Apple uk and buying from them

Eircom_Sucks

is it possible to buy from apple uk and use parcel motel to deliver it ?

iphone i want is like €945 from them as apposed to €1029 from irish apple store

Dublinstiofán

Yes, theres no problem with doing that. Although you'd want to increase your parcel motel insurance and Apple may call you to make sure that its you and take you through some additional security stuff.

Gumbo

No problem. I've. Even buying from the Belfast store since the iPhone 4.
This year I was away for launch weekend so I ordered online and delivered through PM and it was in my house launch day night.

Eircom_Sucks

kceire wrote: »

No problem. I've. Even buying from the Belfast store since the iPhone 4.
This year I was away for launch weekend so I ordered online and delivered through PM and it was in my house launch day night.

savage

was looking for 7 plus 128gb but with cheaper uk price i might get 256 for similar price

murpho999

Can I also suggest Parcel Wizard. See Here


Similar service as Parcel Motel but with added advantage of delivering to any specified address instead of a collection point.

goz83

murpho999 wrote: »

Can I also suggest Parcel Wizard. See Here


Similar service as Parcel Motel but with added advantage of delivering to any specified address instead of a collection point.

Parcel Motel can also deliver to a specified address.

maximoose

goz83 wrote: »

Parcel Motel can also deliver to a specified address.

€4 dearer though

goz83

Anyone any idea how long the 7 would take if ordered from UK? I am looking at the gold 128GB model. I had a 6....which is gone (long story). Needed a quick replacement, so bought a 5S for €400 (they had no 6 models in stock). I'm well away from an upgrade on contract, so looking to buy direct from Apple UK, which is about €100 cheaper. I think my OH would be happy with the 5S. Its €793 from UK....so 800 really. but 889 from ireland

Eircom_Sucks

just ordered a 7 plus 256

goz83

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

just ordered a 7 plus 256

Using Parcel Motel?

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

just ordered a 7 plus 256

I hope you used Revolut. Great savings to be made and in the past 2 days the rates they were giving were excellent

Creamy Goodness

until Apple charge the card - which they do when it's being loaded on to the courier's truck - you may be better/worse off. Still Revolut is the way to go.

If using a 3rd party PO box to get your iPhone please for the love of all things Apple get the extended insurance that they offer (Parcel Motel do this not sure about the others).

deadanonymau5

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

until Apple charge the card - which they do when it's being loaded on to the courier's truck - you may be better/worse off. Still Revolut is the way to go.

If using a 3rd party PO box to get your iPhone please for the love of all things Apple get the extended insurance that they offer (Parcel Motel do this not sure about the others).

He could top up and exchange it now to get a good rate

Creamy Goodness

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

He could top up and exchange it now to get a good rate

true I forgot about that feature, I was assuming you'd top up in euro and just let the charge go through.

Eircom_Sucks

wont let me set up an acc on that thing based on location

im in dublin btw

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

wont let me set up an acc on that thing based on location

im in dublin btw

Revolut? Apple?

Both will, as they did for me and many others

Go to apple.co.uk not apple.ie

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Revolut? Apple?

Both will, as they did for me and many others

Go to apple.co.uk not apple.ie

revolut wouldnt allow me

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

revolut wouldnt allow me

How?

Where are you running into problems?


Revolut works fine for me and many many other "boardsies"

Gumbo

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

revolut wouldnt allow me

I done it the week of launch from Dublin.
Had to verify my identity though by scanning my passport.

deadanonymau5

kceire wrote: »

I done it the week of launch from Dublin.
Had to verify my identity though by scanning my passport.

Thats only necessary if you load over 1k. It also only takes a day for them to verify.

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Thats only necessary if you load over 1k. It also only takes a day for them to verify.

this app is only available through an early access program in your country and all spaces are now filled

thats the message im getting

goz83

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

this app is only available through an early access program in your country and all spaces are now filled

thats the message im getting

I'm in Dublin. I have just downloaded the APP and have a virtual card and ordered a free physical card. Will be interesting to see how this thing works.

And it only took about 2-3 minutes to verify my identity. Not bad so far

Gumbo

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Thats only necessary if you load over 1k. It also only takes a day for them to verify.

