Amazon Prime Day - 13th/14th October 2020

JimmyVik

I had a couple of things I ordered on Wednesday night.
One has a date of next Monday and the other a date of Next Wednesday.
Both just arrived a few mins ago. An post.

This is it

bilbot79 wrote: »

Originally my OnePlus 8 Pro was down for Friday when I bought it but then changed to Monday. According to An Post it arrived Thursday at carrier facility and then at 00:33 there is a note saying 'we have your post and are getting it ready'.

Would you say it'll be delivered today? Really want the weekend to mess around with it.

Mine always updates around 6-7am saying "out for delivery", if it's not on board already I'd say there's not much chance it'll be delivered today. Hopefully I'm wrong but that's my experience

VG31

This is it wrote: »

Mine always updates around 6-7am saying "out for delivery", if it's not on board already I'd say there's not much chance it'll be delivered today. Hopefully I'm wrong but that's my experience

I always get that "we have your post and are getting it ready for delivery" status some time between 22:00 and 05:00 for deliveries that come with the postman. There's rarely an out for delivery scan.

Occasionally with parcels coming in vans there's no out for delivery scan which can be annoying.

markc91

Ordered 4 items on Tuesday at different times one to PM which arrived yesterday to the Dublin depot the other 3 items to my home address in Dublin and one was dispatched yesterday says its arriving Monday but the other two haven't been dispatched yet and are saying Tuesday and Wednesday

Caranica

My An Post delivery due Monday arrived this morning. My Amazon delivery due Monday is out for delivery now. And my items due Tuesday still haven't dispatched.

I am glad to see they're mixing orders in deliveries, the one en route has items from two orders (though not complete orders) as did the one yesterday.

grogi

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Must be a new thing

It's here since the price hike from €3.50 to €3.95.

SouthWesterly wrote: »

but for the 45 minutes I spend and the diesel it would still en dearer.

ted1 wrote: »

Add in the Petrol for ten round trips to the locker and parcel wizard is the best option. Especially if working from home.

I have completely different perspective - I have two motels in comfortable walking distance, two more within five min drive and four within ten minutes drive (and I'm not in Dublin). If you're in a lessly densly populated areas, the location might be a pain, but I'd guess huge majority of Irish population can visit a motel without adding any noticable distance to their daily driving.

Doomofman

grogi wrote: »

I have completely different perspective - I have two motels in comfortable walking distance, two more within five min drive and four within ten minutes drive (and I'm not in Dublin). If you're in a lessly densly populated areas, the location might be a pain, but I'd guess huge majority of Irish population can visit a motel without adding any noticable distance to their daily driving.

I can see my Parcel Motel from my apartment. Up until now it's just quicker to get things sent to Parcel Motel up the north and delivered to my PM than getting it delivered directly to my apartment. I don't mind spending €4 to get something to me quicker

stockshares

I know this thread is nearing its end but I thought some would like to know that DPD are to create 700 new Jobs.

150 in Athlone Headquarters. The rest will be at Regional Depots around the country .

It was just announced on Rte Radio 1 news at 1pm.

https://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/42210-700-new-jobs-created-at-dpd-ireland

killbillvol2

Item ordered Wednesday, shipped yesterday, arrived just now via UPS. Due on Tuesday according to my account.

stockshares

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Item ordered Wednesday, shipped yesterday, arrived just now via UPS. Due on Tuesday according to my account.

I think it's great service, I don't know why people are complaining

The only problem I see with early deliveries is when people are not at home at the time because they weren't expecting it then.

I wonder why their notification system is behind the actual arrival time. They are just giving out estimated delivery times and not real time.

Are they just doing this for Irish customers?

donnacha

For those availing of the free prime 1 month trial, mine was running out the week after next so had gone in to update so that when trial ended I would pay by annual plan (but still had the reminder 3 days before set). After doing this I noticed after starting to scroll down the benefits page a button offering a free 1 month extension to my trial. So my free trial is now extended until late Nov.

Worth checking for anyone on the free trial and certainly helps with the fact that it doesn't look like we'll get a discounted annual membership offer this year.

sweetie

donnacha wrote: »

For those availing of the free prime 1 month trial, mine was running out the week after next so had gone in to update so that when trial ended I would pay by annual plan (but still had the reminder 3 days before set). After doing this I noticed after starting to scroll down the benefits page a button offering a free 1 month extension to my trial. So my free trial is now extended until late Nov.

Worth checking for anyone on the free trial and certainly helps with the fact that it doesn't look like we'll get a discounted annual membership offer this year.

noice one

stockshares

donnacha wrote: »

For those availing of the free prime 1 month trial, mine was running out the week after next so had gone in to update so that when trial ended I would pay by annual plan (but still had the reminder 3 days before set). After doing this I noticed after starting to scroll down the benefits page a button offering a free 1 month extension to my trial. So my free trial is now extended until late Nov.

