Apple uk and buying from them

whiterebel

kceire wrote: »

Really strange as I could not have been luck 3 times, and then every other boards user lucky too, this year and last year and so on.

I wonder is it somehow connected to the way the delivery address was inlutted?
Did you click the "this is a business address" tab?

Really strange, I'd re-order straight away!

Maybe they've just changed their policy. May have been having problems with the likes of PM.

Sad Professor

I'll be surprised if Apple don't start clamping down on this. Irish Revenue is losing the VAT from all these orders. It's a potentially very bad press story in the making.

I expect they'll start forcibly redirecting you to your country's store based on your IP address. A lot of retailers already do this to the extent that it's quite difficult to see how much they charge in the UK.

Gumbo

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

I did Thats there so they wont deliver too early in the morning or late in the evening

Did you click it?

No, I've never click that box.
Maybe that there is the problem?

deadanonymau5

kceire wrote: »

No, I've never click that box.
Maybe that there is the problem?

It wasn't a problem for me or at least yet (fingers crossed). My 7 Plus is due to arrive at ParcelMotel in Antrim on the 1st-8th Nov

deep1

kceire wrote: »

No, I've never click that box.
Maybe that there is the problem?

I ticket that box and received my 7 plus no problem, maybe some thing is changed in their system and apple is wondering why so many phones being shipped to same address.

Eircom_Sucks

ahhhhhhhh im a dick

i thought i ordered a 7 plus 256 but never finalised the deal lol , fooking hell

The Ayatolla

Sad Professor wrote: »

I'll be surprised if Apple don't start clamping down on this. Irish Revenue is losing the VAT from all these orders. It's a potentially very bad press story in the making.

I expect they'll start forcibly redirecting you to your country's store based on your IP address. A lot of retailers already do this to the extent that it's quite difficult to see how much they charge in the UK.

I use Tunnel bear to get around that. Very handy.

quarryman

Sad Professor wrote: »

I'll be surprised if Apple don't start clamping down on this. Irish Revenue is losing the VAT from all these orders. It's a potentially very bad press story in the making.

I expect they'll start forcibly redirecting you to your country's store based on your IP address. A lot of retailers already do this to the extent that it's quite difficult to see how much they charge in the UK.

Yep. That'll make €13.001 Billion they've lost through tax now.

(They don't give a shıt, in my opinion)

Mimikyu

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Eircom_Sucks

ordered

Gumbo

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

ordered

So you say.
I'd double check that you actually clicked the order now button

Eircom_Sucks

kceire wrote: »

So you say.
I'd double check that you actually clicked the order now button

lol

how do i post up a pic ?

Eircom_Sucks

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

lol

how do i post up a pic ?

got a call from apple rep confirming address etc

had to walk him through the address etc

he asks " will i be personally collecting the phone " to which i replid yes

but its going to pm

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

got a call from apple rep confirming address etc

had to walk him through the address etc

he asks " will i be personally collecting the phone " to which i replid yes

but its going to pm

You set up a revolut after?

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

You set up a revolut after?

no wouldnt allow me to register for some reason

murpho999

Sad Professor wrote: »

I'll be surprised if Apple don't start clamping down on this. Irish Revenue is losing the VAT from all these orders. It's a potentially very bad press story in the making.

I expect they'll start forcibly redirecting you to your country's store based on your IP address. A lot of retailers already do this to the extent that it's quite difficult to see how much they charge in the UK.

I think that it would be against EU rules and one market policies to stop this.

Sad Professor

murpho999 wrote: »

I think that it would be against EU rules and one market policies to stop this.

I don't see how it would be against EU rules to not ship to freight forwarder addresses and/or use IP detection to send Irish consumers to the Irish store. Officially Apple already claim not to do the former and plenty of European based retailers already do the latter.

In fact, technically by knowingly shipping to Irish addresses via PM but paying the VAT to UK Revenue they could be considered in breach of EU Distance Selling rules. The popularity of forwarders like PM is fairly new though so I'm not sure where Apple would stand in that situation. But if it's in any way ambiguous I'd imagine they will move to prevent it out of fear of getting saddled with another tax bill in a few years. The amount would be relatively minuscule as quarryman pointed out, but it would still look bad from a PR perspective.

dazedandlost

Eircom_sucks, what delivery date did you get?

Eircom_Sucks

dazedandlost wrote: »

Eircom_sucks, what delivery date did you get?

nov 10th - 18th

gctest50

Would it not work out much the same after customs duty ?

Mimikyu

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Gumbo

gctest50 wrote: »

Would it not work out much the same after customs duty ?

As above. No customs on eu purchases.
I saved €100 by ordering our iPhone 7's on launch day from apple uk.

