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Deliveries to Northern Ireland

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WilsonMilson · 31/12/2020 08:58

Just a rant really.

Getting a bit fed up with companies who’ve decided to stop (temporarily or permanently - who knows) delivery to Northern Ireland, or who have limited the things they can deliver to NI.

Since the Brexit deal, so far this week I cannot order from M&S, Debenhams have stopped NI delivery and now Amazon won’t sell alcohol, perfumes or aftershaves for delivery in NI. And I cannot get a home office chair for love nor money to be delivered from any bloody where.

This is all I’ve seen so far. I’m sure there must be more as I’ve not really shopped much. It’s incredibly frustrating to be so disadvantaged comparing to the mainland.

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teaorwine · 31/12/2020 10:41

Lol at being described as republican. I find your use of mainland offensive, maybe you should invest a bit in the political, cultural or even religious aspects of the country you’re living in. I’m not being goady, I’m genuinely offended and I don’t usually comment on these kind of threads. You’re posting about the difficulties of receiving goods into a part of the UK, I’m challenging your use of language in your post, I get your frustration with that but object as someone born in NI to your use of mainland. Our island is not an offshore island of Britain.

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WilsonMilson · 31/12/2020 10:46

@teaorwine I’m sorry that my factual description of Britain being the mainland to Northern Ireland has offended you, but it does however remain the case.

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Stillfunny · 31/12/2020 10:49

Live in ROI . We always had the issue that UK based companies did not deliver to here. Live near the border, so had an address to use . And also a Parcel Address. Maybe you can see if something similar ? Though not great for bigger items.

lyinginthegutterstaringatstars · 31/12/2020 10:53

I know a lady who lives in NI . She likes to order stuff for her family from a french company. They will no longer deliver to NI now. Will still deliver to mainland GB though.

6heartsforhumphrey · 31/12/2020 10:54

I work for a company that ships goods from The Netherlands to the UK. From now on we have to split goods for the UK mainland and for NI. I understand that the NI orders are treated as still being in the EU for customs reasons. We have to update our systems to reflect this so orders for NI will be on hold for a few days while this takes place. It's quite an unusual change as the country code for these orders is still UK, but they now need to be split for customs purposes.

ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:00

It's not something that I would have anticipated for NI to be honest. Never crossed my mind.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:04

yabvu for saying mainland. Northern Ireland is part of the island of Ireland. Politically and for some, culturally NI is affiliated to the UK but it’s not NI’s/the island of Ireland’s mainland. Yanbu re m&s, etc

Oh do shut up. NI isn't affiliated with the UK, its not for some people, NI is part of the UK, end of story. The mainland is the larger part of the UK, it's accurate.
No, it's not Ireland's mainland, what with Ireland being a totally seperate country, obviously. But Britain IS the mainland to NI.

Fucks sake.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:05

It's not something that I would have anticipated for NI to be honest. Never crossed my mind

Should have done, there were enough of us warning about exactly this the for the last FOUR YEARS. Probably should have paid attention.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:06

Live in ROI . We always had the issue that UK based companies did not deliver to here

  1. Most UK companies have always delivered to Ireland.
  2. It's a different country. NI is the same country. It's not even slightly comparable.
ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:07

@Apollo3

It's not something that I would have anticipated for NI to be honest. Never crossed my mind

Should have done, there were enough of us warning about exactly this the for the last FOUR YEARS. Probably should have paid attention.

Don't take that attitude with me. As I don't live in NI, it wouldn't have been on my radar. Perhaps you should have been bleating at your overlords, not ranting at innocent posters on MN.
ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:09

I can safely say that you have now lost any sympathy I may have had.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:11

Don't take that attitude with me. As I don't live in NI, it wouldn't have been on my radar.

I'll take whatever attitude I like thanks, and you just proved the point. You don't live in NI so paid no attention, you just ignored anything that didn;t directly affect you, and now you're all surprised.
Well done, Little Englander.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:12

*I can safely say that you have now lost any sympathy I may have had"

Cos a forriner showed your complete ignorance of what's been happening in your own country? Oh, whatever will the people of NI do without your sympathy (which never existed as you never considered them at all).

Hmm
ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:14

I'm not English.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:15

So? Principle still applies

ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:16

Perhaps you should write to the Little Englander companies you are so loyal to?

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:16

WTF are you on about now? I don't buy from English companies.

ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:18

If you don't buy from English companies, then what on earth are you outraged about?

ObliviouslyIgnorant · 31/12/2020 11:22

Your PM made the deal. Not me.

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:22

If you don't buy from English companies, then what on earth are you outraged about?

fuck me, you really have no concept about caring about things that don't only affect you, do you? Could you be any more self absorbed?
Newsflash: other people care about lots of things other than themselves and their own needs. Try it some time Hmm

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:22

Your PM made the deal. Not me

Not my PM. I'm not from the UK.

ProfessorSlocombe · 31/12/2020 11:23

There is no precedent in history for a country having an international border inside it's own territory. There's also no current precedent anywhere else in the world.

So no one - absolutely no one - has any experience of what is needed, and how to implement it. It really is an unknown unknown, as they say in planning.

Feckmesideways · 31/12/2020 11:23

@teaorwine please stop derailing!

I am really passed off at this, I knew NI would get shafted, because no other country gives a crap. So basically we are cut off from both deliveries from UK companies, and some EU. And if we do purchase via Ireland we have to pay a conversion rate. Great.

RoganJosh · 31/12/2020 11:24

Maybe it will be temporary. Dunelm says:
“ Our home delivery service to Northern Ireland is temporarily paused while our teams make some technical changes to ensure our service complies with new requirements. We are aiming to have home delivery in Northern Ireland available from the 11th January, and are doing everything we can to potentially bring this forward.”

I don’t really understand why they’ve had to do it? Can anyone explain to me, without being angry at my ignorance?Smile

Apollo3 · 31/12/2020 11:25

So no one - absolutely no one - has any experience of what is needed, and how to implement it. It really is an unknown unknown, as they say in planning

There's been four years to plan for it, and nothing at all was done.