Panrich wrote: » Which deprives the owner of those funds access to them. I understand the concept in a functional scenario where the goods are immediately put aside and prepared for dispatch but Amazon are clearly dysfunctional at the moment for Irish customers. Money is been held without any guarantees around provision of goods in exchange. I suppose as long as people are willing to put up with it, nothing will change in their behaviour.
Darc19 wrote: » Wrong. In Amazon's case they have permission from you to take the funds but they do not have a hold on the money. If you do not have funds on your card when they are about to dispatch, the transaction is stopped and they will give you an opportunity to change card or try again.
EarWig wrote: » Ordered yesterday. Delivery date May 10th. Free delivery chosen. Dispatched this morning, arriving May 3rd. Doesn't suit so got onto chat and changed delivery date to May 7th earliest. Does anyone have any experience about whether the new date is respected?
gerard2210 wrote: » Is it being delivered by Anpost or Amazon courier? If it's AnPost you'll be able to change the delivery date if you get the text, not sure about Amazon couriers.
zell12 wrote: » Amazon offering new economy delivery to Ireland Priority £7.49 Standard £6.00 Economy £5.25
Pandiculation wrote: » Seems to me that they’re not going to setup Amazon shopping services tailored for the Irish market. My guess is they’ve seen sales rise significantly due to the lockdown which is driving them to assume they can just continue as-is.
Darc19 wrote: » So the massive 650,000 sq ft fulfillment warehouse they have just commenced building in Greenogue is just for a bit of fun?
EarWig wrote: » By Amazon. Chat asked for a new date, so they think it works. We shall see.
Pandiculation wrote: » Well, if it just continues to operate as a version of .co.uk it will be fairly substandard.
Sheep Shagger wrote: » I think you find once that opens we'll still be using the Co.uk site but more items will be avaliable here (like in the pre brexit days) as they'll be picked and shipped from here. Personally prefer to pay GBP prices and let the likes of revolut do the conversion instead of taking Amazons FX rates. We get ripped off by most UK retailers who sell here in the FX conversion.
Darc19 wrote: » At 650,000 sq ft (think of 20 large Tescos or 60+ Lidl stores) you can expect most "sold by Amazon" goods and then a huge range of items sold by local Irish sellers.
One More Toy wrote: » When is this supposed to be operational?
sugarman wrote: » Im going to guess its Amazons new promo for new accounts, free shipping on first order. They added £6 shipping and removed it as a promo, not the taxes. The threshold for VAT free items is €22, not €24, hence you're being charged import fees.
Where the VAT liability on any consignment amounts to less than or equal to €6 it should not be collected
Suckit wrote: » Sorry, yes, I should have worded it better. They added €6 shipping. Then added tax on the overall price. Then removed then €6. So the overall price is €24.02 delivered (it states free shipping, whether or not it is included on the price of the item, I don't know.) But there should be no vat collected on €24.02 as it says here: If the shipping wasn't added before the VAT then the VAT amount would be negligible. The overall price is €24.02, that is the amount I pay, so surely I shouldn't have to pay VAT? I was just curious more than anything, as I haven't ordered from amazonuk since Brexit. But it looks incorrect to me.
The Continental Op wrote: » ^^^^ Is that Amazon Prime or just free delivery over £25?
ohnonotgmail wrote: » the vatable total includes the shipping. they gave you a discount of €6 but it is the actual value that is relevant.
Suckit wrote: » If the shipping wasn't added before the VAT then the VAT amount would be negligible. The overall price is €24.02, that is the amount I pay, so surely I shouldn't have to pay VAT? I was just curious more than anything, as I haven't ordered from amazonuk since Brexit. But it looks incorrect to me.
The Continental Op wrote: » Unless you are desperate for it I'd hang on there Suckit that Mango will very likely drop a few quid in price sooner or later its even been down to about a tenner (when I bought it) but that doesn't show on 3c's.com https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/product/B073TSK26W.
whiterebel wrote: » The €6 minimum for collection is gone since January.
corkie wrote: » @Suckit As many of us found out in January "Duties and taxes are calculated according to the shipping destination's customs regulations. Typically, this calculation is based on our product price and shipping, before any promotions. This allows destination country customs authorities to obtain the accurate import duties and taxes owed to them based on the actual value of the goods. For more information, go to About Customs, Duties & Taxes."About Import Fees Deposit Shipping is included in VAT calculations because amazon is paying it, even when discounted for you. Only Prime actually get shipping free without it included in VAT calculations.
