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

Rossi IRL

Asus X540L wrote: »

How did they sort it out?
I was just onto chat and he couldn't really help me. Just told me try and plug it out then back in again lol

You won't get any help off that support, you need to ring them.

I also had that location issue. My problem was my account location was somehow set to USA so I had to log onto that and then change a setting. Phonecall is the way to go.

Wheety

Asus X540L wrote: »

How did they sort it out?
I was just onto chat and he couldn't really help me. Just told me try and plug it out then back in again lol

Looks like AI chat to me. A lot of people don't realise they're not actually talking to a person on a lot of these chat windows.

dulpit

Wheety wrote: »

Looks like AI chat to me. A lot of people don't realise they're not actually talking to a person on a lot of these chat windows.

More likely it's copy/paste of standard responses.

Source: used to work for Amazon CS Europe

MiskyBoyy

I wasn't happy with responses from text chat before so asked for a supervisor. The supervisor then personally looked after my situation and emailed me when my package was delivered, giving me a gift card as compensation.

beardybrewer

Lilith Yellow Siphon wrote: »

That will hit PM/PW badly!

Am I missing something? Being a Prime member won't change which items are delivered to Ireland.

BoardAtWork wrote: »

Are you able to order spirits through Amazon Pantry? It might be a cheap way of grabbing a few bottles if they deliver to Ireland.

Again, like above I don't think joining Prime changes what items will be delivered to Ireland.

alan4cult wrote: »

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

Yes their standard free service has slowed down. On average my orders take 2-3 days longer than they used to. The initial phase where the order doesn't have a dispatch date is what slowed down. On the plus side, this is the window where you can change or cancel the order which is almost non-existent when you have Prime.

Mikenesson wrote: »

How does PM work out with Amazon splitting deliveries?

When you have Prime be prepared to pay more PM/PW fees. Amazon will split your orders much more readily.

beardybrewer

beardybrewer wrote: »

Am I missing something? Being a Prime member won't change which items are delivered to Ireland.

You missed the many posts discussing that very thing.

awec

beardybrewer wrote: »

Am I missing something? Being a Prime member won't change which items are delivered to Ireland.



Again, like above I don't think joining Prime changes what items will be delivered to Ireland.



Yes their standard free service has slowed down. On average my orders take 2-3 days longer than they used to. The initial phase where the order doesn't have a dispatch date is what slowed down. On the plus side, this is the window where you can change or cancel the order which is almost non-existent when you have Prime.



When you have Prime be prepared to pay more PM/PW fees. Amazon will split your orders much more readily.

No, but it no longer means having to risk waiting for ages for delivery.



The biggest reason I used PM was Prime + PM = guaranteed next day delivery in Ireland. If I ordered something from amazon right now I'd have it tomorrow evening.

rob316

Asus X540L wrote: »

Have people gotten booze through from Amazon with parcel motel?

It'll be stopped with PM, try Parcel Wizard I've used it a few times with success.

Optimus Prime

I got a bottle of Whiskey through Parcel Motel no problem.

awec

Alcohol is a prohibited item via parcel motel, if your package is obviously alcohol they won't deliver it.

draiochtanois

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awec

draiochtanois wrote: »

Besides the delivery what value do they other components have?

Minimal to be honest.



Video is pretty poor in Ireland. Music isn't available. Never tried the Reading properly, but I've looked in the past and saw nothing really interesting.

ShooterSF

Ordered a few bits today and decided I'd sign up to try it out. Only one of the 4 items (all marked as prime all dispatched by amazon) was available for fast delivery. If that's symbolic of the situation as a whole I dunno if I'd be bothered extending it next month...

Optimus Prime

awec wrote: »

Alcohol is a prohibited item via parcel motel, if your package is obviously alcohol they won't deliver it.

I bought it off Amazon, it came in an Amazon box so they wouldnt have known.

mailburner

sugarman wrote: »

I dont know how the likes of Dunnes Stores can get away without even having an online groceries store in 2018!

been wondering for years why on earth not?

Asus X540L

Just ordered blade runner 2049 on blu ray for about seven sterling and it'll be here by Wednesday apparently

We'll see

McMurphy

Asus X540L wrote: »

Just ordered blade runner 2049 on blu ray for about seven sterling and it'll be here by Wednesday apparently

We'll see

My order is in Dunfermiline - Scotland, due to be with me in the morning, ordered last night.

Anker wireless fast charger, @ 15.99stg

Suckit

This looks to get even better..
Tesco and Carrefour teaming up to compete against amazon etc.

