Amazon

While I'm here.

Most of my deliveries now are made by Amazon's drivers. I get a message the day before saying delivery will be made before 9pm the next day.

I am rarely at home for a full day. It would be really nice to able to be pick this up myself from somewhere. Any indications of that being introduced in Ireland.

Amazon provide free delivery on orders over £25 for non prime buyers.

If it's being delivered by Amazon Logistics you can cancel the delivery if you go to the tracking.

If it's An Post, when you get the text for alternative delivery options change the delivery address to the Amazon returns address in Portlaoise.

Amazon Returns C/O An Post

Portlaoise Mail Centre

Clonminam Ind Est

Portlaoise

R32 AP22

Edit: it will be delivered by An Post.

Does one always get a text about delivery?

the below options appear, which is best to choose?

My return label is for Dunfermlin Scotland. Is that likely to delay the refund & I guess will cost more ?

If you live anywhere near the north, amazon have collect points/lockers in the UK, just select one in newry or wherever and collect from there if you don't live too far! It's handy I get stuff delivered there and pick it up that Amazon won't deliver to the republic

There is a pick your day option if you have an England/Wales/Scotland, not NI, address picked. It doesn't seem to offer it if it is going to an Amazon Locker either. Just picking Murrayfield Stadium as an example. Something will get there tomorrow with the one-day Prime, otherwise I can pick my two preferred days, and if I pick Wednesday and Friday then it will arrive on Wednesday.

With any luck we will get the same when Baldonell opens up. It is all well and good that I can order something at 8pm this evening and it can be picked, packed, dispatched from say the Edinburgh Fulfillment Centre, sent across the sea, sorted in Greenogue, fired into the back of a van and delivered to me on Sunday but if I know I won't be there on Sunday then that defeats the purpose. It would be handy not having to wait to order something based on when I know I'll be at home.

Depending on your job, you could use their address and have stuff delivered there. My son had 4 car tyres delivered to his place of work, a University, which got some funny looks from the reception desk! Pre covid, I routinely had stuff for myself and my job delivered to the job address, city centre, and it was definitely faster too.

Bought a phone last September. Was £509 ex UK VAT. An extra £ 117 with Irish VAT which was added at the basket under import fees as expected. Just got a message from Amazon saying I'm getting a refund of £117. No idea why but not complaining!

If you used a gift card to purchase the item then they are correct

If you did not use an Amazon Gift Card or balance to pay something, then the refund should have gone to the payment method that you use to pay for the order in the first place (like your credit or debit card).

Balances / Gift cards can only be used on the country side you have them the, i.e. co.uk or .com etc but not across regions.

The question here is why you did get a refund to your balance and not back to your card!

Did you have a credit balance prior to paying? If so, why was that not refunded to your card, or do you not keep card details saved. I had Irish VAT refunded last year, it went back to my card, not to a 'balance' which I've never heard of before, except with ebay.

I think Amazon need to make it clearer that, if you accept the refund as a credit to your account, it can only be used on the UK site. I will insist on a card credit from now on.

When is this Amazon fulfilment centre opening in Ireland, or is that shelved now (no bad pun intended)