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DPD Parcel Wizard - DPD Pickup

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    #3722
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,947 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    AidenL wrote: »
    Pity PW is closing, its was really useful.

    My missing parcel turned up, a day late, so I was worrying for nothing, its been reliable as usual.

    Agree never charged me for oversized parcels whereas PM would always look for 8 eur plus 8 for delivery if you dont collect !!


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    #3723
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    xdark wrote: »
    Source?

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    #3724
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    xdark wrote: »
    Source?

    Do you think he made it up?


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    #3725
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    The email:

    Dear Parcel Wizard Member,

    Today we're bringing you an Important Service Update regarding the DPD Virtual Address.

    We will no longer be offering our Virtual Address Service from December 11th 2020. This is due to customs clearance requirements for parcels travelling into the Republic of Ireland from Great Britain which will come into effect post Brexit.



    In order to prepare for this change, please review the following information -


    Any parcels arriving to the Virtual Address up to and including December 11th will be processed as normal.

    Please ensure to update any online Address Books where you have indicated that the Parcel Wizard Virtual Address is your default address.

    When ordering online between now and December 11th, check the transit times to ensure that your parcel will arrive before the Virtual Address Service ceases - if it won't, please do not use the Virtual Address.​​​​

    If you have an unused balance on your Virtual Address account after the service ceases, this will be refunded directly to you via SagePay before the end of January 2021. You don't need to take any action - the refund will be automated.​​​​​​



    Thank for using our Virtual Address Service over the years. And don't forget, after the 11th December you can still use all of the other great DPD Parcel Wizard options - up to date messaging on when your parcel will arrive, managing your delivery schedule, routing your parcel to a particular address and much more.

    Best regards,
    The Parcel Wizard Team @ DPD


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    #3726
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,743 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Thanks lads...they're obviously assuming we are definitely facing a no trade deal in any shape or form post Brexit.

    Assume Parcel Motel and Addresspal will have to follow suit.
    Deal or no deal doesn't make a difference in terms of parcels from the UK requiring customs clearance from January 1st.

    Only thing that would have kept things as they are was the UK staying in the EU Customs Union and BoJo ruled that out from the get-go.


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    #3727
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    I started with PM and moved to Parcel Wizard when they started.
    Overall i got hundreds of items delivered with none lost. A great service and will be sad to see it go but understandably the business is not viable anymore thanks to Brexit.
    In general the attractiveness of getting items from the UK from Ist Jan is seriously diminished.


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    #3728
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Am I reading the Revenue website correctly in that items under €150 coming from outside the EU (so the UK from 1/1/21) are exempt from duty?


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    #3729
    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭VG31


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Am I reading the Revenue website correctly in that items under €150 coming from outside the EU (so the UK from 1/1/21) are exempt from duty?

    Duty yes, but you have to pay VAT on items over €22.


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    #3730
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,743 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    VG31 wrote: »
    Duty yes, but you have to pay VAT on items over €22.
    And the €22 exception will be gone come July 1st.


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    #3731
    ytsaeb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 17 ✭ytsaeb


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    The email:

    Dear Parcel Wizard Member,

    Today we're bringing you an Important Service Update regarding the DPD Virtual Address.

    We will no longer be offering our Virtual Address Service from December 11th 2020. This is due to customs clearance requirements for parcels travelling into the Republic of Ireland from Great Britain which will come into effect post Brexit.



    In order to prepare for this change, please review the following information -


    Any parcels arriving to the Virtual Address up to and including December 11th will be processed as normal.

    Please ensure to update any online Address Books where you have indicated that the Parcel Wizard Virtual Address is your default address.

    When ordering online between now and December 11th, check the transit times to ensure that your parcel will arrive before the Virtual Address Service ceases - if it won't, please do not use the Virtual Address.​​​​

    If you have an unused balance on your Virtual Address account after the service ceases, this will be refunded directly to you via SagePay before the end of January 2021. You don't need to take any action - the refund will be automated.​​​​​​



    Thank for using our Virtual Address Service over the years. And don't forget, after the 11th December you can still use all of the other great DPD Parcel Wizard options - up to date messaging on when your parcel will arrive, managing your delivery schedule, routing your parcel to a particular address and much more.

    Best regards,
    The Parcel Wizard Team @ DPD

    So Parcel Wizard is finishing ?


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    #3732
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    VG31 wrote: »
    Duty yes, but you have to pay VAT on items over €22.

    Yeah but we already pay additional VAT when buying on amazon.co.uk ?


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    #3733
    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭VG31


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Yeah but we already pay additional VAT when buying on amazon.co.uk ?

    True I didn't think of that. I'm not sure how that will work then. Buying from Amazon UK wouldn't be a big deal if only orders over €150 were affected.


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    #3734
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wow never got an email so glad I checked here. I never used PW until around Christmas when PM was mental but never had a problem thankfully. Sad times.


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    #3735
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,743 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Yeah but we already pay additional VAT when buying on amazon.co.uk ?
    On items posted to Ireland, they charge Irish VAT. It's an EU thing. That'll end come January 1st. Then they'll either apply VAT-free prices and VAT will be collected on delivery by An Post etc. Or more likely, they'll still charge Irish VAT at source and handle customs-clearance and the end customer won't notice too much of a difference.


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    #3736
    flintash
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭flintash


    Quackster wrote: »
    And the €22 exception will be gone come July 1st.

    wait! what?! are you saying when i buy something from outside EU i have to pay vat even for 99 cent aliexpress item?


