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Buying From US Sites That Don' t Ship To Ireland

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  • 10-05-2015 3:25pm
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    SW98
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    Hi, I am looking to buy a few things from US websites as they are much cheaper than any other online stores. The only problem is that they dont ship to countries outside the US. Does anyone know how I might be able to get them shipped to Ireland. I have looked at post forwarding companies but they charge a huge price.
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    delahuntv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,532 ✭✭✭delahuntv


    SW98 wrote: »
    Hi, I am looking to buy a few things from US websites as they are much cheaper than any other online stores. The only problem is that they dont ship to countries outside the US. Does anyone know how I might be able to get them shipped to Ireland. I have looked at post forwarding companies but they charge a huge price.

    add taxes, duties and delivery + do exchange rate. Price will be higher unless its a scam site selling fakes.

    At present with dollar at $1.10 I'd find it difficult to see many products in USA being cheaper that here. Also USA websites add their own taxes at the end of a transaction.

    Example, item costing $100 - add duty of 4% + vat of 23% + delivery charge, + vat and duty on delivery charge, so that even if it was, lets say $20 delivery, the total cost to you of the $100 dollar item would be €140 by the time it gets delivered to your door.


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    recipio
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    SW98 wrote: »
    Hi, I am looking to buy a few things from US websites as they are much cheaper than any other online stores. The only problem is that they dont ship to countries outside the US. Does anyone know how I might be able to get them shipped to Ireland. I have looked at post forwarding companies but they charge a huge price.

    True. With the Euro dropping against the Dollar its hardly worth it. I think a lot of people on here must have a family friend willing to post items - lucky them.


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    rubadub
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    recipio wrote: »
    I think a lot of people on here must have a family friend willing to post items - lucky them.
    You can still get caught, even if they fraudulently mark it as a gift when its not. The limit is still only €45 on genuine gifts.

    Some items still be worthwhile as some have massive differences in RRP.

    I am looking to continental europe sites now and see great savings, as sterling is not great either. Many have english translations of the sites nowadays.
    Example, item costing $100 - add duty of 4% + vat of 23% + delivery charge, + vat and duty on delivery charg
    Duty does not kick in until €150


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    SW98
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭SW98


    rubadub wrote: »
    You can still get caught, even if they fraudulently mark it as a gift when its not. The limit is still only €45 on genuine gifts.

    Some items still be worthwhile as some have massive differences in RRP.

    I am looking to continental europe sites now and see great savings, as sterling is not great either. Many have english translations of the sites nowadays.

    Duty does not kick in until €150
    What continental europe sites are you looking on. Im looking for oakley sunglasses. I saw them on the oakley vault for like €40, hence why I started this thread


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    whomitconcerns
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    SW98 wrote: »
    What continental europe sites are you looking on. Im looking for oakley sunglasses. I saw them on the oakley vault for like €40, hence why I started this thread

    well if you want fakes...i am sure you can get cheaper than 40€....I presume you didnt think they were real for 40 quid?


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,381 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    whomitconcerns wrote: »
    well if you want fakes
    Seems it is legit, well the legit vault site is, I imagine there are many now with vault in the URL to fool people

    http://www.oakleyforum.com/threads/oakleyvault-com-selling-original-or-fake.5018/

    SW98 wrote: »
    What continental europe sites are you looking on. Im looking for oakley sunglasses.
    Some countries can have lower RRP to begine with, e.g. if oakley are not popular in Spain they might reduce the RRP. With items like this you can get big differences, since the actual cost of the product can be very low to start.

    My most recent buy was from germany, got it for less than half the RRP from the UK site I usually use. You can buy from various amazons, there are some search engines that check all the amazon sites. And some price check sites that search various shops in the EU. I will try and find them again.


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    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    rubadub wrote: »
    Seems it is legit, well the legit vault site is, I imagine there are many now with vault in the URL to fool people

    http://www.oakleyforum.com/threads/oakleyvault-com-selling-original-or-fake.5018/



    Some countries can have lower RRP to begine with, e.g. if oakley are not popular in Spain they might reduce the RRP. With items like this you can get big differences, since the actual cost of the product can be very low to start.

    My most recent buy was from germany, got it for less than half the RRP from the UK site I usually use. You can buy from various amazons, there are some search engines that check all the amazon sites. And some price check sites that search various shops in the EU. I will try and find them again.

    So what is the exact site you are looking at then?


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    rubadub
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    whomitconcerns wrote: »
    So what is the exact site you are looking at then?

    This is meant to be legit
    http://www.oakleyvault.com/

    and as I guessed I see reports of a fake one called
    http://www.oakleysvault.com/
    just an s added, which is now not working

    If you check whois they have similar contact & registration emails.

    https://who.is/whois/https://www.oakleyvault.com

    https://who.is/whois/https://www.oakley.com


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    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    rubadub wrote: »
    This is meant to be legit
    http://www.oakleyvault.com/

    and as I guessed I see reports of a fake one called
    http://www.oakleysvault.com/
    just an s added, which is now not working

    If you check whois they have similar contact & registration emails.

    https://who.is/whois/https://www.oakleyvault.com

    https://who.is/whois/https://www.oakley.com

    hah..i click on the one with teh s in work and I got

    "This website has a Security Reputation Rating of High Risk.
    It is a known site for malicious software distribution and malicious intent."


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    SW98
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭SW98


    rubadub wrote: »
    This is meant to be legit
    http://www.oakleyvault.com/

    and as I guessed I see reports of a fake one called
    http://www.oakleysvault.com/
    just an s added, which is now not working

    If you check whois they have similar contact & registration emails.

    https://who.is/whois/https://www.oakleyvault.com

    https://who.is/whois/https://www.oakley.com

    Yeah thats where I saw them but they dont ship outside US which is the problem.


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