If this also applies to Ireland, and Carrefour bring some of the offers it has in Europe with it.. Cool

draiochtanois

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Dave..M

draiochtanois wrote: »

Doesn't the video have 1400 titles?

https://www.finder.com/ie/amazon-prime-tv-shows

Yeah but unfortunately about 1300 of those are pure dross, the UK also has vast amounts of dross too but also a much larger number of decent and newer titles. Change IE to UK in the below link to compare the two libraries.

https://www.justwatch.com/ie/provider/amazon-prime-video?content_type=movie

With no one day delivery and without Music and the diminished Prime Video the Irish price should really have been a fair bit less than the UK price. The fact it isn't says a lot

awec

Yea as said above, the overwhelming majority of stuff on Prime Video is garbage, especially the stuff available in Ireland.

draiochtanois

draiochtanois wrote: »

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discounting the large amount of items that don't deliver to Ireland at all meaning you'd have to use a redirection service (parcel motel, parcel wizard etc).

UsedToWait

Couple of items I tried to order which are Prime eligible and fulfilled by Amazon coming up as 'unable to ship to your address' - not lithium batteries or stuff you'd expect - just vitamins..
Hope they sort it out..




Edit: Per Customer Service:
"I've checked and could see that as per the International Delivery Restrictions, 'Medicines and pharmaceuticals' items can be delivered to addresses within the UK only, hence this could be the reason you're unable to place the order to the desired location. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused in this regard."

_Whimsical_

UsedToWait wrote: »

Couple of items I tried to order which are Prime eligible and fulfilled by Amazon coming up as 'unable to ship to your address' - not lithium batteries or stuff you'd expect - just vitamins..
Hope they sort it out..




Edit: Per Customer Service:
"I've checked and could see that as per the International Delivery Restrictions, 'Medicines and pharmaceuticals' items can be delivered to addresses within the UK only, hence this could be the reason you're unable to place the order to the desired location. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused in this regard."

I've found the same, they will send vitamins to PW or PM though in the North.

Yggr of Asgard

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I've found the same, they will send vitamins to PW or PM though in the North.

Yes and it's up to you than to ensure that when PW/PM are importing them on you behalf that you comply with the relevant law and restrictions.

Amazon just delivered it within the UK and now you are importing it yourself so you have to ensure that you are staying within the restrictions and appropiate reporting.

yoshimitsu

Suckit wrote: »

This looks to get even better..
Tesco and Carrefour teaming up to compete against amazon etc.

If this also applies to Ireland, and Carrefour bring some of the offers it has in Europe with it.. Cool

They are joining forces to get better pricing on private label goods and "not for sale" goods (trolleys, tills, etc)
Carrefour is not opening locations in UK and Ireland

The real question here is when will Amazon open an Irish warehouse? They have 16 warehouses in the UK to service a population of ~66 million (plus outlying territories like Ireland). That's one warehouse for every 4.125 million people. We're about 5 million in population and growing, so it's got to be an attractive proposition for them.

Brexit aside, fulfilling NI orders would make more sense from a Warehouse somewhere North of Dublin/Galway. They already have a significant infrastructure in Ireland for software dev/cloud/customer service. They currently can't sell alcohol and other items into Ireland. It would be a blow for retailers, and the net employment would not offset the jobs lost in retail, but I'm not sure much would be lost to the exchequer as most high street/mall outlets currently operate with tax bases offshore anyway.

Captain Flaps

This is great because I'd rather wait the extra few hours and save the PM fee, still have that option if I need something quicker but typically PM stuff doesn't hit my locker until 11pm so it's often the next day before I get to it anyway.

That said, when I select my AP/PM addresses I can get free 1 day with my prime account, any of my Irish addresses I use just offer free standard delivery (estimated arrival 7th July if I order today). Can someone screenshot the delivery options they're getting for their Irish address?

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

The real question here is when will Amazon open an Irish warehouse? They have 16 warehouses in the UK to service a population of ~66 million (plus outlying territories like Ireland). That's one warehouse for every 4.125 million people. We're about 5 million in population and growing, so it's got to be an attractive proposition for them.

I don't see that as being a good enough reason as to why they may open a warehouse in the future here as there are so many countries, even just in Europe, that have a much larger population but no warehouse.

I do agree with your second point though. However, although you preferred to not discuss it, Brexit probably means it would not be feasible/cheaper to ship NI orders from the republic in the future, but who knows what the final deal will be.

TimHorton

Ordered Lots of stuff at 9 PM on Sunday Night , Arrived via An Post at 8.15 this morning !