Possibly get Free super saver delivery on amazon.co.uk under £25

rubadub

In another thread a guy (jamescd) got free supersaver delivery on an item under £25, I put an order through for about £12 and it was free too. Usually you have to be over £25 for free delivery to Ireland.

Their website still states £25 is still the limit so it might be a glitch as they did have other trouble with they supersaver system recently.

I attempted another order of a dvd for £9 and also got offered free delivery

DOC09UNAM

rubadub wrote: »

In another thread a guy got free supersaver delivery on an item under £25, I put an order through for about £12 and it was free too. Usually you have to be over £25 for free delivery to Ireland.

Their website still states £25 is still the limit so it might be a glitch as they did have other trouble with they supersaver system recently.

I attempted another order of a dvd for £9 and also got offered free delivery

There was no problems with super saver in the last three months anyway!

ArseBurger

If you're buying books why use Amazon. The book depository has free shipping world wide.

Baffles me that people use Amazon anymore.

DOC09UNAM

ArseBurger wrote: »

If you're buying books why use Amazon. The book depository has free shipping world wide.

Baffles me that people use Amazon anymore.

Amazon sell more than books?

Sad Professor

ArseBurger wrote: »

If you're buying books why use Amazon. The book depository has free shipping world wide.

Baffles me that people use Amazon anymore.

Even just for books, Amazon are still sometimes cheaper than the book depository. And quicker to ship. I was waiting aaages for my last order from the book depository.

tman

Sad Professor wrote: »

Even just for books, Amazon are still sometimes cheaper than the book depository. And quicker to ship. I was waiting aaages for my last order from the book depository.

The book depository are ****ing slow though... With Amazon I'll get something within the week if I order over the weekend, with TBS it might show up a couple of weeks later. (Delivery to a UK address btw)
They're fine if you want to use a 10% off voucher that they're so fond of issuing and are in no hurry for the book, but otherwise I'd use Amazon

JohnnyBananas

A similar glitch exists with Sendit.com. They say they charge 99p delivery to Ireland but fail to actually charge it. This was also the case with Asda, however they now appear to have corrected it. (I have only ordered DVDs from either).

With the Book Depository, I once ordered a book on Sunday evening and had it by normal delivery the following Tuesday. It may just be luck of the draw.

pissed

Still working, I have an item in my basket for £9 and I have the option for free delivery. Wonder if they would cancel the order and look for the shipping costs?

mp3ireland2

I notice that the free supersaver is also to a variety of european countries. Does anybody know if we can get supersaver to Ireland from continental amazon sites, like amazon.de or amazon.fr? I was trying to use google translator to find out but couldn't see anything. Would be handy to avoid currency conversion fees.

The free super saver on orders under £25 is handy at the min though!

PaulPinnacle

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

There was no problems with super saver in the last three months anyway!

Link here that outlines the issues they had recently with super saver delivery to Ireland.

rco2000

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

A similar glitch exists with Sendit.com. They say they charge 99p delivery to Ireland but fail to actually charge it. This was also the case with Asda, however they now appear to have corrected it. (I have only ordered DVDs from either).

With the Book Depository, I once ordered a book on Sunday evening and had it by normal delivery the following Tuesday. It may just be luck of the draw.

Did'mt think ASDA shipped to S.Ireland?

nephster

rco2000 wrote: »

Did'mt think ASDA shipped to S.Ireland?

They do, for standard AV and printed material. Not groceries, obviously!

jamescd

rubadub wrote: »

In another thread a guy got free supersaver delivery on an item under £25

Ahem that was me :P

pissed wrote: »

Still working, I have an item in my basket for £9 and I have the option for free delivery. Wonder if they would cancel the order and look for the shipping costs?

I ordered a bluray box set last night for about £16 and it should be despatched soon. I'll let you know how I get on.

I also tried to order a DVD worth a mere £3 and I'm still getting the free delivery option

Badgermonkey

rco2000 wrote: »

Did'mt think ASDA shipped to S.Ireland?

