Mailboxde.com - German Parcel Motel

discombobulate

I know some will know of this already and it's not strictly a BA on its own but it's possible to get a German address from mailboxde.comhttp://mailboxde.com/

This is very useful for Amazon.de where they won't always ship to Ireland. I managed to pick up this 48 inch Sony for €420 on a black friday deal. It'll cost me another €27 for postage from mailboxde but the same tv is €680 in Powercity and €720 in DID.

Fees and postage depend on the size and weight of the package and you also save on the Amazon.de postage cost to Ireland as the postage from Amazon to mailboxde is free.

Hope someone finds use from this thread.

Davy

Good tip, just remember a lot of items they may not ship here can be shipped to Parcel motel in antrim instead which might be cheaper

discombobulate

Davy wrote: »

Good tip, just remember a lot of items they may not ship here can be shipped to Parcel motel in antrim instead which might be cheaper

True. Although it can work out cheaper than PM if oversized.

That tv i linked to is actually one of not very many that they apparently will deliver to PM. I was getting an estimate delivery date though of Between January and April which is why i tried this. Should have it next week now.

PM delivery would have been Amazon postage + €14 for PM to receive based on size and 10.50 delivery unless i went to Finglas.

IrishIrish

Any way of getting the German Amazon displayed in English?

discombobulate

IrishIrish wrote: »

Any way of getting the German Amazon displayed in English?

Use Google Chrome as your browser and it translates (very well) automatically

Zardoz

discombobulate wrote: »

I managed to pick up this 48 inch Sony for €420 on a black friday deal.

Wow,thats a seriously impressive tv for the money.
Even at 600 euro its still a lot of tv.

danoriordan1402

would this have a built in decoder for the Irish channels?

Fappy the Squirrel

danoriordan1402 wrote: »

would this have a built in decoder for the Irish channels?

Not approved anyway.

saorview.ie/product/sony/

Whats the point of the 3 tuners anyway?

discombobulate

Fappy the Squirrel wrote: »

Not approved anyway.

saorview.ie/product/sony/

Whats the point of the 3 tuners anyway?

Tv I have here from Holland isn't on the approved list either and it gets them. One of the 3 tuners may likely be the same as Saorview uses i'd imagine. Says it's approved on this listing. The 3 letters at the end are different but shouldn't make a difference

Zardoz

discombobulate wrote: »

Tv I have here from Holland isn't on the approved list either and it gets them. One of the 3 tuners may likely be the same as Saorview uses i'd imagine. Says it's approved on this listing. The 3 letters at the end are different but shouldn't make a difference

It has a DVB-T2 tuner so it handles Saorview.

Whats the point of the 3 tuners anyway?

Terrestrial,cable and satellite tuners

Fappy the Squirrel

discombobulate wrote: »

Tv I have here from Holland isn't on the approved list either and it gets them. One of the 3 tuners may likely be the same as Saorview uses i'd imagine. Says it's approved on this listing. The 3 letters at the end are different but shouldn't make a difference

Official site just not updated yet maybe....

This thread mentions some unapproved stuff has been breaking over time,

boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057067108&page=75

so if not using Sky/something else, you'd want to be sure to avoid hassle.

DID seriously taking the piss with their price there.

danoriordan1402

was looking at the lg 47lb650v on that site also 529Euro as opposed to 749 in Harvey Normans..

Senna

discombobulate wrote: »

PM deli2very would have been Amazon postage + €14 for PM to receive based on size and 10.50 delivery unless i went to Finglas.

PM have upped their delivery price, I was charge €30 for a box 30x30x15inch and it weighted about 1kg.

Fappy the Squirrel

Zardoz wrote: »

It has a DVB-T2 tuner so it handles Saorview.



Terrestrial,cable and satellite tuners

No need for external box to pick up Freeview?...and I see it records, if it all works right then yup, class TV.


A search shows triple tuners around since 2009, it's a wonder Sony hasn't been banging on about them, they're perfect for alot of people....where price wouldn't be an issue.

theregister.co.uk/2009/09/03/ifa_sony_bravia/

If you could tinker with internal software, perfect for eveyone.

discombobulate

Fappy the Squirrel wrote: »

Official site just not updated yet maybe....

This thread mentions some unapproved stuff has been breaking over time,

boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057067108&page=75

so if not using Sky/something else, you'd want to be sure to avoid hassle.

