It's even worse in Ireland, particularly with the new import fees for non-EU goods - €7 + 23% VAT per item.
replyAmazon Germany/France/Spain won't ship a huge variety of items to Ireland and obviously won't have the same composition of goods as English speaking countries.
It's just about worth it for Prime Video and Deliveroo Silver, but the Irish Prime membership doesn't even support household or family sharing...
Yep, prime membership went quite a lot up; prices went up; delivery times got slower after COVID; now they are also saving on packaging, which means Royal mail brings me broken packages held by elastic bands...
replyYeah the broken packages thing is getting terrible. I think about 1/4 of what I was ordering turns up damaged or broken.
replyI'm no Amazon fan but very cheap next day is still an Amazon advantage, and a pretty big one. £9/mo vs £4-8 per delivery from other retailers
replyUnlike the US I believe in practice it's all but guaranteed next day too
I've just stopped buying a lot of stuff. I think the availability of the cheap delivery just made me buy things I didn't need for convenience.
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