Worth checking for anyone on the free trial and certainly helps with the fact that it doesn't look like we'll get a discounted annual membership offer this year.

Great find, just did that. For anyone else doing it you need to scroll down about half the page until you see the Extend your Free trial offer

There is also an offer for £5 off your next order if you borrow an eBook for 1 month.

Btw there is nothing to stop all members of your household signing up for free trials. That way a different person can purchase for all each month and be reimbursed by the other members. That saves on yearly fee if enough eligible people are in the house. It would be ideal for Flat Shares and less optimal for a family unless there were older Teens in the house.

If that's not an opton there is an option in your Prime Account settings to share your prime benefits with 2 adults and 4 children within your household.

Ohmeha

There is nothing on my Prime free trial profile with that month extension offer

stockshares

Ohmeha wrote: »

There is nothing on my Prime free trial profile with that month extension offer

You need to go into your Account.

Then try Prime Membership or scroll down settings and click on Memberships and Subscriptions.

There is a drop down arrow on top of page that says manage membership.

Under Prime Plan click free trial and change the payment method from Prime Monthly to Annual.

Once you've done that the page opens with the offer. Scroll down halfway

Glebee

No option for me to extend either, might pop up over the next few days though.
I keep getting offers to extend my Audible account for half price as well every so often.

stockshares

Glebee wrote: »

No option for me to extend either, might pop up over the next few days though.
I keep getting offers to extend my Audible account for half price as well every so often.

Have you read my post above?

SourSessions

stockshares wrote: »

Great find, just did that. For anyone else doing it you need to scroll down about half the page until you see the Extend your Free trial offer

There is also an offer for £5 off your next order if you borrow an eBook for 1 month.

Btw there is nothing to stop all members of your household signing up for free trials. That way a different person can purchase for all each month and be reimbursed by the other members. That saves on yearly fee if enough eligible people are in the house. It would be ideal for Flat Shares and less optimal for a family unless there were older Teens in the house.

If that's not an opton there is an option in your Prime Account settings to share your prime benefits with 2 adults and 4 children within your household.

Is there a link to the £5 ebook offer?

Glebee

stockshares wrote: »

Have you read my post above?

yes

stockshares

SourSessions wrote: »

Is there a link to the £5 ebook offer?

The offer doesn't display now because I availed of it earlier. Hopefully someone else can post it up here.

ablelocks

SourSessions wrote: »

Is there a link to the £5 ebook offer?

can't post the link either -

You need to go into your Account.

Then try Prime Membership or scroll down settings and click on Memberships and Subscriptions.

There is a drop down arrow on top of page that says manage membership

when i clicked that, i could see the offer

Ohmeha

stockshares wrote: »

You need to go into your Account.

Then try Prime Membership or scroll down settings and click on Memberships and Subscriptions.

There is a drop down arrow on top of page that says manage membership.

Under Prime Plan click free trial and change the payment method from Prime Monthly to Annual.

Once you've done that the page opens with the offer. Scroll down halfway

Thanks, went through all of those steps and I definitely have not received that offer. I wonder is it because I only signed up to my trial on Wednesday

stockshares

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el Fenomeno

Well I'm loving my Firestick. My first experience with Kodi and I've picked it up pretty quickly. I'm running Seren, Exodus Redux, Venom and The Crew, all with Real Debrid activated and have set up the Netflix style Auramod skin and it looks great with all my widgets pointing to what should be my most used add-on directories.

This time 6 hours ago, absolutely none of the above would have made sense to me.

MarkY91

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Well I'm loving my Firestick. My first experience with Kodi and I've picked it up pretty quickly. I'm running Seren, Exodus Redux, Venom and The Crew, all with Real Debrid activated and have set up the Netflix style Auramod skin and it looks great.

This time 6 hours ago, absolutely none of the above would have made sense to me.

Any advantage in kodi versus TeaTV with real debrid set up?

Haven't bothered with kodi in years.

el Fenomeno

MarkY91 wrote: »

Any advantage in kodi versus TeaTV with real debrid set up?

Haven't bothered with kodi in years.

I could be wrong as I've only done a bit of research, but my preference for Kodi is just that it allows live streaming / IPTV add ons also - whereas I think the likes of TeaTV, Terrarium, Cinema HD etc. are more along the lines of box sets and movies?

I also like customising menus and all that jazz, so I like that Kodi allows that too.

Johnrazz

Hi, been following this thread the last couple of weeks, cheers for all tips! Just registered an account this evening to ask a question about parcel motel, received a few items this week with them and have more on route just wondering do they deliver to their lockers on weekdays?

Cheers

Yes

SouthWesterly

Johnrazz wrote: »

Hi, been following this thread the last couple of weeks, cheers for all tips! Just registered an account this evening to ask a question about parcel motel, received a few items this week with them and have more on route just wondering do they deliver to their lockers on weekdays?

Cheers

Yes.
Parcel wizard deliver to the house.

