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READ SUMMARY IN POST 986 - Amazon.uk Post-Brexit

SusanC10 · 2020-11-30 15:41:02

LINK TO POST 986 Apologies if this question has already been asked and answered. I couldn't find anything. We have Amazon Prime with the .co.uk site. How will deliveries be affected after Jan 1st ? With the UK not being in the EU anymore. Customs Duties etc. Would we need to switch to Amazon Fr or De ? TIA

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#152 20-12-2020 6:57pm
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RasTa wrote: »

Ordered 5 items from Amazon.co.uk yesterday. 2 just delivered now, 1 tomorrow and the final 2 it says Tuesday. Seems strange way of doing things

They don't all necessarily come out of one warehouse.

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#153 21-12-2020 12:42pm
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Ordered something last week on amazon.co.uk, got email to say it's been shipped, so checked the tracking and it's being shipped from Germany.

Ordered the same thing about a month ago and it shipped from the UK.

I wonder can we still order on the UK Amazon and get shipping from Germany?

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#154 21-12-2020 1:00pm
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Government buildings wrote: »

Even paying all the extra taxes it will still be cheaper to buy items from Amazon.uk than buy off Irish sites.

Whatever about paying more taxes, as long as they are going into Irish Government coffers fair enough, but not if they are lining the coffers of Oliver Cromwell's descendants.
As for Irish sites, why not shop local, bricks and mortar.?

“I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.

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#155 21-12-2020 8:13pm
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Several of the items dispatched today and due in the new year are being sent from Poland. I wonder is that a way to get around the customs fee or will they still be charged as they were bought off the UK site?

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#156 21-12-2020 8:28pm
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How is AnPost so quick for Amazon? Shipped Saturday and arrived this morning at 9... ordered from Dundrum and took a week.

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#157 21-12-2020 8:28pm
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Calahonda52 wrote: »

As for Irish sites, why not shop local, bricks and mortar.?

Over priced.

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#158 21-12-2020 8:29pm
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SMC92Ian wrote: »

How is AnPost so quick for Amazon? Shipped Saturday and arrived this morning at 9... ordered from Dundrum and took a week.

Some popular items are held in the new small warehouse in Dublin.

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#159 21-12-2020 8:34pm
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harmless wrote: »

Some popular items are held in the new small warehouse in Dublin.

There were 2 hard to get toys. Not popular.

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#160 21-12-2020 8:37pm
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SMC92Ian wrote: »

How is AnPost so quick for Amazon? Shipped Saturday and arrived this morning at 9... ordered from Dundrum and took a week.

You sure it was An Post? All deliveries in Dublin are by Amazon Logistics now who are very fast.

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#161 21-12-2020 8:37pm
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SMC92Ian wrote: »

Over priced.

What about supporting local businesses and their employees?

“I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.

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#162 21-12-2020 9:07pm
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VG31 wrote: »

You sure it was An Post? All deliveries in Dublin are by Amazon Logistics now who are very fast.

Yes I'm not in Dublin.

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#163 21-12-2020 9:09pm
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Calahonda52 wrote: »

What about supporting local businesses and their employees?

Up my salary a good bit and I will. Sorry but I'm saving money shopping elsewhere.

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#164 21-12-2020 9:58pm
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Calahonda52 wrote: »

Whatever about paying more taxes, as long as they are going into Irish Government coffers fair enough, but not if they are lining the coffers of Oliver Cromwell's descendants.
As for Irish sites, why not shop local, bricks and mortar.?

Good lord above.

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#165 21-12-2020 11:44pm
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Can anyone tell me if i order something from a uk online store before the 1st of January and it isn't shipped until after the 1st of January, will i get hit with customs and import? I would assume that as i bought before the deadline id be exempt but who the hell knows at this stage.

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#166 21-12-2020 11:51pm
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Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if i order something from a uk online store before the 1st of January and it isn't shipped until after the 1st of January, will i get hit with customs and import? I would assume that as i bought before the deadline id be exempt but who the hell knows at this stage.