I got books for kids shipped free from Asda pre xmas.

ronano

nice give it a go op

Badgermonkey

Just ordered a DVD for circa £6.00, got Free Super Saver Delivery.

Apache Pizza Happy Days:D

keith_d99

Received goods - worth £17 - no delivery charge!!
Hope this is for good, and not just a blip!

marcbrophy

I ordered an item on Friday night for £3 and was given the option for free delivery too. I took at as the other option was about £4.95.

This item shipped on Saturday morning and my card was charged for £3

Hope it stays like this!

Fnz

rco2000 wrote: »

Did'mt think ASDA shipped to S.Ireland?

http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk ship to Eire.

http://www.asda.co.uk do not ship to Eire, afaik.

the groutch

just bought one of Amazon's own brand HDMI cables for £5.03, and it had free super-saver delivery (and yes I know there is cheaper on ebay)

Davy

Must be a glitch, it was never like this even up till the other day i made an order, very handy though :pac:

ShiverinEskimo

Just ordered a cake box of 100 cdrs for 11 pounds and got the super-saver free delivery. Nice one.

Fnz

Just placed an order, valued at €10, and availed of the "FREE Super Saver Delivery".

I rather like this brave new world!

Fresh Pots

Added lots of different items to the cart and don't seem to be getting free delivery on anything.

Sherifu

Noticed this at the weekend when I was buying something that cost £17, was wondering.

Very nice.

moonboy52

great news.

Just bought a blu ray - no p&p

hbxutd

squared wrote: »

Added lots of different items to the cart and don't seem to be getting free delivery on anything.

Same here :mad:
Gonna try sign up as the wife & see will it work.

jamescd

squared wrote: »

Added lots of different items to the cart and don't seem to be getting free delivery on anything.

hbxutd wrote: »

Same here :mad:
Gonna try sign up as the wife & see will it work.

Just added a book there to my basket worth £6 and I'm still getting the free delivery option

Did you make sure all of the items you added are sold by amazon and not a different merchant ? Check just below the price of each item, it needs to say "Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk"

ShiverinEskimo

For those with multiple items you need to make sure they are all be sold/dispatched by amazon.co.uk or you will incur seller's postage charges.

Fresh Pots

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

For those with multiple items you need to make sure they are all be sold/dispatched by amazon.co.uk or you will incur seller's postage charges.

Thanks, I see how it works now! :D

rubadub

To filter out marketplace sellers first do your search, say for a micro sd card, then you have to select "by department", where it says "Electronics & Photo: See all 21,256 items ", now on the left side of the screen down the bottom you can click a tick box on "seller", if amazon is not there click "see more" and select amazon.

You can also choose "free supersaver delivery" on the left, this will show some marketplace sellers who might only give free delivery to the UK, or some are delivering from Jersey so you might be liable for VAT if over €22 and possibly duty if over €150

mgsrocks

Cheers OP, just bought this for £4.50. No delivery charge! Bargain!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002BD9DO8/ref=ox_ya_os_product

hbxutd

Rubadub;
You sir are a genius.

PaulPinnacle

I can see rubadub's great little primer there being linked to a lot as a 'guide' for newer amazon users, so said I might tag on a link to a previous thread about Irish prices for amazon.

It's a greasemonkey script for firefox that adds in a handy little euro price to the product page. Not essential, but defiantly handy.

rubadub

hbxutd wrote: »

Rubadub;
You sir are a genius.

It was jamescd who found it first! he was "the guy in the other thread"

jamescd wrote: »

Ahem that was me :P

PaulPinnacle wrote: »

It's a greasemonkey script for firefox that adds in a handy little euro price to the product page. Not essential, but defiantly handy.

It is handy, it also recognises VAT differences, so is not just a currency convertor. Speaking of currency I have noted the euro price offered on the past few things I ordered and I was always better off paying in sterling and accepting my CC & bank charges -i.e. amazons euro exchange rate is not great, but not ridiculous.

rubadub wrote: »

-Order Total: GBP 93.48

using their currency converter it was

-Payment Total: EUR 112,43

I checked on XE at the time and it was

93.48 GBP=107.672 EUR

Of course nobody gets this and it is usually 2-3% more than this using CC or paypal so I chose to pay in sterling via CC.

