An Post returning packages from outside the EU-See 1st post

I want to order a watch from a small UK retailer.

I guess the chances of the parcel never getting to me are very high in the current situation?

If so, is using Address Pal a workaround? I.e. extra costs but near guaranteed delivery?

The other side of the story from UK perspective.

Totally agree with you and if you think it's bad here, your head would spin to see how it's affecting ordinary Brits over there!

I'd hoped the Tory downfall would be the end of it, but Labour's Keir Starmer is no better - he want's to continue his "softer" version of Brexit, despite it being a massive con job in the first place.

Anyway, sorry for the rant!

I just wanted to pass on this link:

It's a bit different to PM, but depending on what you're buying, they can be very good.

Small value items, maybe not, but I used them for a fairly pricey piece of electronic kit, small size and weight.

It cost me £5 for their receiving fee and they hand it to Fastway which costs another £12 to the South.

All you do is order your stuff to your name, care of this company (a bit like address pal) except that's it.

Mail them to say it's coming and they'll let you know when it arrives and then you pay them!

It's obviously more expensive but it's another option!

I used them again just before Christmas - I'm a Londoner living in Dublin now and fond of my munchies that

can't be got here, so I did a shop in Sainsbury's in Newry and these guys boxed it up and sent it down to me and

all very quick and smooth!

Hope this helps!!

Looking like others will be following an post's lead.

Got this from DHL

Yeah that's what I meant by lead.

It's not as if they plucked a random idea out of the sky.

Several services folded because of it.

I suppose some people would rather that.

You'd have even more complaining then.

Its all automated, no humans eyes in An Post are looking at these packages. I've been trying to understand why they don't provide exact reasons on the returned package then I realised they don't want the hassle/cost of providing customer service, easier to just send it back and give a blanket explanation that something was wrong it. It'll be interesting to see if the likes of DPD will provide exact reasons when a package is returned to sender, I'd assume they will as they cannot afford to alienate customers the way An Post have

I had a choice between Royal Mail and Fedex last week and picked the latter. A €15 handling fee (An Post's is €3.50 if they deem it acceptable) but the package will arrive without hassle.

free delivery on amazon.de? I've never seen that.

free delivery on orders over £22 is standard on amazon.co.uk.

Is there a way to view that without paying?

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Wait now, they're blaming the UK for the last 18 months of chaos. But then he says;

"While packages without the 10-digit code required from ‘third countries’ such as the UK were previously returned to sender, recipients will now have to pay customs fees when they accept delivery of items."

So WTF did they not do this from the start? This new system had nothing to do with Brexit, it would still have affected all non EU sources, its just that Brexit increased that number. But instead of holding and inspecting non EU inbound on which they (or a machine) misread correct data, and allowing the owner to retrieve with whatever vat, duty and admin fee was due, (as had been the case for eons), the just sent them back. So they've rolled back on this? Packets from Oz or the US which raise a flag will result in a consultation, not an unstoppable return? The sly F****rs, trying to disguise this turnaround as a UK failure.