Humax and amazon

gomamochi1

Hi folks I was just putting together an order for amazon for the humax foxsat HDR along with sat dish, cabling fittings etc but have been informed at checkout that it won't send to address specified. Any one else exp this and if so how to rectify? Any other online shop that sells all the kit to Ireland ? Cheers

ffocused

I got one from satbuyer.co.uk when they first came out, £220 inc. delivery to Ireland is the current cost.

excollier

Try:
satellite.ie
tvtrade.ie
satellitetv.ie
satworld.ie
eiretv.ie
all based in Ireland

dharn

gomamochi1 wrote: »

Hi folks I was just putting together an order for amazon for the humax foxsat HDR along with sat dish, cabling fittings etc but have been informed at checkout that it won't send to address specified. Any one else exp this and if so how to rectify? Any other online shop that sells all the kit to Ireland ? Cheers

i have just ordered the humax from amazon delivery no problem, free in fact, it is probably the satellite dish that is your problem too big and bulky for delivery
275 euro to my door for the 500GB

kam3qnwvebf4jh

you can pick one up from here http://humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10105
for £170 / €215 and use parcelmotel to deliver it to ireland. plan on doing this myself after next pay day!

gomamochi1

How do you deliver to Ireland to parcel motel? Do you have to nominate a place near where you live? Cheers

watty

It's not much use in most of Ireland.

Depot closest to Limerick
Newbridge Maxol
Kildare Road, Ballymany, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Distance: 135km


No doubt this applies to Galway, Cork etc. Nice idea. Fail on coverage.

You get UK & Irish Address,

[Your name
Your PMID
Parcel Motel
Unit 5 Mygan Park
Jamestown Road
Finglas East
Dublin 11
Ireland


Your name
Your PMID
Parcel Motel
1A McKinney Road
Newtownabbey
Co Antrim
BT36 4PE (BT36 4PX also works)

But it's N.I., which still won't work for many UK sellers, eBay or other.

Then they reship it to your nominated nearest Depot.

For this to be any use:
1) They need a UK "mainland" Address, but not in the Highlands.
2) They need at least two Depot per county, and some like Tipperary, Kerry, Cork certainly more than two or three, some counties one Depot would do. Likely about 80 to 120 depot. Maybe they should sign up Musgrave group. (Centra, Supervalu and Superquinn?)

dharn

plus the price for the humax in that link is for a reconditioned unit,so all in all a waste of time, as amazon will deliver to ireland free if you are willing to wait 3-5 working days

evilivor

watty wrote: »

It's not much use in most of Ireland.

Depot closest to Limerick
Newbridge Maxol
Kildare Road, Ballymany, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Distance: 135km


No doubt this applies to Galway, Cork etc. Nice idea. Fail on coverage.

You get UK & Irish Address,


But it's N.I., which still won't work for many UK sellers, eBay or other.

Then they reship it to your nominated nearest Depot.

For this to be any use:
1) They need a UK "mainland" Address, but not in the Highlands.
2) They need at least two Depot per county, and some like Tipperary, Kerry, Cork certainly more than two or three, some counties one Depot would do. Likely about 80 to 120 depot. Maybe they should sign up Musgrave group. (Centra, Supervalu and Superquinn?)

The Texaco in Castletroy, Limerick has one apparently - it's in the testing phase now. They seem to be doing instals in Topaz and Texaco mainly.

Yamanoto

gomamochi1 wrote: »

Hi folks I was just putting together an order for amazon for the humax foxsat HDR along with sat dish, cabling fittings etc but have been informed at checkout that it won't send to address specified. Any one else exp this and if so how to rectify? Any other online shop that sells all the kit to Ireland ? Cheers

Buy the Humax on Amazon & the dish etc. on the sites listed on thread (they tend to charge a considerable premium on Freesat PVR's).

Zackdickensdog

I got mine there, cant remember the price

watty

evilivor wrote: »

The Texaco in Castletroy, Limerick has one apparently - it's in the testing phase now. They seem to be doing instals in Topaz and Texaco mainly.

Obviously secret! How can they "test" without put the address on the website?

"installs"?

Well, hopefully they will get the locations sorted and a more suitable UK address.

dharn

Yamanoto wrote: »

Buy the Humax on Amazon & the dish etc. on the sites listed on thread (they tend to charge a considerable premium on Freesat PVR's).

i told him that at post 4

Yamanoto

dharn wrote: »

i told him that at post 4

Consider my contribution the Evening Echo.

