Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread

Glebee · 11-04-2021 11:16am

I got my last Amazon delivery by An Post and it was on Easter Monday morning.. We never get post of a bank holiday.

Aquos76 · 11-04-2021 11:32am

Glebee wrote: »

I got my last Amazon delivery by An Post and it was on Easter Monday morning.. We never get post of a bank holiday.

I explained this in another thread, there were no overnight deliveries into An Post depots on good Friday night so there were no parcel deliveries on the Saturday, hence they carried out parcel deliveries on Easter Monday instead. Also some depots carried out parcel deliveries on St Patricks day this year, that was optional overtime, due to how busy An Post are with non essential retailers still closed.

joebloggs32 · 11-04-2021 11:36am

Glebee wrote: »

I got my last Amazon delivery by An Post and it was on Easter Monday morning.. We never get post of a bank holiday.

Same too.

I asked the postman why were they delivering on a bank holiday.

He said it was parcels only as they were backed up with them.

_Kaiser_ · 11-04-2021 12:28pm

Kamu wrote: »

There has always been someone at home to collect the deliveries so far so I can't speak directly, however I have taken 3 packages this year which were my neighbours. The driver just knocked in my door and asked would I take them and I said yes nay bother.

I know for one of those packages my neighbour knocked in for it as they got a notification on the app to say the package was left in with a neighbour.

Hmm... like yourself I've been home (or stayed home when I knew it was due that day), but that's not a great process.

Fine if you get on with your neighbours or know them, but if that's the only solution it's a shaky one. What if the neighbours are out too?

Caranica · 11-04-2021 12:30pm

I got an order refunded (it was only a cheap wireless mouse) when they left it in with a neighbour I won't go near.

Note on my account now saying don't leave with neighbours.

amber2 · 11-04-2021 12:33pm

Cobretti wrote: »

Possibly using the wrong thread. Items purchased 2 months ago, worth about 60€. Yesterday got message from DHL that duty/tax and advance fee needs to be payed to get these items delivered. Fee is jsut over 50€

Purchased two items on Amazon yesterday, separately Incase it made a difference amounting to £56 and duty/tax is coming in at £11.16 so something amiss there. Sorry for the confusion.

Edit : thanks to all who replied but I am not saying the duty charges on my purchases are incorrect just that cobretti €50 on a €60 spend seems excessive as my £56 would work out at roughly €60 and incurred an £11 charge.

SourSessions · 11-04-2021 12:38pm

amber2 wrote:

Purchased two items on Amazon yesterday, separately Incase it made a difference amounting to Â£56 and duty/tax is coming in at Â£11.16 so something amiss there.

DHL will add on their own fee as well in this kinda of situation but it still seems a lot.

Hy Gieni · 11-04-2021 12:44pm

Aquos76 wrote: »

I explained this in another thread, there were no overnight deliveries into An Post depots on good Friday night so there were no parcel deliveries on the Saturday, hence they carried out parcel deliveries on Easter Monday instead. Also some depots carried out parcel deliveries on St Patricks day this year, that was optional overtime, due to how busy An Post are with non essential retailers still closed.

They closed Little Island Sorting Office.
Logic was never a strong point with semi-state companies

amber2 · 11-04-2021 12:45pm

SourSessions wrote: »

DHL will add on their own fee as well in this kinda of situation but it still seems a lot.

It’s usually an post delivery, do they also hit you with this charge?

SourSessions · 11-04-2021 12:48pm

amber2 wrote:

Itâ€™s usually an post delivery, do they also hit you with this charge?

Yes. All of them add their own charge for collecting VAT/duty.

JoyPad · 11-04-2021 1:22pm

amber2 wrote: »

Purchased two items on Amazon yesterday, separately Incase it made a difference amounting to £56 and duty/tax is coming in at £11.16 so something amiss there.

Amazon collects 21% for Irish VAT.
For some reason I cannot fathom, they charge the 21% on the amount before discounts (more on that further down).

