Ordering from UK websites

[deeahgwitch]

If you are living in Ireland and ordering from UK websites what service do you use to minimise costs ?

Haven’t found any personally that works! A trip to newry for in store collection is all I can muster for some stores!

I did a Boden order last week. Despite ordering in € from the .eu website the order has been dispatched from the UK. We'll see how much extra I have to pay, I think it's €3 per item (4 items) pluse €6.95 fee to An Post. Very annoying

It’s a total pain in the proverbial.
I do try and buy local as much as possible but there are a few UK websites I like.
Sadly I don’t have relatives in the UK I could ask to bring stuff over.
There is kind of Oohpod near the border. Has anyone used it ?

When I lived in Ireland, I used to use Postal Pickup in Derry. Hassle free. Highly recommend. I used to collect in person but if you’re further away they might be able to deliver it to you. The rates were good.
Edit: Just checked, they can deliver. It’s postalpickup.co.uk

Thank you for that @SNESRainbowRoad
I am miles from Derry, in the Dublin area.

I'm in the UK but I am interested as several relatives have been stung by this recently, where a 10 euro purchase ended up more than double that - unexpectedly for them as well!

So I am just here for ideas (one does live quite close to the NI border).

Just to update, my Boden parcel arrived with no extra charges, yay!
However, sending one of the items back is going to cost €7.60.