DID seriously taking the piss with their price there.

40 cheaper on powercity seems the cheapest in ireland. Priced around £550 in most places in the uk. Wouldn't mind their approved list it's only the right tuner required. Powercity also list as Saorview

mirec

you could have samsung 3D for almost same price
http://www.0815.at/LEDab46_-Samsung-UE48H6260/25980/31448

misiek6666

discombobulate , did you pay any VAT???

MuddyDog

Is that 0815.at site trustworthy?

discombobulate

misiek6666 wrote: »

discombobulate , did you pay any VAT???

Yes paid 420 inc. german VAT for the tv if thats what you mean?

crazygeryy

Do they mail it directly to your address?or are there pick up points?

discombobulate

crazygeryy wrote: »

Do they mail it directly to your address?or are there pick up points?

To your address

KOR101

Just what I was looking for.

Meindl boots for €239, but only delivered to Germany.

http://www.amazon.de/Meindl-Herren-Trekkingschuh-Guffert-GTX/dp/B00BT1G8IC/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1417510818&sr=1-1&keywords=Herren+Trekkingschuh+Guffert+GTX

€330 the best I could do elsewhere.

Streets_of Rage 2 Come_On

discombobulate wrote: »

I know some will know of this already and it's not strictly a BA on its own but it's possible to get a German address from mailboxde.com

This is very useful for Amazon.de where they won't always ship to Ireland. I managed to pick up this 48 inch Sony for €420 on a black friday deal. It'll cost me another €27 for postage from mailboxde but the same tv is €680 in Powercity and €720 in DID.

Fees and postage depend on the size and weight of the package and you also save on the Amazon.de postage cost to Ireland as the postage from Amazon to mailboxde is free.

Hope someone finds use from this thread.

Did you get this in the end?

They sort of have TVs in their Prohibited Goods list...

http: // mailboxde.com/?action=mailboxdecom/prohibited-goods

r) extremely fragile items (incl. TVs, LCDs, ...) that are not packed in a special and suitable way which prevents them from getting harmed by usual manipulation with the delivery,

If you did, how do you find the TV?

sham69

discombobulate wrote: »

I know some will know of this already and it's not strictly a BA on its own but it's possible to get a German address from mailboxde.comhttp://mailboxde.com/

This is very useful for Amazon.de where they won't always ship to Ireland. I managed to pick up this 48 inch Sony for €420 on a black friday deal. It'll cost me another €27 for postage from mailboxde but the same tv is €680 in Powercity and €720 in DID.

Fees and postage depend on the size and weight of the package and you also save on the Amazon.de postage cost to Ireland as the postage from Amazon to mailboxde is free.

Hope someone finds use from this thread.

This sounds great.
I spotted a drum kit (electronic) for 498 euro.
If I wanted to get it shipped to here what would it cost me.
Its on amazon.de and postage is free to Germany.
I think it weighs around 30kg.
Confused with the pricing.
It says 12.30 +postage for 30kgs , whats postage work out at, is that DHL?
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers.

sham69

ah I think I see the charges now...

I don't think I can get it shipped.

The package is 25.8kg and the dimensions are 113 x 100 x 63
The max they can handle seem to be 120 x 60 x 60

munchkin_utd

Fappy the Squirrel wrote: »

Not approved anyway.

saorview.ie/product/sony/

Whats the point of the 3 tuners anyway?

another reason is that a retailer can have a single model of a tv in stoick rather than 3 separate cable/sat/ DTT versions, and it suits city folks in apartments with cable (who have it forced on them by rent contract AND canot put up a dish), suburban folks in a house who choose to have a sat dish, and contrary folks who for some reason are happy with only 10 or 15 channels on terrestrial rather than going with sat or cable.

anyhow, amazon germany can be good for a lot of things and its strange how different the price can be to amazon UK, sometimes much better, sometimes much worse.

discombobulate

Streets_of Rage 2 Come_On wrote: »

Did you get this in the end?

They sort of have TVs in their Prohibited Goods list...

http: // mailboxde.com/?action=mailboxdecom/prohibited-goods

r) extremely fragile items (incl. TVs, LCDs, ...) that are not packed in a special and suitable way which prevents them from getting harmed by usual manipulation with the delivery,

If you did, how do you find the TV?