Yeah I was loading it to buy 2 iPhone 7's. It was verified in minutes in fairness to them. I done it on my iPad if that makes any difference, but I don't see how.

goz83

kceire wrote: »

Yeah I was loading it to buy 2 iPhone 7's. It was verified in minutes in fairness to them. I done it on my iPad if that makes any difference, but I don't see how.

mine was on iPhone, so no, it doesn't matter

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

this app is only available through an early access program in your country and all spaces are now filled

thats the message im getting

Weird, maybe try again another time or uninstalling and reinstalling

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Weird, maybe try again another time or uninstalling and reinstalling

nah fook that

order placed

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

nah fook that

order placed

They don't take money from your card until its dispatched, so you could try in the 3/4 weeks you're waiting

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

They don't take money from your card until its dispatched, so you could try in the 3/4 weeks you're waiting

will it be 3/4 weeks or any likely hood be sooner ?

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

will it be 3/4 weeks or any likely hood be sooner ?

Some people are saying they got it a week before Apple's estimate. It takes 3/4 working days for it to be delivered after dispatch, then if you are using ParcelMotel it takes longer.

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Some people are saying they got it a week before Apple's estimate. It takes 3/4 working days for it to be delivered after dispatch, then if you are using ParcelMotel it takes longer.

yeah waiting doesnt bother me

some jokers on adverts adding loads into apples price lol , excuse is you have to wait from apple

deadanonymau5

HOLY SHIEET!!

If I used my Revolut card today I could've got the iPhone 7 Plus 128GB for 909 Euro

ted1

murpho999 wrote: »

Can I also suggest Parcel Wizard. See Here


Similar service as Parcel Motel but with added advantage of delivering to any specified address instead of a collection point.

Or added disadvantage.

dawidnowak2005

Hi guys first time ever think to buy iPhone from Uk apple site due to £ rates. Have few questions , can I normally use my Irish card on apple uk? How to find out about what conversion rates I will pay? I know apple charge card at the moment when they dispatch so it can be 3-4 weeks what if £ change during this weeks? Thanks for any help

deadanonymau5

dawidnowak2005 wrote: »

Hi guys first time ever think to buy iPhone from Uk apple site due to £ rates. Have few questions , can I normally use my Irish card on apple uk? How to find out about what conversion rates I will pay? I know apple charge card at the moment when they dispatch so it can be 3-4 weeks what if £ change during this weeks? Thanks for any help

Use a Revolut card to get guaranteed rates and the best exchange rates. You can get a 128GB iPhone 7 Plus for 909e vs. the 1029e on the irish site.

www.revolut.com

dawidnowak2005

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Use a Revolut card to get guaranteed rates and the best exchange rates

www.revolut.com

You mean buy £ on revoulut? And in checkout use it? I will get some "virtual card" number or how it's work? Thanks

deadanonymau5

dawidnowak2005 wrote: »

You mean buy £ on revoulut? And in checkout use it? I will get some "virtual card" number or how it's work? Thanks

Download the app. Set up account. Top up in Euros. Exchange Euros in the app for Sterling. Go to Apple.co.uk. Buy Phone using ParcelMotel for delivery.

dawidnowak2005

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Download the app. Set up account. Top up in Euros. Exchange Euros in the app for Sterling. Go to Apple.co.uk. Buy Phone using ParcelMotel for delivery.

Thank you so much:-) I just read thread about revoulut and people saying there to better not keep bigger amount of money there, so it's mean it isn't safe? And also I read there be some charges, can I close account on revolut after use it to get iPhone?

deadanonymau5

dawidnowak2005 wrote: »

Thank you so much:-) I just read thread about revoulut and people saying there to better not keep bigger amount of money there, so it's mean it isn't safe? And also I read there be some charges, can I close account on revolut after use it to get iPhone?

No bother

I think its safe. many "boardsies" use it and its fine. The charges you read about are probably bank charges or other charges that wont apply to you for just using it to buy an iPhone. If you top up over 1k, you have to send them a scan of your passport or I.D. because of Gov regulations. You can stop using it when you like

prettyboy81

The saving is very tempting!

danois

Just to let people know Apple won't deliver to forwarding companies. I ordered last night from .co.uk site. Used PM address Within minutes I received email telling me to provide a new shipping address within 7 days or else the sale would be cancelled.

I replied with my home address straight away. About 5 min later I received a call from a cork number it was apple checking some details and updating my shipping address.

I was buying the SE worked out at €430 delivered:)

Gumbo

danois wrote: »

Just to let people know Apple won't deliver to forwarding companies. I ordered last night from .co.uk site. Used PM address Within minutes I received email telling me to provide a new shipping address within 7 days or else the sale would be cancelled.

