Want your shopping from the North delivered??

January

http://www.recessionbustours.ie/

You do your online shopping in either Tesco, Asda or Sainsburys and they deliver to your door for you. Only thing is they don't deliever frozen food...

(It says they don't deliver drink either but when the guy delivered he verified my age and told me he'd enter me onto the database as being able to purchase alcohol from then on.)

There's a €20 delivery charge.

pissed

Good find. €20 seems a decent price for delivery but then again you are restricted to the one shop.

January

Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys... three shops...

Ogham

You've also got to pay the shop's delivery charge too - which is around £4 or £5
I'd be surprised if these shops will let you register with your "home" address in Belfast and then use a credit card that registered to your real address in Ireland. Has anyone actually done it ?
Also - if a lot of people start doing it they will realise it is a business adddress in Belfast and may well stop deliveries to it.

Fran79

Good idea, but they don't cover my area at present
(and probably wont as I am too far south)

Fran

ruprect

Ogham wrote: »

I'd be surprised if these shops will let you register with your "home" address in Belfast and then use a credit card that registered to your real address in Ireland. Has anyone actually done it ?

Others have in other threads

Ogham wrote: »

Also - if a lot of people start doing it they will realise it is a business adddress in Belfast and may well stop deliveries to it.

Why would they turn down a sale? In fact they would probably be very happy to have their delivery man only have to go to one address. If you had a shop up north would you refuse to deliver there, and why? The only reason I could see it refused would be shops which also have shops here, and they would lose a potential sale down here at higher profit.

I cannot see them doing €20 for any size of groceries for long though, you could get a truck full delivered.

IH77

sounds a great deal for €20 - anyone used this service yet?

masterK

ruprect wrote: »

Why would they turn down a sale? In fact they would probably be very happy to have their delivery man only have to go to one address. If you had a shop up north would you refuse to deliver there, and why? The only reason I could see it refused would be shops which also have shops here, and they would lose a potential sale down here at higher profit.

I mentioned yesterday in another thread that I used these guys once then yesterday got a mail from Sainsbury's saying after an investigation on my account my account was suspended and all future orders cancelled. I only registered last week and made one order which had no alcohol.

mel123

masterK wrote: »

I mentioned yesterday in another thread that I used these guys once then yesterday got a mail from Sainsbury's saying after an investigation on my account my account was suspended and all future orders cancelled. I only registered last week and made one order which had no alcohol.

how did they find you? the threads dont have ur name?

masterK

mel123 wrote: »

how did they find you? the threads dont have ur name?

I think you misunderstood me, I said the same thing in a different thread yesterday.

I suspect they have some problem with so many different people having their orders being delivered to the one address.

Yggr of Asgard

masterK wrote: »

I think you misunderstood me, I said the same thing in a different thread yesterday.

I suspect they have some problem with so many different people having their orders being delivered to the one address.

Especially as the delivery address used by them is a private house and not a business address. If you put the address in google you can see the streetview (how dangerous) and you can see where they take your delivery.

I am actualy going to give it a try anyhow after Tesco here just ripped me off again.

IIMII

The postcode I'd say is the problem. I think those postcodes only cover 10 addresses (houses/buildings etc).

Good idea though it seems to be a house address

ruprect

masterK wrote: »

yesterday got a mail from Sainsbury's saying after an investigation on my account my account was suspended and all future orders cancelled.

masterK wrote: »

I suspect they have some problem with so many different people having their orders being delivered to the one address.

Wonder what the problem is, you would think they would welcome loads of customers, especially if they are dropping off all the stuff at the one place. Very strange, especially since sainsburys have no stores in the republic, they are just turning away good paying customers.

Ogham

ruprect wrote: »

Others have in other threads

.

Apart from the one person who has now had their Sainsburys account cancelled - who else? What threads?

January

Ogham wrote: »

Apart from the one person who has now had their Sainsburys account cancelled - who else? What threads?

