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Apple uk and buying from them

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    #62
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    ordered

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


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    #63
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    kceire wrote: »
    So you say.
    I'd double check that you actually clicked the order now button :p

    lol

    how do i post up a pic ?


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    #64
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭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


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    #65
    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭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?


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    #66
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    You set up a revolut after?

    no wouldnt allow me to register for some reason


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    #67
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,484 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #68
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,678 CMod ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #69
    dazedandlost
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭dazedandlost


    Eircom_sucks, what delivery date did you get?


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    #70
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    dazedandlost wrote: »
    Eircom_sucks, what delivery date did you get?

    nov 10th - 18th


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    #71
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


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


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    #72
    Mimikyu
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    #73
    Gumbo
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    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.


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    #74
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭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 ?


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    #75
    wolfyboy555
    Registered Users Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭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


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    #76
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    still in northwood ?

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


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    #77
    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭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?


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    #78
    Sad Professor
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    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.


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    #79
    denis160
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭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?


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    #80
    feelgoodinc27
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭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?


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    #81
    Gumbo
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    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.


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    #82
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


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

    how the fook can that happen ?


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    #83
    wolfyboy555
    Registered Users Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭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.


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    #84
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭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


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    #85
    dmcg90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭dmcg90


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


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    #86
    CJmasgrande
    Registered Users Posts: 480 ✭✭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?


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    #87
    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭deadanonymau5


    CJmasgrande wrote: »
    How much did you save over buying in Ireland?

    Up to €130 (-Parcel Motel fees)


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    #88
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    still says processed arggggggh

    thinking of buying beats solo 3 wireless or bose qc35


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    #89
    dazedandlost
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭dazedandlost


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    still says processed arggggggh

    thinking of buying beats solo 3 wireless or bose qc35

    Mine too! Ordered 4th October


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    #90
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    dazedandlost wrote: »
    Mine too! Ordered 4th October

    its aload of bollix

    half thinking of cancelling


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    #91
    dazedandlost
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭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


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