Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread

Zaph

Possibly worth having a chat thread for some of the stuff posted on the bargains thread. Anyway, in relation to this:

Deleted User wrote: »

Amazon Essentials Men's 2-Pack Slim-fit Crewneck T-Shirt, Pack of 2 - £4.04+ depending on size.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YF1X9R4?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&sa-no-redirect=1&th=1&psc=1

Even at that price not worth the money. Took a chance on them around Christmas and have never worn them other than to try them on. The fabric is quite heavy for a t-shirt, but the main issue is that the fit is terrible, particularly around the shoulders. They're cheap for a reason.

freshpopcorn

Zaph wrote: »

Possibly worth having a chat thread for some of the stuff posted on the bargains thread. Anyway, in relation to this:



Even at that price not worth the money. Took a chance on them around Christmas and have never worn them other than to try them on. The fabric is quite heavy for a t-shirt, but the main issue is that the fit is terrible, particularly around the shoulders. They're cheap for a reason.

I know it it says slim fit.
I take it that means you found them tight?

Zaph

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I know it it says slim fit.
I take it that means you found them tight?

No, the shoulders stuck out like I was wearing 80s style shoulder pads under them. That was for regular fit btw, but I wouldn't be confident that the slim fit would be any better.

Whoo hoo we have a chat thread in the same forum as the bargain thread. Wonders will never cease to amaze me:)


Anyway. I tried the glass cleaner, didn't get the 30% discount voucher

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

Possibly worth having a chat thread for some of the stuff posted on the bargains thread. Anyway, in relation to this:



Even at that price not worth the money. Took a chance on them around Christmas and have never worn them other than to try them on. The fabric is quite heavy for a t-shirt, but the main issue is that the fit is terrible, particularly around the shoulders. They're cheap for a reason.

I actually have them myself from a previous order and find them grand. I'd put them at an equal par to the similarly prices t-shirts in Penneys so it's good alternative option for those who would usually buy such t-shirts but can't right now.

Zaph

Deleted User wrote: »

I actually have them myself from a previous order and find them grand. I'd put them at an equal par to the similarly prices t-shirts in Penneys so it's good alternative option for those who would usually buy such t-shirts but can't right now.

Maybe the slim fit ones are a bit better. It's a pity because I usually buy t-shirts quite similar to them and I thought I was on to a winner.

Gumbo

I’m fcuking broke over that prime bargains thread. 2 deliveries a day for the last 2 weeks!

freshpopcorn

Gumbo wrote: »

I’m fcuking broke over that prime bargains thread. 2 deliveries a day for the last 2 weeks!

That one click button makes it so easy!

Caranica

My loo roll arrived today and even though my default is set to Amazon packaging it was a clear big plastic bag. The delivery man looked at me funny when he handed it over!

Bazzy

I got the presto washing pods

Amazing value they certainly do the job well

vicwatson

In the AZ bargain threads when a poster says something is say 13.99 and you click the link then it comes up as say 17.99 has the price just gone up or am i missing something, as it seems to be happening even with newly posted bargains?

Bazzy

I got that with the zeiss spray

Caranica

vicwatson wrote: »

In the AZ bargain threads when a poster says something is say 13.99 and you click the link then it comes up as say 17.99 has the price just gone up or am i missing something, as it seems to be happening even with newly posted bargains?

When you go to checkout it removes the UK VAT so the price drops

fryup

Caranica wrote: »

My loo roll arrived today

did you hold it in all this time

Caranica

It's alright, I am well stocked.

I always think that if I lived in America I'd be one of the coupon folk with a decent stockpile. Bulk buying on Amazon is as close as we get to a bargain here.

Gumbo

Gumbo wrote: »

I’m fcuking broke over that prime bargains thread. 2 deliveries a day for the last 2 weeks!

