Amazon

just one order outstanding for me. appears to be coming in time for christmas….. maybe.

Arriving 23 December

They sent me an email regarding a non-Xmas delivery (thankfully!) that Storm Darragh had impacted on delivery timelines. Tbh, could be flooding or something in the UK that impacted a distribution centre, who knows.

Amazon have gone to the dogs with their delivery timelines. Its 2 weeks to Christmas. If they can't deliver orders now by Christmas then why would you buy from them? Most other online retailers can deliver still.

In general I have noticed that Amazon do push out delivery dates and then deliver ahead of schedule. Seems like they are trying to cover themselves rather than give accurate timelines.

I am just this minute off chat with amazon. Ordering a phone and it says 28th Dec. They are flagging it for quick despatch. Reading above though, maybe the ferries being knackered is causing a backlog at the port which will have to be cleared. MMMMM Not anybodies fault though.

totally agree. some people arrange to be around for the expected delivery date…..only to find it delivered on a completely different date. absolute pain in the backside

I'm now seeing Dec 30 for lots of stuff. Eek! Gift vouchers for all!

In what way will it have additional customs if it comes through Belfast?

How are they supposed to get deliveries when the port, where the vast majority of imports to Ireland transit, sustained damage in the storm. Do you want everything flown in?

This is an act of nature that's going to happen again and again so your crap for Christmas will be delayed again but actual important products that we need won't be delivered either, we should start stocking up on essentials but we rarely learn from past experiences and never invest enough.

Didn't read the thread then?

I have orders not Amazon, using DPD that have been stuck in Germany for days. Dispatched 2/12 and 6/12 and both right now in the same location in Germany. Assume logistics throughout Europe has been impacted big time this last week since the storm.

I doubt one ship going to Fishguard instead of Holyhead (where I'd assume there's already a decent amount of Amazon trailers already with previously dispatched orders) won't speed up deliveries. I'm fairly sure Amazon don't use Fishguard for their trailers so they'd need to pull them from Holyhead to Fishguard and send new trailers there, too. I do think deliveries will be sorted fairly quickly once Holyhead doesn't need any major repairs

Yes I read the thread thanks!

Stuff ordered last week and had an original expected delivery date of 10th Dec has been updated to say "Now Expected 23rd December".

Hardly instills confidence that they will arrive before the new year. I think I'll cancel them and look elsewhere.

The sooner we get an amazon.ie serviced from this island the better.

I doubt one ship will clear the backlog.

It's a longer journey time too.

Fishguard mightn't have capacity either for many extra ferries and I doubt they will all be suited to the ramps.

Shows how the slightest thing can disrupt an island.