AMAZON dot IE lands next year .. Dedicated Irish Amazon Store

I'll continue to buy books online with Kennys and support 'bricks & mortar' shops when I can anyway

Yep I'm similar. I buy a lot of vinyl so that comes from local shops. If I'm getting a physical book for myself or gifts, from a local shop. I do still read on the Kindle a lot but it's more the ease of not having too many physical books TBH.

Won't use them on principle alone. I will support smaller local business when possible. They treat their staff like sh1t also and iv'e no intention of supporting that.

Too many scams I would say, look at the likes of Facebook marketplace, scamcentral…

I have a UK prime account, I don't want to lose that, and I would like access to IE prime included. I wonder if there will simply be a combined UK and ROI prime now.

nice, hopefully free returns then too

100% this will screw us over. They will pigeon-hole us into using .ie site which will have a very limited selection just like prime video. And they will gladly refuse us accessing the .co.uk site

I will say one thing. If they offered products without the usual Irish gouging tax all the retailers do here it would be no harm turn the market upside down on the likes of Musgrave's/Dunnes/Tesco and even the Germans at this stage.

Pity they won't be doing the grocery thing here.

I hope not - as I buy EVERYTHING from Amazon (.co.uk) presently!

Put a thermostat into the brothers dryer last week for 22 europeans. Part locally was 110. F off

Building a camper at the min and all bits (handles, tap, lights, etc) all Amazon.

Got a 5 foot LED style fireplace with heater for 360 - when they are over a grand here.

Long live Amazon shopping!

Great promotion today on Newstalk 106 about Amzon and apparently how well they will supoort the small independent irish business using amazon sales pltform. It clicks now.

Sorry for the cynicism but I feel somewhere along the line we will get screwed somewhere on this

Thats not cynicism thats pragmatism based on experience.

I hope that they start doing lockers. I don't like ordering expensive items as too many couriers just drop items at the door now, most try to hide them but Amazon leave them in full view of the road.

As for the Irish premium. I always use Keepa or CamelCamelCamel to see which site is cheapest to buy from as all their sites include Irish taxes.

My Amazon Prime delivery today (which I'll have to return, they sent out the wrong product 🤬🤬), was already delivered by an Amazon-branded van. They're still using An Post for handling returns though.

We'll still have free delivery but prices will be more expensive. Look at Screwfix. There is a massive difference in prices between Irish & UK site. This isn't difference in taxes. It's just "they will pay more in Ireland"

I'm wondering if we can still use the UK site next year and will they deliver to Ireland from the UK site

I don't know what happens in the rest of the country but in Dublin An Post would only deliver around 5% of their goods. Amazon have their own delivery vans. Back before Amazon vans, An Post couldn't deliver on time around Black Friday and the Christmas period. It could take a week to get your "2 day delivery"

I've had delivery within 24 hours from the UK in some cases with their own drivers