Amazon Prime Day - 13th/14th October 2020

MBSnr · 09-10-2020 2:09pm

Dave..M wrote: »

Pretty sure you can cancel the 79 sub and then immediately resubscribe for the 59 offer, at least that's my plan

Not sure how far you'd get. You'd have paid 79 GBP upfront and might not get that much back if anything (if you used Prime Video).

"Note: Paid members who have not placed an order using the benefits of Amazon Prime are eligible for a full refund. Paying members who have only used Amazon Prime delivery benefits may be eligible for a partial refund. If the other benefits (Prime Video, Prime Music, Twitch) have been used, members are not eligible for a refund"

Dave..M · 09-10-2020 2:14pm

MBSnr wrote: »

Not sure how far you'd get. You'd have paid 79 GBP upfront and might not get that much back if anything (if you used Prime Video).

"Note: Paid members who have not placed an order using the benefits of Amazon Prime are eligible for a full refund. Paying members who have only used Amazon Prime delivery benefits may be eligible for a partial refund. If the other benefits (Prime Video, Prime Music, Twitch) have been used, members are not eligible for a refund"

I will pay for the months since I took out the 79 annual fee, cancel and be refunded for the remaining months and then pay 59 for another year. No?

The J Stands for Jay · 09-10-2020 2:19pm

RasTa wrote: »

What is the point of the fire stick btw? My TV already has all the apps mentioned on the website built in?

Also aimed at people who's smart TV apps no longer work and they can't be updated.

MBSnr · 09-10-2020 2:25pm

Dave..M wrote: »

I will pay for the months since I took out the 79 annual fee, cancel and be refunded for the remaining months and then pay 59 for another year. No?

Perhaps, perhaps not on the refund. I don't know how it works or if you get all the unused months back pro-rata.

I do know that I have not been able to take out the 59 GBP Prime as I already had a previous Prime sub and the offer did not apply to my account. However if you add another person to your Amazon household and they have not had Prime before, you can get the deal on their account and you all share the benefits....

ThunbergsAreGo · 09-10-2020 4:03pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

The fire tablets are unbelievably good, obviously depends on your needs and what you want to do but for kids and even adults who just want to muck around online and stream....i'll never buy an branded tablet again given the price of a fire tablet.

Which one?

I had an 8 inch one a few years ago and it ran horribly

Sheep Shagger · 09-10-2020 4:04pm

torrevieja wrote: »

Hi Sheep what tablet do u use is there much memory ?

Beauty with them is unlike an ikad yiu can upgrade the memory. We got one of the kids a fire 7 last black Friday with a 32GB card and we always upgrade that.

Seriously impressive for the price.

Someone mentioned they had an issue using the seesaw app during lockdown, we had no problems.

unkel · 09-10-2020 6:00pm

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Be not concerned my friends for I have personally kept Amazon going for the last six months. John my postman will bear this out

You and I (and a billion other people) have personally made Mr Bezos the richest man on the planet

ted1 · 09-10-2020 6:10pm

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

Which one?

I had an 8 inch one a few years ago and it ran horribly

What where you fling with it?

For watching Netflix etc it’s perfect.

KilOit · 09-10-2020 6:39pm

unkel wrote: »

You and I (and a billion other people) have personally made Mr Bezos the richest man on the planet

But look how happy we made him with his robot arms

SouthWesterly · 09-10-2020 7:16pm

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Be not concerned my friends for I have personally kept Amazon going for the last six months. John my postman will bear this out

Meet your brother.

SouthWesterly · 09-10-2020 7:18pm

MBSnr wrote: »

Perhaps, perhaps not on the refund. I don't know how it works or if you get all the unused months back pro-rata.

I do know that I have not been able to take out the 59 GBP Prime as I already had a previous Prime sub and the offer did not apply to my account. However if you add another person to your Amazon household and they have not had Prime before, you can get the deal on their account and you all share the benefits....

How does that work? Do they have a separate account?

masterboy123 · 09-10-2020 7:49pm

Is 5 off 25 still available for Prime members? I can't seem to find that post here.

Thanks

Basq · 09-10-2020 8:01pm

masterboy123 wrote: »

Is 5 off 25 still available for Prime members? I can't seem to find that post here.

Thanks

Expired by the looks of things..

