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

A Brad Maddox Guy

adox wrote: »

The last item is preparing for dispatch with an estimated delivery for Tuesday of next week! A week!!

I’m not impressed at all with the delivery times. Is it worth getting onto chat to complain?

I haven't put in the order yet but I'm getting the same estimate. Three books, all dispatched from Amazon with the Prime logo, one would be here Friday but the other two next Tuesday. What's the craic there, is Prime two day delivery or not?

slave1

Dread seeing iparcel, they are random brutal with their deliveries, amateurs

Zimmerframe

adox wrote: »

My heart sank when I hit the tracking button and saw it was with I-parcel. Read some bad stuff about them on here.

Yes there is some irony putting i-parcel and prime delivery in the one sentence.
Personal experience, of approx 30 deliveries involving i-parcel NONE ever arrived the day it was supposed to, it's usually about 3 days after Amazon's expected delivery date. The only "positive" experience I ever had with i-parcel was a battery charger which they failed to deliver, after a couple of weeks, Amazon sent me another one, then a further week later i-parcel arrived with the first one.

Blazer

make sure you all complain to amazon about i-parcel.
I've slated amazon both to online support and on twitter over using them and I got a free month of prime plus calls from amazon today promising to follow up with me tomorrow if it doesn't arrive.

Hococop

Blazer wrote: »

make sure you all complain to amazon about i-parcel.
I've slated amazon both to online support and on twitter over using them and I got a free month of prime plus calls from amazon today promising to follow up with me tomorrow if it doesn't arrive.

I've ordered something on the prime sale (air fryer ) it's expected to arrive Monday, nothing mentioned yet on who is delivering it but if it's I parcel will I message Amazon straight away to complain?

gazzamc

Complaining won't do anything, I've been complaining about the German couriers they have due to constant delays/snail mail.. They just say they'll review it and I hear nothing back until it happens again. Its a shame because all the pc components come from Germany so I'm stuck either way.

My current order which I placed on the 4th, dispatched on the 10th (due the 16th) without tracking and I'm still waiting.. This was a high value item that they decided to ship without tracking. Mind boggled.

dulpit

Hococop wrote: »

I've ordered something on the prime sale (air fryer ) it's expected to arrive Monday, nothing mentioned yet on who is delivering it but if it's I parcel will I message Amazon straight away to complain?

No, why would you?

mcgucc22

baldshin wrote:

I signed up for an ECareers course too and then registered with NUS. Download the NUS app and sign in. Tap "account" and take a screenshot of that page (has your picture and card number). Then email a request to:

Thanks for that, I downloaded the app and was able to view my account. Just emailed the request for Prime Student to Amazon there now. Saved me waiting another few days for the physical card.

autumnalcore

You don't need to sign up for any course they don't check, just select ecareers, my last card never arrived was sent twice through parcel motel, reckon parcel motel chucked it as spam.

mcgucc22

autumnalcore wrote:

You don't need to sign up for any course they don't check, just select ecareers, my last card never arrived was sent twice through parcel motel, reckon parcel motel chucked it as spam.

I copped that as well after I applied for the NUS card, it never asked me for proof of the course I was doing with ECareers and Amazon only needed a photo of my NUS card to set up my student Prime account.

cronos

mcgucc22 wrote: »

I copped that as well after I applied for the NUS card, it never asked me for proof of the course I was doing with ECareers and Amazon only needed a photo of my NUS card to set up my student Prime account.

Anyone know how to confirm if you are getting Amazon Prime Video from the UK rather than Ireland?

Kuva

cronos wrote: »

Anyone know how to confirm if you are getting Amazon Prime Video from the UK rather than Ireland?

Below

ondafly wrote: »

select "Your Account" > Manage your content and devices > settings > Country

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Go into Your Account & into Manage Your Content and Devices. Click preferences then Country/Region Settings enter UK


This link might bring you straight to the page. Log in first https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/mycd/myx#/home/settings/payment

irishchris

baldshin wrote: »

I signed up for an ECareers course too and then registered with NUS. Download the NUS app and sign in. Tap "account" and take a screenshot of that page (has your picture and card number). Then email a request to:

amazon-student-verification@amazon.co.uk

I literally wrote the following:

"Hi,
I would like to change my prime account (xxxxxxx@gmail.com) to a Prime Student account if possible please? I have attached a screenshot of my NUS Extra Card details for verification."

Got a reply about 2 minutes later with a link of where to sign up without needing a .edu email address.

Whole process took about 30 minutes! To the poster who asked about addresses, I used my Parcel Motel address for the NUS Card sign up.

Cheers, just did this and got sorted by emailing the address you referenced. Thanks a lot for the heads up on this offer :-)

TimHorton

irishchris wrote: »

Cheers, just did this and got sorted by emailing the address you referenced. Thanks a lot for the heads up on this offer :-)

Ditto

deadl0ck

cronos wrote: »

Anyone know how to confirm if you are getting Amazon Prime Video from the UK rather than Ireland?

If you can see the Batman VS Superman movie you're on UK selection of movies/programmes, if not then you're on Irish selection...

maximoose

There's actually a pretty decent selection once you get over to the UK options, if only the interfaces on the apps weren't total junk.

