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Ordered from amazon.co.uk lately?

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    #242
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    we are a very small part of Amazons business so they have pushed our orders to the back of the queue

    yup. it's just frustrating now to spend a large chunk of money on something, then waiting almost 2 weeks for delivery. I've tried sourcing some of the same things in ireland, and the cost difference or availability is miles apart, so stuck waiting.


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    #243
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,853 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Waiting over a week now for a bag of weed from the UK. I was paying a bill in the post office the other day and the lady working there said it's taking some things a month from the UK. Apparently the sorting offices over there and here are far busier than Xmas time.


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    #244
    lisasimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lisasimpson


    JohnFalstaff wrote: »
    Amazon has gotten very slow alright.

    On the other hand I ordered something online for the first time from Lifestyle Sports yesterday around lunchtime and it was delivered this morning!

    I have gotten into the habit of relying on Amazon for online shopping but I'm going to make an effort to start using more local retailers.

    I ordered from lifestyle sports too recently quickest delivery ive come across. Highly recommend..

    Also Cummins sport in Cork They hsve included hand written notes thanking you for your custom at this time. Nice touch I thought


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    #245
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,224 ✭✭✭This is it


    lisasimpson wrote: »
    I ordered from lifestyle sports too recently quickest delivery ive come across. Highly recommend..

    Yep! Ordered Saturday afternoon and was here first thing Monday morning. Decent!


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    #246
    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,955 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    I ordered something 18 days ago on amazon.uk

    This is what I saw when I look at the order

    We'll e-mail you when we have a delivery date
    We'll dispatch your order as soon as possible.
    This usually happens when an item doesn't have a release date, it's pre-ordered, or it's out of stock.


    Was I unlucky or is it a waste of time ordering anything off amazon these days because of the pandemic?

    I canceled the order but might buy from a different seller.


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    #247
    Infini
    Registered Users Posts: 4,573 ✭✭✭Infini


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    I ordered something 18 days ago on amazon.uk

    This is what I saw when I look at the order

    We'll e-mail you when we have a delivery date
    We'll dispatch your order as soon as possible.
    This usually happens when an item doesn't have a release date, it's pre-ordered, or it's out of stock.


    Was I unlucky or is it a waste of time ordering anything off amazon these days because of the pandemic?

    I canceled the order but might buy from a different seller.

    Tried ordering a monitor from amazon.de/amazon.fr/amazon.co.uk and its all the same they arent even dispatching the items or giving even estimated shipping dates even waiting 3 weeks.

    Honestly I've just reached the point that I wont get anything from amazon till the autumn as anything that you want that cant be bought here simply wont get shipped at all.


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    #248
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Infini wrote: »
    Tried ordering a monitor from amazon.de/amazon.fr/amazon.co.uk and its all the same they arent even dispatching the items or giving even estimated shipping dates even waiting 3 weeks.

    Honestly I've just reached the point that I wont get anything from amazon till the autumn as anything that you want that cant be bought here simply wont get shipped at all.

    Remember a lot of stuff is made in China and they were shut down. Lot of electronics are out of stock


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    #249
    Kerry25x
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭Kerry25x


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    Was I unlucky or is it a waste of time ordering anything off amazon these days because of the pandemic?

    I canceled the order but might buy from a different seller.

    You were either unlucky or else you didn't notice when you bought it that it wasn't currently in stock. I order stuff off Amazon every other day and haven't had this happen yet.


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    #250
    Infini
    Registered Users Posts: 4,573 ✭✭✭Infini


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Remember a lot of stuff is made in China and they were shut down. Lot of electronics are out of stock

    No these item's are in stock as they're amazon warehouse items. They simply are flat out not shipping things it seems from Europe.


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    #251
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Infini wrote: »
    No these item's are in stock as they're amazon warehouse items. They simply are flat out not shipping things it seems from Europe.

    Odd, many electronics, dvd's, clothes been ordered from amazon in the last week or so in the house and nothing like no lead times.


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    #252
    Kerry25x
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭Kerry25x


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Odd, many electronics, dvd's, clothes been ordered from amazon in the last week or so in the house and nothing like no lead times.

    Do people still buy DVDs?


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    #253
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Kerry25x wrote: »
    Do people still buy DVDs?

    yep, and bluerays, usually the old westerns and odd scifi that you cant get elsewhere


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    #254
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,740 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Kerry25x wrote: »
    Do people still buy DVDs?

    I do. Mostly archive television shows. Films - usually Blu Ray.
    Most of what I am interested in is not available on Netflix - plus it's nice to own it rather than renting.


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    #255
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Is anybody else getting notification emails with orders that only list the price, but not the actual item itself ?
    This seems to be a recent change

    I find this really annoying as you can't verify the order without clicking on the link to open the order.