Who does the store collect VAT for?

If the VAT you payed goes to the UK then you will still owe VAT when it enters the EU.

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#167 22-12-2020 12:00am
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Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if i order something from a uk online store before the 1st of January and it isn't shipped until after the 1st of January, will i get hit with customs and import? I would assume that as i bought before the deadline id be exempt but who the hell knows at this stage.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115660066&postcount=141

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#168 22-12-2020 12:02am
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whiterebel wrote: »

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115660066&postcount=141

Thank you, what a disaster, herself got me vouchers for a store in the uk as a Christmas gift.

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#169 22-12-2020 12:05am
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Gooey Looey wrote: »

Just cancelled my Amazon prime membership, it was due to renew on 26th. I don't see the point now and don't see the point in signing up for prime on the EU stores as it doesn't give free shipping

I'm going to cancel too. But I'm ok a yearly rate only 6 months in

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#170 22-12-2020 12:08am
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Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Thank you, what a disaster, herself got me vouchers for a store in the uk as a Christmas gift.

Did she buy them back in 2019? No real excuse for not knowing Brexit is happening at this stage.

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#171 22-12-2020 12:09am
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Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Thank you, what a disaster, herself got me vouchers for a store in the uk as a Christmas gift.

She'd be getting a good telling off...!

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#172 22-12-2020 12:21am
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GarIT wrote: »

Did she buy them back in 2019? No real excuse for not knowing Brexit is happening at this stage.

To be fair Brexit and its intricacies have hardly been clear cut, can anyone tell me how to calculate the additional charge on an item from the uk?

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#173 22-12-2020 12:25am
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Depends on the price and the item. And if the seller will deduct UK VAT and charge Irish VAT and pay this to the Irish Government.

I don't think much changes with Amazon on lower priced items so I'll keep Prime for now.

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#174 22-12-2020 10:06am
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I just ordered something for €255 off Amazon (support local it's €380!) and it'll be here on the 28th haha, just before the customs ****e starts.

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#175 22-12-2020 10:23am
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Wheety wrote: »

Depends on the price and the item. And if the seller will deduct UK VAT and charge Irish VAT and pay this to the Irish Government.

Amazon UK have been paying Irish VAT since the start; once you sell over a certain amount (70k comes to mind and I'm not bothering checking...) cross-border within the EU you have to pay the local authorities

So that bit won't change pricing, customs duties are the bit that will.

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#176 22-12-2020 10:56am
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L1011 wrote: »

Amazon UK have been paying Irish VAT since the start; once you sell over a certain amount (70k comes to mind and I'm not bothering checking...) cross-border within the EU you have to pay the local authorities

So that bit won't change pricing, customs duties are the bit that will.

Threshold for cross border VAT is €35,000 for Ireland

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#177 22-12-2020 10:59am
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SMC92Ian wrote: »

I just ordered something for €255 off Amazon (support local it's €380!) and it'll be here on the 28th haha, just before the customs ****e starts.

Have you not seen the state of the ports? You’d be doing very well to get it on 28th unless it comes from the rathcoole distribution centre

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#178 22-12-2020 11:57am
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GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

Have you not seen the state of the ports? You’d be doing very well to get it on 28th unless it comes from the rathcoole distribution centre

Got a package yesterday I ordered on Friday, shipped Saturday. My Dad got two packages also yesterday he ordered Friday.

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#179 24-12-2020 2:03pm
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GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

Have you not seen the state of the ports? You’d be doing very well to get it on 28th unless it comes from the rathcoole distribution centre

Just to let you know that shipped yesterday from Madrid, just got delivered today, what a Christmas miracle.

https://imgur.com/2p6llfH

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#180 24-12-2020 2:15pm
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Just purchased a few items from Amazon UK, no import charging at the checkout, on the other hand, eBay has already introduced the import charges. Why the eBay is doing this before 1st of January?

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#181 24-12-2020 2:35pm
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gally74 wrote: »

I'm going to cancel too. But I'm ok a yearly rate only 6 months in

i keep it for the music and the movies

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