_Whimsical_

baldshin wrote: »

I signed up for an ECareers course too and then registered with NUS. Download the NUS app and sign in. Tap "account" and take a screenshot of that page (has your picture and card number). Then email a request to:

amazon-student-verification@amazon.co.uk

I literally wrote the following:

"Hi,
I would like to change my prime account (xxxxxxx@gmail.com) to a Prime Student account if possible please? I have attached a screenshot of my NUS Extra Card details for verification."

Got a reply about 2 minutes later with a link of where to sign up without needing a .edu email address.

Whole process took about 30 minutes! To the poster who asked about addresses, I used my Parcel Motel address for the NUS Card sign up.

I already have a Prime account. If I sign up now with NUS will I be eligible for the 6 month free trial of Prime ?

keano25

How do you get the UK content?

sinkingfish

keano25 wrote: »

How do you get the UK content?

Just ask Amazon to switch you over, I did it via chat on their site, only took a few minutes.

TimHorton

irishchris wrote: »

Cheers, just did this and got sorted by emailing the address you referenced. Thanks a lot for the heads up on this offer :-)

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I already have a Prime account. If I sign up now with NUS will I be eligible for the 6 month free trial of Prime ?

You Sure will , I had existing and no payment until next Jan , Then it will be 3.99/month or 39/year - When you complete Amazon bit I said I was graudating in 2023

deep1

TimHorton wrote: »

You Sure will , I had existing and no payment until next Jan , Then it will be 3.99/month or 39/year - When you complete Amazon bit I said I was graudating in 2023

In NUS app , you got the card for 1 year? ie 12£ ?

TimHorton

deep1 wrote: »

In NUS app , you got the card for 1 year? ie 12£ ?

Yes , Just the 1 year for £12..

gmg678

I have address pal and my main Irish address. how do I switch over to UK prime video? do I just say in the chat to switch me over?
I don't know how to make the address pal my main I have never actually used it.

deep1

Thanks everyone, took less than 20 mins in whole process.
I signed up for prime few days ago only and now got 6 month free trial then 3.99 each month.

Bit cheeky but wonder if they do partial refund on prime I didn't use

beardybrewer

How do you know if you are only seeing Irish content on Prime Video? Is there a UK only movie I can search for to test?

deep1

beardybrewer wrote: »

How do you know if you are only seeing Irish content on Prime Video? Is there a UK only movie I can search for to test?

As some one posted above "If you can see the Batman VS Superman movie you're on UK selection of movies/programmes, if not then you're on Irish selection..."

I had to go on chat and asked to change prime location to UK and it worked.

beardybrewer

OK, looks like I'm seeing the Irish selection. I can't find "batman vs superman" or "paddington 2".

For some reason the chat button is disabled but I sent them an email. Hope it's that easy. May as well check it out for the free month. I've often wondered if they offer a different selection compared to Netflix and if would be worth having it to justify Prime to compliment Netflix (our only streaming service).

EDIT1: Got a reply from the email and they said I already was setup UK.

EDIT2: Dumb question... do you have to set your prime location to UK and then use a VPN too?

EDIT3: I did verify my account > manage content and devices > preferences > country/region is set as UK

EDIT4: I'm just testing this on primevideo.com like i'd do netflix.com on the PC. Maybe that's the problem as I'm not using the app?

EDIT5: Okay, tried from phone. Got Prime Video app, browsed from store, pressed play, got an error message. Tried from Amazon Fire Stick logged in to Prime account. Found movie but could not play... Video Unavailable and then an error about location

deep1

beardybrewer wrote: »

OK, looks like I'm seeing the Irish selection. I can't find "batman vs superman" or "paddington 2".

For some reason the chat button is disabled but I sent them an email. Hope it's that easy. May as well check it out for the free month. I've often wondered if they offer a different selection compared to Netflix and if would be worth having it to justify Prime to compliment Netflix (our only streaming service).

EDIT1: Got a reply from the email and they said I already was setup UK.

EDIT2: Dumb question... do you have to set your prime location to UK and then use a VPN too?

EDIT3: I did verify my account > manage content and devices > preferences > country/region is set as UK

EDIT4: I'm just testing this on primevideo.com like i'd do netflix.com on the PC. Maybe that's the problem as I'm not using the app?

EDIT5: Okay, tried from phone. Got Prime Video app, browsed from store, pressed play, got an error message. Tried from Amazon Fire Stick logged in to Prime account. Found movie but could not play... Video Unavailable and then an error about location

I had to sign out and sign back in it show to the UK content, no need for VPN. I tried on web and iPhone app.

ablelocks

is there a movie or show that i can check against US and Irish Prime video? On my prime video page on amazon.com, it's showing as US but I don't actually know if I'm seeing all US content or just the Irish?

irishchris

deep1 wrote: »

Thanks everyone, took less than 20 mins in whole process.
I signed up for prime few days ago only and now got 6 month free trial then 3.99 each month.

Bit cheeky but wonder if they do partial refund on prime I didn't use

Yes they start the 6 month trial from the day you sign up and refund any of your original prime cost to your card