Amazon

1huge1

Is anyone else gettince 1c refunds from some recent amazon purchases? On the import deposit fee, obviously they slightly overcharged the vat but processing a few payments for 1c

sdanseo

Ordered a few bits in the last few days, looks like we are back to normal.

All out for delivery today which I'm stunned by as earliest ETA was Thursday at the checkout

1 order automatically renewed on Weds
1 order placed Friday late evening (VAT on it)
2 orders placed Saturday (VAT on one of them)

everything started its journey in the UK, nothing stocked locally. Subscribe and save was the Wednesday order and usually slower, it's also the only thing with AP everything else delivery by Amazon.

This is basically next working day, or better than the service promised by Prime. Hopefully it stays consistent.

Caranica

Yeah I've two orders from Saturday out for delivery this morning. Both were "due" Thursday.

The Black Oil

I tried Amazon.de lately after the UK site it wouldn't send certain things to me. It's only running nutrition stuff (energy bars) some of which aren't on ebay, etc. Can't argue with the speed they got here, however they seem to be coming by courier and not An Post which was the norm when I used the UK site. Today I got a text from IEPINFO about a delivery, yet when I clicked it said was a DPD link and that it was being held due to an unpaid postage fee. There was a phone call and it was delivered without an issue. Left in the porch so I didn't see the van and I missed the call.

corkie

^^^ SCAM Delivery texts doing the rounds since before December.

forzacalcio

hkjohn wrote: »

Third party sellers can be real b*****s.

What you should do is run a negative review
as it generally gees them into action

Why would you do this?

forzacalcio

daheff wrote: »

lucky you

i ordered a dog collar early jan...still not arrived. The seller won't cancel the order either now.

Is it outside the shipping arrival date? If so just put through an A-Z claim.

fryup

notice how P&P has shot up with third party sellers on amazon lately? eye watering

alanhiggyno1

Guys just wondering I've a mate posting me item that I could only seem to find on ebay UK but wouldn't deliver to ire so just wondering would it hit customs if over here. Item is £40 and weighs about 1.5 kg. Item will be sent by royal mail🀔

Caranica

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Guys just wondering I've a mate posting me item that I could only seem to find on ebay UK but wouldn't deliver to ire so just wondering would it hit customs if over here. Item is £40 and weighs about 1.5 kg. Item will be sent by royal mail🀔

It should be picked up and VAT plus collection charge added, but it might not.

alanhiggyno1

Caranica wrote: »

It should be picked up and VAT plus collection charge added, but it might not.

Cheers that what I was thinking myself thanks

degsie

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Guys just wondering I've a mate posting me item that I could only seem to find on ebay UK but wouldn't deliver to ire so just wondering would it hit customs if over here. Item is £40 and weighs about 1.5 kg. Item will be sent by royal mail��

Just curious what this has to do with Amazon?

Sleeper12

forzacalcio wrote:

Why would you do this?

I get this negative review nonsense on my website. Some people don't tell me that they have a problem. They make no contact at all but leave a bad review instead. I would try my best to resolve any issues if they contact me anyway but some jokers like to leave negative review first forcing shop owners to make contact with them first.

The world is full of idiots imo

alanhiggyno1

degsie wrote: »

Just curious what this has to do with Amazon?

Because what I was looking for I thought was on amazon but wrong type.

forzacalcio

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I get this negative review nonsense on my website. Some people don't tell me that they have a problem. They make no contact at all but leave a bad review instead. I would try my best to resolve any issues if they contact me anyway but some jokers like to leave negative review first forcing shop owners to make contact with them first.

The world is full of idiots imo

Same here, I dont understand why people do this. They leave a negative comment rather than trying to get a refund or replacement.

In the case of Amazon. Sometimes the buyer has message receiving turned off. This has happened to me many times where the buyer simply doesnt get the messages. Amazon state that if you put [important] in the message it works but not always. Im all for people getting their deliveries but there are better ways than leaving negative reviews. That kills someones business.

degsie

Is there a way to ensure that Amazon UK do not combine orders that were placed only hours apart?

The Continental Op

degsie wrote: »

Is there a way to ensure that Amazon UK do not combine orders that were placed only hours apart?

Makes no difference you only pay the tax or not on the individual orders.

