Is Amazon Prime worth it for Irish customers?

shamelessidiot

The whole free shipping seems nice, but I don't think it's available in Ireland? If you use parcel motel, how long does it usually take Nightline to deliver it to your actual local pickup?

NinjaTruncs

Anytime I have used them the item would be in a motel the same day they receive it. Lately it's been getting later, the first few times the item would be in the motel by about 8 or 9PM the last one was 1AM but it's always been ready for me to collect 24 hours after arriving at their depot in the north.

I'd have thought the 3.50 a delivery would add up though.

Cabaal

In my experience,
If I order say Wednesday, it gets delivered to nightline on Thursday and i can pickup from the parcel motel locker on Friday,

If I wanted to keep this service it would be £50 a year for Prime (after the trial) and 3.50e a delivery to Parcel Motel, its far cheaper then the two day delivery service to Ireland that Amazon offer which starts at £12.99 per delivery.

So if you're ordering alot during the year and you need stuff fast it would be pretty cost affective compared to the other option available for Irish customers,

super_furry

There's no other benefit to Prime than the fast and delivery for Ireland, right?

Cabaal

super_furry wrote: »

There's no other benefit to Prime than the fast and delivery for Ireland, right?

You can get Kindle book lending using it once a month, though not sure if this would work outside the UK

www.amazon.co.uk/prime

Davy

super_furry wrote: »

There's no other benefit to Prime than the fast and delivery for Ireland, right?

Not anymore unfortunately. It was great when ROI address were included, think it was guaranteed 3 days at the time.

Using it via PM could be handy for stuff needed quickly, but chances are that's not going to be that often. Then with amazon shipping so many items singly it will end up costing you heavily with PM fees

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Davy wrote: »

Not anymore unfortunately. It was great when ROI address were included, think it was guaranteed 3 days at the time.

Using it via PM could be handy for stuff needed quickly, but chances are that's not going to be that often. Then with amazon shipping so many items singly it will end up costing you heavily with PM fees

Very true. Got am order split costing me 7€
Also had an urgent order on pre 1pm delivery and It took pm 2 days to get it to me

ArmandHammer

I am ordering one item from Amazon.co.uk shortly. I am based in Galway and have a Parcel Motel local. Would my quickest option be to sign up for Prime, get it delivered to the Northern PM address then pick it up in my Galway PM? That just costs €3.50 correct? And how long do people think it would take?

Cabaal

ArmandHammer wrote: »

I am ordering one item from Amazon.co.uk shortly. I am based in Galway and have a Parcel Motel local. Would my quickest option be to sign up for Prime, get it delivered to the Northern PM address then pick it up in my Galway PM? That just costs €3.50 correct? And how long do people think it would take?

see my timeline in my other post - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87980243&postcount=3

Just be sure the item is eligible for prime delivery and that you remember to cancel prime trial afterwards,

positron

So just to clarify, is Amazon Prime and their 2 day delivery promise apply to addresses here in Republic of Ireland?

They have a £49 deal at the moment, Prime + Prime Instant Video for a year (previously Lovefilm).

Cabaal

positron wrote: »

So just to clarify, is Amazon Prime and their 2 day delivery promise apply to addresses here in Republic of Ireland?

No
Its a one day delivery service only for the UK, the lovefilm service will only work via a UK ip address also.

They don't offer any prime service to the Republic of Ireland,

Occono

Cabaal wrote: »

No
Its a one day delivery service only for the UK, the lovefilm service will only work via a UK ip address also.

They don't offer any prime service to the Republic of Ireland,

So why the heck don't they program the site to hide the huge banner inviting you to try it?

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I had 2 separate orders put into one box by Amazon prime last week. Saved me 3.50 in the process.

muffler

Occono wrote: »

So why the heck don't they program the site to hide the huge banner inviting you to try it?

First of all its a UK site (not Irish) and secondly maybe you should direct your question at Amazon as I dont believe they have any reps posting here on Boards :rolleyes:

Occono

muffler wrote: »

First of all its a UK site (not Irish) and secondly maybe you should direct your question at Amazon as I dont believe they have any reps posting here on Boards :rolleyes:

It's an American site's UK outlet.

Anyway, of course I know it's UK-focused, with international orders secondary. But they get enough Irish customers that it would be their time to at least program something that doesn't show the banner to IPs outside the UK. I'm just moaning. :P