Parcel Motel in Castlebar?

smg2013

Hi all!

Just heard there was a Parcel Motel open beside the art shop in Castlebar, can anyone verify this second hand info I just received?!!

I checked their website and they are saying my nearest PM is Galway still. It would be great if there was one in Castlebar. Much handier!

irishgeo

smg2013 wrote: »

Hi all!

Just heard there was a Parcel Motel open beside the art shop in Castlebar, can anyone verify this second hand info I just received?!!

I checked their website and they are saying my nearest PM is Galway still. It would be great if there was one in Castlebar. Much handier!

it takes 2 weeks to put it live.

smg2013

Cheers irishgeo!

That explains it!

JakuBuLL

I am confirming it. Just saw it there !!!!!
couldn't get a pic to pop up

smg2013

JakuBuLL wrote: »

I am confirming it. Just saw it there !!!!!
couldn't get a pic to pop up

Now THATs what I call confirmation! Thanks!

snaps

smg2013 wrote: »

Now THATs what I call confirmation! Thanks!

what's a parcel motel?

yop

snaps wrote: »

what's a parcel motel?

Where parcels go on holiday... DOH!

PogMoThoin

snaps wrote: »

what's a parcel motel?

Can you not use google
http://www.parcelmotel.com/about.html

statto25

JakuBuLL wrote: »

I am confirming it. Just saw it there !!!!!
couldn't get a pic to pop up

Where is that in the town? The op's post says it's beside an art shop. Only art shop I can think of is Mandels behind Staunton's chemist shop.

JakuBuLL

statto25 wrote: »

Where is that in the town? The op's post says it's beside an art shop. Only art shop I can think of is Mandels behind Staunton's chemist shop.

That's exactly where it is, behind the pharmacy/costcutters on main street. Its at the carpark

Notch000

off topic, is there some way you can get stuff delivery from the UK via NI from companies that dont normally deliver to here (republic) ???

yop

Notch000 wrote: »

off topic, is there some way you can get stuff delivery from the UK via NI from companies that dont normally deliver to here (republic) ???

http://www.deliverme.ie/

statto25

Notch000 wrote: »

off topic, is there some way you can get stuff delivery from the UK via NI from companies that dont normally deliver to here (republic) ???

Parcel motel will do that. The goods are actually shipped to Dublin and then to Belfast where they are then distributed to each of the motels around the country. The lads on the Android forum are buying a phone that cannot be shipped to the Republic by using Parcel Motel.

Just Like Heaven

Yup as Statto says, get it posted to Parcel Motel's Belfast address. Deliverme.ie is way more expensive cause you have to pay for a courier once it's here. Best option depends on how far you live from Castlebar I guess.

Irishgoatman

Thanks for posting this info. Very handy.
Never heard of them before. Are they relatively new?.

smg2013

Irishgoatman wrote: »

Thanks for posting this info. Very handy.
Never heard of them before. Are they relatively new?.

I think they set up sometime last year, but they have expanded their number of locations so I guess they have become alot more popular. I heard on today fm this morning they had added loads more PM locations.

Still waiting for Castlebar one to open though!!! Should be this week I think. Have a few things I want to order from Ebay (the postage to ROI is madness from some sellers) so I'll use the PM Northern Ireland address and get the stuff delivered to Castlebar, well-handy!

Irishgoatman

smg2013 wrote: »

I think they set up sometime last year, but they have expanded their number of locations so I guess they have become alot more popular. I heard on today fm this morning they had added loads more PM locations.

Still waiting for Castlebar one to open though!!! Should be this week I think. Have a few things I want to order from Ebay (the postage to ROI is madness from some sellers) so I'll use the PM Northern Ireland address and get the stuff delivered to Castlebar, well-handy!

Thanks, I'll have to have a look at their site and see how to do it.
I agree about some ebay sellers:mad: . Reasonble prices for buy now items then rip you off on postage.
I must say though, I have found quite a number of sellers who will negotiate the price If you ask nicely:D.

the whole year inn

Has this gone live yet in castlebar?

irishgeo

the whole year inn wrote: »

Has this gone live yet in castlebar?

i walked passed it saturday and it was not live yet.

smg2013

irishgeo wrote: »

i walked passed it saturday and it was not live yet.

