Parcel Motel open in Limerick

keith_d99

Great idea and service .... especially for ordering from UK sites.

Get UK delivery (most sites are free) - Parcel Motel will pick it up and drop at nearest location for €3.50. You get a text when the parcel arrives.

Your first 2 drops are freee.

There is one in Chawkes ... more to come apparently.

https://www.parcelmotel.com/

TestTransmission

Great news.

Berty

Some problems with the Ballysimon one they said. Personally I wouldn't put one there. It's a very dark site so collecting something in the evenings would put me off. I have Chawkes selected as my location and plan on buying some things through Fleabay with sellers with Free UK Delivery instead of £6.99 to Ireland.

concussion

FFS....I just ordered from the UK and had it sent to a Parcel Motel in Dublin. Other than that, great news

leakyboots

The other two are in Topaz Dock Road and Topaz Caherdavin, very handy service, some Amazon sellers ship to UK only

Berty

leakyboots wrote: »

The other two are in Topaz Dock Road and Topaz Caherdavin, very handy service, some Amazon sellers ship to UK only

Like the missus's's's's perfume is £9.99 postage but free to the UK.

Villa05

Quick question,
Would you you be paying irish or uk vat on purchases as it is first posted to the uk

Berty

Villa05 wrote: »

Quick question,
Would you you be paying irish or uk vat on purchases as it is first posted to the uk

UK. They don't know its leaving the UK.

db

Been waiting for this for months. First order placed and many more to come.

kenoconnell

Villa05 wrote: »

Quick question,
Would you you be paying irish or uk vat on purchases as it is first posted to the uk

Doesn't matter, ur paying uk vat anyways.

Someone buying in uk pays Irish....

meoklmrk91

Finally, just in time for Xmas too!

moby2101

Forgive me..... I'm a bit thick!

How does it work?

So I can an item on ebay from a seller that only delivers to uk?

leakyboots

moby2101 wrote: »

Forgive me..... I'm a bit thick!

How does it work?

So I can an item on ebay from a seller that only delivers to uk?

Yeah, you use Parcelmotel's warehouse address in NI and they charge you 3.50 to send it to a motel of your choice. They send you an email/text with the PIN and you have 48 hours to get it from the motel. If you fail to collect it's sent to their Dublin warehouse and there's a fee of around a tenner to have it sent down. But anyone with the PIN can collect it.

Your first two are free. Just be sure that anything you order arrives in one box, they'll charge you for each box it arrives in. Or if the company decides to send you leaflets afterwards for e.g.

It's all explained pretty clearly on their website

https://www.parcelmotel.com/how-it-works/

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

moby2101 wrote: »

Forgive me..... I'm a bit thick!

How does it work?

So I can an item on ebay from a seller that only delivers to uk?

I know it's been exampled by text but found the video much easier to understand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjahAXCWG8E

wingnut

This is fantastic news. Too bad it wasn't there for the nexus sale.

Small electronics from Amazon at last!

Kindle fire is still on offer for £99 if anyone is so inclined

I can see this being a very popular service, I always preferred collection parcels than trying to get them delivered to the house.

langdang

kenoconnell wrote: »

Doesn't matter, ur paying uk vat anyways.

Someone buying in uk pays Irish....

Not necessarily ken, there is a sales threshold where UK companies must apply Irish vat. For example, cycle helmets used to have zero vat in UK, but if you ordered from a big online seller then they had to apply Irish vat. If you bought from a smaller guy you got it vat free.
Can't think of any other examples of a 20% diff. Led to many people being confused when the price would change when put Ireland as address, suspicions of discrimination etc

Berty

I bought from Game.co.uk as they had one of the games half price so ordered them(1 parcel) with delivery through ParcelMotel about 10 minutes ago to Chawkes Texaco. I'd imagine they will arrive into Newtownabbey on Wednesday and be in Limerick for Thursday at some stage.

There goes my first €3.50 Free Bonus.

Sam Kade

It would cost me €30 in petrol to drive to and from the nearest parcel motel :mad:

wingnut

Sam Kade wrote: »

It would cost me €30 in petrol to drive to and from the nearest parcel motel :mad:

Cost you more to drive to the UK

Berty

My mother wanted to buy my missus perfume for Christmas. Cheapest is €73.50 in Ireland and cheapest sellers in the UK won't ship here. I bought it on my CC on Amazon(Market place seller not Amazon themselves) and it was €48.50 and used my 2nd and last free delivery from Parcel Motel. Both should arrive next Wednesday or Thursday.

My Game.co.uk shipped at 4pm today and only just bought the other one.

Actually I drove passed Chawkes twice today and couldn't see the Motel from the road. Where is it, around the back?

wingnut

Anyone know if nightline has a depot in Limerick? If you order an overside parcel in Dublin you pick it up from the depot or pay extra to have delivered to your house. I wonder if it is the same here?

zuroph

yes, its over by eastway. big thread about the service with an official rep on there.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056698663

I've already asked the same, they'll hold it at limerick depot for you.

the_blackstuff

Beer Baron wrote: »

Actually I drove passed Chawkes twice today and couldn't see the Motel from the road. Where is it, around the back?