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    #3737
    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭VG31


    flintash wrote: »
    wait! what?! are you saying when i buy something from outside EU i have to pay vat even for 99 cent aliexpress item?

    Yes and since you'll also have to pay An Post's €10 handling fee (or a similar fee for couriers) it will be completely uneconomical to buy cheap goods from outside the EU.


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    #3738
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,839 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    flintash wrote: »
    wait! what?! are you saying when i buy something from outside EU i have to pay vat even for 99 cent aliexpress item?

    Yep. No lower limit. Or they register to pay all VAT/Duty with the EU, which would save individual customs clearance charges, but will put the prices up.


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    #3739
    gerard2210
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭gerard2210


    VG31 wrote: »
    Yes and since you'll also have to pay An Post's €10 handling fee (or a similar fee for couriers) it will be completely uneconomical to buy cheap goods from outside the EU.

    The postman will no longer be collecting the customs charges from January. Revenue/Customs or anpost will contact the customer directly to get payment before the item is released for delivery.


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    #3740
    scamalert
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭scamalert


    whiterebel wrote: »
    Yep. No lower limit. Or they register to pay all VAT/Duty with the EU, which would save individual customs clearance charges, but will put the prices up.
    same as user above it makes no sense, been awhile since got stuff from china, but pretty sure none of em are vat registered for eu, so seems odd if one would need to pay vat+handling on say few euro items.


    as even if you travel from spain canaries, theres exceptions allowed for how much booze, tobacco one can import without declaring it :confused:


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    #3741
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,839 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    scamalert wrote: »
    same as user above it makes no sense, been awhile since got stuff from china, but pretty sure none of em are vat registered for eu, so seems odd if one would need to pay vat+handling on say few euro items.


    as even if you travel from spain canaries, theres exceptions allowed for how much booze, tobacco one can import without declaring it :confused:

    They will have to be registered by July 2021 apparently. It makes a lot of sense when you realise there are millions of small shipments a week coming into the EU and no VAT being collected.

    Alcohol, perfume and tobacco are subject to Excise duty, which is the "duty free" part. Excise applies to certain products, matches, oil, and the above 3. Everything is subject to Ad Valorem (To the value) duty from outside the EU. It may be 0%, but can go to 10-15%.


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    #3742
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,233 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    scamalert wrote: »
    same as user above it makes no sense, been awhile since got stuff from china, but pretty sure none of em are vat registered for eu, so seems odd if one would need to pay vat+handling on say few euro items.


    as even if you travel from spain canaries, theres exceptions allowed for how much booze, tobacco one can import without declaring it :confused:

    Indeed - wish and aliexpress would be killed in Europe if there was no threshold.


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    #3743
    flintash
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭flintash


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Indeed - wish and aliexpress would be killed in Europe if there was no threshold.

    is this europe wide or irish initiative? anyone knows? i found pdf on revenue website, as little as i understand its only Ireland.
    if they have any sort of a handling fee it will kill most of the purchases from outside EU if no handling fee it will be uneconomical to collect pennies on $1 purchases.


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    #3744
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,839 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    flintash wrote: »
    is this europe wide or irish initiative? anyone knows? i found pdf on revenue website, as little as i understand its only Ireland.
    if they have any sort of a handling fee it will kill most of the purchases from outside EU if no handling fee it will be uneconomical to collect pennies on $1 purchases.

    It is all EU. Sweden initially wanted it introduced. I t was originally intended to come in on January 1st 2021.


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    #3745
    flintash
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭flintash


    now, that could be a game changer for me.


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    #3746
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,743 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    VG31 wrote: »
    Yes and since you'll also have to pay An Post's €10 handling fee (or a similar fee for couriers) it will be completely uneconomical to buy cheap goods from outside the EU.
    Not necessarily as AliExpress will be able to register on I-OSS to charge VAT at source and packages from them would then skip customs on arrival.


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    #3747
    shanec1928
    Registered Users Posts: 4,125 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    Nice of dpd not to bother emailing everyone one. Glad that I stumbled across this..


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    #3748
    scamalert
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭scamalert


    ok the service is still usable i hope till new next year kicks off anyway.


    anyone ever ordered anything and put your PWid into address field ? as had ordered from store in UK and wouldnt allow to use numbers in name or surname field so had to put it down under address as first line- never done it like that so not sure if it will be an issue.


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    #3749
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,023 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    scamalert wrote: »
    ok the service is still usable i hope till new next year kicks off anyway.


    anyone ever ordered anything and put your PWid into address field ? as had ordered from store in UK and wouldnt allow to use numbers in name or surname field so had to put it down under address as first line- never done it like that so not sure if it will be an issue.

    Yeah I do that all the time if there's enough lines eg
    tk123
    PW123456
    DPD parcel wiz..

    or if there's limited lines
    tk123
    DPD Parcel Wizard - PW123456


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    #3750
    j4vier
    Registered Users Posts: 1,893 ✭✭✭j4vier


    Surely they would have put a notice up on their website by now if this was to happen?


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    #3751
    sunbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,803 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    j4vier wrote: »
    Surely they would have put a notice up on their website by now if this was to happen?


    I'm very surprised they haven't. I didn't receive any email from them either.

    Edit: I just asked on live chat and they confirmed that the service will indeed be ending on December 11th.


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