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Amazon delivery times.

  • 25-08-2015 04:13PM
    #1
    troyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,170 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Does anybody know roughly how long pre-orders take to get to Ireland from the UK? I'm thinking of getting Metal Gear Solid V on Amazon. It's a fiver cheaper than Smyths but it isn't worth saving money if I don't get it until nearly a week after release.

    I know that they dispatch the games before release to try and get them there on release day but has anybody had any experience of this?

    Thanks!

    Seán.


Comments

  • #2
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    No guarantees of having it on Release day since they messed up and pre-dispatched GTA5 copies. I'd just but it in Smyths for the sake of €5


  • #3
    Ant695
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Ant695


    Usually takes about 3 days if direct from amazon and not a seller on there. Also they do send early to allow and pretty sure they even have a shipping option to ensure you have it on release but if not shouldn't be more than a day or two after.


  • #4
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    argos will be cheaper i'd wager


  • #5
    Unearthly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,198 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Amazon delivery has got very slow for me last 18 months. The 2 day delivery option usually guarantees release date delivery but it's so expensive it's not worth it.


  • #6
    troyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,170 ✭✭✭troyzer


    sweetie wrote: »
    argos will be cheaper i'd wager

    Argos don't do pre-orders as far as I know.

    Cormac, Smyths isn't a bad shout but it actually ends up a lot more after getting the bus into Dublin and all that. Sounds like penny pinching, I know. But I'm really short on cash at the moment. I wouldn't be bothered essentially paying an extra tenner to get it from Smyths.


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  • #7
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    troyzer wrote: »
    Argos don't do pre-orders as far as I know.

    Cormac, Smyths isn't a bad shout but it actually ends up a lot more after getting the bus into Dublin and all that. Sounds like penny pinching, I know. But I'm really short on cash at the moment. I wouldn't be bothered essentially paying an extra tenner to get it from Smyths.

    Have you factored in Postage from Amazon?


  • #8
    troyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,170 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Cormac... wrote: »
    Have you factored in Postage from Amazon?

    I did, it's free delivery. But that's the Super Saver which has definitely been getting slower lately. Which is why I started this thread I suppose.


  • #9
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    troyzer wrote: »
    I did, it's free delivery. But that's the Super Saver which has definitely been getting slower lately. Which is why I started this thread I suppose.

    Man, for a Launch day game, given you will be given the LOWEST possible priority for postage, that'll be more like 6 Working Days.

    Source: Know some Amazon ex-employees


  • #10
    Midkemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭Midkemia


    Smyths do free delivery.


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