Why is it so hard to find certain items on Amazon that will ship to Ireland?

Irish Guitarist

I've been looking for a USB power bank on Amazon for the last fifteen minutes. I've clicked on at least 40 links and every single one without exception says "this item does not ship to Ireland". I haven't found one power bank so far that will ship to Ireland.

I've noticed this with certain other items too. It mainly seems to be electrical goods.

Is there a reason behind this?

And why can't they introduce a way of filtering out results that won't ship to certain destination? Between this and selling certain items only to Prime members I'm finding it harder and harder to buy things on Amazon. It's becoming increasingly user unfriendly.

my3cents

DOH! Thats because USB Power Banks have batteries in them and no one will transport batteries by plane, most of our parcels arrive by plane from the UK.

Tefral

Parcel motel?

Irish Guitarist

I've given up on buying one from there at this point and I'm just curious why one particular item is so hard to get.

my3cents wrote: »

DOH! Thats because USB Power Banks have batteries in them and no one will transport batteries by plane, most of our parcels arrive by plane from the UK.

DOH! yourself. Most of the power banks I looked at weren't from the UK. They're from the same sellers that you'd have no problem buying from on eBay or Aliexpress.

wally79

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I've given up on buying one from there at this point and I'm just curious why one particular item is so hard to get.



DOH! yourself. Most of the power banks I looked at weren't from the UK. They're from the same sellers that you'd have no problem buying from on eBay or Aliexpress.

Is it because of weee

my3cents

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I've given up on buying one from there at this point and I'm just curious why one particular item is so hard to get.



DOH! yourself. Most of the power banks I looked at weren't from the UK. They're from the same sellers that you'd have no problem buying from on eBay or Aliexpress.

Most ebay sellers wouldn't know the law and Aliexpress wouldn't let something like a postal regulation stop them making a sale.

Amazon however do abide by the rules and if you had bothered to read the reasons why they won't deliver to Ireland you might have discovered that for yourself.

UK Delivery Restrictions
Due to specific handling and/or storage requirements for hazardous materials, we're unable to deliver some products to addresses outside of mainland UK or a postcode that includes an island. The categories of product affected include, but aren't limited to, the following:

Combustible, explosive, flammable, or corrosive materials,
Certain batteries, cleaners, or fuel,
Alcohol,
Age-restricted bladed products,
Aerosol items,
Many beauty items including hair dyes, perfumes, nail polish and mascara,
Certain sunscreens,
Alcohol-based marker pens,
Certain adhesives, and
Insecticides and air fresheners.

Irish Guitarist

wally79 wrote: »

Is it because of weee

It might be. I tried sorting the results from price: high to low and found a few really expensive ones (around the €150 mark) that will ship to Ireland so maybe it's just a problem with the cheaper ones with no quality control.

Irish Guitarist

my3cents wrote: »

Most ebay sellers wouldn't know the law and Aliexpress wouldn't let something like a postal regulation stop them making a sale.

Amazon however do abide by the rules and if you had bothered to read the reasons why they won't deliver to Ireland you might have discovered that for yourself.

Ever thought about answering a question without being, for lack of a better word that won't get me banned, argumentative about it?

Toots

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

It might be. I tried sorting the results from price: high to low and found a few really expensive ones (around the €150 mark) that will ship to Ireland so maybe it's just a problem with the cheaper ones with no quality control.

Some of those really expensive ones will specifically ship by ground. It's airmail that's the problem with power banks - I was trying to find one for ages but gave up.

cefh17

<SNIP> They are prohibited articles to ship by An Post/AddressPal.

my3cents

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Ever thought about answering a question without being, for lack of a better word that won't get me banned, argumentative about it?

I did answer the questions you can't send batteries by Air Mail and thats how most of ours arrives from the UK.

If I tell you how to get around that whiterebel will be here like a bad rash to say I'm not allowed to tell you that. You'll find a warning somewhere in the AddressPal thread.

whiterebel

my3cents wrote: »

I did answer the questions you can't send batteries by Air Mail and thats how most of ours arrives from the UK.

If I tell you how to get around that whiterebel will be here like a bad rash to say I'm not allowed to tell you that. You'll find a warning somewhere in the AddressPal thread.