I'll relieve you of half your pain. I'll pm you my address to add to your account

slave1

Bit disappointed with value AMZ is posting on the parcels, it is the full retail value so not reflective of the ex-Vat price.
Borderline parcels could be needlessly pulled for VAT payments which we will not pay as VAT is payable on amount paid and not declared value.

AMZ also shipped 5 separate orders on mine in the one box yesterday, was just over the limit but let through to the house.

ED E

slave1 wrote: »

Bit disappointed with value AMZ is posting on the parcels, it is the full retail value so not reflective of the ex-Vat price.
Borderline parcels could be needlessly pulled for VAT payments which we will not pay as VAT is payable on amount paid and not declared value.

AMZ also shipped 5 separate orders on mine in the one box yesterday, was just over the limit but let through to the house.

They wont be stopped, they're doing their own clearance so arent being inspected in transit.

Muahahaha

Good idea to have a chat thread, thanks Zaph.

Anyone know is the 22 euro Irish vat set to a specific sterling amount or is it fluctuating day by day with exchange rates? I had an item that by XE.com came in just under 22 euro but on Amazon it was charging Irish Vat. Im guessing it fell victim to Amazons less than favourable rates?

Tweaky

Anyone else notice that the lightning deals don't work in the same way.
The item below has a lightning deal price of £ 18.79 but it calculates the VAT on the non lightning price of £25.99
Lightning Deal £18.79

Balmed Out

Question regarding the 22 euro is that including or excluding vat, as in if something including vat costs abt 23 but excluding it about 19 what price are we charged?

Nice deal on lego

Soarer

slave1 wrote: »

Bit disappointed with value AMZ is posting on the parcels, it is the full retail value so not reflective of the ex-Vat price.
Borderline parcels could be needlessly pulled for VAT payments which we will not pay as VAT is payable on amount paid and not declared value.

AMZ also shipped 5 separate orders on mine in the one box yesterday, was just over the limit but let through to the house.

Not to worry.

I order 5no. boxes of the Grenade Carb Killa bars the other day, that were coming in at < £12 each.
Did 5no. individual orders, but they put all of them in one box with a label giving a value of £80!

No issues.

Wheety

Tweaky wrote: »

Anyone else notice that the lightning deals don't work in the same way.
The item below has a lightning deal price of £ 18.79 but it calculates the VAT on the non lightning price of £25.99
Lightning Deal £18.79

Yeah, seems to be how they're doing it. If you're looking for those particular lights, you can get the ones from the Warehouse for £14.54 as they have the 20% off.

RickyBobby1

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Nice deal on lego

link?

vicwatson

RickyBobby1 wrote: »

link?

All links are in the Amazon BA thread

But here you go

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=116252814&postcount=170

Robertoni

VAT appears to be removed after free shipping applied.

Might be of use to those without prime.

I needed some bits and pieces and made up the order to get free shipping with some of the items in the Amazon bargains thread. Order came to about €23 so qualified for free shipping, a couple were warehouse (20% off) total after discounts €16.72.

Amazon has split the order into 2 and 1 is showing delivery 12 April, so if that is to be believed then maybe not good for some, not in a hurry myself so suits me.

Might be the wrong place to post this but could not see this posted before and did not want to start another Amazon related thread.

rodneytrotter15

Soarer wrote: »

Not to worry.

I order 5no. boxes of the Grenade Carb Killa bars the other day, that were coming in at < £12 each.
Did 5no. individual orders, but they put all of them in one box with a label giving a value of £80!

No issues.

I tried to order them as well but got a message saying they don't ship to Ireland ? Did you have to do anything funky ?

Tweaky

Tweaky wrote: »

Anyone else notice that the lightning deals don't work in the same way.
The item below has a lightning deal price of £ 18.79 but it calculates the VAT on the non lightning price of £25.99
Lightning Deal £18.79

VAT is always applied on the non-discounted price on Amazon.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

There is no way of avoiding the import fee for these is there? For instance I order the lego box there and have to pay a 5.41 deposit for the import fee?