It's on the way from them due to arrive on thursday by UPS. I seen that. Sent them a mail and said it'd be well packaged from amazon and they said thats fine.

discombobulate

sham69 wrote: »

ah I think I see the charges now...

I don't think I can get it shipped.

The package is 25.8kg and the dimensions are 113 x 100 x 63
The max they can handle seem to be 120 x 60 x 60

Worth sending them a mail for a quote anyway maybe

Yawns

decided to use this crowd for a delivery as well. So far so good, item is already on the way and when I did have a query they replied within an hour or 2 which was quick enough for me.

sham69

discombobulate wrote: »

Worth sending them a mail for a quote anyway maybe

I did,
Dimensions too big for them...
My only hope is that I can get the packaging changed or split into 2 packages.
Cheers for the reply.

pumbah

sham69 wrote: »

I did,
Dimensions too big for them...
My only hope is that I can get the packaging changed or split into 2 packages.
Cheers for the reply.

You could also try thomann.de - they ship direct to Ireland and are very competitive (at least when I was looking for a keyboard:)).
Delivery was very well organised too...

sham69

pumbah wrote: »

You could also try thomann.de - they ship direct to Ireland and are very competitive (at least when I was looking for a keyboard:)).
Delivery was very well organised too...

Cheers,
I got sorted.
The item on amazon.de was also on the suppliers main site kirstein.de so I can order from there and they will sip to Ireland for 20 euro..
They just don't provide shipping to Ireland via their amazon page.
Thanks all for the replies.

HellboundIRL

For anyone here who has used them.

Did it take long for them update their system and notify you once they received the delivery? I ordered a laptop and it was delivered to their warehouse this morning but nothing showing on the site yet.

discombobulate

HellboundIRL wrote: »

For anyone here who has used them.

Did it take long for them update their system and notify you once they received the delivery? I ordered a laptop and it was delivered to their warehouse this morning but nothing showing on the site yet.

Took about a day for me i think. Received my tv from them today as scheduled

Yawns

I think it was the same day that I was notified of a delivery into their warehouse. I think it arrived early morning and I was notified in the evening. Then they sent the cost of shipment and processing fee.

Cunning Stunt

Thanks OP - nice to know. Now, does anyone have the link to the page set up (I think by a boardsie) some time ago, to track bargains/price drops across all the amazon sites?

Yawns

I believe it's this one

http://camelcamelcamel.com/

Satriale

Anyone have any idea of a Polish version of this service?

Moyglish

Would also love to know if there's a Polish equivalent of this service also.

Satriale

Moyglish wrote: »

Would also love to know if there's a Polish equivalent of this service also.

Shiptronite in the Czech republic are as close as i can find. No good to me but maybe to someone else.
http://www.shiptronite.com/

Dziabong

Satriale wrote: »

Anyone have any idea of a Polish version of this service?

There is nothing similar in Poland , but there are many of private couriers around ireland , that can make u a shopping in Poland or something like that .Im using one of them and it cost me 20 euros for 10kg parcel , Tv's are more expensive as they charging 1,3-1,5 e per inch.But still electronic are way cheaper there.

Satriale

Dziabong wrote: »

There is nothing similar in Poland , but there are many of private couriers around ireland , that can make u a shopping in Poland or something like that .Im using one of them and it cost me 20 euros for 10kg parcel , Tv's are more expensive as they charging 1,3-1,5 e per inch.But still electronic are way cheaper there.

Thanks Dziabong. It would be a similar size item to a tv that needs to be collected from a electrical shop.
Any chance you could pm me the name and number of your couriers company?

tommybc

I have something being sent there but do you need to be topped up before they will notify you that it's been recieved, i only created an account and used the address they sent me in the email, but i didn't top up yet

discombobulate

tommybc wrote: »

I have something being sent there but do you need to be topped up before they will notify you that it's been recieved, i only created an account and used the address they sent me in the email, but i didn't top up yet

No they'll notify you of the cost when they get it

keithclancy

I work in Germany so just get stuff sent to work :pac:

But if you want to compare some prices idealo is pretty good:

http://www.idealo.de/

Also a UK Version

http://www.idealo.co.uk/

td2008

Ordered a 40" samsung tv from amazon, refused by mailboxde , said tv's are prohibited - even though it mentions them on the site :mad:

Mickeroo

Anyone ever use these to ship from the german Oneplus site?