would be a popular and easy to manage service too.

Good luck with anyway. I'll give you a try sometime!

celtictiger

chilly wrote: »

Great to see there's a few people with the initiative to offer a service like this. If either of you really want to do it you should set up a web site. You might get more interest that way.

A website will be available soon Thanks for the words of encouragement.

redmissb

I've been lurking here for a while but decided to sign up so I could register my interest in this! I've been on to Niall at recessionbustours.ie too to see if there's any chance they would be extending the service to Galway. If you get this set up I'll definitely be ordering, so would loads of members of my family, sick of getting ripped off down here.

dougie ward

hi red, i am there the weekend after next to newry,feel free to order from me! i can collect almost anything within reason of course! my prices are very reasonable!
pm me and we can discuss.

Northern-Shoppe

Hi

I am Starting a sourcing and delivery service for all Retail goods bought in Northern Ireland, I will be operating the service in the West of Ireland region Galway, Sligo, Leitrim etc.

If you need goods from MAKRO cash and carry, ASDA, Tesco, ARGOS OR IKEA ETC please contact me on the contact info below.

I am launching a website at the end of the month, and I am working in partnership with Invest NI.

Please contact me for details.

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jenno86

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

paddy prices that will give me something else too moan about lol

Could you call it ROI Prices or something else along those lines. I for one don't like being called a 'Paddy'.

dougie ward

hi guys,
you can contact me at www.shopnorth.net (hope this not seen as advertising Mod) but it ties in with the topic.

Thanks

jenno86

How much to deliver a PS3?

dougie ward

sent you a pm jenno

dougie ward

not illegal to purchase those items in the north, however there is a restriction on the amount you can purchase. these items are not re-sold they are just delivered by us shopnorth.net

cowlove

BorderBargains wrote: »

Hi Boardsie's,

BorderBargains.ie operate a similar service excluding Alcohol and Tobacco as It's illegal.

Noel

I emailed border bargains and asked for a quote to buy alcohol up north and nothing was said to me about it being illegal.

Here is what their reply was...

"Thank you for contacting Border Bargains. There are a number of restrictions on the importation of Alcohol into the Republic and we would need to know your exact requirements to provide you with more information."

Thats a bit of a contradiction isnt it!?

cowlove

The above company bought goods from over the border and delivered them to my door. Lovely guys to deal with.

I purchased things in Argos, IKEA and ASDA. I would definately recommend them for anyone who doesnt want to jump on a bus and go all the way up North. Especially for big items too!

Delivery cost is very reasonable!

madmoe

mailburner wrote: »

I see smartsavers only deliver to dublin and surrounding counties
the same applies to recessionbustours

I rang smartsavers and asked if they would soon be delivering
to galway and surrounding counties and they said there hadnt
been any interest thus far and that i was the first to ring them
from galway.

http://smartsavers.ie/contact.html
www.recessionbustours.ie


I want my shopping delivered to the door and Im sure there's
lots more who want this service
Email them, ring them
We might be able to get something going here if there's enough interest
As mentioned by someone else "It might provide a business idea for someone already living in Galway too".

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

inisboffin

Just got a text about a boogie bus running to Enniskillen from Galway and Claregalway this Sat 12th for shopping.
A friend of a friend is doing it, 40 or 45 for an adult, 2nd adult goes for 25, kids 20. Leaves Galway 8am ish and returns 9pms (I assume that's leave?), 53 seater coach.

The good thing about this is there are 'food and drink included on coach'!

I might just be tempted!!

PM me for number as I probably shouldn't post it.