Chat thread for Amazon Black Friday/Cyber Monday

slave1

vicwatson wrote: »

Anyone else having delivery problems from amazon via an post? I’ve “late” deliveries on a few shipments. Prob just the time of the year.

Just the time of the year, it will be mental from end of Nov through to XMas always

bromley52

vicwatson wrote: »

Anyone else having delivery problems from amazon via an post? I’ve “late” deliveries on a few shipments. Prob just the time of the year.

One of my deliveries to a week to get from the local depot to my house.

Stoolbend

All my An Post deliveries have taken an extra day in Ireland to get to me.

I’ve one that was supposed to be delivered yesterday that hasn’t even shown up on their tracking yet.

Caranica

vicwatson wrote: »

Anyone else having delivery problems from amazon via an post? I’ve “late” deliveries on a few shipments. Prob just the time of the year.

Yes on two and received refunds on both. One 3 days late, one 4. Coming from the EU warehouse so no tracking

Aurora Starstreak

Is Amazon mainly to blame for these slow deliveries?

Caranica

Aurora Starstreak wrote: »

Is Amazon mainly to blame for these slow deliveries?

One of mine was missing the last two lines of the address so yes in that case. Second amazon delivery in 2 months that had address issues (other one left off the first line) even though I've used the same address forever. The other one was probably a casualty of the storm last week

jamescd

Caranica wrote: »

Yes on two and received refunds on both. One 3 days late, one 4. Coming from the EU warehouse so no tracking

Did you have to send both items back after getting the refund? And did you ask for the refund or did they offer it to you?

Ive an item that I ordered 11 days ago and was supposed to be delivered today according to the tracking, but it never came.

Caranica

jamescd wrote: »

Did you have to send both items back after getting the refund? And did you ask for the refund or did they offer it to you?

Ive an item that I ordered 11 days ago and was supposed to be delivered today according to the tracking, but it never came.

Didn't have to return anything. In both cases I contacted them when it was a day late and they said if it didn't arrive the next day they would refund, and they did.

ShamoBuc

Stoolbend wrote: »

All my An Post deliveries have taken an extra day in Ireland to get to me.

I’ve one that was supposed to be delivered yesterday that hasn’t even shown up on their tracking yet.

An Post are truly brutal currently. One package couldn't be delivered to my school at 1p.m. last Thursday, the school was open all day gave them my local post office as a new location and the tracker said they delivered it 2.30 p.m. Friday. 5pm it wasn't there. Monday 5 p.m. still not there, it was there Tuesday. Another package was failed to deliver twice last week and again yesterday, again to a school which was open when the tracker said it couldn't be delivered, maybe tomorrow.
Post mistress said the new system they are running is at breaking point, you can see why.

Outkast_IRE

Any body having issues with delivery of Blu-ray's etc. Loads from amazon.co.uk, sold direct by Amazon are coming up as not being able to ship to ireland, Coco and three billboards outside ebbing are two examples of many at the moment and I have no idea why. They have never restricted Blu-ray's shipping

Eire Go Brach

Online orders are through the roof this year. I work for an electrical retailer. Way up on last year. All the planning and extra staff organised for black Friday, it still was not enough. Lucky we could hire extra bodies short term quite quickly.

Spoke to an An Post Depot and it's the same.

Be patient and prepared to wait that bit longer.

Discodog

Long delays at AnPost


https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057935196

A2LUE42

All my stuff due today just changed from arriving today to arriving 5th to 12th December

Mickeroo

Ordered 7 items on Sunday, 2 came yesterday 4 today, one not due until next Sunday but it had that date on it from the get go.

Macy0161

Had to get on to Amazon twice about a lack of delivery date for one of my orders. Only on responding to their 2nd reply (which was a copy and paste/ duplicate automatic reply) did it finally move on.

Have a few going via addresspal, which I'm slightly concerned about at this stage though. It's worked brilliantly up until this point, but have a (non-amazon) package in the an post black hole somewhere between hatfield and home...

Ardent

Anyone have experience of ordering booze from Amazon? Did you do it though PM, PW, AP?

