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  • Registered Users Posts: 287 ✭✭HairyCabbage


    Does anyone have any experience buying from inthemarket.ie? I’ve been looking for a small folding treadmill for at home with little success and have started to get adds for some on inthemarket.ie so I was wondering if anyone has used it? Is it safe? Trust pilot thinks so but I’ve seen scam sites with good ratings on their before!



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    Atempted to use these guys to see if I could give local guys a chance against Amazon

    electricalworld.com

    Ordered a kitchen appliance in early Jan 24, waited a week, no updates so back on to the website to see the status of the order as "authorised"

    No online chat so via email I was told bruskly the one liner : "As per the listing this is due in to stock in March"

    It was in stock when I ordered and the day I emailed but changed once I queried it.

    they are based in the UK and about as Irish as a plastic shamrock :

    Don't bother.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭I am me123


    Currently genuinely waiting on a parcel so was wondering is this a scam message?




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭wench


    Yes it's a scam.

    A real An Post message won't have a link, just reference numbers for you to use



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭Homer


    100% yes! Don’t click on this links.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭I am me123


    Thanks guys, I suspected so!



  • Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭JVince


    Did you check their address?

    "Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, IRELAND.

    And they actually have an excellent reputation.

    How was their reply "brusk" - do you really need someone to do a pandering 2 page reply to you when one sentence is sufficient?


    Btw, Amazon don't deliver kitchen appliances here



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    Was it yourself wrote the oneliner reply?



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    Ha ha Amazon delivered it three days later, as they do with most kitchen appliances.

    Their automatic system did not let me know there was any delay, I had to contact their CS through email.. email! (no phone numbers or online chat) and then a day later 11 words "As per the listing this is due in to stock in March". eh Thanks is that in 3 months March 2024 ?

    If you read the post you would know I saw the address and THAT is why I used them, its only when you try CONTACT them that you realise they are not Irish in any meaningful way.

    If you like the way they do business then use them.



  • Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭JVince


    Must have been a small appliance. They don't deliver large kitchen appliances. On top of that if it's over €150 they add substantial custom duties - I'd double check the ACTUAL price you paid

    First line on electrical world customer service "contact page" is their phone number.

    They also have live chat (10am-1pm)

    https://www.electricalworld.com/Mobile/MobileContactUs.aspx

    It was dreadfully easy to find


    So your original post saying they are not Irish, have no phone number and do not have live chat was wrong in it's entirety.

    Retailers don't want customers like you.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    I was talking about an IRISH phone number and the web chat did NOT respond during those times.

    I never said it was a large appliance, it was small\medium like 90% of kitchen appliances.

    You are probably affliated I can tell by the tone of your responses it rhymes with their emails



  • Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭JVince


    Ah the old sad childish rebuke of "you must be connected"


    No, I just despise petty little people who have a minor little issue and then set out to defame and "punish" a retailer over a minor issue.


    Sad behaviour really.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Mod: warning for JVince for being uncivil to another poster. Your tone from the beginning didn't seem to be in any way helpful.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    I'd imagine you have done your business more harm here than I ever could.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Mod: celtic-oz has been warned for going again after the warning was issued to JVince. Enough now please, its done.



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