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ps5-off-a-ps25-spend-at-amazon-when-using-the-app-3557285

MBSnr · 09-10-2020 8:17pm

SouthWesterly wrote: »

How does that work? Do they have a separate account?

Separate account. Same address. Can't recall if it checked the registered card address when adding the other adult to the household. Probably...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/myh/households

VG31 · 09-10-2020 9:56pm

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Be not concerned my friends for I have personally kept Amazon going for the last six months. John my postman will bear this out

You've described me there as well.

My orders so far this year are nearly triple those of last year.

Chesty08 · 09-10-2020 10:19pm

Building a new house, should be ready by early January... first fixings starting start of November... Anyone got any good suggestions to get from an electrical / technology perspective?

Surround sound, WiFi enhancer, alarm system... etc???

mik_da_man · 09-10-2020 10:20pm

5 off 25 still working.
Use code 2O6KFI4YUJAY

masterboy123 · 09-10-2020 10:31pm

Doesn't seem to be working. Do you just use the code at the check out?

mik_da_man wrote: »

5 off 25 still working.
Use code 2O6KFI4YUJAY

bromley52 · 09-10-2020 10:45pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Building a new house, should be ready by early January... first fixings starting start of November... Anyone got any good suggestions to get from an electrical / technology perspective?

Surround sound, WiFi enhancer, alarm system... etc???

If I was building I would wire up the house with Cat 6 ethernet cable.

Chesty08 · 09-10-2020 10:46pm

bromley52 wrote: »

If I was building I would wire up the house with Cat 6 ethernet cable.

Cheers! I’ll mention this to electrician

mik_da_man · 09-10-2020 10:49pm

masterboy123 wrote: »

Doesn't seem to be working. Do you just use the code at the check out?

Yeah, added at checkout. I'm a prime member, used on a prime item sold by Amazon

ted1 · 09-10-2020 11:17pm

Only realised the other day that I can share my prime member for free 2 day delivery

Finding it great.
Loads of good random movies on prime
Have the folks setup on my account watching prime video as well as myself.
Prime music have great classic rock playlists. Stick in the headphone and off I go. Rocking in the free world.
Also have my sister using free delivery

ED E · 10-10-2020 12:42am

mik_da_man wrote: »

5 off 25 still working.
Use code 2O6KFI4YUJAY

Now expired

10-10-2020 12:46am

ted1 wrote: »

Duty is payable on point of entry to the EU.
It’s already being paid on goods coming from the UK, is it refundable on goods leaving? Might it balance out?
Aldo ignoring the Irish warehouse. They could fulfill from an EU warehouse as they already do with some stuff

Eh? That his point. The uk will no longer be within the eu so anything shipping from there to Ireland will incur duty.

Duty is payable at the final destination by the way so even if it goes through another eu country, duty is payable here.

10-10-2020 12:50am

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Beauty with them is unlike an ikad yiu can upgrade the memory. We got one of the kids a fire 7 last black Friday with a 32GB card and we always upgrade that.

Seriously impressive for the price.

Someone mentioned they had an issue using the seesaw app during lockdown, we had no problems.

The fire is a good but not great budget system. You can buy better direct from China if you don't care about names that are well known here.

Amazon return policy is sometimes worth it though considering returning to China if a pain in the arse generally and kills any saving you made in the first place.

ted1 · 10-10-2020 12:57am

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Eh? That his point. The uk will no longer be within the eu so anything shipping from there to Ireland will incur duty.

Duty is payable at the final destination by the way so even if it goes through another eu country, duty is payable here.

But can you not claim it back on exports, so it’ll be there will be no change , especially if they use bonded warehouses . Also many goods like electrical and sports equipment have 0 duty

killbillvol2 · 10-10-2020 1:04am

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Be not concerned my friends for I have personally kept Amazon going for the last six months. John my postman will bear this out

I moved house last month. Yesterday my postman and I chatted at the kitchen table over coffee after his daily delivery.

ted1 · 10-10-2020 1:13am

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I moved house last month. Yesterday my postman and I chatted at the kitchen table over coffee after his daily delivery.

My postman had stopped talking to me

naughto · 10-10-2020 9:48am

Chesty08 wrote: »

Cheers! I’ll mention this to electrician

But two connections in each room and 4 in both sitting room and kitchen run all the cables back to the attic when you can set up a comms cabinet with switch and connect router to switch so all rooms are live when you need it.

