Farming Chit Chat III

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

was looking at a vtech kiddigo camera on amazon there, thought i was getting a great deal at £39.99, the postage was £214:eek::eek:

www.parcelmotel.com

You can have things posted to a uk postal address. They will then deliver it to a location close to you and text you when its ready for pick up. €3.50 per parcel. Many uk online dealers will post for free to a uk address but can charge up to €50 for postage to ireland.

The first 2 or 3 parcel deliveries are free!!

whelan1

reilig wrote: »

www.parcelmotel.com

You can have things posted to a uk postal address. They will then deliver it to a location close to you and text you when its ready for pick up. €3.50 per parcel. Many uk online dealers will post for free to a uk address but can charge up to €50 for postage to ireland.

The first 2 or 3 parcel deliveries are free!![/ quote]thanks will have a look when I get home could be handy coming up to Christmas

Bizzum

I see one (Parcel Motel) close enough to ya Whelan1 there in Tesco Drogheda.

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

reilig wrote: »

www.parcelmotel.com

You can have things posted to a uk postal address. They will then deliver it to a location close to you and text you when its ready for pick up. €3.50 per parcel. Many uk online dealers will post for free to a uk address but can charge up to €50 for postage to ireland.

The first 2 or 3 parcel deliveries are free!![/ quote]thanks will have a look when I get home could be handy coming up to Christmas

I buy a lot of stuff off www.ebay.co.uk these days. Small parts, equipment etc.
Bought a grundfos pump for £200 that costs €550 here. Huge savings to be made on certain things.

iverjohnston

bought a spring balance weighting scales off ebay for the lamb scales. €25 delivered to a northern address. 100kg scales. Got it from a fishing supplies firm. Same scales from farming supplies all seemed €30 dearer. Chinese made, so time Will tell I suppose.

td5man

whelan1 wrote: »

was looking at a vtech kiddigo camera on amazon there, thought i was getting a great deal at £39.99, the postage was £214:eek::eek:

Where were they posting from?????
Only have to get 2ipads here o_O

jersey101

td5man wrote: »

Where were they posting from?????
Only have to get 2ipads here o_O

sister got the Microsoft surface or something like that. Its a brilliant yoke.

whelan1

td5man wrote: »

Where were they posting from?????
Only have to get 2ipads here o_O

THE UK signed up for parcel motel-thanks reilig- and will see what it says

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

THE UK signed up for parcel motel-thanks reilig- and will see what it says

Remember Whelan, crazy shipping prices are a known scam for eBay type retailers rather than the shipping being expensive. They're living in hope of hooking an unsuspecting punter with a deal and then sting them with shipping.

whelan1

it worked....:D

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

it worked....:D

How much was the shipping?

whelan1

reilig wrote: »

How much was the shipping?

free:D super saver delivery thingy

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

THE UK signed up for parcel motel-thanks reilig- and will see what it says

Remember Whelan, crazy shipping prices are a known scam for eBay type retailers rather than the shipping being expensive. They're living in hope of hooking an unsuspecting punter with a deal and then sting them with shipping.

td5man

whelan1 wrote: »

THE UK signed up for parcel motel-thanks reilig- and will see what it says

You could go and collect cheaper.

whelan1

was thinking that myself, just as well i copped it before i confirmed it... must polish off my credit card now, there will be no stopping me

td5man

whelan1 wrote: »

was thinking that myself, just as well i copped it before i confirmed it... must polish off my credit card now, there will be no stopping me

Have a prepay credit card here, its great for stopping impulse buying.

leg wax

bbam wrote: »

Remember Whelan, crazy shipping prices are a known scam for eBay type retailers rather than the shipping being expensive. They're living in hope of hooking an unsuspecting punter with a deal and then sting them with shipping.

i was lead to believe that the idea behind all of this was that what ever you sell on ebay the company gets a % of sale price so everyone gets around this by selling at a low price so ebay gets peanuts,and over charge on postage to get the real value back.:(

Conmaicne Mara

something not right when using this site on Android phone, says legwax is last poster on thread but whelan is lay when viewing.

whelan1

Yup same problems here

Conmaicne Mara

reilig wrote: »

www.parcelmotel.com

You can have things posted to a uk postal address. They will then deliver it to a location close to you and text you when its ready for pick up. €3.50 per parcel. Many uk online dealers will post for free to a uk address but can charge up to €50 for postage to ireland.

The first 2 or 3 parcel deliveries are free!!

Is there a max size or weight they'll deliver for free? ......................

Conmaicne Mara

Are many of you on Twitter? Just looked at my account and someone was using it to post belly fat solutions :pac:

Is there much good farming stuff on it?

have2flushtwice

I found a big vice on e-bay when money was plentiful, about 2008. 85 euro, I reckoned id sell it for a lot more and make handy 50 quid. so I made the opening bid. then I copped the shipping, it wasn't light and would have probably cost more that the bid I made! it was also in the UK. I was crapping it until a few hours before the auction at which point I was the only bidder! some bidding began in the last hours, whew!

whelan1

have2flushtwice wrote: »

I found a big vice on e-bay when money was plentiful, about 2008. 85 euro, I reckoned id sell it for a lot more and make handy 50 quid. so I made the opening bid. then I copped the shipping, it wasn't light and would have probably cost more that the bid I made! it was also in the UK. I was crapping it until a few hours before the auction at which point I was the only bidder! some bidding began in the last hours, whew!

know that feeling... a neighbour of mine wanted to buy a rug, it was around £150 to be sure she got it she bid on 3 of them and won the 3 of them:eek: her oh cut up the credit card after that

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

know that feeling... a neighbour of mine wanted to buy a rug, it was around £150 to be sure she got it she bid on 3 of them and won the 3 of them:eek: her oh cut up the credit card after that

Just finished homework with young lad, this learning to read and write using jolly phonics is some crack,
Can you imagine the next generation of auctioneers

hugo29

reilig wrote: »

whelan1 wrote: »

I buy a lot of stuff off www.ebay.co.uk these days. Small parts, equipment etc.
Bought a grundfos pump for £200 that costs €550 here. Huge savings to be made on certain things.

What bar was that reilig, sold a 4 bar few weeks ago me self for 200, big noisy fcuker

Marooned75

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Are many of you on Twitter? Just looked at my account and someone was using it to post belly fat solutions :pac:

Is there much good farming stuff on it?

Plenty on it for farming

td5man

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Are many of you on Twitter? Just looked at my account and someone was using it to post belly fat solutions :pac:

Is there much good farming stuff on it?

Im on twitter a couple of months, could you send me on the belly fat solutions
There is some good stuff on there

bob charles

hugo29 wrote: »

What bar was that reilig, sold a 4 bar few weeks ago me self for 200, big noisy fcuker

you could have bloody told us without giving some dude from Scunthorpe a pump for F all

Conmaicne Mara

td5man wrote: »

Im on twitter a couple of months, could you send me on the belly fat solutions
There is some good stuff on there

I probably have already

Any good sheep stuff on it?

hugo29

bob charles wrote: »

you could have bloody told us without giving some dude from Scunthorpe a pump for F all

What use would you have for a pump bob