Amazon Prime (with 2-day priority shipping) now available in Ireland

kmurph

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=GK6S4CC8545EBQSV

Note the section on delivery options:

"Unlimited Priority (Two-Day) Delivery to the Republic of Ireland (ROI). Threshold free on eligible items, at no extra cost. If items are not eligible for Priority Delivery, they’ll be delivered to the ROI via Standard (3-4 days) or Economy (3-5 days) Delivery at no extra cost."

machiavellianme

Hmmm, the sceptic in me wonders if my recent orders taking over 2 weeks to dispatch (despite lots of stock) are a subtle hint to take up a prime membership. Still, it's great news that this service is finally available in Ireland.

Sleeper12

machiavellianme wrote:

Hmmm, the sceptic in me wonders if my recent orders taking over 2 weeks to dispatch (despite lots of stock) are a subtle hint to take up a prime membership. Still, it's great news that this service is finally available in Ireland.

I saw someone post on another thread how they felt standard delivery had gotten much slower recently. You might be on the something there

uck51js9zml2yt

That will hit PM/PW badly!

Sad Professor

Lilith Yellow Siphon wrote: »

That will hit PM/PW badly!

I don't see how.

Sad Professor

Sad Professor wrote: »

I don't see how.

A lot of people in Ireland already have Amazon Prime and use PM etc. to get it in 2 days (one day delivery + one day with PM) if they need something in a hurry.

rob316

I was wondering why my 3 orders last week had free priority delivery. That's a game changer brilliant.

uck51js9zml2yt

Sad Professor wrote: »

I don't see how.

I use them to get 2 day delivery.
Won't need to now!

Sad Professor

Deleted User wrote: »

A lot of people in Ireland already have Amazon Prime and use PM etc. to get it in 2 days (one day delivery + one day with PM) if they need something in a hurry.

Some people perhaps but I'd imagine most still use those services to get around Amazon delivery restrictions or because they'd rather collect it, etc. PM/PW will be fine.

Sad Professor

Sad Professor wrote: »

Some people perhaps but I'd imagine most still use those services to get around Amazon delivery restrictions or because they'd rather collect it, etc. PM/PW will be fine.

PM/PW will be fine, but it will still hit them badly.

I'd imagine most actually use to buy from UK sites that don't deliver to Ireland rather than those mentioned anyway.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

A lot of people in Ireland already have Amazon Prime and use PM etc. to get it in 2 days (one day delivery + one day with PM) if they need something in a hurry.

I generally used to get it in one day using PM. Overnight to NI, then in my locker that night.

Snake Plisken

[Deleted User] wrote: »

PM/PW will be fine, but it will still hit them badly.

No it won't, most people are out during the day and can't be hanging around waiting for deliveries that's why Parcel motel is so convenient order is delivered locally and can be picked up when it's suitable for them to do so.

seefin

Sleeper12 wrote:

I saw someone post on another thread how they felt standard delivery had gotten much slower recently. You might be on the something there

Slow delivery the last 2 orders too.. Remember thinking at the time how unlike Amazon it was as usually parcels arrive within a week

Sad Professor

Deleted User wrote: »

PM/PW will be fine, but it will still hit them badly.

I don't think it will hit them badly at all. How many people were paying for Amazon Prime and PM/PW for every delivery because they can wait 2 days but not a week? I can't see it being anything more a very small percentage of their customers, who will still have to use those courier services for the many items Amazon still won't deliver to Ireland.

Rossi IRL

Do they deliver Amazon Pantry yet to Ireland or would I need PW still?

Cancelled my prime a few months back.

Snake Plisken

Snake Plisken wrote: »

No it won't, most people are out during the day and can't be hanging around waiting for deliveries that's why Parcel motel is so convenient order is delivered locally and can be picked up when it's suitable for them to do so.

People are throwing around the word "most" without really backing it up and when I think they mean that this is what I mainly use it for.

I do however believe that most people use it for this purpose, but taking away even a small portion of users will hit them badly, especially when there is now more and more competition in this area.