Caranica

The import fee is Irish VAT

Sleeper12

Dr.Winston O'Boogie wrote:

There is no way of avoiding the import fee for these is there? For instance I order the lego box there and have to pay a 5.41 deposit for the import fee?

This is Irish vat. You paid this pre Brexit. The only difference is that it is added at checkout instead of on the price quoted

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Dr.Winston O'Boogie wrote: »

There is no way of avoiding the import fee for these is there? For instance I order the lego box there and have to pay a 5.41 deposit for the import fee?

You would avoid the import fee in this case if you had Prime as the amount would be <€22. So if you want that Lego set you might as well get Prime for a month instead as it will only cost £2.58 more (£7.99).

Linoge

Was anyone able to purchase this Makita bit set? A lot of people seemed to have went for it but when I went to buy it doesnt ship to here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-98C263-Drilling-Driving-Accessory/dp/B008RWV7PA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=10WX1IM076PPF&dchild=1&keywords=drilling+and+driving+accessory+kit&qid=1613087612&s=diy&sprefix=Drilling+and+Driving+Accessory+Kit%2Cdiy%2C201&sr=1-5

toe_knee

Linoge wrote: »

Was anyone able to purchase this Makita bit set? A lot of people seemed to have went for it but when I went to buy it doesnt ship to here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-98C263-Drilling-Driving-Accessory/dp/B008RWV7PA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=10WX1IM076PPF&dchild=1&keywords=drilling+and+driving+accessory+kit&qid=1613087612&s=diy&sprefix=Drilling+and+Driving+Accessory+Kit%2Cdiy%2C201&sr=1-5

Just checked there an no issues.

MrStuffins

Linoge wrote: »

Was anyone able to purchase this Makita bit set? A lot of people seemed to have went for it but when I went to buy it doesnt ship to here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-98C263-Drilling-Driving-Accessory/dp/B008RWV7PA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=10WX1IM076PPF&dchild=1&keywords=drilling+and+driving+accessory+kit&qid=1613087612&s=diy&sprefix=Drilling+and+Driving+Accessory+Kit%2Cdiy%2C201&sr=1-5

Yup. I ordered it myself. No problems

Marhay70

Linoge wrote: »

Was anyone able to purchase this Makita bit set? A lot of people seemed to have went for it but when I went to buy it doesnt ship to here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-98C263-Drilling-Driving-Accessory/dp/B008RWV7PA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=10WX1IM076PPF&dchild=1&keywords=drilling+and+driving+accessory+kit&qid=1613087612&s=diy&sprefix=Drilling+and+Driving+Accessory+Kit%2Cdiy%2C201&sr=1-5

I got told off for posting this in the other thread so hopefully better luck here'
I bought this exact Makita set last year and I was amazed at how poor the quality was. Drill bits, even the larger diameter ones, snapped under pressure, the Posidrive bits rounded off after a few uses and this was in a standard power driver, I'd hate to see what would happen in an impact driver.
It's something I've noticed in a few branded accessory packs, including Bosch and De Walt, it wouldn't surprise me if they were all made in the same factory in China.

Wisesmurf

I got the same error yest. Didn't t ship to my address at the reduced price. Now its gone back up and it does.

toe_knee

toe_knee wrote: »

Just checked there an no issues.

You can order it now from this particular seller at a more expensive price but it couldn't be ordered yesterday (or at least at the time I checked yesterday) at the cheaper price from what I believe was a different seller (direct from Amazon I think).

Marhay70

Marhay70 wrote: »

I got told off for posting this in the other thread so hopefully better luck here'
I bought this exact Makita set last year and I was amazed at how poor the quality was. Drill bits, even the larger diameter ones, snapped under pressure, the Posidrive bits rounded off after a few uses and this was in a standard power driver, I'd hate to see what would happen in an impact driver.
It's something I've noticed in a few branded accessory packs, including Bosch and De Walt, it wouldn't surprise me if they were all made in the same factory in China.

