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Preordering physical items to Ireland from Nintendo

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  • 16-06-2021 11:48am
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    oceanclub
    Registered Users Posts: 3,411 ✭✭✭


    Is it possible to preorder physical items for delivery to Ireland directly from Nintendo? When I tried what i thought was the UK + Ireland store at https://store.nintendo.co.uk, the Country field of the Delivery Address only shows "United Kingdom". Is there another store available for Irish users?

    P.


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    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    Parcel motel I believe is the only way i.e. send to the North and get it forwarded on to a parcel motel here. Nintendo won’t ship direct to Ireland I’m afraid.


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    Doodah7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    UhOh wrote: »
    Parcel motel I believe is the only way i.e. send to the North and get it forwarded on to a parcel motel here. Nintendo won’t ship direct to Ireland I’m afraid.

    Parcel Motel in the North has been closed since the end of December 2020. Anything sent to that address is rejected and returned to sender.


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    UhOh
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭UhOh


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Parcel Motel in the North has been closed since the end of December 2020. Anything sent to that address is rejected and returned to sender.

    😬 apologies for the bad advice so!


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    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭bren2001


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    Parcel Motel in the North has been closed since the end of December 2020. Anything sent to that address is rejected and returned to sender.

    The NI address for Parcel Motel and Parcel Wizard are gone but AddressPal is still operational but you will have to pay customs etc.


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    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    Doesn't seem to be any facility to buy anything at all from that store anymore, very annoying



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    tbahh
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭tbahh


    It is possible to buy from them. I did it myself a couple of months ago but you have to pay UK and ROI VAT as well as AddressPal fee. Also need a card in GBP. Luckily delivery is free over £20 so I offset that against Addresspal fee. But you will be spending a couple of more euros, that's for sure.



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    CiDeRmAn
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    I got a few free things because I had built up platinum points.

    The UK site was unhelpful, but I could "buy" the item on the UK site and ship it from the German site.

    I imagine, with Google Translate, you could just go to the German site and they'll ship to Ireland



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    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118016711#Comment_118016711

    How did you manage to buy from the UK site but ship it from Germany?



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    CiDeRmAn
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    It was one of the free items I was entitled to via Platinum points.

    They gave me a purchase code which I then tried to use on the UK site but it gave no way to ship to Ireland.

    Going to the German site, it accepted the UK sourced code and they shipped here, for 6 euro.

    I'm not sure about other physical items though.

    I must test it out



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    tbahh
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭tbahh


    I made an order from Nintendo UK store a couple of days ago with amiibo figures and some Nintendo rewards in it. It accepted my AddressPal address and it was shipped yesterday. As I have said previously, I will have to pay a bit extra, double VAT and AddressPal fee, but it's still cheaper than buying from Amazon.



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    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    Did anybody successfully order the N64 controller and get it delivered yet?



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    blockfighter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭blockfighter


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118016711#Comment_118016711

    I did similar but just used the French site only, not the UK. No customs had to be paid, only delivery.



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    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118082131#Comment_118082131

    Got mine from the German website. It arrived on Monday. Finally getting to play Sin & Punishment with a proper N64 controller is some difference!



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    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118118831#Comment_118118831

    Got mine last weekend as well. A much better experience than playing with the Pro Controller



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