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Websites ending in .ie but based outside of Ireland. Should this be illegal?

  • 07-10-2021 8:55pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭


    I'm finding a lot of these websites these days. Currently looking for a car part and it's a minefield. For example on car-parts.ie. I thought I found a good deal only to find that shipping is 30 euro to Ireland? Turns out they're in Germany.

    And it's not just car parts, I'm finding these annoying fake Irish sites all over the place.

    Aren't there some rules behind being allowed to use a .ie site?



Comments

  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    No there isn’t, as Brexit proved.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭c montgomery


    I bought some camping chairs from a .ie in early August. Free postage advertised with an post logo

    Paid via PayPal, when I got the PayPal receipt it had Chinese characters as the seller

    Now October and still no sign of them

    Gotta be careful out there



  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    I really wish it feckin was illegal.

    Im trying my darnedest to buy local, support Irish first, then the EU.It shouldn’t be so feckin hard to know who you’re giving money to.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Mr321


    Seeing this more and more lately so what I do now before I even look at the products is scroll down to the 'contact us' and see where their based.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,140 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    That German car parts provider with loads of fake local sounding brands rarely had the stock it claims to have, may suggest unsuitable substitutes and the owner funds the German fat right. Avoid.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    All restrictions on .ie were lifted a few years ago so now anybody can register one. As a result, .ie is not longer as reassuring as it used to be. I remember having to send proof of entitlement to the IEDR before that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭TimTom


    It's all above board if

    they sell goods or services to consumers or businesses in the island of Ireland and can provide evidence of this, such as:

    • Sales invoices showing that the domain holder sells goods or services to consumers or businesses in the island of Ireland.
    • Signed letter from a third party Solicitor or Accountant or Bank Manager or Auditor, confirming that the domain holder is selling goods or services to consumers or businesses in the island of Ireland, or has serious intention to do so in the immediate future.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,257 ✭✭✭deandean


    Yes it's a royal pain.

    Last week I purchased from "espares.ie".

    As far as I was concerned I was buying from an Irish company.

    But I got the text message from an post, I had to pay the clearance fee plus VAT to get the item delivered.

    It added about 30% extra to the cost of my purchase.

    There was no notification of this extra cost at the time of purchase.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    You probably shouldn’t have been charged. What did eSpares say?



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