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Amazon not shipping to Ireland?

  • 04-05-2006 5:39pm
    #1
    Loco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭


    I tried buying a pair of headphones there too and my address stopped me from buying them.

    Few people i know couldn't buy electronics stuff from them either because of their Irish addresses

    Anyone know why they changed their shipping rules?


Comments

  • #2
    digitaldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    I think other companies use Amazon to sell their products and they sometimes apply their own shipping terms and conditions.


  • #3
    Smoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Smoggy


    Its as digitaldr said, Amazon sells products for other companies, if the third party dont ship out of the UK then your are stuffed.


  • #4
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    They certainly don't supply any kind of large electronic goods (e.g. TVs over a certain size) to Ireland (even on shopireland.ie) , but for headphones I'd guess it's down to the supplier.


  • #5
    Ro-76
    Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Ro-76


    MOH wrote:
    They certainly don't supply any kind of large electronic goods (e.g. TVs over a certain size) to Ireland (even on shopireland.ie) , but for headphones I'd guess it's down to the supplier.
    That must have changed - I bought a DVD surround sound system from them about 2 years ago. That was amazon.co.uk.

    Ro


  • #6
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Yes, for reasons unknown, they've changed their policies:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/524836/ref=cs_hd_lp_5/026-8462836-2101214#electric

    I'll be buying a lot less from there now.


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  • #7
    fjon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    Another post about it here.


  • #8
    davidmdickens
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭davidmdickens


    Try www.shopireland.com


  • #9
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    davidmdickens wrote:
    Try www.shopireland.com

    ShopIreland is just Amazon with the prices converted to euro.


  • #10
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    byte wrote:
    Yes, for reasons unknown, they've changed their policies:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/524836/ref=cs_hd_lp_5/026-8462836-2101214#electric

    I'll be buying a lot less from there now.

    Just saw in today's IT it's because of the WEEE directive, since they're now supposed to take back old electrical equipment when supplying new stuff. They're in talks with the Government to try to sort it out, so it should be a temporary thing.

    But this could start being a problem with other foreign online suppliers :(


  • #11
    masterK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,757 ✭✭✭masterK


    MOH wrote:
    But this could start being a problem with other foreign online suppliers :(

    Good point, it doesn't apply to just foreign online stores though, any online business would have difficultly adhering to the WEEE directive, if they are obliged to accept your old electrical items this may prove very problamatic, unless of course they allow you to post your old items back at your own expense.

    With the WEEE directive being implemented Europe wide it will be interesting to see how this one pans out.


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