Eircom_Sucks

kceire wrote: »

As above. No customs on eu purchases.
I saved €100 by ordering our iPhone 7's on launch day from apple uk.

still in northwood ?

wolfyboy555

Was going to go into contract again but recent fall in sterling changed my mind. Ordered 32gb 7 in black. Used Revolut and will get it for around €685 incl delivery to parcel motel and insurance. A nice saving versus €779 in Apple Store Ireland

Gumbo

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

still in northwood ?

Joined back last week.
Getting the time to go is another problem!

mad m

I rang carphone warehouse in Newry. I asked did they have much stock of iPhone 7 128gb. She asked me was I going to use it down south, said yes. She stated it was region locked!!?

I said I'm buying sim free but she again said it was region locked to Uk only even if it said sim free...

Never heard of a sim free phone region locked?

Sad Professor

mad m wrote: »

I rang carphone warehouse in Newry. I asked did they have much stock of iPhone 7 128gb. She asked me was I going to use it down south, said yes. She stated it was region locked!!?

I said I'm buying sim free but she again said it was region locked to Uk only even if it said sim free...

Never heard of a sim free phone region locked?

CPW iPhone are known for locking to the network of the first SIM inserted, so I'd well believe they are region locked as well. This has been the subject of a lot of confusion in the past, though. Even the networks don't understand how it works and have given out bad information.

denis160

I ordered from apple uk using pm, got an email saying it wouldn't deliver to a forwarding address, looking for a domestic address. Anyone get this?
If you did how did you get around it?

feelgoodinc27

Are you not screwed if something goes wrong and you don't life near Belfast, in that you can only claim the warranty in the country the device was purchased from?

Gumbo

feelgoodinc27 wrote: »

Are you not screwed if something goes wrong and you don't life near Belfast, in that you can only claim the warranty in the country the device was purchased from?

No.

If you buy from the Irish Apple site you mail in the repair through UPS.
If you buy from the UK Apple site you mail in the repair through UPS.

No difference.

Out of warranty claims like the EU Consumer Law will have to be handled in Belfast though.

Eircom_Sucks

joker on adverts selling matte blk plus 256gb for 1300 , has 11 to sell

how the fook can that happen ?

wolfyboy555

Ordered Matt 7 32gb on U.K. Store Oct 10th. Got it today in parcel motel no problems. Nobody rang to confirm address or anything like that. Loving the phone so far.

Eircom_Sucks

any customer service email that you can send them ur order number and they can tell you where along you are ?

ordered just 2 weeks ago nearly and still just processing

dmcg90

Ordered a 128GB 7+ on Apple UK on Monday, still saying 'Delivers 15 Nov - 22 Nov'

CJmasgrande

Sleeper12 wrote:

Hey I never said my daughter was polite and courteous. I just said that she worked there.

dmcg90 wrote:

Ordered a 128GB 7+ on Apple UK on Monday, still saying 'Delivers 15 Nov - 22 Nov'

How much did you save over buying in Ireland?

deadanonymau5

CJmasgrande wrote: »

How much did you save over buying in Ireland?

Up to €130 (-Parcel Motel fees)

Eircom_Sucks

still says processed arggggggh

thinking of buying beats solo 3 wireless or bose qc35

dazedandlost

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

still says processed arggggggh

thinking of buying beats solo 3 wireless or bose qc35

Mine too! Ordered 4th October

Eircom_Sucks

dazedandlost wrote: »

Mine too! Ordered 4th October

its aload of bollix

half thinking of cancelling

dazedandlost

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

its aload of bollix

half thinking of cancelling

No, hang in there... you'd only go to the back of the queue

Eircom_Sucks

dazedandlost wrote: »

No, hang in there... you'd only go to the back of the queue

who said id be re-ordering ? lol

Bolu_ox

With the £1 taken from the Revolut card to authorise the card, does it stay at processing?

deadanonymau5

Bolu_ox wrote: »

With the £1 taken from the Revolut card to authorise the card, does it stay at processing?

Yes, thats taken when you add a new card to your account IIRC.

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Yes, thats taken when you add a new card to your account IIRC.

you're phone arrive yet ?

deadanonymau5

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

you're phone arrive yet ?

No, I'll hopefully have it by Saturday. It was in Kazakhstan and Germany today.

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

No, I'll hopefully have it by Saturday. It was in Kazakhstan and Germany today.

mine says preparing for dispatch now

Eircom_Sucks

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

No, I'll hopefully have it by Saturday. It was in Kazakhstan and Germany today.

mine says preparing for dispatch now

Bolu_ox

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Yes, thats taken when you add a new card to your account IIRC.

Oh thank you!

Did yours stay at £1 pending until the full amount was taken ?

dazedandlost

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

mine says preparing for dispatch now

Mine has been marked as Dispatched !

mad m

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

mine says preparing for dispatch now

Thanks god for that. Im back up to Belfast next week, was going to offer to pick one up for you at this stage:D