I've used them, but only for Asda...

neonitrix

I opened a sainsburys online account aswell 2 weeks ago to use with recessionbustours but got the below email from sainsburys today

Dear *****

I’m sorry to say that following an investigation of your account, we are unable to deliver any orders to you.

You can request a review of this decision by writing to us at:

Sainsbury's Online, Clandeboye Business Park, West Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 1AR.

We’re grateful for you taking the time to contact us and for your support of Sainsbury’s.

Kind regards

Leanne Sittlington
Customer Manager
Sainsbury's Online
onlinegroceries@sainsburys.co.uk

33 Holborn
London
EC1N 2HT

Amigaman

If Sainsbury Dont Want the Busniess then I say F$%K them I ordered through ASDA with Recessionbusters ( great Service I have to say ) and got a call from ASDA commercial Security in the UK I explained to them the situation having the groceries delievered to an address in Belfast and then delievered onwards to Dublin for €20 and she agreed that it was a good price and a good service and mentioned that she had come accross similar instanse whereby people were doing the same tpye of thing but forwarding on to Portugal!!!

bobbbb

Amigaman wrote: »

If Sainsbury Dont Want the Busniess then I say F$%K them I ordered through ASDA with Recessionbusters ( great Service I have to say ) and got a call from ASDA commercial Security in the UK I explained to them the situation having the groceries delievered to an address in Belfast and then delievered onwards to Dublin for €20 and she agreed that it was a good price and a good service and mentioned that she had come accross similar instanse whereby people were doing the same tpye of thing but forwarding on to Portugal!!!

Yep, Asda it is.

Would have preferred Sainsburys but obviously they dont want the business.

mailburner

nothing for the rest of the country...pathetic!
just dublin and surrounding areas
dealhunter.ie do the same thing and they do dublin
meath and others but nobody delivers to connaught
or munster yet afaik

bardcom

neonitrix wrote: »

...
You can request a review of this decision by writing to us at:

Sainsbury's Online, Clandeboye Business Park, West Circular Road, Bangor, BT19 1AR.
...

So they can notify you by email, but you've got to snail mail them to open a review of the decision.

Pathetic. They don't deserve the business.

shilly-shally

Asda are aware of deliveries leaving there store for delivery to the south by companies like the ones mentioned here but are still looking into it with their legal team.
Sainsburys are not the slightest bit interested. In fact any address that has more that one person registered to it is being flagged and will not have their groceries delivered full stop. Was told by one member of management “ if Irish consumers want to shop with Sainsburys they can get into their cars and drive up” so helpful don’t you think!
The Tesco website is set up in such a way that you MUST enter your HOME address as per their terms and conditions. A republic address will direct you to the .ie version of the website. They request a business proposal set out in writing from companies like these requesting deliveries to a central address in the North. Cant see this being given the thumbs up as they have stores in the ROI.
You should also take into consideration, groceries with perishable items delivered a house address are not being stored at the correct temperature, if even for a short time, and will reduce the life of the product particularly meat items.

The company that you have selected to deliver your groceries to you in the republic are acting on your behalf when receiving the delivery and the delivery should be checked accordingly. (Asda expect this of the company i.e. recessionbustours). Once they sign for it they are now responsible for it.
As Asda are the only store allowing this service at present they are going to be extremely busy with the online shopping side of things and are only providing a delivery service themselves just over a year are concentraring on their own delivery network. They can only cope with a certain amount of deliveries at one time.

Alcohol and tobacco must be accompanied by the purchaser across the boarder and can not be couriered across. The purchaser will be liable for the duty should customs find out. So all in all its easier to take to time an go yourself, its cheaper as well

brightkane

I just placed my order with dealhunter who surfaced here a while back.
Checked each price with tesco onlines website and most things were 33% cheaped after converting, some even 50%.

getting it delivered tomorrow and will let you guys know how it gos.

ordered £200 sterling worth of goods, asda has alot of rollbacks and multibuys. ordered lots of cooking sauces, toiletries ect

the groutch

shilly-shally wrote: »

You should also take into consideration, groceries with perishable items delivered a house address are not being stored at the correct temperature, if even for a short time, and will reduce the life of the product particularly meat items.

