Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread

ted1

davetherave wrote: »

Have you a link of anything that will show they are not deducting the UK VAT before apply IFD, at the checkout stage, because I don't believe that to be the case. The issue is your second statement, that they are calculating VAT on the listed price and not the lightning deal price.

amazon.co.uk/Timex-Expedition-TW4B04400-Chrono-Gunmetal/dp/B01CKUQG5U

Going to an Irish address:

Items: GBP 58.32
Postage & Packing: GBP 0.00
Import Fees Deposit: GBP 13.41 (This is 23% of the item price above)
Total: GBP 71.73
Promotion Applied: -GBP 14.32
Order Total: GBP 57.41

Going to a UK address:

Items: GBP 58.32
Postage & Packing: GBP 0.00
Total before VAT: GBP 58.32
Estimated VAT: GBP 11.67 (This is 20% of the item price)
Total: GBP 69.99
Promotion Applied: -GBP 25.99
Order Total: GBP 44.00


Or this Lego set? amazon.co.uk/LEGO-42122-Technic-Wrangler-Building/dp/B08G4LZVTW

Going to an Irish Address:

Order Summary
Items: GBP 33.32
Postage & Packing: GBP 0.00
Import Fees Deposit: GBP 7.66
Total: GBP 40.98
Promotion Applied: -GBP 2.33
Order Total: GBP 38.65

Going to a UK Address:
Items: £33.32
Postage & Packing: £0.00
Total before VAT: £33.32
VAT: £6.67
Total: £39.99
Promotion Applied: -£9.00
Payment Total:£30.99

Notice how the item price for both addresses is the same before two different IFD/VAT are added depending on the country it is being delivered to? Why would they be adding VAT to the UK address, if as you are saying, the £58.32 or the £33.32 already includes UK vat?

Look at the Lego
Uk promotion = 9
UK VAT=6.67
IE Promotion =2.33


The difference between the UK and IE promotion is the UK VAT

So the IE price includes the UK VAT

SCOOP 64

I think im missing something here same again,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cart/view.html?ref_=ewc_gtc

€15, check out €28, and prime day includes ireland?

Cookiee

The Ayatolla wrote: »

They've been refunding amounts of £0.01 and £0.02 the last few months.

Same the other day I got 0.26£ from them and was confused but must be the import fees overpayment refund

muffler

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

I think im missing something here same again,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cart/view.html?ref_=ewc_gtc

€15, check out €28, and prime day includes ireland?

What is it?

muirsheen

So much stuff unavailable with an Irish address. Change it to UK one it's available... All a joke

newincity

Considering VAT rules are changing, will that impact subscribe and save delivery order I placed yesterday. Delivery is showing on 22nd July.
Is there a way to expedite delivery in subscribe and save?

zell12

Seve OB wrote: »

just got £5 credit with prime book reading https://www.amazon.co.uk/amazonprime?ref_=nav_cs_primelink_member_cbc77ff4ba554955917e2ef3f9dbfb73

I cannot see this on the page?
All I see is free £5 for prime video view. Can you give a direct link to reading promotion?

One More Toy

zell12 wrote: »

I cannot see this on the page?
All I see is free £5 for prime video view. Can you give a direct link to reading promotion?

Probably account specific

Caranica

newincity wrote: »

Considering VAT rules are changing, will that impact subscribe and save delivery order I placed yesterday. Delivery is showing on 22nd July.
Is there a way to expedite delivery in subscribe and save?

You might just make it for June delivery. Today is the last day to edit the order. Go into edit date and see if June is still an option. I'll be cancelling all of mine after this week's delivery

TimHorton

Is all this messing with Double vat etc pointing towards the launch of a proper Irish site on the horizon , I have given up on Amazon.co.uk, I am a customer Customer since 1998 and so far this year have 157 orders ! 198 orders in 2019 and 198 orders in 2020....

Sleeper12

TimHorton wrote: »

Is all this messing with Double vat etc pointing towards the launch of a proper Irish site on the horizon , I have given up on Amazon.co.uk, I am a customer Customer since 1998 and so far this year have 157 orders ! 198 orders in 2019 and 198 orders in 2020....

The problems seem to be resolved this morning. Anyone overcharged will be refunded in a few days

Doodah7

Sleeper12 wrote: »

The problems seem to be resolved this morning. Anyone overcharged will be refunded in a few days

No they are not!!! Some are but by no means all. A couple of items in my wish list that are sale are still being calculated incorrectly.

Doesn't seem sorted to me, but maybe am missing something?

From checkout just now:

All-new Fire HD 10 tablet | 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, Black - with Ads
£79.99

Order Summary
Items: EUR 146,14
Postage & Packing: EUR 0,00
Import Fees Deposit: EUR 33,61
Total: EUR 179,75
Promotion Applied: -EUR 52,61
Exchange rate guarantee fee: EUR 2,71
Order Total: EUR 129,85

GhostyMcGhost

MeepMeep2021 wrote: »

Doesn't seem sorted to me, but maybe am missing something?