So:
27.13 * 21% = 5.70
25.99 * 21% = 5.46

They should charge you 21% of the amount after discount though, e.g.
25.13 * 21% = 5.28
19.99 * 21% = 4.20

After they pay the VAT for your items to Irish Revenue, you will be refunded the difference. This might not be exactly the difference between the amounts you see above, because the Irish VAT will be paid in Euro, and they will cover any currency conversion fees from that. But you can expect a refund for each of these, for something small, ~40p on the first one, and maybe ~1 quid on the second one.

Sleeper12 · 11-04-2021 1:34pm

amber2 wrote:

Purchased two items on Amazon yesterday, separately Incase it made a difference amounting to Â£56 and duty/tax is coming in at Â£11.16 so something amiss there.

That seems exactly right. Customs add the delivery charge to the sale price. Even if amazon discounted/refunded the delivery it is still part of the original price. This brought both of your orders above the Irish VAT threshold. Vat is 23 percent so 11.16 is just about right.

If you were a prime member then it would have no delivery fee. With no delivery fee you would have had some chance of escaping the Irish VAT

Sleeper12 · 11-04-2021 1:39pm

JoyPad wrote:

Amazon collects 21% for Irish VAT. For some reason I cannot fathom, they charge the 21% on the amount before discounts (more on that further down).

Irish vat is 23 percent. It was only 21 percent for a few months.

JoyPad wrote:

They should charge you 21% of the amount after discount though, e.g. 25.13 * 21% = 5.28 19.99 * 21% = 4.20

Customs charge vat/duty on the cost of the item plus delivery fee. If amazon shows a delivery discount costoms will charge vat on the delivery. The only way to escape this is to a prime member where there is no delivery charge. They don't show it on the invoice so no vat payable

11-04-2021 2:22pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Irish vat is 23 percent. It was only 21 percent for a few months.

It's still 21% on Amazon (for now).

grogi · 11-04-2021 2:47pm

Basq wrote: »

That's your problem.. Amazon aren't liable to collect fees on behalf of third party seller as far as I'm aware.

Fees of €50 on a €60 purchase doesn't sound right though

DHL has extravagant handling fee, which is added before tax and duty...

Kintarō Hattori · 11-04-2021 11:07pm

FileNotFound wrote: »

Not sure it's a nationality thing but defo some arse delivery guys now.

Have had plenty of packages dumped out the front of the gaff.

Also had a dpd guy ring bell, open my front door (was on the way down the stairs) and throw a package inside only to walk away with door left open.

Assume they are under pressure

Our DPD fella is from Lithuania and is delightful. Really pleasant. Just had to point it out as they do get a lot of flak.

Are we back to 2 day deliveries? I'm finding things to be fierce quick at the moment.

guil · 12-04-2021 6:34am

I ordered a couple of things Saturday evening and all due for delivery today. Few more bits I ordered Thursday arrived on Saturday too

antodeco · 12-04-2021 8:56am

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Our DPD fella is from Lithuania and is delightful. Really pleasant. Just had to point it out as they do get a lot of flak.

Are we back to 2 day deliveries? I'm finding things to be fierce quick at the moment.

For alot of stuff it seems to be 2 days. Obviously I think this depends on if it's in the Irish warehouse or not

gussieg · 12-04-2021 12:14pm

so the irish warehouse is definitely up and running?
makes sense some stuff available at really short delivery times.

Aquos76 · 12-04-2021 12:19pm

gussieg wrote: »

so the irish warehouse is definitely up and running?
makes sense some stuff available at really short delivery times.

The stuff I ordered on Saturday lunchtime definitely didnt come from an Irish warehouse anyway, it left UK sat night, arrived into Dublin lunchtime yesterday and delivered to Waterford this morning, many of my sold by and fulfilled by amazon orders over the last couple of weeks are back to 2 day delivery again, thankfully.