The J Stands for Jay · 10-10-2020 9:58am

naughto wrote: »

But two connections in each room and 4 in both sitting room and kitchen run all the cables back to the attic when you can set up a comms cabinet with switch and connect router to switch so all rooms are live when you need it.

It might be an idea to run a cable (or 2) from where you expect the internet to enter your house up to the attic. I can imagine the eir or whoever installer not wanting to do anything more than their usual basic setup.

Soarer · 10-10-2020 10:24am

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I moved house last month. Yesterday my postman and I chatted at the kitchen table over coffee after his daily delivery.

I’m sure the social-distancing brigade will be along soon to admonish you!

errlloyd · 10-10-2020 10:39am

Are PC components likely to be reduced. Fans, SSDs, ram etc? Halfway through a build I want to finish, but I'll wait if I have to.

Sheep Shagger · 10-10-2020 11:53am

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Amazon return policy is sometimes worth it though considering returning to China if a pain in the arse generally and kills any saving you made in the first place.

This is why I'd buy a Fire when on special, no issues with after sales support.

danois · 10-10-2020 12:27pm

A little off topic but I'm sure one of you fabulous lot in here can answer this for me!! I’ve just ordered iPhone 11 from Amazon.de saved over €200. I’m freaking out a bit even tho I choose my address and it showed properly when I got the confirmation it said posting to Danielle Wicklow Ireland! Is this normal on the .de site or do I need to contact them and make sure they enter the full address on the package!!

Thanks all.

10-10-2020 12:29pm

danois wrote: »

A little off topic but I'm sure one of you fabulous lot in here can answer this for me!! I’ve just ordered iPhone 11 from Amazon.de saved over €200. I’m freaking out a bit even tho I choose my address and it showed properly when I got the confirmation it said posting to Danielle Wicklow Ireland! Is this normal on the .de site or do I need to contact them and make sure they enter the full address on the package!!

Thanks all.

It doesn't show the full address in the email nor when you check the order details in your Amazon.de account?

Sheep Shagger · 10-10-2020 12:29pm

danois wrote: »

A little off topic but I'm sure one of you fabulous lot in here can answer this for me!! I’ve just ordered iPhone 11 from Amazon.de saved over €200. I’m freaking out a bit even tho I choose my address and it showed properly when I got the confirmation it said posting to Danielle Wicklow Ireland! Is this normal on the .de site or do I need to contact them and make sure they enter the full address on the package!!

Thanks all.

Email confirmation for my .co.uk purchases always use an abridged address and I get them all.

For my example my order last night says it is being delivered to

Sheep Shagger
Dublin

As long your full address is on your .de account you should be fine.

Marhay70 · 10-10-2020 1:02pm

Any ideas why Amazon.de will post some stuff to UK a non EU member but won't post to Ireland, a full EU member. I recently had to have a parcel sent to Parcel Wizard for delivery to me.

dan786 · 10-10-2020 1:17pm

Marhay70 wrote: »

Any ideas why Amazon.de will post some stuff to UK a non EU member but won't post to Ireland, a full EU member. I recently had to have a parcel sent to Parcel Wizard for delivery to me.

Most stuff I order from EU sites is fulfilled from their UK warehouses.

Also they have a better logistics channel between other EU warehouses and UK. With one in Rathcoole now, services may start to improve here also.

Monokne · 10-10-2020 1:18pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Email confirmation for my .co.uk purchases always use an abridged address and I get them all.

For my example my order last night says it is being delivered to

Sheep Shagger
Dublin

As long your full address is on your .de account you should be fine.

And here was me thinking that wasn't your real name.

Marhay70 · 10-10-2020 1:39pm

dan786 wrote: »

Most stuff I order from EU sites is fulfilled from their UK warehouses.

Also they have a better logistics channel between other EU warehouses and UK. With one in Rathcoole now, services may start to improve here also.

Yep but this item specifically said " does not post to selected address", it wasn't available in the UK. I've come across this several times, It was ironic because I had a small value item on another order (approx €1) which couldn't be fulfilled from UK and was posted to me from Germany.
Any idea when the Rathcoole warehouse is coming on stream? It'll be interesting to see what volumes of stock and what lines they carry there, at the moment it's virtually impossible to get a replacement battery shipped here from anywhere.