From checkout just now:

All-new Fire HD 10 tablet | 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, Black - with Ads
£79.99

Order Summary
Items: EUR 146,14
Postage & Packing: EUR 0,00
Import Fees Deposit: EUR 33,61
Total: EUR 179,75
Promotion Applied: -EUR 52,61
Exchange rate guarantee fee: EUR 2,71
Order Total: EUR 129,85

Exchange rate guarantee fee? …. What in the name of …. is that? Pay with Revolut or curve, don’t let Amazon do the conversion

FileNotFound

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

Exchange rate guarantee fee? …. What in the name of …. is that? Pay with Revolut or curve, don’t let Amazon do the conversion

If you use a standard bank card, you either pay Pounds and let your bank charge you (they add an extra charge for buying in GBP on top of conversion rate) or amazon does pretty much the same thing except you see it all pre purchase rather than later on bank statements

positron

positron wrote: »

Garmin Edge Explore

List price: £183.33
Price: £183.32
Lightning Deal: -£34.32
With discount: £149.00

And when in checkout:

Items: £183.32
Postage & Packing: £0.00
Import Fees Deposit: £62.24
Total: £245.56
Promotion Applied: -£34.32
Order Total: £211.24

Fecking Brexit and everything else. We are screwed!

Same item on Amazon.de

Order Summary
Items: €175.71
Postage & Packing: €8.64
Order Total: €184.35

This has been fixed. Total is now coming up as £174.58 (which is still about 20 euro more than buying from Amazon.de including shipping)

Seve OB

zell12 wrote: »

I cannot see this on the page?
All I see is free £5 for prime video view. Can you give a direct link to reading promotion?

I linked it but it but the link wouldn’t work properly for some reason. Sorry.
Can’t even remember how I found it to be honest, just clicking around a few places and a banner came up for me

hazbot

MeepMeep2021 wrote: »

Doesn't seem sorted to me, but maybe am missing something?

From checkout just now:

All-new Fire HD 10 tablet | 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, Black - with Ads
£79.99

Order Summary
Items: EUR 146,14
Postage & Packing: EUR 0,00
Import Fees Deposit: EUR 33,61
Total: EUR 179,75
Promotion Applied: -EUR 52,61
Exchange rate guarantee fee: EUR 2,71
Order Total: EUR 129,85

I saw the vat issue was still there on these tablets earlier this morning but just in the last few minutes I deleted and re-added and now the correct calculation is showing up. Might be worth giving it another try.

Cookiee

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/amazon-apologises-for-error-affecting-irish-customers-1.4600212?mode=amp

hazbot

hazbot wrote: »

I saw the vat issue was still there on these tablets earlier this morning but just in the last few minutes I deleted and re-added and now the correct calculation is showing up. Might be worth giving it another try.

Thanks for that. It has come down in price for sure, but the final price is still almost double the supposed deal price.

All-new Fire HD 10 tablet | 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, Black - with Ads
£54.99

Items: EUR 146,14
Postage & Packing: EUR 0,00
Import Fees Deposit: EUR 33,61
Total: EUR 179,75
Promotion Applied: -EUR 81,84
Exchange rate guarantee fee: EUR 2,08
Order Total: EUR 99,99

muffler

Cookiee wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/amazon-apologises-for-error-affecting-irish-customers-1.4600212?mode=amp

Looks like the journalist was reading the posts here.

Sleeper12

muffler wrote: »

Looks like the journalist was reading the posts here.

It's usually Dublin Live that lurks in the shadows

ted1

Sleeper12 wrote: »

It's usually Dublin Live that lurks in the shadows

As those their articles, seriously the ads on the site make it unreadable, keep scrolling as there probably another paragraph

MeepMeep2021

MeepMeep2021 wrote: »

Thanks for that. It has come down in price for sure, but the final price is still almost double the supposed deal price.

All-new Fire HD 10 tablet | 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, Black - with Ads
£54.99

Items: EUR 146,14
Postage & Packing: EUR 0,00
Import Fees Deposit: EUR 33,61
Total: EUR 179,75
Promotion Applied: -EUR 81,84
Exchange rate guarantee fee: EUR 2,08
Order Total: EUR 99,99

it's on sale for 80 £ (sterling)

when UK VAT is taken off and Irish VAT applied 99 euro is correct

bk

Looks like they have fixed the issue across many products (if not all).

for example the Echo Buds, Sale price £49.99, yesterday they were coming out at £72, today they are checking out at £52.99, which would be the correct amount for Irish VAT.

I've checked out about 6 other items and all coming out at the correct price now.

So go, go, go, start shopping

Doodah7

muffler wrote: »

Looks like the journalist was reading the posts here.

I emailed Conor Pope yesterday with a link to the various threads on Boards.

grogi

bk wrote: »

Looks like they have fixed the issue across many products (if not all).

for example the Echo Buds, Sale price £49.99, yesterday they were coming out at £72, today they are checking out at £52.99, which would be the correct amount for Irish VAT.

I've checked out about 6 other items and all coming out at the correct price now.

So go, go, go, start shopping

Well, accounting only for 3% VAT increase, those should be £51.25. But this is much better than it used to and in the region of uncomfortable wallet

xtal191

Still being overcharged on the following dash cams

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B082FFXS3W/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2224L4YIUC64&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DHKLH4F/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=A2LW4KGDFXLO22&psc=1

Pain in the arse cause I'd like to pick one of them up for the father

ablelocks

Doodah7 wrote: »

I emailed Conor Pope yesterday with a link to the various threads on Boards.

so did I

i said hello, Conor

I'm ablelocks from boards.ie can you investigate this ****e from amazon

I gave him the example of the headphones in screenshots (which he got wrong - they were sennheiser, not samsung!)

Doodah7

The £7 free top-up for buying a £50 gift card is a no-brainer for anyone buying something today.

(With thanks to the No Chat thread for the tip!!).