I contacted them yesterday and they said it would be the end of the month! Aagh!

the whole year inn

its may day and any sign of thi open?

irishgeo

nothing on twitter or facebook.

i signed up yesterday to be ready.

irishgeo

its now open , on their facebook page.

Obskure

Can confirm it's up and running. Have a parcel coming from ebuyer. Delivery still costs 8.60 to the NI address though. But I still saved €200 buy using the service. Hoping to get a notification to pick up my "parcel" tomorrow!! Will update here afterwards

irishgeo

Obskure wrote: »

Can confirm it's up and running. Have a parcel coming from ebuyer. Delivery still costs 8.60 to the NI address though. But I still saved €200 buy using the service. Hoping to get a notification to pick up my "parcel" tomorrow!! Will update here afterwards

Did you try using flubit as well?

oscarBravo

How does delivery to the NI address work - is it an extra €3.50, because you tell them to redirect to Castlebar instead of NI? The website isn't completely clear on that.

statto25

oscarBravo wrote: »

How does delivery to the NI address work - is it an extra €3.50, because you tell them to redirect to Castlebar instead of NI? The website isn't completely clear on that.

To use Parcel Motel it costs 3.50 per stay. So say postage to Ireland was 10 from a UK based website but had free postage to the UK and NI, you can send it to the PM address free of charge and then 3.50 will be debited from your PM account for using the service.

Zimmerframe

oscarBravo wrote: »

How does delivery to the NI address work - is it an extra €3.50, because you tell them to redirect to Castlebar instead of NI? The website isn't completely clear on that.

No, the total charge is €3.50, use the NI address, if the retailer won't ship to the Rep. otherwise use the Rep. address. Either way it will be delivered to your parcel motel for €3.50.

oscarBravo

Cool, I'll have to give it a try.

Irishgoatman

Obskure wrote: »

Can confirm it's up and running. Have a parcel coming from ebuyer. Delivery still costs 8.60 to the NI address though. But I still saved €200 buy using the service. Hoping to get a notification to pick up my "parcel" tomorrow!! Will update here afterwards

To save that much money it must be one hell of a "parcel"!!

Their web site says that if it won't fit in a locker they will make alternative arrangements.
I have to assume that yours won't fit, so what are the arrangements?.

Any info welcome.

Irishgoatman

Obskure wrote: »

Can confirm it's up and running. Have a parcel coming from ebuyer. Delivery still costs 8.60 to the NI address though. But I still saved €200 buy using the service. Hoping to get a notification to pick up my "parcel" tomorrow!! Will update here afterwards

I've been trying to figure out how you've saved so much money.

Are you saying that this parcel cost 8.60 to be sent by post to N.I. but would have cost 208.60 if the sender had used your R.O.I. address? .

That doesn't make sense to me because the sender would have used the same service to get it to the north as he/she would have used to send it here and I can't think of any service that would have such a difference in cost.

As I understand things from reading their website, Parcel Motel are only a distribution service not a collection service. Therefore you have to use one of the normal services to get it to one of their addresses.

The saving that I see is the difference between being sent to the north as opposed to here less the Parcel Motel cost from the north to here.

Please let me know what I've missed.

irishgeo

Irishgoatman wrote: »

I've been trying to figure out how you've saved so much money.

Are you saying that this parcel cost 8.60 to be sent by post to N.I. but would have cost 208.60 if the sender had used your R.O.I. address? .

That doesn't make sense to me because the sender would have used the same service to get it to the north as he/she would have used to send it here and I can't think of any service that would have such a difference in cost.

As I understand things from reading their website, Parcel Motel are only a distribution service not a collection service. Therefore you have to use one of the normal services to get it to one of their addresses.

The saving that I see is the difference between being sent to the north as opposed to here less the Parcel Motel cost from the north to here.

Please let me know what I've missed.

I imagine he saved 200 euro by buying it in the UK and shipping it to the NI address rather than purchasing it in Ireland.

It works as follows:

Item shipped to PM NI Address - You Pay the UK shipping rate rather than the rate to ship to Ireland.

PM sign for it and then Ship it to your designated PM Motel - €3.50 per stay.