GBX · 10-10-2020 1:40pm

Not sale related but ordered an item on Thur. Said it would be delivered Tuesday. But woke to a notification that An Post attempted delivery at 3.05am and will try again. Nothing in the letter box to say they tried which I doubt they did. Strange though.

MisterAnarchy · 10-10-2020 2:07pm

errlloyd wrote: »

Are PC components likely to be reduced. Fans, SSDs, ram etc? Halfway through a build I want to finish, but I'll wait if I have to.

They werent reduced the last few years .
Stuff like the MX2 mouse is usually reduced and other mice and keyboards but hardware I've rarely seen any bargains.

ted1 · 10-10-2020 2:08pm

Marhay70 wrote: »

Any ideas why Amazon.de will post some stuff to UK a non EU member but won't post to Ireland, a full EU member. I recently had to have a parcel sent to Parcel Wizard for delivery to me.

Could be air fright to Ireland vs boat to UK.
Batteries can’t travel by air.

Marhay70 · 10-10-2020 2:24pm

ted1 wrote: »

Could be air fright to Ireland vs boat to UK.
Batteries can’t travel by air.

You can't get batteries shipped to NI either, they would presumably travel by boat.
It's a strange one. You can buy a device that needs a battery, e.g, a cordless drill and have it shipped here c/w battery but you can't have a spare battery shipped here. This might sense to some people but I'm not one of them. Anyway the item that wouldn't ship to R.O.I from Germany did not require batteries.

10-10-2020 2:26pm

Marhay70 wrote: »

Any ideas why Amazon.de will post some stuff to UK a non EU member but won't post to Ireland, a full EU member. I recently had to have a parcel sent to Parcel Wizard for delivery to me.

Link to the item?

ablelocks · 10-10-2020 3:04pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Building a new house, should be ready by early January... first fixings starting start of November... Anyone got any good suggestions to get from an electrical / technology perspective?

Surround sound, WiFi enhancer, alarm system... etc???

richersounds forum for audio visual

home automation forum for your alarm system

re cat 6 - i got my whole house wired with cat 5 to all rooms 10 years ago. The only rooms that are hard wired are the sitting room, playroom and home office/box room. The rest are redundant as we have fibre to the home broadband and a mesh network. Get some advice on this as it could save you a good bit of cash that you can divert to your surround sound and 75" tv.

if you see the eir or kn group employees working nearby, just ask them to call to your house and give you some advice on the positioning of the entry point for the cable and the cabling to where you'll put the internet box. Most are sound and won't mind calling to you.

marklazarcovic · 10-10-2020 3:32pm

GBX wrote: »

Not sale related but ordered an item on Thur. Said it would be delivered Tuesday. But woke to a notification that An Post attempted delivery at 3.05am and will try again. Nothing in the letter box to say they tried which I doubt they did. Strange though.

There are no deliveries at 3am ,pm? There is a country wide parcel delivery today and next Saturday by an post,rural and city.

stockshares · 10-10-2020 4:39pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Building a new house, should be ready by early January... first fixings starting start of November... Anyone got any good suggestions to get from an electrical / technology perspective?

Surround sound, WiFi enhancer, alarm system... etc???

You might need WiFi extenders especially if it's a big house in a rural area.

Adrian Weckler has an article on just your situation. He recommends TP Link M5 extenders or Google Nest in the article below. If you can't read it because you don't have subscription let me know and I'll post the whole article.
https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/ask-adrian-our-technology-editor-tackles-your-trickiest-tech-problems-39602895.html

However Amazon have an Eero range on sale which has great reviews . You can buy 1,2 or 3 pack extenders.

A 3 pack is better for a large house. Basically put one extender on each level of the house

These will work for 4g or Broadband.

F1ngers · 10-10-2020 4:55pm

GBX wrote: »

Not sale related but ordered an item on Thur. Said it would be delivered Tuesday. But woke to a notification that An Post attempted delivery at 3.05am and will try again. Nothing in the letter box to say they tried which I doubt they did. Strange though.

My attempted delivery notification was at 4:02am.
I'd say there was a glitch in the matrix.

GBX · 10-10-2020 4:58pm

marklazarcovic wrote: »

There are no deliveries at 3am ,pm? There is a country wide parcel delivery today and next Saturday by an post,rural and city.

No. Was definitely "attempted delivery" at 3am. I was just surprised of the notification as I wasn't expecting it till during the week.

Amazon Prime Day - 13th/14th October 2020

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