Online Shopping Ireland

Amazon don’t do many discount codes or vouchers - but here’s one we spotted.
Get £10 credit on your Amazon account to spend on clothing, shoes , jewellery or watches.

How :   Buy ANY product sold by Amazon.co.uk (except Kindles or ebooks) before midnight on 25 November 2012 and Amazon  will add a £10 promotional gift certificate to your Amazon account. (Only 1 gift certificate per customer).

The £10 Amazon.co.uk promotional gift certificates must be used before midnight on 9 December 2012 and only against a single order of eligible clothing, shoes, jewellery and/or watches sold by Amazon.co.uk with a minimum combined value of £40

Full Details of the Offer Here

Fifty Shades of Grey is the biggest selling books this year - 

Written by EL James’s -  Fifty Shades of Grey has become the fastest adult paperback novel to reach sales of one million print copies.

Fifty Shades of Grey is currently the 32nd bestselling book since records began in 1998.

Amazon said on Tuesday that Fifty Shades of Grey had become the first ebook to sell one million copies for Kindles

The book is described as "Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, Fifty Shades of Grey is a novel that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you for ever."

If you want to buy it online in Ireland and save the possible embarresment of asking for ut in your local bookshop - you can get it here at Amazon .    Fifty Shades of Grey

You may as well order a few other things to bring the order up to £25 - then you can get free delivery. Why not order the whole trilogy for £12.71

Fifty Shades of Grey

The Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are now available for delivery to Ireland from the Amazon US site.
The Kindle Touch  features everything readers already love about Kindle, with the addition of an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced E Ink display which reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.

You can order a Kindle Touch here at Amazon

• Sleek design - Only 213 grams, holds up to 3,000 books
• EasyReach touch technology lets you read easily with one hand
• New X-Ray feature lets you look up characters, historical figures, and interesting phrases.
  
• Text-to-speech, audiobooks and mp3 support
• Up to two month battery life

The Kindle is the ebook reader sold by Amazon . See more about the  Kindle here . It  it has been the top selling item on Amazon for 2 years.
If you want to buy a Kindle in Ireland - you need to  order them  here at Amazon.Com .

The good news is that  delivery is very quick and you don’t have to set up a new account if you have an account at Amazon UK. The cheapest Kindle on Amazon.com works out at around €126 Euro delivered to Ireland. (Includes  import duty )

The  Kindle Fire - which is only available for delivery in the USA - has been the best-selling product on Amazon.com since it went on sale 13 weeks ago.

Amazon said it sold "well over" one million Kindle devices per week in December with the Kindle Touch and basic Kindle taking the top two spots after the Fire.

See what all the fuss is about here - and you may never buy another book again!  Amazon Kindles

For all other shopping at Amazon  (apart from the Kindle)  visit Amazon UK

Black Friday - as it is known in America - is the day after Thanksgiving and this year it falls on Friday November 25th 2011.
The name is strange - but it is one of the biggest shopping days in the USA - and many online retailers run special offers to coincide with it.

Amazon UK - aho deliver to Ireland - have started running Black Friday deals all week - with special offers popping up every hour or so . They only last a short while - and the good ones go very fast.

See the Black Friday Deals on Amazon Here

Sending Christmas presents abroad can be really expensive - with the postage sometimes costing as much as the gift itself. With so much emigration from Ireland in recent years - there will be plenty of Christmas presents being sent to countries as far away as  Australia, New Zealand, South Africa .

Amazon are offering free delivery to  Australia, New Zealand, South Africa on Music, Books and DVD orders over £25. This is a great offer - considering that the cost of posting a  2kg  parcel to Australia will cost €30 from Ireland.

Amazon also offer free delivery on all orders over £25 to the following countries  : -
UK , Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland,Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Sweden  .
Products must be sold by Amazon

So - you’ve got no excuse not to send Christmas present to friends and relatives abroad this year. Of course - don’t forget they also do free delivery to Ireland of course!

Start Shopping now at Amazon.co.uk

If you were looking for the "Amazon Ireland" website  or Amazon.ie - well there isn’t one - but Irish residents can shop online here at Amazon UK

Amazon was launched on the web in 1995 - and was initially just online bookstore . They have since grown to become one of the world’s leading names in online shopping and now offer everything from DVDs and electronics to tennis rackets shoes and diamond rings.

Amazon have a large presence in Ireland -and they employ hundreds of staff in Ireland at their EU customer service centre in Cork and their large Data Centre in Dublin.

Amazon will deliver almost all items to your door anywhere in Ireland. You can get even FREE delivery on all orders over £25.**
You can also get free delivery to many other countries - a great idea for sending Christmas presents to family and friends abroad. Free delivery on orders over £25 is available to Australia, India, New Zealand   South Africa as well as most countries in Europe.

You can buy thousands of different products at Amazon - from Books and DVDs to Saucepans , Sheets , Shoes, Bins, Hats, Ipods, cameras, Satnavs, Toys  and much more. Take a look for your self .

(** Make sure the items are shown as "sold by Amazon" to get the Free delivery)

The only item that cannot be purchased on the Amazon UK site for delivery to Ireland - is the Kindle. (Amazon’s best selling ebook reader).
If you want a Kindle you have to get it from the Amazon.Com site.  After taxes and delivery are added on the price works out slightly more expensive that the UK site - but not that much.

You can now buy top brands of dog food and cat food in bulk online with delivery to Ireland at Amazon.
Free delivery on orders over £25. Prices are in pounds - so it works out even better.
You can get cat food by Felix , Go-Cat , Whiskas , Purina, Kit-e-Cat , Sheba and Gourmet Perle.