I would never order any chilled items via a service like this for that very reason, I don't want to risk my health to save a few quid

brightkane

Got delivery today from dealhunter. My first. What a service and an amazing saving, had about 8 green crates full of asda shopping, possibley 30 plastic bags. Driver carried it into the house for us while we took out the bags. a big thumbs up from us anyways.

Cheers

brightkane wrote: »

I just placed my order with dealhunter who surfaced here a while back.
Checked each price with tesco onlines website and most things were 33% cheaped after converting, some even 50%.

getting it delivered tomorrow and will let you guys know how it gos.

ordered £200 sterling worth of goods, asda has alot of rollbacks and multibuys. ordered lots of cooking sauces, toiletries ect

branners69

brightkane wrote: »

Got delivery today from dealhunter. My first. What a service and an amazing saving, had about 8 green crates full of asda shopping, possibley 30 plastic bags. Driver carried it into the house for us while we took out the bags. a big thumbs up from us anyways.

Cheers

Did you get any beer/wine delivered??

brightkane

no mate, just groceries, cleaning and toiletries

branners69

brightkane wrote: »

no mate, just groceries, cleaning and toiletries

Thanks

LeahBaby

branners69 wrote: »

Thanks

I'm getting beer delivered tomorrow with the company the OP posted about. Will post back and let you know how it goes!!

branners69

LeahBaby wrote: »

I'm getting beer delivered tomorrow with the company the OP posted about. Will post back and let you know how it goes!!

Would appreciate that, thanks!

LeahBaby

branners69 wrote: »

Would appreciate that, thanks!

Fingers crossed it goes ok. Spent upwards of 300pound. Communion and bbq season

Ogham

branners69 wrote: »

Would appreciate that, thanks!

The company bringing that beer to you is probably breaking the law unless they charge you the extra duty due on the alcohol and paid that to Revenue . If you went and got it and transported it yourself there would be no problem - but if someone is delivering it to you there is a problem.

As per Citizens Information - "
If you buy online or by mail order etc. From outside the EU (I.e Asda in NI)..

You can buy goods from outside the EU up to a value of €22 without incurring any VAT charges. Goods up to a value of €150 may be imported without payment of Customs Duty. To avoid these packages being stopped by Customs, the value should be clearly marked on the label. However, VAT and import duty is charged on importations of tobacco, tobacco products, alcoholic product and perfumes even if they cost less than €22."

But there's no customs checks on the border - so who's going to check??

IH77

Ogham wrote: »

As per Citizens Information - "
If you buy online or by mail order etc. From outside the EU (I.e Asda in NI)..

NI (UK) is part of the EU

Ogham

IH77 wrote: »

NI (UK) is part of the EU

Yeah - I was quoting the wrong stuff there !
What I was trying to say that alcohol and tobacco within the EU cannot be ordered from one country and delivered to another without paying the extra duty. If the person buying it for personal use accompanies the alcohol/tobacco it is OK.
See BBC report on judgement from European Court of Justice.

But like I said - who is going to police it?

branners69

LeahBaby wrote: »

Fingers crossed it goes ok. Spent upwards of 300pound. Communion and bbq season

How did you get on?

califano

Buyer beware. Tesco are notorious for delivering out of date or banged up goods. They know theres a lesser chance of customers bringing back goods who recieve deliveries than customers who would shop themselves and especially being so far away they know youre not likely to bother returning goods.

branners69

rounders123 wrote: »

Buyer beware. Tesco are notorious for delivering out of date or banged up goods. They know theres a lesser chance of customers bringing back goods who recieve deliveries than customers who would shop themselves and especially being so far away they know youre not likely to bother returning goods.

That happens to me anyway when I order from the Irish site, I even live 10 minutes walk from the Clare Hall Tesco's and I have never returned anything!

At least this way I'll be paying less for it, so it wont hurt as much when I am throwing it out!!!

Yggr of Asgard

branners69 wrote: »

That happens to me anyway when I order from the Irish site, I even live 10 minutes walk from the Clare Hall Tesco's and I have never returned anything!

