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Amazon Prime Day - 13th/14th October 2020

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  • #962
    Scotty #
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    VG31 wrote: »
    I'm happy that they're not using An Post exclusively anymore. An Post used to be great but in the last few months parcels are always late for me.
    All courier services have seen delays over the last few months to be fair as online sales have rocketed since Covid struck.


  • #963
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,955 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    SourSessions wrote: »
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=UK_Incent_ASV_DP_All_ILM-XGL_PD20?node=21011002031&pf_rd_p=61a80063-fe84-42ce-b82d-47ece7a9d8f2&pf_rd_s=detail-ilm&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B07WMKZZXL&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=FXCYDJSY929VFDYP83SC

    just tried that link and got the £10 top up again
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  • #964
    meep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭meep


    Spent over €400 today on stuff I don’t really need. At least I got the £10 off, so there’s that. Roll on tomorrow.


  • #965
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,368 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    54and56 wrote: »
    My postman, who is a great guy, told me last week that An Post had been informed they were losing the Amazon account and that Amazon had a fleet of 160/170 vans at their new warehouse location ready to take delivery inhouse themselves as it would be both cheaper and quicker.

    It didn't click with me immediately but when he confirmed to me that (in his estimate) 75% of the parcels he carries in his van are Amazon parcels. With that sort of volume it's not surprising Amazon would have the volume to run their own dedicated delivery service.

    I just got a An Post deliverybox installed so I wouldn't miss any prime deliveries. Even with working from home and having a wifi doorbell, sometimes they were being delivered before I get up.

    I did have a delivery go astray, misdelivered, but after chasing up with an post for over a week, who finally told me to get on to Amazon, the Amazon chatbot just re-ordered for me without any human intervention.


  • #966
    branners69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭branners69


    stockshares wrote: »
    Great, any limitations?

    I seen posters have since recommended the Power XL and Cosori on the Appliances forum so wasn't sure what to for

    Only limitation is size.

    Food forum has a thread here:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057063796


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  • #967
    meep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭meep


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    I just got a An Post deliverybox installed so I wouldn't miss any prime deliveries.

    Snap! Seems a bit redundant now, doesn’t it?

    Plus my postie keeps forgetting his key and has to ring the bell, or jams letters between it and the wall!And the email notifications of deliveries take hours to come through. And everyone else is confused by it.

    Looking forward to all the hilarity next week as amazon decide to deliver my 3 orders in about 1.4 gazillion separate packages.


  • #968
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Surprised no new deals went up online at midnight. Just seems to be the same aul stuff :(


  • #969
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Hogzy wrote: »
    Surprised no new deals went up online at midnight. Just seems to be the same aul stuff :(
    Yep, had a quick check of upcoming deals about 20 minutes ago and same ol' ****... unless we get another meaty misprice.

    Best stuff is gone or already being advertised I reckon.


  • #970
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Basq wrote: »
    Yep, had a quick check of upcoming deals about 20 minutes ago and same ol' ****... unless we get another meaty misprice.

    Best stuff is gone or already being advertised I reckon.

    Really disappointing. Thought a few more whiskies might have gone up.


  • #971
    shawki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭shawki


    https://www.amazon.co.uk/BioShock-Collection-Borderlands-Legendary-Nintendo/dp/B08FKJPVLS

    Bioshock & Borderlands collections for Switch £49.99

    6 Games altogether


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  • #972
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Hogzy wrote: »
    Really disappointing. Thought a few more whiskies might have gone up.
    Let me know if you spot anything good..

    .. lockdown got the better of me and got a decent-ish bottle at weekend with orange bitters for home-made Old Fashioned.


  • #973
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,273 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    I really can't need any more, at last tally:

    Cheap laptop to replace Chromebook
    Wireless mouse
    Wireless headset
    Laptop bag
    Water flosser
    Power bank
    Dashcam
    Memory card

    All in something under £250...damn just remembered I forgot the WiFi extender I'd been watching :D


  • #974
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Better Prime Day than last year for me but then again I bought nothing last year I think.

    - Ring Smart View Cam (-£0.00 as will return as not compatible with door! :()
    - 1080p Projector (-£10.99)
    - Blink Mini (-£14.99 though Alexa)

    So a projector for 99p (thanks to £10 topup bonus) and a £15 camera is the extent of my spending.

    Oh, and did throw in a rake of Lindt Chocs with this months Subscribe & Save. Probably £3 each for a 200g box.


  • #975
    logically
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭logically


    3 purchases for me today.

    Box of celebrations
    Fire stick for a work project
    Pack of 3 WiFi plugs

    As I flick to my orders page and check on the status a pang of guilt strikes me as I think of the people busting their balls all night shipping all this sh!t for everyone.

    If any of you are working at Amazon and reading this. Thank you .


  • #976
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    logically wrote: »
    .. night shipping ..
    The lesser known REM hit..

    .. you'll be able to spot the average age of the audience here by who gets the reference! :D


  • #977
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    Fire HD 8 Tablet £45
    Sandisk 128GB MicroSD £13.99
    Blink Mini £14.99
    Phillips Hue 3 pack with bridge £89.99

    Was tempted by the ring doorbell too....


  • #978
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,239 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Basq wrote: »
    The lesser known REM hit..

