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MacDanger

ParkyJiSung wrote: »

Any idea how much? Roughly? Or does it depend on the price etc.. it was the green spot for £30.

Cheers for reply

If it's a first offence, once you contact them and offer to pay the duty, they don't charge (or at least they didn't when it happened to me) and just post it out to you reminding you that duty needs to be paid, etc.

Rows Grower

MacDanger wrote: »

If it's a first offence, once you contact them and offer to pay the duty, they don't charge (or at least they didn't when it happened to me) and just post it out to you reminding you that duty needs to be paid, etc.

That's quite nice of them.

Padraig Mor

MacDanger wrote: »

If it's a first offence, once you contact them and offer to pay the duty, they don't charge (or at least they didn't when it happened to me) and just post it out to you reminding you that duty needs to be paid, etc.

Should be pointed out that this *may* happen. They're perfectly entitled to - and technically probably should - simply destroy the contents.

rubadub

elperello wrote: »

That Jack Daniels down to €20 from €34 is great value too.

it is 25 now in tesco, still 20 in supervalu. Supervalu also have a honey JD for 20 which is 35%

Rows Grower

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Should be pointed out that this *may* happen. They're perfectly entitled to - and technically probably should - simply destroy the contents.

Not so, you are entitled to the option of paying the duty or else having them destroy or dispose of it anyway they see fit. You can pay for a portion of a consignment and have the rest seized if you ask nicely.

This letting you off for your first offence scenario is nonsense.

ParkyJiSung

Rows Grower wrote: »

Not so, you are entitled to the option of paying the duty or else having them destroy or dispose of it anyway they see fit. You can pay for a portion of a consignment and have the rest seized if you ask nicely.

This letting you off for your first offence scenario is nonsense.

Theyve asked for a proof of purchase and receipt/invoice to see whether duty was paid.

Amazob on the other hand have refunded me the cost of green spot after various online chats as I told them i simply did not receive said item.
So could be getting a very cheap bottle

Rows Grower

ParkyJiSung wrote: »

Theyve asked for a proof of purchase and receipt/invoice to see whether duty was paid.

Amazob on the other hand have refunded me the cost of green spot after various online chats as I told them i simply did not receive said item.
So could be getting a very cheap bottle

Enjoy, I'm sure you've earned it for customer loyalty over the years.

blindsider

zell12 wrote: »

@ Tesco

0.83c for a can of Guinness...?

Pretty damn good!

tinner777

Rows Grower wrote: »

Not so, you are entitled to the option of paying the duty or else having them destroy or dispose of it anyway they see fit. You can pay for a portion of a consignment and have the rest seized if you ask nicely.

This letting you off for your first offence scenario is nonsense.

Did you contact them??

ActingDanClark

ParkyJiSung wrote: »

Package held by customs from PM...anyone have experience of this? Any way of getting it back or at least asking them to send back to sender

When you're sipping your Tesco white label whiskey on the 25th let the thoughts of revenue staff toasting your kindness help you through the day

ParkyJiSung

ActingDanClark wrote: »

When you're sipping your Tesco white label whiskey on the 25th let the thoughts of revenue staff toasting your kindness help you through the day

Package sent by customs back to PM free of charge.. amazon refunded me the money for greenspot.. nothing tastes better than free whiskey

elperello

Lidl are advertising Ben Bracken single malt scotch at €24.99.

Has anyone tried it?

askU

Whiskey Tesco 20euro

murphyebass

askU wrote: »

Whiskey Tesco 20euro

Ok for a hot whiskey but little else.

There’ll be plenty of good whiskey on sale between now and Christmas in the likes of O’Briens.

Rows Grower

murphyebass wrote: »

Ok for a hot whiskey but little else.

There’ll be plenty of good whiskey on sale between now and Christmas in the likes of O’Briens.

Don't be so pretentious, Power's is a very good whiskey and increasing in popularity all the time.

Padraig Mor

Rows Grower wrote: »

Not so, you are entitled to the option of paying the duty or else having them destroy or dispose of it anyway they see fit. You can pay for a portion of a consignment and have the rest seized if you ask nicely.