At least this way I'll be paying less for it, so it wont hurt as much when I am throwing it out!!!

Clare Hall is the worst for home shopping, they always deliver out of date food and despite several complaints to the food standards authority they are still in business and continue doing it.

I tried an ASDA order via ressionsbusters for tommorrow (let's see if ASDA delivers or cancels the order like others reported). If it goes to plan I will safe about 80€ on my shop. I like to buy brand items and for some the price in ASDA is about 60% of what Tesco charges me down here.

Amigaman

you'll have no problems with recessionbustours / ASDA,already ordered through them and ASDA dont care that the ultimate destination of the goods is in the republic , their security centre called me after I had placed my last order for over £200 worth of groceries...as a side note I have a couple of Acer aspires comming down soon got them from PCworld saved about 160 euro happy days :-)

branners69

Hey Amigaman,

did you order any beer/wine? Any hassles?

Branners

darapixie

I am very interested in finding out more... not so much on the drink side but from people who have bought their normal weeks shopping on it.

Dealhunter 'v' Recessionbustours

I totally think it is worth the price of the delivery...

darc

Check the sterling rates & new prices in local stores before buyng up north these days.

Current customer rate for sterling to euro is 1.17 with most banks / credit cards. (.85 stg per euro working the reverse way)

LeahBaby

branners69 wrote: »

How did you get on?

My credit card wouldn't go through!!lol!!

But i was talking to the owner of the company and he said he can deliver drink no problem. He's very nice to deal with. Give him a buzz with any queries.

darapixie

LeahBaby wrote: »

My credit card wouldn't go through!!lol!!

But i was talking to the owner of the company and he said he can deliver drink no problem. He's very nice to deal with. Give him a buzz with any queries.

Thanks

I sent an email to Dealhunter and they got back to me really quick. I need to email him with what I would be looking to get in order to get a quote for delivery to either Kildare or Dublin.

I found him really nice and will speak to the better half about it tonight.

Yggr of Asgard

So I just got my first ASDA order delivered via ressionbustour.

And what for a difference to what tesco calls home shopping down here it is.

Not a single item out of date, in fact the long term goods are long term goods.

Sustituted items that were more expensive were discounted so that the price matched to what I ordered. Tesco does not care.

Each cradle was packed with about 2 plastic bags so that you can easy take it out and the driver takes the cradle back. No charge for the bags either.

Now I did not order a lot of chilled items mostly long term goods and household articles. And there you can really make savings, I just saved about 60€.

Now I notice that ressionbustours just changed their delivery address and upped the price to 25€, would have been nice if they would have send an e-mail about the address change. Looks like a business address now rather than the previous private one.

darapixie

Yeah they have up'ed the price to €25.00 but it says that its €20.00 for regular customers. Still saves on time and nrg though by going up the north.

Kudos for the feedback, I am off now to register on Asda with their details

jister

Are people still using this service?

Are they having any problems?

Are they delivering drink?

What about the service to Galway / Mayo, any comments on this?

branners69

I used recessionbustours.ie a couple of weeks ago and was very happy with the service. I still cant believe how much I got for the price from ASDA, including beer!

Will be using the service again in a couple weeks! I am based in Dublin so have no idea about the Mayo service.

_Whimsical_

Such a pity that the sterling value is slipping a bit now.

When you order from ASDA do you find that most of the shopping you order is delivered? With Tesco.ie getting what you order can be hit or miss.
Also can you order food that requires refridgeration?

Rosielee

Hi has anyone ordered through recessionbustours lately ? Ive tried to call the mobile number on their website all day to find out delivery dates for kildare, and its either turned off or not operational anymore.

Was planning on putting an Asda order in for a family barbeque

branners69

Was going to put an order in soon myself so if you hear from them please post back!

Rosielee

Hi Branners,

I got through to the guy on the phone and then placed my order for Asda Thursday night....Emailed the company my confirmation order, but still waiting for them to let me know if all is ok..

I'll post back as soon as I know ..but am sure all will be ok