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Parcel Motel Douglas GONE

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  • 15-11-2017 1:26pm
    #1
    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone has heard anything.

    I always use Parcel motel at the Topaz in Douglas but notice that the address has gone from the delivery locations on the PM site.

    Coincided with PM being bought by UPS, so wondering if its going (gone) or if its an omission to the drop down.


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    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Their website seems to be down at the moment? Must be changes going on.

    *edit* working now again. PITA if it is gone...that'll be the second one I use gone now. both were on my way to work.


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    Jon_459
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭Jon_459


    Which Topaz is this?


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    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Across the road from KC's.


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    #5
    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Tis' gone......real pain as both Blackrock & Mahon both involve battling the Mahon traffic for me

    "Karen (Parcel Motel)
    15 Nov, 14:21 GMT

    Good Afternoon

    Thank you for contacting us. This motel is no longer available to be chosen. We do have other motels close by though.

    Kind Regards
    Karen"


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    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    There is also parcel wizard.

    Brings it to you and not to unit.

    E.g. if you are in a office that can take post your flying it.


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    grogi
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    beer enigma wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone has heard anything.

    I always use Parcel motel at the Topaz in Douglas but notice that the address has gone from the delivery locations on the PM site.

    Coincided with PM being bought by UPS, so wondering if its going (gone) or if its an omission to the drop down.

    The website was just recently showing some very funny addresses of the motels... Vicars Road or Cork Bishopstown Amber Oil, but not one in Tesco Wilton... I guess they restored from very very old backup...


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    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    TrustedApple wrote: »
    There is also parcel wizard.

    Brings it to you and not to unit.

    E.g. if you are in a office that can take post your flying it.

    The new An Post service does that as well, but I never know where I'll be. Closing Douglas is a real pain especially coming up to Christmas.

    Just spoke to them, apparently a lot of the Motels are going under the new ownership - something to do with new contracts. The Website list is apparently correct, so if your local one isn't showing then its going to be gone shortly. Units will still be in place for a while to cope with parcels that are either there or en route and once that period is over they will be removed.


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    grogi
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    beer enigma wrote: »
    The new An Post service does that as well, but I never know where I'll be. Closing Douglas is a real pain especially coming up to Christmas.

    Just spoke to them, apparently a lot of the Motels are going under the new ownership - something to do with new contracts.

    There's also Parcel Connect - they will deliver to a near Centra/Spar etc.


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    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    grogi wrote: »
    There's also Parcel Connect - they will deliver to a near Centra/Spar etc.

    Quite a bit pricier that PM - also do they have a UK address ?


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    grogi
    Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    beer enigma wrote: »
    Quite a bit pricier that PM - also do they have a UK address ?

    €4.50 for a parcel up-to 20kg. Parcel Motel charges €3.95 and it is 10kg and 41×38×64 cm.

    Address for them is

    Fastway NI East Depot
    Unit 3B Norfill Business Park
    Randalstown Road
    BT41 4LD


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    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭.red.


    There's one in the topaz in Cork airport if its any good? Its not TOO far from Douglas but people might not realise its there unless they've seen it.


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    #13
    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Thanks I hadn't realised....I'm on the Well Rd so it was dead handy - Blackrock is probably the closest now - Christmas traffic to Mahon will break my heart


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    JohnK
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    Well thats a bloody pain but to be honest, after my experience with them last christmas, I'd avoid them like the plague around that time of year in future so maybe Mahon won't be too bad. Still more inconvenient though.


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    byronbay2
    Registered Users Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭byronbay2


    There is a new PM in the petrol station (Topaz?) on Vicar's Road in Togher, if that's any good to you. Wasn't there a couple of days ago, just spotted it this morning!


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    Jon_459
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭Jon_459


    I never knew about the one in Douglas. Used to use the one in Wilton until they 'assigned' me the one in Bishopstown.
    Vicars Road is much closer (and easier)


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    sammyjo90
    Registered Users Posts: 13,164 ✭✭✭✭sammyjo90


    I got an email this week saying there was one in frankfield. I'll dig it out later.


    Edit: It just says its an extra one for christmas..doesn't even mention the douglas one being removed. Strange


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    JackieChang
    Registered Users Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭JackieChang


    Nice one. Didn't know there was one on Vicars road. Just switched over there.


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    #19
    JohnK
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    Just in case anyone's wondering, the Douglas location is still there and it's on the Parcel Motel site so might just have been a Christmas thing where they were preparing for things to get bat**** crazy for the few weeks.


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    #20
    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    JohnK wrote: »
    Just in case anyone's wondering, the Douglas location is still there and it's on the Parcel Motel site so might just have been a Christmas thing where they were preparing for things to get bat**** crazy for the few weeks.

    Yep, I've used it a couple of times since, apparently some sort of contractual dispute with the garage which has now been sorted.


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