Similar type of comments on HUKD too.

Don't expect Makita Japanese quality. Seems Makita & Dewalt regularly put their name to low end kits like this, these days. Priced same elsewhere not sure where Amazon are getting their discount calculation from.

https://www.manomano.co.uk/p/makita-98c263-drilling-driving-accessory-kit-64305

Got a year ago and more then half bits snapped ends.
Cheap for a reason.

Soarer

rodneytrotter15 wrote: »

I tried to order them as well but got a message saying they don't ship to Ireland ? Did you have to do anything funky ?

Nope.

Just tried again there, and they're still coming in at £11.77 delivered from the warehouse.

killbillvol2

Caranica wrote: »

My loo roll arrived today and even though my default is set to Amazon packaging it was a clear big plastic bag. The delivery man looked at me funny when he handed it over!

There's no way I could order it. The postman would take the piss for weeks if he had to deliver it.

killbillvol2

Linoge wrote: »

Was anyone able to purchase this Makita bit set? A lot of people seemed to have went for it but when I went to buy it doesnt ship to here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-98C263-Drilling-Driving-Accessory/dp/B008RWV7PA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=10WX1IM076PPF&dchild=1&keywords=drilling+and+driving+accessory+kit&qid=1613087612&s=diy&sprefix=Drilling+and+Driving+Accessory+Kit%2Cdiy%2C201&sr=1-5

Arrived yesterday. Very impressive for the money. Shipped through France and didn't go through the UK.

Bawnmore

Linoge wrote: »

Was anyone able to purchase this Makita bit set? A lot of people seemed to have went for it but when I went to buy it doesnt ship to here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-98C263-Drilling-Driving-Accessory/dp/B008RWV7PA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=10WX1IM076PPF&dchild=1&keywords=drilling+and+driving+accessory+kit&qid=1613087612&s=diy&sprefix=Drilling+and+Driving+Accessory+Kit%2Cdiy%2C201&sr=1-5

I bought in yesterday no problem too.

gazzaman22

MrStuffins wrote: »

Yup. I ordered it myself. No problems

Same same...wont ship
It will allow me to add the more expensive one at 27 quid and allow shipping ... tis quare

wingnut

Marhay70 wrote: »

I got told off for posting this in the other thread so hopefully better luck here'
I bought this exact Makita set last year and I was amazed at how poor the quality was. Drill bits, even the larger diameter ones, snapped under pressure, the Posidrive bits rounded off after a few uses and this was in a standard power driver, I'd hate to see what would happen in an impact driver.
It's something I've noticed in a few branded accessory packs, including Bosch and De Walt, it wouldn't surprise me if they were all made in the same factory in China.

Its certainly a case of 'they don't make them like they used to' with Makita

MrStuffins

try wrote: »

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G €713 +pp + deltaVat


Samsung Android smartphone without contract, triple camera, infinity O display. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08QZSP9TP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GRGWMSXBFPM82YSSHGG7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

What's deltaVAT?

Marhay70

Is Amazon.de offering free Prime delivery to Ireland now? An offer popped up while I was browsing the site and it didn't mention exclusions.

Caranica

Marhay70 wrote: »

Is Amazon.de offering free Prime delivery to Ireland now? An offer popped up while I was browsing the site and it didn't mention exclusions.

Would be a game changer if they did!!

CH3OH

Marhay70 wrote: »

Is Amazon.de offering free Prime delivery to Ireland now? An offer popped up while I was browsing the site and it didn't mention exclusions.

Don't think so.
Think it is just a pop up for free Prime in Germany

Marhay70

CH3OH wrote: »

Don't think so.
Think it is just a pop up for free Prime in Germany

Yeah probably, I suppose if they're planning a fulfillment centre here it would be overkill. Be interesting to see if they offer a full range.