A category dedicated to the increasingly irrational policies of Amazon re: Ireland.
Earlier this week I wrote about some inconsistencies in Amazon.co.uk’s apparent policy not to ship electrical goods, software or Xbox games to the Irish Republic. At that point, I’d only identified that the Amazon check out was flagging some Xbox games I had in my basket as being unshippable but notall of them. As I …
Courtesy of Damien Mulley, a tale of Amazon support with a sense of humour. Apparently Amazon UK have a more ‘Kafka-esque’ sense of humour about things…
So, Christmas is coming, the Goose is getting fat. I thought I’d put some euros in Jeff Bezo’s hat.. So I decided to try to order some Xbox games as part of my Christmas shopping. I fully expected to get big “DANGER WILL ROBINSON” warnings for all the purchases given Amazon’s decision NOT to sell …
Amazon. The f*ckers. Yet again they decide to clumsily shaft the residents of the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland. Their Amazon Prime service has been launched and I was all clicky-fingered ready to sign up and pay my stg£49 to get this useful service. However, I forgot just how crap Amazon are at …
His posted update… http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2006/05/07/amazon-uk-shift-the-goalposts/#comment-7815 my comment : http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2006/05/07/amazon-uk-shift-the-goalposts/#comment-7818
I used the contact form on the Dept of Enterprise site last night to alert them to the Amazon-inania…  Here is their response… which includes the email and name of the Private Secretary to the Minister, which I’ve cut out for sake of privacy. If anyone wants them, comment and request (I will not post this …
Tuppenceworth directed me to a worrying bit of news – Amazon have gone totally insane. Having read the posts and comments over at Michele’s blog, I had to get my writing fingers out. Let’s start with the issues in the order they come to me: The point was made that if you contacted a baker …