Filler Items to get Free Shipping [Amazon.co.uk]

You can just search "add on item" on amazon and it'll show you all of the add on items.

I often see people mention adding a back-ordered product to go over 25 and then cancel the back-ordered product once the item ships ,does this actually work ?

thanks for all the ideas, i never seem to ever get near the figure and end up buying something a bit more. probably cos i am too lazy. cheers:D

Whiplashy wrote: »

I just add two of whatever I'm buying and change the quantity to one at the final confirmation page. They never add back on the shipping.

Tried it there and when I went to change quantity at the final page, it sent me back to choosing delivery......

amazon prime + parcel motel FTW!

free next day delivery to NI with the majority of items, then €3.50 for PM to your locality (usually within a day of arriving in NI).

you also now get amazon prime instant video free with your prime membership which is the rebranded 'lovefilm' service that is shaping up to be a (semi) decent netflix competitor, but for the price it's hard to argue.

it's £79 for the year subscription so if you're ordering more than 10 or so items of half decent size in the course of a year, it pays for itself and the more you order, the more you save.

also, if you have amazon prime and have kids its well worth signing up to amazon family as well as you get a lot of good deals specifically on kids stuff that way too.

loyatemu wrote: »

so you pay €100 a year to Amazon plus €3.50 to PM for every delivery, rather than just getting the stuff shipped for free direct to Ireland? I'm intrigued...

free next day express shipping, plus the instant video is well worth it imho. if you're buying a bunch of nicknacks you don't really need to make up the cost it's hardly a saving anyway is it?

personally I do most of my shopping online these days and have spent at least €3000 just at amazon in the last 12 months, so it's well worth it if you are a regular shopper.

degsie wrote: »

Didn't think this works in Ireland.

ah but it does.

well, at least if you've already got everything set up to get around geolocking content such as the BBC iplayer etc. :cool:



not everything is free (it's cheap enough to rent or buy premium content if that's your thing), but there's plenty on there that is and it's growing all the time.

loyatemu wrote: »

if it has to go via Parcel Motel that will also delay it.

free next day express shipping is still next day to NI and if it gets to PM in NI before lunch, it's usually at my PM locker (in Dublin 15) for me to collect by later that evening or the following morning at the latest.

http://www.fillerchecker.co.uk/

MF2HD wrote: »

Just watch with the Parcel Motel route. Amazon have a habit of breaking up orders into seperate boxes, even if you choose the option to send all together, which would mean a new €3.50 for each. Not sure if this is the case with Prime, but something to watch.

This! Parcel Motel doesn't work great with Amazon at all.


And I've also found that Amazon are now a lot slower to dispatch items.