See the Cat food available on Amazon Here

Dog Food is also available - with all the well known brands to buy in bulk.  Bakers, Winalot , Pedigree, IAMS,
See the dog food available on Amazon

These days many people have family or friends living abroad - Australia is a popular place for Irish and UK emigrants.
Sending gifts by post to Australia can be expensive - For example - to send a parcel of 2kg  to Australia will cost €30 from Ireland.
To send a 2kg parcel from the UK to Australia could cost anything from £41 to £74

There is a way of sending parcels to Australia for FREE at Amazon. See details of Free Delivery to Australia Here
Instead of buying something and sending it yourself by post - just buy it online at Amazon and if the order is more than £25  they will deliver it to Australia for Free. This offer is on until September 30th 2011.

Amazon also offer free delivery on orders over £25 to New Zealand , India and South Africa.

 Amazon.co.uk has been offering free delivery to Ireland on orders over £25 for about 2 years now. There is still no www.Amazon.ie site - but there is really no need for one.
With the thousands of products on sale at Amazon it won’t take long to get your order to £25. Anything from  Cameras to chopping boards , Nappies to Satnav, Books to Boots, clothes, toys, - take a look at Amazon here

With  the Euro still fairly strong against Sterling - it also means that prices work out cheaper than buying in Ireland. Amazon have hundreds of employees in Dublin and Cork and Amazon charge Irish VAT - and pass it on to the Irish Revenue. (So shopping online at Amazon isn’t as bad as shopping up North)

Many people might not be aware that you can shop at Amazon and also get free delivery to all the following countries in Europe  : Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Andorra, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, UK, Vatican city, Poland. 

Until August 15th 2011 Amazon also offer FREE Super Saver Delivery to Australia, India, New Zealand and South Africa.

 

So if you are planning on buying a gift for someone abroad - don’t buy it here and pay the postage - just buy it on Amazon and let them deliver it for free. (Orders over £25)
NB: Make sure all the products are shown as sold by Amazon to ensure free delivery.

 

Visit Amazon Here 

Amazon started selling groceries last year -  initially it was UK only deliver  but this week they have started doing delivery to Ireland.
Now - you won’t be replacing your whole supermarket shop with a visit to Amazon.  They are selling mainly products with long shelf life - such as biscuits, snacks, jams, sauces , drinks, nappies, pet food, pasta  cleaning products etc.

Some of the stuff has to be bought in bulk - but there are some great savings to be had.
On a quick look around the site we found some good bargains such as:

Pampers Nappies  - Active Fit Size 5 Junior Nappies - 2 x Jumbo Packs of 62 (124 Nappies) for £19.60 (about €22.40)

Ariel Washing Tablets  4 packs of 40  £14.36

Buxton Mineral water  24 500ml for £4.33

De Cecco Pasta - Pack of 6  £8.88

See all the Groceries available at Amazon Here 

You can even subscribe for regular orders of things like nappies or pet food - and they will deliver every month or every two months. Free delivery in Ireland on orders over £25

 

Get £10 off at  Amazon  when you spend £40 on fashion  . Use discount code SUMMER11 . Expires June 5th 2011 . Don’t forget Free delivery to Ireland on all orders over £25

Amazon are having a stock clearance sale this Spring - with discounts on computers ,video games, clothes, toys, health and beauty, electronics, home and garden , books and music .

See the Clearance Sale Here

Amazon are still offering free delivery to Ireland on all orders over £25 .

With the strong Euro exchange rate against the Pound - the prices on Amazon are even better for Irish customers.

Shop online now at Amazon

Amazon promotional code :   FASH2011  will get you £10 off when you spend £40 or more on Fashion. This incluides clothes, shoes, watches , jewellery. The items must be sold by Amazon and not third parties.
This discount code is valid until 17th April 2011

Free delivery to Ireland is available on all orders over £25
Visit Amazon Here to get your Discount

The bad weather before Christmas meant that more people did their Christmas shopping online. Amazon was where I did all my present buying this year . The Free Super Saver delivery to Ireland  ie. Free delivery on orders over £25  is a big attraction - as are the good prices on most things available.  - Vist Amazon Here
 

 

The January 2011 UK VAT increase to 20% will not affect the prices charged by Amazon for Irish customers - because we were always charged the Irish rate of VAT anyway.
Amazon will automatically add 1.5% to the UK prices to account for the 21.5% Irish VAT rate.

There is still no dedicated Amazon.ie site - but Irish orders can be made on the  Amazon UK site.   Prices are in Sterling - and deliveries to Ireland normally arrive in 3 to 5 days.

If you are looking for a Kindle (ebook reader) - for delivery to Ireland you need to go to the Amazon USA site 

Most "marketplace" sellers on Amazon won’t deliver to Ireland - so to be sure of getting delivery to Ireland - choose items with the Seller shown as Amazon-Uk.

If your order is under £25 the following charges will apply for delivery to Ireland:

CDs & DVD  £1.49 per order and  £0.39 per item
Books / VHS /Pc & Video Games   £3.99 per order and £0.99 per item
Everything Else  £3.99 per order plus £0.49 per Kg  Add 21.5% Irish VAT to these Delivery charges

You can buy toys, tools , video games, consoles, digital cameras, food processors, camcorders,Ipods, Satnav, a, Laptops, Clothes, Shoes, Watches, Jewellery   - basically anything except TVs , Car Seats , Kids Clothes, Blank DVDs/Cds and lightbulbs .