DelBoy Trotter

I ordered an Echo Show on Wednesday, and it’s not due to be delivered until November 4th :mad:

greasepalm

Ordered a mobile phone and protective case package said 2 day delivery and arrived 20 seconds after i got the late text.

Johnrazz

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Yes.
Parcel wizard deliver to the house.

That’s for the reply but it was parcel motel I used and it’s to one of their lockers

august12

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

I ordered an Echo Show on Wednesday, and it’s not due to be delivered until November 4th :mad:

Mine is coming sometime between 5th and 10th Nov. and echo dot is coming 7th December so you are doing better than me, does anyone know if the black friday offers are generally better.than the prime, I'm might cancel these.

gmisk

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

I ordered an Echo Show on Wednesday, and it’s not due to be delivered until November 4th :mad:

Kindle paperwhite 30th November.
That is the black one.

The blue one would have been 25th December...

Caranica

Johnrazz wrote: »

Hi, been following this thread the last couple of weeks, cheers for all tips! Just registered an account this evening to ask a question about parcel motel, received a few items this week with them and have more on route just wondering do they deliver to their lockers on weekdays?

Cheers

They do but it can take some time. I sent one non prime order there last week. Parcel arrived to them on Monday but only made it to my locker today.

purplestar77

2 orders from Tuesday received today - a echo dot (gift for my sister) delivered direct from Amazon. Headphones via parcel motel arrived into my locker last night.
Waiting to see if I’ll get the whisky order via PM - due to be delivered to NI today but was delayed.
Another order fire tablet direct to my house expected Tuesday.

VG31

purplestar77 wrote: »

Waiting to see if I’ll get the whisky order via PM - due to be delivered to NI today but was delayed.

I thought PM don't accept alcohol?

Basq

VG31 wrote: »

I thought PM don't accept alcohol?

If it's a generic Amazon box, how would they know what's in it?

Ordered beers from Brewdog, Beer52 etc before to PM/PW.

We shouldn't.. but we do..

SourSessions

I've had gin delivered multiple times to PW in packaging that said what it was on the box. Only thing is, if they lose it you wouldn't be insured so you take the risk.

Once, in fact, they did lose my package for a day and asked what was in it and there was no comment when I said what it was other than that they'd put the trace out to find it (and they did and delivered it the next day)

septictank

Basq wrote: »

If it's a generic Amazon box, how would they know what's in it?

Ordered beers from Brewdog, Beer52 etc before to PM/PW.

We shouldn't.. but we do..

Had them stopped on me before, guess they are not stupid and give it a shake and then x ray. called me on mobile, to go out to depot, got the wife to do it, he scolded her and let her off lol.

ED E

Basq wrote: »

If it's a generic Amazon box, how would they know what's in it?

Ordered beers from Brewdog, Beer52 etc before to PM/PW.

We shouldn't.. but we do..

Amazon used to just ship it normally. Now they do an ID check and its enforced, the drive will ID somebody so that tells PM what it is.

Gooey Looey

Parcel motel have an issue with alcohol, refuse it, parcel Wizard don't. I ship brewdog once a month with parcel Wizard

ozmo

VG31 wrote: »

I thought PM don't accept alcohol?

Parcel Motel took my Red Breast Whiskey from Amazon - Amazon clearly marked the plain wrapper with a big sticker as containing Alcohol.

I had to go to some customs guy in Blanchardstown and plead my case - they were going destroy it as he said I might be importing it to sell :?? wha? - but they eventually released it before they drank destroyed it.


Funnily enough - I've since found out you can get it cheaper from Jameson's Distillery locally in Dublin (about 60 euros) than from Amazon sales.

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I ordered something on Tuesday, expected delivery on Monday, which then slipped to Tuesday....and now I have just received a notification that it's arriving today.

Gumbo

VG31 wrote: »

I thought PM don't accept alcohol?

I got 250 little baby bottle of Jager delivered through PM for my wedding 2018. Couldn’t be got here at that time. No problems.

Recently, during lockdown I got mini taps and 12 mini kegs delivered through PM too.

Nigel Fairservice

Basil3 wrote: »

I ordered something on Tuesday, expected delivery on Monday, which then slipped to Tuesday....and now I have just received a notification that it's arriving today.

Same here. Ordered on Wednesday with expected delivery this coming Tuesday. My package arrived a few minutes ago.

Toast

Package today was from an Amazon driver not an post.

stockshares

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

Same here. Ordered on Wednesday with expected delivery this coming Tuesday. My package arrived a few minutes ago.

Same happened to me this morning. An Post delivered. Great service.

snoopy84

My prime is up for renewal tomorrow. Most of my primeday purchases haven't dispatched yet. Does anyone know if I cancel my prime today would they cancel my primeday deals/charge me full price?

TheDriver

snoopy84 wrote: »

My prime is up for renewal tomorrow. Most of my primeday purchases haven't dispatched yet. Does anyone know if I cancel my prime today would they cancel my primeday deals/charge me full price?

I'd assume it's your status at time of ordering