I'm tempted by a Redbreast in today's deals of the day...

califano

A2LUE42 wrote: »

All my stuff due today just changed from arriving today to arriving 5th to 12th December

So still the chance of arriving today.

morphman

Will the kindle reduce in price tomorrow??

morphman

Will the kindle reduce in price tomorrow??

Tinder Surprise

morphman wrote: »

Will the kindle reduce in price tomorrow??

morphman wrote: »

Will the kindle reduce in price tomorrow??

Your flux capacitor is broken

Sinister Kid

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Your flux capacitor is broken

ablelocks wrote: »

there's another "sale" coming up - the "Last Minute Christmas Deals" (otherwise known as the "how we can wring these poor saps for more of their hard earned cash" sale) starts on Dec 6th.

we may as well continue to use the no

They possibly meant for Amazons 6th Dec Christmas sale that was advertised!

morphman

Tinder Surprise wrote:

Your flux capacitor is broken

Didn't get the 1.21 gigawatts

Tinder Surprise

morphman wrote: »

Didn't get the 1.21 gigawatts

Etnies

Any Dyson deals around anywhere?

sweetie

Etnies wrote: »

Any Dyson deals around anywhere?

Ebay dyson outlet, best deals may have been had though

scamalert

ive got 2 orders pending from amazon one from BF and one just before it which was partially shipped got dot, but not all the bells and whistles, another one was for clothing again BF deal and no any type of notifications if it even will be dispatched :cool: wonder should i wait or just put in cancel ?

acquiescefc

Discodog wrote: »

Long delays at AnPost


https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057935196

well that escalated..lol

Kolido

Xperia zx1 €229 on Amazon.es now. Possibly a few bucks shipping also. Is this the phone that was on sale a few weeks ago?

Decent phone for that price.

https://www.amazon.es/gp/aw/d/B0757Y2M9X/ref=gbmg_mob_s-5_c9bd_f6c18a1a?smid=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL&dealid=f6c18a1a&pf_rd_p=9316da45-b937-4672-926b-848ddb01c9bd&pf_rd_s=slot-5&pf_rd_t=35801&pf_rd_i=18&pf_rd_m=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL&pf_rd_r=YNBFPEEESJV76BR2TWDP

ablelocks

not many actual deals in the last deals of christmas ...

Mickeroo

Yeah looks like they're just trying to clear out the dregs left over from BF.

Esel

Kolido wrote: »

Xperia zx1 €229 on Amazon.es now. Possibly a few bucks shipping also. Is this the phone that was on sale a few weeks ago?

Decent phone for that price.

https://www.amazon.es/gp/aw/d/B0757Y2M9X/ref=gbmg_mob_s-5_c9bd_f6c18a1a?smid=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL&dealid=f6c18a1a&pf_rd_p=9316da45-b937-4672-926b-848ddb01c9bd&pf_rd_s=slot-5&pf_rd_t=35801&pf_rd_i=18&pf_rd_m=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL&pf_rd_r=YNBFPEEESJV76BR2TWDP

Now shows

Precio: EUR 352,94 + EUR 17,00 de gastos de envío

Kolido

Esel wrote: »

Now shows

Precio: EUR 352,94 + EUR 17,00 de gastos de envío

Was at the lower price earlier when I posted, may have been a lightning sale. It might go down again. Hadnt checked the postage, just figured it would be no more than a tenner.

grogi

Esel wrote: »

Now shows

Precio: EUR 352,94 + EUR 17,00 de gastos de envío

Silver and Pink are still available

Esel

grogi wrote: »

Silver and Pink are still available

Thanks for pointing that out!

Silver: Precio de la oferta EUR 229,00 Envío GRATIS.

Sir Oxman

morphman wrote: »

Will the kindle reduce in price tomorrow??

20gbp OFF
99gbp NOW

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07747FR44?tag=hydfbook-21&ascsubtag=pfb-DEVERD-3-4-pGTP53Rm3LDDJcBC&ref_=pfb_DEVERD_3_4_pGTP53Rm3LDDJcBC&fbclid=IwAR09d-UUjGg0own_Uwr90TcACVTmXOxZLsJey-San7w6FQm38Pdlm6UjMmo

Kolido

Betron BT speaker €5.99

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B077SKKJ2S/ref=gbmg_mob_m-5_1fdd_7454d757?smid=A3108QBFCDGHS1&dealid=7454d757&pf_rd_p=0c219c13-6e4d-4be0-b5e8-90c9b6ed1fdd&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-5&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_i=14351804031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=JC0YTR71937335CJE1KP

ablelocks

for the chefs and bakers - masterclass baking selection and salter weighing scales selection are deals of the day today....

mgray

Yi compact dash cam. £36.99 has a £13 promotional voucher bringing it down to £24...