Excellent advice btw.

gomamochi1

Yamanoto wrote: »

Consider my contribution the Evening Echo.

Excellent advice btw.

As advised ordered the humax with amazon this evening and grabbing the dish and bits in sat shop in kimmage as closest. Gotta check out those online tutorials for setting up the dish now! Cheers

Liameter

Just my opinion: you should support our local businesses. Ireland is in enough trouble without everyone importing from the likes of Amazon. You'll be whining about the lack of jobs, next.

evilivor

watty wrote: »

Obviously secret! How can they "test" without put the address on the website?

"installs"?

They have published their list of locations:

Blanchardstown Texaco, Deansgrange Texaco, Merrion Gates Texaco, Charlestown Shopping Centre Finglas, Kilmacanogue Topaz, The Goat Goatstown, Trim Texaco, Naas Topaz, Downey's Texaco Portlaoise.

Week ending 9th November: New Mallow Rd Cork, Leitrim St Topaz Cork, Midleton Topaz Cork, Ballincollig Topaz Cork, Dock Rd Topaz Limerick, Cahirdavin Topaz Limerick, Castletroy Texaco Limerick, Aherne's Topaz Thurles.

Week ending 16th November: Greenlane Topaz Carlow, Waterford Road Topaz Kilkenny, Dunmore Rd Topaz Waterford, Cork Road Topaz Waterford, Longford Texaco, Casey's Topaz Roscommon, Newcastle Topaz Galway City, Kelly's Centra Letterkenny.

excollier

Letterkenny not listed on their site yet.

evilivor

excollier wrote: »

Letterkenny not listed on their site yet.

That list came from their Facebook rather than their website.

excollier

Aaah..Facebook. No chance of me seeing that then.

MBSnr

Liameter wrote: »

Just my opinion: you should support our local businesses. Ireland is in enough trouble without everyone importing from the likes of Amazon. You'll be whining about the lack of jobs, next.

Yeah 'cos I'm a sucker to pay a 1/3 more for the same item here... Come on, get real. Value wins EVERY time for me. Be it bought from here or imported via Amazon.

Yamanoto

Liameter wrote: »

Just my opinion: you should support our local businesses. Ireland is in enough trouble without everyone importing from the likes of Amazon. You'll be whining about the lack of jobs, next.

The interests of the Irish economy are surely best served by consumers demanding competitiveness and innovation from business, not subsidising their continued survival by paying well in excess of market value for goods readily available elsewhere.

When many among us have demonstrably less disposable income to work with, I certainly wouldn't be rebuking folks for choosing to shop around. Or are businesses the only one's allowed benefit from a common market?

If they cannot compete on price alone, they must provide added value in terms of real expertise and real customer focus. You may indeed get that from some e-tailers who post regularly in this section, but you certainly won't from the likes of DID or Powercity. It still wouldn't sway me to pay what some are asking for the Humax, it's a simple plug and play job.

watty

Amazon, eBay, Microsoft, Facebook, Starbucks etc of course shouldn't be doing "legal" tax evasion. Partly there needs to be co-operation between Ireland, Netherlands, UK and Caribbean "countries". But these companies also abuse the concept of IP (Intellectual Property) to enable the tax evasion. This is not helped by USPO allowing spurious "Design patents" (= UK Registered Designs) and spurious ordinary patents.

Internal revenue transfers for spurious internal IP is a major method of tax avoidance.

Amazon claims to be unable to break out UK figures. Tesco refuses to break out Irish figures.

Also who exactly *IS* a local business?

All "Foreign" but in Ireland
Amazon, PayPal, ebay, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, 02 (=Spanish Telefonica), Vodafone, Eircom, Three (Chinese Hutchinson Whampoa) Harvey Norman, PC World/Currys, Halfords, Mothercare, Eason, M&S, Maplin, Intel, Analog Devices, DHL, UPS, GLS (=Royal Mail/parcel force), Sky, UPC ...

gomamochi1

Liameter wrote: »

Just my opinion: you should support our local businesses. Ireland is in enough trouble without everyone importing from the likes of Amazon. You'll be whining about the lack of jobs, next.

I hear ya and always contact Irish supplier with the price I have online and ask them to match . They never do. Sorry cant afford to pay a third more for the heck of it!