My BOI mastercard statement was
93.48GBP RATE 0.8549 €109.34

So mastercard was only 1.5% more than XE
Amazon was 4.4% more
And I saved €3.09 by choosing to pay in sterling rather than use amazons converter.

My statement shows the payment on 4 May, so I wonder if it is taken on that date and if the XE rate would have been the usual 2-3% I would expect.

You can also use this search engine to find good bargains.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/cheap-amazon-loopholes#uncover

pissed wrote: »

Wonder if they would cancel the order and look for the shipping costs?

date 1 February 2011 20:52 (3 minutes ago)

Dear Customer,

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk,

We are writing to let you know that the following item has been sent
Item Subtotal: £10.63
Delivery and handling: £0.00
VAT: £2.23

Total: £12.86

This completes your order.

jamescd

rubadub wrote: »

It was jamescd who found it first! he was "the guy in the other thread"

Thanks but you started this thread for our fellow bargain hunters. Hats off to you sir

pissed wrote: »

Still working, I have an item in my basket for £9 and I have the option for free delivery. Wonder if they would cancel the order and look for the shipping costs?

jamescd wrote: »

I ordered a bluray box set last night for about £16 and it should be despatched soon. I'll let you know how I get on.

My order was just despatched and no sign of them asking for the shipping costs. Happy days indeed

loyatemu

awesome - I had a £9 voucher so just bought a Wireless-N card for 96p with free delivery.

RayCarley

Ordered two books yesterday for £10 total and didn't have to pay shipping, got an email today saying they had been shipped.

Cheers for the tip, I'd been meaning to get these books, but was going to wait until I had a large enough order to qualify for free shipping.

jayteecork

worked for me, got a water filtered jug for a 5er delivered, thanks!

i hope this is a pernament thing.

FGR

Hmm..I'm wondering is this why shopireland.com is down. Are they updating the system to match Amazon's new delivery policy?

mp3ireland2

I agree with rubadub, you are better off paying in sterling and letting bank do converting on amazon (possibly not for small orders - of which there are prob a lot due to the free supersaver under £25 now! - under £10 due to the minimum charges from banks....) i pay in euro on ebay though.

Ghall

Thanks, just bought an item for £10 and got free super saver delivery!

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

It was jamescd who found it first! he was "the guy in the other thread"

Actually it was me that found it first:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=70315491&postcount=10

I posted two days before jamescd. Pity people don't read through threads.

the west wing

Thanks for the tip!!

lindtee

Thanks very much for this, been using it the past few days. Its great to be able to get things spotted on HUKD before they sell out. Just ordered Draper wheel wrench for approx €5.30 as the one in my car is crap. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001KA1EE/ref=ox_ya_os_product

Ogham

Looks like they have fixed this free delivery bug - tried today and wasn't offered super saver on an order for £5.95
It was good while it lasted..

moonboy52

Ogham wrote: »

Looks like they have fixed this free delivery bug - tried today and wasn't offered super saver on an order for £5.95
It was good while it lasted..

Aye. We definitely live in a backwater when it comes to online shopping with free delivery .

I got two items with free delivery though

mp3ireland2

Was just placing an order at amazon there. Even though one of my items wasn't in stock, my order still qualified. They will ship my out of stock item separately, but I have the option to cancel at anytime. SO basically I am getting free shipping on a £9 order... as if i wished i could cancel the out of stock item.

Is there any flaw anybody can see in this logic? Just order out of stock items to bring order over £25, then cancel the order for the out of stock item straight away?

Davy

mp3ireland2 wrote: »

Is there any flaw anybody can see in this logic? Just order out of stock items to bring order over £25, then cancel the order for the out of stock item straight away?

They could charge you afterwards as your the one backing out, thats if they notice. The way it was before, it was their fault

mp3ireland2

yeah i suppose, that is quite a simple flaw! I want all the stuff i ordered, so won't get to test it out!