No I wouldn't, I'd ban you. Maybe you find getting potentially dangerous cargo on airplanes amusing or clever, but I don't.
Thank you for pointing out the warning in the Addresspal thread.

whiterebel

OP, this explains it quite well....http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3137910/Amazon-aircraft-risk-flouting-rules-transporting-lithium-ion-batteries-aerosols-car-wash-cause-fires.html

miketheDIYman

Just register with Parcel Motel and they will give you a UK convenience address You can then avail of free UK delivery thats offered by most Amazon suppliers and no questions about whats inside the parcel - you just have to pay the parcel motel delivery fee 3.95 to your nearest collection point - sorted

L1011

wally79 wrote: »

Is it because of weee

No, its because of UPS Flight 6 which killed the pilots (and destroyed the plane/cargo, rather secondary to that) due to lithium batteries

They can only be sent by very controlled cargo flight or by surface. Belly cargo on Aer Lingus and BA is how a huge amount of post gets to Ireland and the big shippers use their own aircraft without the serious controls lithium needs

Hotblack Desiato

Not much good to you OP if you need it in a hurry, but both Lidl and Aldi have had power banks in recent weeks and will no doubt have them again within a few weeks.

scamalert

well theres been plenty of accidents in plane history due to even batteries on planes setting up on fire.That said theres two reasons shipping to ire is more expensive and as pointed out most items are no go, but that aside been using pw pm for years or any other courier and it get job done and having convienience.


Since they wont ship cans of air as well id use good few to clean PCs, and down here you can only get rip off 200mill for like a tenner,where from uk you can get 4x500ml for under 12 pound.

same with ligther gas etc most of it even not legal but since NI is part of uk they do deliver there no probs, where ire would be pain to deal with and most likely refused.thats why couriers are booming now.

eeguy

miketheDIYman wrote: »

Just register with Parcel Motel and they will give you a UK convenience address You can then avail of free UK delivery thats offered by most Amazon suppliers and no questions about whats inside the parcel - you just have to pay the parcel motel delivery fee 3.95 to your nearest collection point - sorted

Dont think that works either.

Mainland UK only is what I've found.

rubadub

there is a chrome extension for amazon.co.uk that shows which items will not ship to ireland. I find it very useful, I am always looking for free shipping, it highlights items which do not ship to ireland, does not exclude them, this is very good as you might find an item which is very cheap and so a forwarding service might be cheaper.

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Not much good to you OP if you need it in a hurry, but both Lidl and Aldi have had power banks in recent weeks and will no doubt have them again within a few weeks.

lidl or aldi had a very handy one, which was a fairly high power LED torch which was also a powerbank, thought it was very clever and was only 10-15 euro.

scamalert wrote: »

since NI is part of uk they do deliver there no probs.

Many UK and big multinational companies feel obliged to post to NI even if they do it at a loss or making little profit. This is pretty much how PM & PW can exist, taking advantage of royal mail.

scamalert wrote: »

Since they wont ship cans of air as well id use good few to clean PCs, and down here you can only get rip off 200mill for like a tenner,where from uk you can get 4x500ml for under 12 pound.

same with ligther gas etc most of it even not legal but since NI is part of uk they do deliver there no probs.

200ml cans of air are 1.50 in dealz, lighter gas is cheap there too, cheaper in some 2euro shops though

http://www.dealz.ie/air-duster

T-Bird

Personally I find it all a bit confusing. Most people these days carry at least one device and probably a battery pack when traveling in a plane. Why aren't they banned? Is there a difference?

rubadub

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Why aren't they banned? Is there a difference?

yep, big difference, might be banned for saying why though, this might give you a clue

https://www.weresuckingdiesel.com/buying-cell-batteries/

whiterebel

T-Bird wrote: »

Personally I find it all a bit confusing. Most people these days carry at least one device and probably a battery pack when traveling in a plane. Why aren't they banned? Is there a difference?

If it’s in your pocket you can do something about it. Plus it’s far enough away from other Lithium batteries. What do you do if is in the belly hold at 30,000 feet, setting fire to everything else?

ED E

Yep, its a pallet of 50+ they care about but the rule doesn't differentiate. If one went in the cabin the crew have the capability to deal with it.

eeguy

ED E wrote: »

Yep, its a pallet of 50+ they care about but the rule doesn't differentiate. If one went in the cabin the crew have the capability to deal with it.

Don't they have fireboxes for just that event now?

There's loads of things that can't be sent by air.
Lithium batteries are a biggie. Certain chemicals as well.

Hotblack Desiato

Lidl have a 3000mAh power bank from today for €5.99:

https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=5760