Aquos76 · 12-04-2021 12:22pm

Oh and just a heads up for those that were looking for Firesticks recently, Argos have stocks of both of NON 4K versions again. Argos never stocked the 4k version here as far as I know.

killbillvol2 · 12-04-2021 12:43pm

Aquos76 wrote: »

The stuff I ordered on Saturday lunchtime definitely didnt come from an Irish warehouse anyway, it left UK sat night, arrived into Dublin lunchtime yesterday and delivered to Waterford this morning, many of my sold by and fulfilled by amazon orders over the last couple of weeks are back to 2 day delivery again, thankfully.

Everything I've ordered has come from the UK bar one bulky item that came from Italy. Delivery speeds are back to 2 days for me too. I haven't received anything that originated here. I'd be curious to know what exactly they do keep in the Irish warehouse.

dashcamdanny · 12-04-2021 2:19pm

gussieg wrote: »

so the irish warehouse is definitely up and running?
makes sense some stuff available at really short delivery times.

well I ordered that 64gb usb drive on the no chat page yesterday at about 3pm. Its arriving today. Too quick for the UK. I rekon it is up and running.

mgbgt1978 · 12-04-2021 3:35pm

There will usually be a Warehouse code on the bottom of the Amazon Address label. This should tell you where the order was sent from.
https://transporteca.co.uk/amazon-fulfillment-center-locations/

Marhay70 · 12-04-2021 7:13pm

dashcamdanny wrote: »

well I ordered that 64gb usb drive on the no chat page yesterday at about 3pm. Its arriving today. Too quick for the UK. I rekon it is up and running.

I think the Irish warehouse only supplies the greater Dublin area, possibly including Kildare and Meath. I have had many deliveries this year and all have been by An Post, I'm in Wexford.

fjon · 12-04-2021 10:02pm

Marhay70 wrote: »

I think the Irish warehouse only supplies the greater Dublin area, possibly including Kildare and Meath. I have had many deliveries this year and all have been by An Post, I'm in Wexford.

I'm in Wicklow and pretty much all my deliveries come from the warehouse/ Amazon drivers also.

bennyx_o · 12-04-2021 10:13pm

Is the warehouse in Rathcoole not just a last mile warehouse with them looking (or possibly securing) one close to Baldonnel to hold actual stock?

tnegun · 12-04-2021 10:33pm

In Kildare here and 95% of my Amazon deliveries are by Amazon contracted drivers with the exception coming via An Post now. I've even had 3 different drivers delivering on a Sunday! Its a while since that happened it I think it was the last Sunday before Christmas but I'd still regularly get 2 drops a day one in the afternoon and the other early evening.

Nigel Fairservice · 12-04-2021 11:01pm

Most of my deliveries are Amazon now, Kilkenny.

Marhay70 · 13-04-2021 9:27am

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

Most of my deliveries are Amazon now, Kilkenny.

Interesting, Wicklow doesn't surprise me as it's a border county of Dublin but I didn't realise they were going as far as Kilkenny, which is roughly the same distance as to where I live, although more direct.
I wonder do they actually pick orders in Dublin or is it just a staging post.

oleras · 13-04-2021 9:29am

dashcamdanny wrote: »

well I ordered that 64gb usb drive on the no chat page yesterday at about 3pm. Its arriving today. Too quick for the UK. I rekon it is up and running.

Speaking of...have you done a speed test on it ? I have and it seems standard USB2 speed, deffo not 10x faster. Using UCB3 slots of course.

ED E · 13-04-2021 11:30am

Marhay70 wrote: »

Interesting, Wicklow doesn't surprise me as it's a border county of Dublin but I didn't realise they were going as far as Kilkenny, which is roughly the same distance as to where I live, although more direct.
I wonder do they actually pick orders in Dublin or is it just a staging post.

Dublin just has a delivery station (Truck -> Van). FC plans were announced more recently.