Already had several combined that came over the £22 something that attracts our VAT (Import Duty) and no problems.

Edit> But if you have several different addresses with minor variations set up as delivery addresses then you can change the delivery address each time.

thecivvie

degsie wrote: »

Is there a way to ensure that Amazon UK do not combine orders that were placed only hours apart?

Had a couple of orders combined and no issues.

joebre

thecivvie wrote: »

Had a couple of orders combined and no issues.

Have been buying a number of light switches recently.
Waited for notification of each despatch before I bought the next one.
How many would you risk buying singly in the same day / despatch ?

VG31

joebre wrote: »

Have been buying a number of light switches recently.
Waited for notification of each despatch before I bought the next one.
How many would you risk buying singly in the same day / despatch ?

There's zero need to do this. You're just creating unnecessary waste.

delly

While I agree with all of the above points, if you don't want orders grouped together there is a way to ensure it does not happen. Just add your main address in a second time with a slight modification that does not actually change where it is being delivered, such as a decimal point after your number. Amazon will see them as two distinct addresses and won't combine.

joebre

VG31 wrote: »

There's zero need to do this. You're just creating unnecessary waste.

I am trying to avoid unnecessary waste by combining orders.
Thank you.

jimmycrackcorm

1huge1 wrote: »

Is anyone else gettince 1c refunds from some recent amazon purchases? On the import deposit fee, obviously they slightly overcharged the vat but processing a few payments for 1c

Reminds me of when I worked developing retail point of sale software and a customer asked for a change so that they could sell something at a flat €10. I told them it was a problem printing the receipt because they had to show vat amounts and it simply doesn't add up correctly at two decimal places when you put the figures on the receipt.

At 21% vat, 8.27 ex-vat rounds to 10.01, 8.26 ex-vat rounds to 9.99. So there is a cent missing that has to be accounted for somewhere. Seems very minor but a revenue audit would look at hundreds or thousands of these receipts and wonder where all the 1c VAT is going.

jimmycrackcorm

The Continental Op wrote: »

Makes no difference you only pay the tax or not on the individual orders.

Already had several combined that came over the £22 something that attracts our VAT (Import Duty) and no problems.

Edit> But if you have several different addresses with minor variations set up as delivery addresses then you can change the delivery address each time.

delly wrote: »

While I agree with all of the above points, if you don't want orders grouped together there is a way to ensure it does not happen. Just add your main address in a second time with a slight modification that does not actually change where it is being delivered, such as a decimal point after your number. Amazon will see them as two distinct addresses and won't combine.

There is no need to do this. I've had multiple orders arrive in the same box a few times already. Amazon is handling VAT and duty on behalf of customs correctly so their packages do not require additional inspection because Customs have their plate full dealing with packages from other senders who don't have this in place.

Agent Coulson

Ordered Monday evening left Manchester 4:00am Tuesday morning and just delivered there now and the real time tracking is great.

Great service I have to say.

Oat23

My return has 4 labels I have to print. First is the An Post label with a return address in Portlaoise, then the little barcode that needs to go into the box with the item and the other two are commercial invoices.
Is it really necessary for us to attach a commercial invoice to the outside of the box and also hand a copy to the person in the post office as the Amazon page says even though it is being returned to Portlaoise?

dougm1970

this was question i came here to post too ^^....same situation.

whiterebel

It will go to the UK, so if they ask for it, provide it. An Post will tell you off they want out or not.

Irish Gunner

Ordered few items other day expected date 1st March.. Checked order and status below

Initiated customs clearance process
Dublin, Swords

This new items held in Ireland as now due to get them Tuesday

kingbhome

kingbhome wrote: »

Looks they not wanting to touch it now Here's his reply this morning.

I have spoken with the owner due to more issues we have had this week with shipments inot the EU we have stopped all trays and boards being sent into EU locations Regards Martin



We have friends in the north. Maybe get it sent there and they could bring it down when restrictions are over or maybe post it down.

Decided to purchase this in the end through Amazon on Tuesday just to see how'd it would go. He agreed to deduct uk vat(which he hasn't done yet but I'll follow that up). Friday I got a call from the courier looking my eir code. So I take it it's got through customs ok without any charges or will I have to pay on delivery? Surprised it only took 3 days to arrive.