This letting you off for your first offence scenario is nonsense.

You have no 'entitlement' to pay the duty and receive the package, even if this is what happens in practice. Imports of alcohol can only be done by those registered with Revenue, and who pay the VAT and excise duty in advance; the documents to this effect should accompany the package. Anything done otherwise is liable to destruction, and this has happened to Boards posters previously.

ParkyJiSung wrote: »

Package sent by customs back to PM free of charge.. amazon refunded me the money for greenspot.. nothing tastes better than free whiskey

Enjoy your free whiskey while it lasts - every problematic shipment brings closer the day that Amazon / Parcel Motel / whoever put an end to this backdoor. I've seen it happen to an array of EU retailers who used to ship alcohol to Ireland - all except one that I'm aware of (and that one has jacked shipping up too high to make it worth it) have now stopped as eejits shouting about it online brought too much attention to it and Revenue stepped in. If you lose out on a bottle put up with it - I had one bottle broken by a forwarding service last year but didn't moan about it - it's an inherent risk in doing this.

easypazz

ParkyJiSung wrote: »

Package sent by customs back to PM free of charge.. amazon refunded me the money for greenspot.. nothing tastes better than free whiskey

nothing tastes worse than stolen whiskey

aj89

murphyebass wrote: »

Ok for a hot whiskey but little else.

There’ll be plenty of good whiskey on sale between now and Christmas in the likes of O’Briens.

Exactly why I bought a bottle yesterday!

Electric Nitwit

Rows Grower wrote: »

Don't be so pretentious, Power's is a very good whiskey and increasing in popularity all the time.

And Tullomore DEW is brilliant in a cloudy apple juice. Trust me, and thank me later

Italix

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

And Tullomore DEW is brilliant in a cloudy apple juice. Trust me, and thank me later

FFS, 20 is a great price for powers.

stimpson

Paddy is bargain basement.

I'd rate Powers above Jemmy. I'm fairly sure it has a higher pot still content.

cadaliac

stimpson wrote: »

Paddy is bargain basement.

I'd rate Powers above Jemmy. I'm fairly sure it has a higher pot still content.

This.
Powers is the smoothest Irish Whiskey (for normal bar prices) you can get.
It is also growing in popularity because mainly of its superiority to the others for sale at the same price.

picachu

cadaliac wrote: »

This.
Powers is the smoothest Irish Whiskey (for normal bar prices) you can get.
It is also growing in popularity because mainly of its superiority to the others for sale at the same price.

1. Blackbush
2. Jameson
3. Paddy

Buffman

JD for 20 offer finishes today in Supervalu.

The_Conductor

If anyone has any means of getting alcohol delivered from Amazon- 15 year old Glenfiddich is reduced to £30 a bottle.

Lord Derpington

The_Conductor wrote: »

If anyone has any means of getting alcohol delivered from Amazon- 15 year old Glenfiddich is reduced to £30 a bottle.

I can't find this, do you have a link?

The_Conductor

Lord Derpington wrote: »

I can't find this, do you have a link?

There you go:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005MMI7GA

stimpson

picachu wrote: »

1. Blackbush

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

Rows Grower

Padraig Mor wrote: »

You have no 'entitlement' to pay the duty and receive the package, even if this is what happens in practice. Imports of alcohol can only be done by those registered with Revenue, and who pay the VAT and excise duty in advance; the documents to this effect should accompany the package. Anything done otherwise is liable to destruction, and this has happened to Boards posters previously.



Enjoy your free whiskey while it lasts - every problematic shipment brings closer the day that Amazon / Parcel Motel / whoever put an end to this backdoor. I've seen it happen to an array of EU retailers who used to ship alcohol to Ireland - all except one that I'm aware of (and that one has jacked shipping up too high to make it worth it) have now stopped as eejits shouting about it online brought too much attention to it and Revenue stepped in. If you lose out on a bottle put up with it - I had one bottle broken by a forwarding service last year but didn't moan about it - it's an inherent risk in doing this.

I'll just agree to disagree on this instead of dragging the thread off topic.

cutelad

Come on lads stay on topic.....

Smirnoff 70 cl 15 euros Centra