Irishgoatman

irishgeo wrote: »

I imagine he saved 200 euro by buying it in the UK and shipping it to the NI address rather than purchasing it in Ireland.

It works as follows:

Item shipped to PM NI Address - You Pay the UK shipping rate rather than the rate to ship to Ireland.

PM sign for it and then Ship it to your designated PM Motel - €3.50 per stay.

Thanks. I hadn't linked the saving with the cost of the item. I was reading it as a saving on postage:o.

irishgeo

Irishgoatman wrote: »

To save that much money it must be one hell of a "parcel"!!

Their web site says that if it won't fit in a locker they will make alternative arrangements.
I have to assume that yours won't fit, so what are the arrangements?.

Any info welcome.

They will deliver to your workplace like a normal courier service.

Irishgoatman

Thanks.

I found the info after posting here.
For over size parcels you would have to really do some calculations.
It could work out very costly. A lot of extra charges but certainly perfect for sizes that fit in their lockers.

oscarBravo

irishgeo wrote: »

Did you try using flubit as well?

I hadn't heard of flubit, so I checked it out today, and I'm already saving money. I'll report back on the delivery experience later, but cheers for the pointer in the meantime.

irishgeo

oscarBravo wrote: »

I hadn't heard of flubit, so I checked it out today, and I'm already saving money. I'll report back on the delivery experience later, but cheers for the pointer in the meantime.

awaiting my first 2 deliveries via flubit and parcel motel.

Zimmerframe

Irishgoatman wrote: »

Their web site says that if it won't fit in a locker they will make alternative arrangements.
I have to assume that yours won't fit, so what are the arrangements?.

Any info welcome.

You can pick it up from their depot or you can pay an additional €10.50 i.e €14 total and they deliver it to your house.

http://www.parcelmotel.com/howmuch.html



.

Obskure

Hi. Sorry I missed earlier questions on my savings. They were of course quoted on purchase price.
Anyway, delivery notification this morning via both email and SMS. My GF picked it up at lunch time. Code is input in two stages. Phone no. first and then a door code which is included in the SMS and email AND voila... the door pops open. Packaging was perfect.
I should note that when delivery was accepted by PM in NI on saturday, my account was updated online, and they take a picture of the item as it arrives. Great idea, IMO.
Don't know what else to say. I should mention that i rang my credit card company to change my registered address before putting through for payment to be sure. But I think that when using Google Checkout it doesn't matter whereas if I used my card directly, questions may have arisen
Deffo will use again.

mickdw

So if alot of sellers will only post to registered address of card, how do parcel motel get around this?

Irishgoatman

mickdw wrote: »

So if alot of sellers will only post to registered address of card, how do parcel motel get around this?

I haven't checked if they take it, but if they do, use PayPal. Also, IMO the safest way to shop. That way you can have a credit card address and a delivery address.

Having said that, some sellers/shops insist that del address and card address be the same.

irishgeo

Irishgoatman wrote: »

I haven't checked if they take it, but if they do, use PayPal. Also, IMO the safest way to shop. That way you can have a credit card address and a delivery address.

Having said that, some sellers/shops insist that del address and card address be the same.

you can add PM address to your list or approved credit card addresses by ringing your credit card company.

irishgeo

first parcel collected , it was a breeze.

oscarBravo

My first is in Belfast, hopefully arrive tomorrow.

oscarBravo

Well, that was painless. Second order placed already.

wilsixon

Anybody know when the Parcel Motel at Ballina (at the Topaz just up from Dunnes) goes live?

the whole year inn

brookedave wrote: »

Anybody know when the Parcel Motel at Ballina (at the Topaz just up from Dunnes) goes live?

That's a great spot, love to know when this goes live.

the whole year inn

brookedave wrote: »

Anybody know when the Parcel Motel at Ballina (at the Topaz just up from Dunnes) goes live?

Any info on this?I heard nothing and dont see the option on the website either.
have a few things lined up so this would be even better than castlebar for me!

wilsixon

I emailed them and they said it SHOULD be up and running this week.

the whole year inn

brookedave wrote: »

I emailed them and they said it SHOULD be up and running this week.

Im going to line up stuff to buy so.hopefully be up by at least next week.

the whole year inn

any sign of it going live yet?