I replied with my home address straight away. About 5 min later I received a call from a cork number it was apple checking some details and updating my shipping address.

I was buying the SE worked out at €430 delivered:)

Just to let people know that I and many other boards users have ordered from apple uk over the years using Parcel Motel. Never ever stopped once.

I ordered our 2 iPhone 7's and they were in PM Belfast launch morning and in my house that evening.

Heisenberg1

danois wrote: »

Just to let people know Apple won't deliver to forwarding companies. I ordered last night from .co.uk site. Used PM address Within minutes I received email telling me to provide a new shipping address within 7 days or else the sale would be cancelled.

I replied with my home address straight away. About 5 min later I received a call from a cork number it was apple checking some details and updating my shipping address.

I was buying the SE worked out at €430 delivered:)

I've ordered off Apple.co.uk many times the only problem I had was when I used parcel motel for my billing address I received a call from Apple to change my address but that was it.

finno

I ordered a 7 plus from Apple UK on Monday i did get a call from apple in cork
to verify my details delivery address and billing address but that was all
order still going through as of now.

danois

kceire wrote: »

Just to let people know that I and many other boards users have ordered from apple uk over the years using Parcel Motel. Never ever stopped once.

I ordered our 2 iPhone 7's and they were in PM Belfast launch morning and in my house that evening.

You were lucky.

This is the email I received.

Dear Danois.

The order you recently placed with the Apple Store cannot be processed because Apple does not ship to freight forwarder addresses.

To allow us to process your order, please reply to this email with a domestic shipping address and your order number. Please note, if the new shipping address is also a freight forwarder, your order will be cancelled.

If you do not reply within 7 days then your order will be canceled and you will not be charged. We appreciate your business and apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please call 0800 1076283.

Sincerely,
Rosemary
Free phone number: 0800 1076283 and choose extension

Mimikyu

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deadanonymau5

danois wrote: »

Just to let people know Apple won't deliver to forwarding companies. I ordered last night from .co.uk site. Used PM address Within minutes I received email telling me to provide a new shipping address within 7 days or else the sale would be cancelled.

I replied with my home address straight away. About 5 min later I received a call from a cork number it was apple checking some details and updating my shipping address.

I was buying the SE worked out at €430 delivered:)

You still got your order from the UK site? Did apple change your delivery address from ParcelMotel to your address in Ireland?

Gumbo

danois wrote: »

You were lucky.

This is the email I received.

Dear Danois.

The order you recently placed with the Apple Store cannot be processed because Apple does not ship to freight forwarder addresses.

To allow us to process your order, please reply to this email with a domestic shipping address and your order number. Please note, if the new shipping address is also a freight forwarder, your order will be cancelled.

If you do not reply within 7 days then your order will be canceled and you will not be charged. We appreciate your business and apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please call 0800 1076283.

Sincerely,
Rosemary
Free phone number: 0800 1076283 and choose extension

Really strange as I could not have been luck 3 times, and then every other boards user lucky too, this year and last year and so on.

I wonder is it somehow connected to the way the delivery address was inlutted?
Did you click the "this is a business address" tab?

Really strange, I'd re-order straight away!

Gumbo

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

You still got your order from the UK site? Did apple change your delivery address from ParcelMotel to your address in Ireland?

Yes, Apple also call to confirm billing address linked to the credit card but then shipped to PM in Belfast who then ship to me.

deadanonymau5

kceire wrote: »

Really strange as I could not have been luck 3 times, and then every other boards user lucky too, this year and last year and so on.

I wonder is it somehow connected to the way the delivery address was inlutted?
Did you click the "this is a business address" tab?

Really strange, I'd re-order straight away!

I did Thats there so they wont deliver too early in the morning or late in the evening

Did you click it?

danois

I don't think it's an issue with them not delivering. When i spoke to them they just changed details to my home address. The money is gone from my account so I'm sure it has been processed. Just thought it would save people the hassle of the call if they didn't use PM. Didn't mean to worry anyone.

danois

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

You still got your order from the UK site? Did apple change your delivery address from ParcelMotel to your address in Ireland?

Yeah he said he would update details. The money has been taken from my account but no dispatch email yet. I'm assuming it will be Monday as it was close to 8pm when I spoke to them last night