Amazon Prices for Ireland

asmith

Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I thought it might be of interest to bargin hunters.

As you may know, Amazon will quote a euro price for stuff on their website but only on the very last page of the checkout process (where they convert it to Euro and add on Irish VAT). This is a bit of a pain so I've put together a GreaseMonkey script that shows you the euro price of an item (including Irish VAT) when you're on the product details page. It can be installed from here. If you'd like more details you can find them on my blog.

witnessmenow

Hey,

Installed it and seems pretty good.

I cant java script but know how to program, so i had a look at the source, its pretty simple, yet clever the way you did it.

Just a quick question:

rate = rate + 0.04;

Is this just get the exchange rate and making it more similar to the "real" exchange rate that you are going to get off the banks or whatever?

LightningBolt

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asmith

witnessmenow wrote: »

rate = rate + 0.04;

Is this just get the exchange rate and making it more similar to the "real" exchange rate that you are going to get off the banks or whatever?

That's it exactly witnessmenow. Glad you like it.

dunworth1

just installed it

its great really good. makes things easier

dmcg90

Didn't the vat rate rise starting from today?

nevaeh-2die-4

can you tell how much this will be ?

im thinking of buying it, i didnt know vat was added extra. its £159.99

xe says it converts to E180.59

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-Capture-Definition-Hardware-Encoders/dp/B001M0MY10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262383231&sr=8-1-spell

grimm2005

very handy, thanks op

witnessmenow

dmcg90 wrote: »

Didn't the vat rate rise starting from today?

var IRISH_VAT_RATE = 0.21;
var UK_VAT_RATE = 0.175;

He has the current VAT rates correct

ShooterSF

Thanks OP. Fantastic.

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

can you tell how much this will be ?

im thinking of buying it, i didnt know vat was added extra. its £159.99

xe says it converts to E180.59

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-Capture-Definition-Hardware-Encoders/dp/B001M0MY10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262383231&sr=8-1-spell

Using the OP's script it estimates €191.04 after Irish VAT and conversion.

Basq

I'll let this non-BA slide because it's an absolutely essential little script.

Kudos asmith.

coldfire1x

Great, thanks a lot

clevtrev

very nifty thanks OP

buckrodgers

www.shopireland.ie is the irish version of amazon - ie all in euros

Zonda999

buckrodgers wrote: »

www.shopireland.ie is the irish version of amazon - ie all in euros

Always found that site kinda unsatisfactory compared to the UK site though, the lack of reviews or something i guess!

Vic Vinegar

Great job OP. Works a treat!

clacks

Some damn fine work OP. Ta very much.

NANOJO

nice program thanks op

moonboy52

Awesome Script asmith!

10/10

mik_da_man

OP that's just brilliant.
I use amazon a LOT and this will be extremely handy.

Cheers

lindtee

Agree with everyone, excellent!! I use Amazon a lot more than I should and this will save me time working out the Irish price:):) Well done and thanks

Bartleby

Thanks OP. Really useful.

asmith

Thanks for the appreciation folks. Glad everyone likes it.

amby666

Great little script. Thanks

crackity_jones

A slightly off-topic post on an ever so slightly off-topic (but very useful) thread, but still a handy little tool. That tool being the Firefox Invisible Hand plugin:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11377

Throws up a little alert when you're browsing products on any of the better known online vendor sites with prices for the the same item on other sites. Really only useful if you're in the US and UK, and by extension, Ireland.

CJ

floydmoon1

Just read the following article

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/puerile-ryanair-under-attack-from-british-regulator-1997876.html


and thought maybe someone should create a script for the ryanair website.

It would probably be more difficult but would be an interesting one as many people complain about hidden charges.

Luckycharms_74

Works great A++++

selfbuilder1

Works perfect. Very handy.

corkproducers

This is one of the reasons ive always hated amazon.
Ebay always gives the total amount upfront, instead of having to go through about 5 pages of forms.
I've only ever ordered from there once.

Thanks to you OP, it will make it much more pleasant to shop on there.

The sole fact it takes a greasemonkey script to do this, just shows how awful amazon ireland is!

brophs

Can't say how impressed I am with this. Makes Amazon a much more accessible place.

Thanks OP.

belle_09

Hi,
I know this is an old thread but maybe someone can help me. Does that Greasemonkey app work on amazon.com? I recently bought a Kindle and have to buy books from .com site. It would be really handy if I had something like that to give me an idea of prices.
Thanks!