Its just up from the air and water towards lidl inside the fence. Its backed on to the Dublin road.

eclectichoney

Pity they don't have one in the topaz in Raheen Great idea though.

frank gallagher

eclectichoney wrote: »

Pity they don't have one in the topaz in Raheen Great idea though.

There's more coming, apparently 35 for the limerick / Clare areas

Berty

the_blackstuff wrote: »

Its just up from the air and water towards lidl inside the fence. Its backed on to the Dublin road.

Yep, spotted it a few minutes ago. Handy aul spot for me. I'll update when my items arrive so people can get an idea how quickly they turn up. One is from Game.co.uk and the other from a Marketplace seller on Amazon(who wouldn't post outside UK)

concussion

My new tablet arrived yesterday I received a text and email in the morning and picked it up last night...very simple, looking forward to using them again!

Xx-Steph08-xX

i registered the other day was gonna use it for mac as they only ship to the uk and theres something i want but they don't have it here but i read through it and it mentioned something bout they'd send out a card with some pmid number or something do i need to wait till i get this to use the service does anyone know??

zuroph

nope, register, you've got your PMID in the My account info, order, and they text you the pin code when your package arrives.

Berty

Something else arrived today. Pick it up tomorrow morning. Great service.

zuroph

problem with my first delivery as the website had a bug which stopped my PM location update from going through. called in and mailed Orla on here, package is being picked up from other location and shipped down tomorrow, and she let me know that my other two packages are arriving tonight. fantastic Customer service!

Kess73

eclectichoney wrote: »

Pity they don't have one in the topaz in Raheen Great idea though.

The one on the Dock road is not too far from there though.

Harcrid

I used it for the first time this week and no problems. Ordered something from the UK on Monday at had it Thursday. Saved about a tenner on postage.

FutureGuy

Collected a parcel this morning from the Castletroy motel. Brilliant service! Saved 20 euro shipping!

banie01

zuroph wrote: »

problem with my first delivery as the website had a bug which stopped my PM location update from going through. called in and mailed Orla on here, package is being picked up from other location and shipped down tomorrow, and she let me know that my other two packages are arriving tonight. fantastic Customer service!

I agree 100%
Customer service from Orla is spot on!
I had a prob with my reg no, I had registered ages ago and lost all my details and for some reason I couldn't get it to resend my PM####.
I sent an email last weekend and had a reply with my ID number late on a Saturday evening!
Having a Parcel Motel in Caherdavin will save me a bloody fortune

Berty

I saw one at the Topaz on the Dock Road(by the Docklands entrance) which was still wrapped up in blue stuff so not in use yet. Handy for those on that side of town.

Only gripe(hardly a deal breaker) with it is getting used to pressing the glass screen and getting the number to input correctly. It's like the glass and the touchpad don't line up. :rolleyes:

Harcrid

Yeah the touchscreen is not the best. The glass is so thick its hard to press the right keys if you are not looking straight at it.

FutureGuy

Beer Baron wrote: »

I saw one at the Topaz on the Dock Road(by the Docklands entrance) which was still wrapped up in blue stuff so not in use yet. Handy for those on that side of town.

Only gripe(hardly a deal breaker) with it is getting used to pressing the glass screen and getting the number to input correctly. It's like the glass and the touchpad don't line up. :rolleyes:

Yes I noticed this immediately but it's not an issue when you know about it. It's only a fraction.

DaveNoCheese

Just registered my account, nice to see the €7 balance on my account

There will be a lot of online shopping done in the lead up to xmas, and Topaz on the Dock Rd is only 2 mins from me

dunworth1

went out to see the one in caherdavin

Insect Overlord

dunworth1 wrote: »

went out to see the one in caherdavin

Where in Caherdavin is that one?

Berty

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Where in Caherdavin is that one?

Topaz

TestTransmission

God damn Parcel Motel wants me to go buy something now for the sake of it. :pac:

dunworth1

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Where in Caherdavin is that one?

Topaz
Past advanced pit stop (as your head out to tesco)
It's at the side

Insect Overlord

dunworth1 wrote: »

Topaz
Past advanced pit stop (as your head out to tesco)
It's at the side

That's only a short walk away for me. Could be very handy!

crazygeryy

so it's a machine that you collect your parcel from? not an office? haven't had a chance to read website.

Mc Love

Will this work for avoiding customs if buying stuff in the US?

dunworth1

Mc Love wrote: »

Will this work for avoiding customs if buying stuff in the US?

no they will refuse the package

Mc Love

****e

wildrover444

sorry, just to confirm if i buy an android tablet on amazon.co.uk for around 90 euro and get it sent to parcel motel in antrim and then to limerick will i avoid custom charges and if i dont how much are custom charges,thanks

opinion guy

Christ I used deliverme.ie a while back and it cost me like 25euro:mad:

didn't know about parcel motel