Mickeroo

Ticwatch E Shadow down to 85. Think it was similar black Friday week.

DavyC2

Yi Home Camera 720p £17.98 and another 6% off promotion.


YI Home Camera Wireless Wifi IP Camera Security Surveillance Camera with Motion Detection Alert Night Vision for Baby Pet Elder - Remote Monitor App & Cloud Storage Available https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07438VKLY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_E9JdCb365P5BG

sweetie

Jabra move in black and gold are £34.99 each, great cans and half what they usually go for. Well recommended.

ablelocks

sweetie wrote: »

Jabra move in black and gold are £34.99 each, great cans and half what they usually go for. Well recommended.

the black, non-bling version is also available at that price

BullBauld

Firestick down to £24.99 again.

sweetie

ablelocks wrote: »

the black, non-bling version is also available at that price

As I said, Black and Gold :P (I see what you mean though)

Macy0161

I see the original FireStick is back down to 25. Can someone clarify, with an Irish Prime Video Sub, Prime (Irish content) and Netflix will work without messing around bar the device settings?

I've tried searching the thread, but it doesn't seem clear (to me at least!). At the moment I have Prime Video and Netflix for the family on an Android Box, but want to move that elsewhere!

Mickeroo

Netflix will work perfectly but with the Irish prime it will be russian roulette whether you can actually play a lot of the content that you see on the device.

ButtersSuki

Thinking of getting a paperwhite kindle. There's £10 difference between the one with ads/sponsored content and without......worth it? I know I've read if you contact Customer Services they'll remove this for you but I read on the site they will now charge for this. Any thoughts?

grogi

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Thinking of getting a paperwhite kindle. There's £10 difference between the one with ads/sponsored content and without......worth it? I know I've read if you contact Customer Services they'll remove this for you but I read on the site they will now charge for this. Any thoughts?

If you're getting the amazon cover as well, you actually won't really notice the difference - better save the 10 quid.

davetherave

Macy0161 wrote: »

I see the original FireStick is back down to 25. Can someone clarify, with an Irish Prime Video Sub, Prime (Irish content) and Netflix will work without messing around bar the device settings?

I've tried searching the thread, but it doesn't seem clear (to me at least!). At the moment I have Prime Video and Netflix for the family on an Android Box, but want to move that elsewhere!

I have a regular Irish Netflix and it is working fine.
It was very easy to change from Ireland to UK digital content via the Amazon live chat if you would consider it. I had changed it back in August before I got the firestick on Black Friday though.

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Just some info for those looking to get changed from Ireland to UK region for prime video. I've just done it, took about 30 seconds. Like others have said, no questions asked, no hassle. I had the Parcel Motel postcode handy just incase they looked for it but they didn't.

I went to the contact us page.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/contact-us

Digital Content and Services --> Prime Video -->Video included with Prime

The chat log is below.

Quote:
Me: Hi, I am looking to get my prime video region changed to the UK.
You're now connected to Mahith from Amazon.co.uk

Mahith: Hello. I'm Mahith, I'll be glad to assist you.
Done!
Could you please try now?

Me: Ok, one moment.
That is working now. Thank you

Mahith: Perfect!
My pleasure, is there anything else I may assist you with? I'll be glad to

Me: No that was it. Thank you very much.

Mahith: It was an immense pleasure assisting you.
Enjoy the rest of your night.
Take care.
Cheers!
If I was helpful in assisting you I would request you to go ahead and take the survey after you end the chat.
Please click the "End Chat" link to close this window.

Mickeroo

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Thinking of getting a paperwhite kindle. There's £10 difference between the one with ads/sponsored content and without......worth it? I know I've read if you contact Customer Services they'll remove this for you but I read on the site they will now charge for this. Any thoughts?

The ads are just a screensaver, I barely notice them.