Sad Professor

Sad Professor wrote: »

I don't think it will hit them badly at all. How many people were paying for Amazon Prime and PM/PW for every delivery because they can wait 2 days but not a week? I can't see it being anything more a very small percentage of their customers, who will still have to use those courier services for the many items Amazon still won't deliver to Ireland.

I think you would be surprised how many people in Ireland have Amazon Prime, especially since it's quite easy to do a 30 day free trial over and over.

alan4cult

Not to speculate, but have Amazon been slowing free delivery dispatch in order to encourage people to pay for Prime?

davegilly

Is the price for ROI the same as the UK, £79?

Not really a bargain when so much is missing, like music and the video library though is it? Prime seems like a fantastic deal when the full UK offering is available.

I know I can use a VPN etc, that's not the point.

Rossi IRL

davegilly wrote: »

Is the price for ROI the same as the UK, £79?

Not really a bargain when so much is missing, like music and the video library though is it? Prime seems like a fantastic deal when the full UK offering is available.

I know I can use a VPN etc, that's not the point.

Should be £49 or £59 for us for all that is missing.

MBSnr

alan4cult wrote: »

Not to speculate, but have Amazon been slowing free delivery dispatch in order to encourage people to pay for Prime?

Not sure. Maybe just every new Prime customer bumps your order down the backlog list. I noticed that even some of my next day deliveries to NI with Prime have taken 2 days lately.... My Prime sub has just expired and I'm not sure I'll bother renewing unless there's an offer..

Sad Professor

Deleted User wrote: »

I think you would be surprised how many people in Ireland have Amazon Prime, especially since it's quite easy to do a 30 day free trial over and over.

Serial online shoppers and bargain hunters on internet forums maybe, but a significant percentage of PM/PW's Irish customers? I seriously doubt it. And like I said, they'll still have to use those services for all the stuff Amazon won't deliver to Ireland.

iamtony

Great news I just bought Barry's tea bags and it will be delivered Tuesday. Used a revolut card for the straight exchange rate. This is great news.
I see the pantry box thing just say everything is unavailable unfortunately.

Sad Professor

Sad Professor wrote: »

Serial online shoppers and bargain hunters on internet forums maybe, but a significant percentage of PM/PW's Irish customers? I seriously doubt it. And like I said, they'll still have to use those services for all the stuff Amazon won't deliver to Ireland.

And like I said, you don't need to lose a "significant percentage" of users in order to be hit badly. Just losing the "serial online shoppers and bargain hunters" is bad enough.

DubDJ

Overall delivery time on Amazon has been getting worse for me the last year or so. I used to be able to order on a Monday and have it by Thursday. I ordered something last Sunday and still waiting for dispatch. The delivery time is actually still great with An Post, it’s the time it’s taking to post out.

The yearly subscription is tempting though, especially with the few free extras you get with it. If it gets the yearly prime day discount then it’ll be a great price.

McMurphy

Lilith Yellow Siphon wrote: »

That will hit PM/PW badly!

This....

Was just gonna say that DPD are going to find me a bit of a stranger going forth.

toe_knee

davegilly wrote: »

Is the price for ROI the same as the UK, £79?

Not really a bargain when so much is missing, like music and the video library though is it? Prime seems like a fantastic deal when the full UK offering is available.

I know I can use a VPN etc, that's not the point.

Video library is available without VPN. Not sure about the music as I haven't tried that. I have been using prime for the backup service

davegilly

toe_knee wrote: »

Video library is available without VPN. Not sure about the music as I haven't tried that. I have been using prime for the backup service

Not the full UK library. The Irish version is tiny in comparison

Enrico Palazzo

This is a bad day for Irish retail.

dhaughton99

Does An Post do most deliveries for Amazon?

god's toy

Good to see they listen (or read at least) the surveys they keep sending out to people. At the end of them I always made sure to point out that we (Irish) want/need Prime too! Yes we have prime movies but as someone pointed out its not even half the library as the UK or US have...and probably never will be. But as long as they price according to the fact they offer less with our version, (like they did with film) i'll be jumping in.