Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread

Would that not be cutting off your nose to spite your face? Shipping from Amazon Germany/France etc usually costs about 8/9 eu?

I wonder if the charge will apply to things ordered on Amazon UK but shipped from Ireland?

Yep, that's what I thought, a lot of the stuff on the not frequent occasion seems to be shipping from eu warehouse now...the wait times have come down really significantly for when they first came on the scene I remember ordering stuff that took 6/8 weeks to arrive....now its 3/4 days so that stuff is unlikely to be coming from china

I've ordered stuff a couple of times a year over the past 3 years...so not a big customer, we are talking maybe 9/10 orders....out of those 10 only one came incomplete...that's not too bad in my book

And it was a little odd (not 100% intuitive) how you report/dispute the delivery but once I found the menu and ticked what didn't arrive ...I got immediate refund, as credit, I had the option of cash which I didn't go for and just reordered what didn't come and they arrived in next package...I chalked it up to whoever was doing the packing not paying attention or being in it for the short term (and no doubt the algorithm will catch up to them if too many reports of botched packages flag)

That's my experience and I was fine with it....I reckon if its higher value and you are getting the runaround it could be stressful all right but I've no experience of it...mostly nik naks I order, utensils, dog lead (surprisingly good), strimmer line etc etc

For May and June I've ordered loads more of my S&S items and I'll cancel all the subscriptions and my UK prime at the end of June

Plus a handling charge? An Post etc won't be doing it for free?

Isn't that to get around the fact that a lot of items are sold in multipacks.

I can buy a single screwdriver bit if I want but I normally by a pack of 20 or so. If a manufacturer puts two 20 packs in one box so they can sell a 40 pack is that 1 item 20 items or 40 items?

OKay…. I bit of a long winded story on how Amazon UK is working these days, but there is a bargain at the end of the tale, sort of, I hope as I ordered it!!

I've been tracking this item for a bit and was waiting for it to drop top its lowest price, which it did today.

When I checked my basket it said "This item is no longer available from the seller you selected." which is amazon UK!! and was always available to deliver before this last drop.

When I checked a non-logged-in account, with a UK VPN, there is was, for 155GBP from Amazon UK?

When have they started blocking items to Ireland, when they doing a discount?

Anyway ……Check the Amazon.ie Site and it is available for 151.03Euro with an estimated duty charge of 3.32euro.

I though… I'm getting an even better deal here, but during the basket and check out the duty went to 38 Euro and a total of 189, and annoyingly its only 1.03 above the threshold for duty!!

Anyway it not far of the 155GBP price in the end, so went ahead with it.

What's the chances of any refund of duty on this. Link below if interested

Also by the looks of it there are 3 more left as it went from 20% claimed to 40% just after I ordered.

Just so everyone is aware the 3 euro charge is a temporary one size fits all measure by the EU in order for them to get their systems up and running…..come 2028, it will be full customs with percentage charges.

So a 100 euro pair of shoes in july is 3 euro import charge + 2 euro handling fee (come october).

2028 its a 17% import charge + handling free = 119 euro.

Things are only going to get worse, I'm afraid.

You might have to ask tbe revenue 👍

The press release is vague

you’ve hardly been putting it off for that long it’s not been running that long

same here

.ie amazon is like an after thought. I always use UK way more efficient

Good to hear that, do you get a notification and footage to your phone with that model?

LOL Find this amusing. Suppose its all automatic but there must be some cost to do this?

Dear Customer,

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.

We are writing to confirm that we are processing your refund in the amount of £0.22 for your Order XXXXXXX.

This amount has been credited to your payment method and will appear when your bank has processed it.

This refund is for the following item(s):

Item: HEAD Championship Tennis Balls (8 Balls)

Quantity: 1

ASIN: B079V6RWBD

Reason for refund: Export fee reduced


The following is the breakdown of your refund for this item:

    Import Fee Deposit Refund: £0.22

Your refund is being credited as follows:

MasterCard Credit Card [expiring on 9/2030]: £0.22
These amounts will be returned to your payment methods within 5-7 business days.

If you are within range of your WiFi then these might also make fairly good wildlife cameras. Certainly cheaper than some of the Trail Cameras which I've never had much success with.