Marhay70 · 13-04-2021 12:47pm

ED E wrote: »

Dublin just has a delivery station (Truck -> Van). FC plans were announced more recently.

Got a link?

wes · 13-04-2021 12:58pm

Marhay70 wrote: »

Got a link?

Irish Amazon customers to bypass Brexit barriers as it plans Dublin distribution centre

Knockieranlady · 13-04-2021 2:07pm

fjon wrote: »

I'm in Wicklow and pretty much all my deliveries come from the warehouse/ Amazon drivers also.

I’m in blessington and have only ever had An Post deliver my deliveries. I have ordered several times since Christmas so regular Prime customer

Marhay70 · 13-04-2021 3:23pm

I don't understand how, if orders are not being picked in Dublin, people are getting overnight delivery in some parts. In my experience, the longest delay with UK is from ordering to dispatch. I think the shortest delivery time I've had is three days and that's since Brexit, it was coming from London according to the info posted on this thread a little while ago.

PreCocious · 13-04-2021 3:43pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Are we back to 2 day deliveries? I'm finding things to be fierce quick at the moment.

I ordered a phone case on the UK site on Wed 7th, dispatched from Germany 10 April and due on Friday. Ordered something else on Thursday and it arrived yesterday.

grogi · 13-04-2021 4:10pm

Marhay70 wrote: »

I don't understand how, if orders are not being picked in Dublin, people are getting overnight delivery in some parts. In my experience, the longest delay with UK is from ordering to dispatch. I think the shortest delivery time I've had is three days and that's since Brexit, it was coming from London according to the info posted on this thread a little while ago.

That is the delay from ordering to being handled to Irish carrier. Your parcel gets onto the Ireland bound truck the same night as you placed the order. It gets to Ireland next day and is being handled over to local carrier that evening or even next day. That's when you see the 'dispatched' notice.

killbillvol2 · 13-04-2021 4:14pm

I ordered a phone Sunday afternoon. Shipped Sunday night.

Monday morning cleared customs at Trafford Park (same route as 90% of my orders). Dublin mail centre Monday night. Delivered Waterford this morning.

Anything that's sorted in Dublin before about 1 am will be delivered in Waterford next morning in normal times.

I'm presuming that Dublin orders go from Trafford Park to Rathcoole and are pushed out for delivery all day?

MugsGame · 13-04-2021 6:15pm

I typically receive fulfilled by Amazon packages by Prime in 2 days, sometimes 1 (depending on when I order). I can order on a Friday evening and receive it in Dublin less than 48 hours later. I believe these are originating in the UK or on the continent, not IE (yet). Amazing compared even to Irish merchants.

Sheep Shagger · 13-04-2021 6:46pm

Nothing picked in Ireland yet, the label on your box will have where it was shipped from using these codes.

United KingdomEnglandRugeley (BHX1)
CambridgeCoalville (BHX2)
Daventry (BHX3)
Coventry (BHX4)
Rugby (BHX5)
Redditch (BHX6)
Bristol (BRS1)
Stoke-on-Trent (CST9, DST1)Banbury,
Oxfordshire (DOX2)
Kegworth (EMA1)
Mansfield (EMA2)
Peterborough (EUK5)
Doncaster (LBA1, LBA2, LBA3, LBA4)
Tilbury (LCY2)
Rochester, Kent (LCY8)
Ridgmont, Milton Keynes (LTN1)
HemelHempstead (LTN2)
Dunstable (LTN4)
Manchester (MAN1)
Warrington (MAN2)
Bolton (MAN3)
Chesterfield(MAN4)
Haydock (MAN8)
Darlington (MME1)
Bowburn, Durham (MME2)
ScotlandDunfermline (EDI4)
Gourock (GLA1)
WalesCrymlyn Burrows, Swansea (CWL1)[174][175][176]

fryup · 13-04-2021 9:36pm

sure it'll take the guts of a year to get that amazon dispatch centre up & running

ED E · 13-04-2021 10:06pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I ordered a phone Sunday afternoon. Shipped Sunday night.

