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Best site to buy from with RoI credit card & delivery to Northern Ireland

  • 24-11-2009 11:41am
    #1
    Speeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭


    Hi,
    I'm trying to buy a Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac to be delivered to Belfast, using a credit cared with a Dublin Billing address.

    Time & again I'm being told I can't use an Irish Credit card with delivery to UK, getting a bit peeved!

    Given that I've just bought an item in Germany, with Irish credit card, to be delivered to Belfast, I can't see any rationale behind this issue.

    Wish the German company sold the QuickCam!

    Thanks for any help
    Charlotte


Comments

  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    It's unlikely that any site will allow this, as it screams of stolen credit card. Any company that allows this, is taking a huge risk, and being quite stupid.


  • #3
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    jor el wrote: »
    It's unlikely that any site will allow this, as it screams of stolen credit card. Any company that allows this, is taking a huge risk, and being quite stupid.

    Delivery to the north is free for many British websites. Getting it delivered to the republic will cost you. Please none of this nationalist 'shop at home' BS.


  • #4
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    mehmeh12 wrote: »
    Delivery to the north is free for many British websites. Getting it delivered to the republic will cost you. Please none of this nationalist 'shop at home' BS.

    Can you explain that? Where did I say anything about shopping at home? This is a security issue, that a lot of websites won't ship to an alternate address, different to the card address, especially if the alternate address is in a different country. It has nothing to do with buying products in the UK or Ireland, so cop on to yourself, and read the thread before making bullshit comments.


  • #5
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    From an online retaillers point of view there are a number of factors that influence the decision to proceed with an order.

    Shipping to a different billing address raises a big flag. Sometimes this is due to legitimate reasons like moved house, studies away from home, is a present etc but we certainly investigate every transaction with a different billing address to shipping address.

    That address being in a different country to the card issuer raises a flag big enough for most websites to say no as the vast majority of times this happens is with a stolen credit card.

    If your card issuer and the retailler are signed up to the verified by Visa or secured by mastercard systems and you authenticate the card at payment processing you should be ok though.


  • #6
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    jor el wrote: »
    Can you explain that? Where did I say anything about shopping at home? This is a security issue, that a lot of websites won't ship to an alternate address, different to the card address, especially if the alternate address is in a different country. It has nothing to do with buying products in the UK or Ireland, so cop on to yourself, and read the thread before making bullshit comments.

    Ever heard of free delivery if product is bought within the UK? Im guessing the OP is going up belfast anyway to do shopping and might as well get free delivery for online items instead of getting ripped off by delivery to Dublin which will cost extra. How you could not got this point is beyond me.


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  • #7
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    mehmeh12 wrote: »
    Ever heard of free delivery if product is bought within the UK? Im guessing the OP is going up belfast anyway to do shopping and might as well get free delivery for online items instead of getting ripped off by delivery to Dublin which will cost extra.

    Newsflash, it costs more to deliver internationally. That doesn't make it a ripoff.
    mehmeh12 wrote: »
    How you could not got this point is beyond me.

    How you still haven't read the thread is beyond me. Where did anyone mention nationalist shop at home BS? Oh that's right, nobody did.

    This is a security issue, and has nothing to do with rip-offs, or anything else you want to make up. The point of the thread is why a credit card registered in the Republic won't be accepted on an order being delivered to Northern Ireland. The issue is security, simple as that.

    The fact that there may be free delivery, or that they may not deliver to the Republic at all, is moot, it has nothing to so with what's being asked, although it may be the reason behind the OP asking the question.


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