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Amazon's depot is in Cork, so why do we get charged for airmail shipping?

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  • 31-01-2009 8:15pm
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    Amtmann
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    I buy an awful lot of books online from Amazon.co.uk. The notifications that Amazon send to my email advising me that my "order has despatched" always say that they've been shipped "via An Post". This is hardly surprising, since Amazon's depot is in Cork City. I get the impression that I'm being charged airmail rates for items processed entirely within this country. Am I right?
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    dudara
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    I thought that it was a call centre in Cork. Open to correction though.

    I think that their main warehouse in somewhere in England.


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    Gauge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    Yeah, Cork is where their Customer Services Centre is located.


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    Amtmann
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    But the parcels are dispatched from there, by An Post.


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    Ogham
    Registered Users Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Ogham


    Furet wrote: »
    But the parcels are dispatched from there, by An Post.
    I don't think so - they just say AN Post in the emails because they know you are in Ireland and they know that An POst will be the final company to handle it. It's just a bit better than saying "Royal Mail" for everyone.
    There is no Amazon warehouse in Ireland. (yet)


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    fugazied
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    I've often wondered that. No products at cork so we have to pay to get it shipped in e.gif


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