Monday morning cleared customs at Trafford Park (same route as 90% of my orders). Dublin mail centre Monday night. Delivered Waterford this morning.

Anything that's sorted in Dublin before about 1 am will be delivered in Waterford next morning in normal times.

I'm presuming that Dublin orders go from Trafford Park to Rathcoole and are pushed out for delivery all day?

Thats "slow" as it were. AMZL orders often arrive 25 to 30hrs after order for me. For you it should be Orgininal FC->Manchester or LCY -> DUB -> DMC -> Your DSU -> You. Once it hits the DMC its up to An Post how it progresses.

fryup wrote: »

sure it'll take the guts of a year to get that amazon dispatch centre up & running

Buildings are already up in the rumored location, if they lease em they only have to add the guts. No planning, no consultations. Might be faster than you think.

_Kaiser_ · 14-04-2021 8:08am

ED E wrote: »

Buildings are already up in the rumored location, if they lease em they only have to add the guts. No planning, no consultations. Might be faster than you think.

For sure.. this is Amazon after all. Resources to make it happen ASAP won't be a problem.

Marhay70 · 14-04-2021 9:23am

July will do, I'm quite happy to take advantage of the VAT situation until then. I have a sneaking suspicion that prices from .IE will never be as cheap as .UK.

bennyineire · 14-04-2021 9:50am

I wonder will they sell alcohol in the new Irish center when it's up and running

OU812 · 14-04-2021 9:52am

I wonder if they’d introduce Amazon Fresh here if they’re going to have a proper infrastructure in place.

Friend of mine uses it all the time in the US and another occasionally in the U.K. and both praise it very highly.

dulpit · 14-04-2021 10:26am

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Nothing picked in Ireland yet, the label on your box will have where it was shipped from using these codes.

United KingdomEnglandRugeley (BHX1)
CambridgeCoalville (BHX2)
Daventry (BHX3)
Coventry (BHX4)
Rugby (BHX5)
Redditch (BHX6)
Bristol (BRS1)
Stoke-on-Trent (CST9, DST1)Banbury,
Oxfordshire (DOX2)
Kegworth (EMA1)
Mansfield (EMA2)
Peterborough (EUK5)
Doncaster (LBA1, LBA2, LBA3, LBA4)
Tilbury (LCY2)
Rochester, Kent (LCY8)
Ridgmont, Milton Keynes (LTN1)
HemelHempstead (LTN2)
Dunstable (LTN4)
Manchester (MAN1)
Warrington (MAN2)
Bolton (MAN3)
Chesterfield(MAN4)
Haydock (MAN8)
Darlington (MME1)
Bowburn, Durham (MME2)
ScotlandDunfermline (EDI4)
Gourock (GLA1)
WalesCrymlyn Burrows, Swansea (CWL1)[174][175][176]

I like how the codes they use are the closest airport (e.g. Bolton is Manchester, Darlington is Teeside).

Fun fact: I worked for Amazon Customer Service back in 2009, and there were 4 fulfilment centres in UK. I think it was Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh and there was 2 centres in one of those cities. Mad how much it's grown...

_Kaiser_ · 14-04-2021 10:28am

bennyineire wrote: »

I wonder will they sell alcohol in the new Irish center when it's up and running

OU812 wrote: »

I wonder if they’d introduce Amazon Fresh here if they’re going to have a proper infrastructure in place.

Friend of mine uses it all the time in the US and another occasionally in the U.K. and both praise it very highly.

I can imagine the VFI, and the likes of Dunnes and Supervalu strongly objecting to that unfortunately.

fryup · 14-04-2021 10:40am

bennyineire wrote: »

I wonder will they sell alcohol in the new Irish center when it's up and running

oh yes!

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