Amazon Prices for Ireland

asmith · 01-01-2010 10:31PM #1

Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I thought it might be of interest to bargin hunters.

As you may know, Amazon will quote a euro price for stuff on their website but only on the very last page of the checkout process (where they convert it to Euro and add on Irish VAT). This is a bit of a pain so I've put together a GreaseMonkey script that shows you the euro price of an item (including Irish VAT) when you're on the product details page. It can be installed from here. If you'd like more details you can find them on my blog.

witnessmenow · 01-01-2010 10:40PM

Hey,

Installed it and seems pretty good.

I cant java script but know how to program, so i had a look at the source, its pretty simple, yet clever the way you did it.

Just a quick question:

rate = rate + 0.04;

Is this just get the exchange rate and making it more similar to the "real" exchange rate that you are going to get off the banks or whatever?

LightningBolt · 01-01-2010 10:43PM

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asmith · 01-01-2010 10:47PM

witnessmenow wrote: »
rate = rate + 0.04;
Is this just get the exchange rate and making it more similar to the "real" exchange rate that you are going to get off the banks or whatever?

That's it exactly witnessmenow. Glad you like it.

dunworth1 · 01-01-2010 11:01PM

just installed it

its great really good. makes things easier

dmcg90 · 01-01-2010 11:02PM

Didn't the vat rate rise starting from today?

nevaeh-2die-4 · 01-01-2010 11:08PM

can you tell how much this will be ?

im thinking of buying it, i didnt know vat was added extra. its £159.99

xe says it converts to E180.59

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-Capture-Definition-Hardware-Encoders/dp/B001M0MY10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262383231&sr=8-1-spell

grimm2005 · 01-01-2010 11:10PM

very handy, thanks op

witnessmenow · 01-01-2010 11:32PM

dmcg90 wrote: »

Didn't the vat rate rise starting from today?

var IRISH_VAT_RATE = 0.21;
var UK_VAT_RATE = 0.175;

He has the current VAT rates correct

ShooterSF · 01-01-2010 11:36PM

Thanks OP. Fantastic.

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

can you tell how much this will be ?

im thinking of buying it, i didnt know vat was added extra. its £159.99

xe says it converts to E180.59

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-Capture-Definition-Hardware-Encoders/dp/B001M0MY10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262383231&sr=8-1-spell

Using the OP's script it estimates €191.04 after Irish VAT and conversion.

Basq · 02-01-2010 12:17AM

I'll let this non-BA slide because it's an absolutely essential little script.

Kudos asmith.

coldfire1x · 02-01-2010 12:30AM

Great, thanks a lot

clevtrev · 02-01-2010 01:38AM

very nifty thanks OP

buckrodgers · 02-01-2010 01:44AM

www.shopireland.ie is the irish version of amazon - ie all in euros

Zonda999 · 02-01-2010 02:22AM

buckrodgers wrote: »

www.shopireland.ie is the irish version of amazon - ie all in euros

Always found that site kinda unsatisfactory compared to the UK site though, the lack of reviews or something i guess!

Vic Vinegar · 02-01-2010 02:30AM

Great job OP. Works a treat!

clacks · 02-01-2010 11:39AM

Some damn fine work OP. Ta very much.

NANOJO · 02-01-2010 11:50AM

nice program thanks op

moonboy52 · 02-01-2010 01:19PM

Awesome Script asmith!

10/10

mik_da_man · 02-01-2010 02:43PM

OP that's just brilliant.
I use amazon a LOT and this will be extremely handy.

Cheers

lindtee · 02-01-2010 04:28PM

Agree with everyone, excellent!! I use Amazon a lot more than I should and this will save me time working out the Irish price:):) Well done and thanks

Bartleby · 02-01-2010 05:15PM

Thanks OP. Really useful.

asmith · 02-01-2010 05:41PM

Thanks for the appreciation folks. Glad everyone likes it.

amby666 · 03-01-2010 09:56AM

Great little script. Thanks

crackity_jones · 04-01-2010 11:08AM

A slightly off-topic post on an ever so slightly off-topic (but very useful) thread, but still a handy little tool. That tool being the Firefox Invisible Hand plugin:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11377

Throws up a little alert when you're browsing products on any of the better known online vendor sites with prices for the the same item on other sites. Really only useful if you're in the US and UK, and by extension, Ireland.

CJ

floydmoon1 · 04-01-2010 02:44PM

Just read the following article

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/puerile-ryanair-under-attack-from-british-regulator-1997876.html

and thought maybe someone should create a script for the ryanair website.

It would probably be more difficult but would be an interesting one as many people complain about hidden charges.

Luckycharms_74 · 04-01-2010 07:45PM

Works great A++++

selfbuilder1 · 04-01-2010 09:13PM

Works perfect. Very handy.

corkproducers · 06-01-2010 05:55PM

This is one of the reasons ive always hated amazon.
Ebay always gives the total amount upfront, instead of having to go through about 5 pages of forms.
I've only ever ordered from there once.

Thanks to you OP, it will make it much more pleasant to shop on there.

The sole fact it takes a greasemonkey script to do this, just shows how awful amazon ireland is!

brophs · 19-01-2010 12:23PM

Can't say how impressed I am with this. Makes Amazon a much more accessible place.

Thanks OP.

belle_09 · 09-01-2011 02:34PM

Hi,
I know this is an old thread but maybe someone can help me. Does that Greasemonkey app work on amazon.com? I recently bought a Kindle and have to buy books from .com site. It would be really handy if I had something like that to give me an idea of prices.
Thanks!

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