    .. you'll be able to spot the average age of the audience here by who gets the reference! :D

    I'm not sure all these people understand
    It's not like years ago


  • #979
    Wexy86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 441 ✭✭Wexy86


    Small toy ice cream cart set for £13.77 once you use the additional on the £5 voucher.
    Might make a nice present for smaller kids

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/GizmoVine-Pretend-Playset-Carrying-Toddlers/dp/B07PM9Z59W/ref=asc_df_B07PM9Z59W/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=222167124623&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17213117340224885838&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007909&hvtargid=pla-711710557124&psc=


    I feel bad for the amount of separate orders I’ve placed and the amount of packaging that going’s to come in


  • #980
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,201 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    MiskyBoyy wrote: »
    Phillips Hue 3 pack with bridge £89.99
    Good buy... proper lazy bastard stuff!

    Ah no, found them useful when away to set them timed to dissuade burglars combined with cardboard cutouts of Michael Jordan being dragged along by a toy train..

    .. another timely 90's reference!


  • #981
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,244 ✭✭✭This is it


    Basq wrote: »
    Good buy... proper lazy bastard stuff!

    Ah no, found them useful when away to set them timed to dissuade burglars combined with cardboard cutouts of Michael Jordan being dragged along by a toy train..

    .. another timely 90's reference!

    I got that one at least :D


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  • #982
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    Basq wrote: »
    Good buy... proper lazy bastard stuff!

    Ah no, found them useful when away to set them timed to dissuade burglars combined with cardboard cutouts of Michael Jordan being dragged along by a toy train..

    .. another timely 90's reference!
    2020 version :D


    Change everything to Alexa version and apt for this thread :pac:


  • #983
    LillySV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭LillySV


    MiskyBoyy wrote: »
    Fire HD 8 Tablet £45
    Sandisk 128GB MicroSD £13.99
    Blink Mini £14.99
    Phillips Hue 3 pack with bridge £89.99

    Was tempted by the ring doorbell too....

    That blink mini is showing as 24.99 on amazon .. how I get it for that? Ps u need to sign for subscription for that ?


  • #984
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    LillySV wrote: »
    That blink mini is showing as 24.99 on amazon .. how I get it for that? Ps u need to sign for subscription for that ?

    Order through alexa. If you don't have an echo device. Download alexa app on your phone. Then say "Alexa, order a blink mini camera".


  • #985
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    LillySV wrote: »
    how I get it for that? Ps u need to sign for subscription for that ?

    If you want to save up to 2 hours of footage to their servers, you need to continue the sub which is free until 31st March '21. If you just want a camera to view live then you don't need the sub.

    Apart from that, they're selling a new add on to store video to a USB with no sub, coming soon, for £34.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08BJ9ZCZC


  • #986
    chasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭chasm


    Wonder why I can see and purchase an ancestry dna kit if I use the PM address, but It doesn't even show in the search results if I use my own address. Wouldn't mind but I have purchased them from Amazon in the past and had them delivered here.


  • #987
    gaelar29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭gaelar29


    meep wrote: »
    Not the same experience here. Timely delivery, great notifications and a postman I know by name who will hand packages to me directly.

    EVERY other service is a lottery. I’ve had items seemingly thrown over my wall into my garden from a passing van. Just today, an O’Neill’s order appeared , package opened, from a stranger who received it in error. Not even a neighbor, some unknown person who took the time to deliver it.

    I’ll miss the an post service.

    Am sitting here as a postie, who has his first time off this week since February and first I have heard of re us losing Amazon, hopefully this is only for the big cities but hope am wrong on that too.... Word is An Post have lost Smyths Toys too, so this would be complete kick in the you know where.. Amazon would be 80% of our parcels and we do make sure the recipient is informed re where there parcel is.... The couriers are probably under costing An Post but as said in above message, I have seen parcels sopping at front doors, throw them anywhere as long as delivered(we would get written warning for doing that) .. But best was only last week where I landed at house and a dog was chowing on a leather skirt left in package at door by a courier.... Saying that, all couriers are not like that, some seem to change their drivers that often that their under pressure throw the parcels anywhere to speeden things up..
    And God help the lads working this weekend, bound to be double the amazon parcels on Saturday for delivery..


  • #988
    wes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,749 ✭✭✭✭wes


    An Post has been excellent for deliveries. Only time I ever had something go missing was with the other couriers. I hope Amazon stick with An Post personally.


  • #989
    VG31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,645 ✭✭✭VG31


    meep wrote: »
    Not the same experience here. Timely delivery, great notifications and a postman I know by name who will hand packages to me directly.

    I would have said the same as you before July. Maybe it's just my area but since then 80% of parcels that are too big to come with the postman take at least 2 days to arrive. Delays of 3 or 4 days are not uncommon either. I haven't had any delays like that with DPD, UPS or even Nightline. Thankfully I have managed to avoid Fastway recently.

    It's obvious that An Post can't cope with the volume of parcels from Amazon so hopefully Amazon's own deliveries will ease the pressure.

    I agree that the vast majority of An Post staff are great. The postman changes frequently in my area so it's hard to know them by name!


  • #990
    leck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭leck


    Skerries wrote: »
    just tried that link and got the £10 top up again
    So did you topup by €100 twice on same card and end up with €220?


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  • #991
    cefh17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭cefh17


    cefh17 wrote: »
    Having the exact same issue, my account was locked last night and the order cancelled by Amazon apparently as a result of suspicious activity.. if I search the particular item I get the "you ordered this item on 13th october" and can see the tracking status/order number (dispatching now, arrive Friday) but no notification that it's been dispatched yet. Money gone too and no word of a refund as of yet

    My order was dispatched just now so hopefully yours is the same, did it update BKWDR?


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