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    #256
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,179 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    deadl0ck wrote: »
    Is anybody else getting notification emails with orders that only list the price, but not the actual item itself ?
    This seems to be a recent change

    I find this really annoying as you can't verify the order without clicking on the link to open the order.

    they've been doing that for a while


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    #257
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,752 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Maybe I just got lucky but I ordered a few things on the 18th and they all arrived this morning. I ordered something off Pigsback(which I believe is Irish) at the beginning of April and it only got here last week. Certainly not seeing the Amazon bias against Irish orders that some were claiming.


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    #258
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ordered 22 May- expected date June 4th- has yet to dispatch-at least it’s coming directly to my door as opposed to parcel motel which could take another week or so to arrive. If it does arrive by June 4th it just shows how long things are taking to the dispatch stage


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    #259
    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    From what I can tell any heavy or oversized items (like TVs) are just not shipping at all. They get stuck at 'waiting for dispatch' and never progress. I've contacted the customer support repeatedly about this but get nowhere.

    I've ordered a few smaller things that ship fine, if a little slower than the normal 1-2 day prime delivery time.


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    #260
    GinSoaked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭GinSoaked


    deconduo wrote: »
    From what I can tell any heavy or oversized items (like TVs) are just not shipping at all. They get stuck at 'waiting for dispatch' and never progress. I've contacted the customer support repeatedly about this but get nowhere.

    I've ordered a few smaller things that ship fine, if a little slower than the normal 1-2 day prime delivery time.

    I had a 27 inch monitor delivered this week Amazon Prime with An Post. About 10 days to get picked (may not have been in stock) then 3 days from when they said it was sent.


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    #261
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Maybe I just got lucky but I ordered a few things on the 18th and they all arrived this morning. I ordered something off Pigsback(which I believe is Irish) at the beginning of April and it only got here last week. Certainly not seeing the Amazon bias against Irish orders that some were claiming.

    You would have had those items on the 19th or 20th if you were in the UK.


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    #262
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    I ordered something to my folks house in the north, arrived in 2 days.
    Same item it would have taken 10 days...doesn't make a huge amount of sense


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    #263
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    Set incognito mode chrome with address just across the border in North. Delivery by 2nd June

    Change to my address in Ireland, delivery 9th june. thats a mess.


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    #264
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,740 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    deadl0ck wrote: »
    Is anybody else getting notification emails with orders that only list the price, but not the actual item itself ?
    This seems to be a recent change

    I find this really annoying as you can't verify the order without clicking on the link to open the order.


    Or the latest that only lists a bit of the address

    John
    Newbridge
    Irland


    But when you go into it, the full address appears


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    #265
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    A lot of their CS support appears to have shifted from Ireland and the UK to the Philippines.

    They used be proactive problem solvers who'd look after you really well. Now if there's an issue, responses seem generic and in many cases frustrating and just downright shoddy.


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    #266
    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    I ordered something 18 days ago on amazon.uk

    This is what I saw when I look at the order

    We'll e-mail you when we have a delivery date
    We'll dispatch your order as soon as possible.
    This usually happens when an item doesn't have a release date, it's pre-ordered, or it's out of stock.


    Was I unlucky or is it a waste of time ordering anything off amazon these days because of the pandemic?

    I canceled the order but might buy from a different seller.

    Is it a heavy item?


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    #267
    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    Krombopulos Michael wrote: »
    Set incognito mode chrome with address just across the border in North. Delivery by 2nd June

    Change to my address in Ireland, delivery 9th june. thats a mess.

    Same here ridiculous, wonder are they just testing what the market will bear, if enough people order, complaining and cancel they might cop on.


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    #268
    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,955 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    autumnalcore wrote: »
    Is it a heavy item?



    A duvet.

    I ordered from a different company since.


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    #269
    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    autumnalcore wrote: »
    Same here ridiculous, wonder are they just testing what the market will bear, if enough people order, complaining and cancel they might cop on.

    I contacted customer service and complained and they kept saying it was due to pandemic.

    I showed the example between NI and Ireland delivery times and after ten minutes, he gave me one month prime refunded and said would refer the issue on.


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    #270
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,224 ✭✭✭This is it


    I got a month prime refunded very easily. I said 2-3 times that while I understand there's a pandemic, they advertise faster delivery with prime and I wasn't getting faster times but standard times the same as those that didn't pay for prime. I got a few excuses but all in all about 10 messages between us both and I was refunded.


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    #271
    scotchy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭scotchy


    This is it wrote: »
    I got a month prime refunded very easily. I said 2-3 times that while I understand there's a pandemic, they advertise faster delivery with prime and I wasn't getting faster times but standard times the same as those that didn't pay for prime. I got a few excuses but all in all about 10 messages between us both and I was refunded.

    Just got the same. They offered €7 origanally and upped that to a month refunded when I pushed it.

    Edit. The last straw for me was ordering something yesterday that said 1 day delivery, but when I ordered with my Irish address tracking says 12 June delivery.

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