Not Available In Northern Ireland

hnisc

OK it would appear there are lots of posts in the Northern Ireland section of the forum concerning offers and products which are not available in Northern Ireland.

I think it might be a good idea to keep them all in one thread i.e. this one. Maybe we can do all something about this by starting a petition?

Tobyruby

I hate to be isolationist, but if the thing ain't available here, I don't want it. However, what really bugs me is how much more expensive everything is here compared to mainland UK. Tesco, Asda and all that lot are clogging up our roads with their huge trucks bringing us stuff like strawberries from the US of A and charging us for the privilege. What's wrong with our own strawberries? End of rant.

Marty_J

Yeah, I don't really care either. I've seen plenty of offers that are only open to people from the island of Ireland, so it all balances out.

SCROOGE

It always maddens me to see ads on TV with the infamous NI exclusion, particularly when it comes to car insurance. Many big companies are quite happy to sell us some products when they can make a fat profit, but refuse some of their other products if margins are a trifle slimmer. Sometimes it's difficult to know who the parent company are, but I personally boycott all products from any company that excludes us. Remember HP sauce moving to Holland? I don't buy it now. And Peugeot cars' fast getaway from the UK? Who would buy one now?!

belfastgirl23

B****y bodyshop don't ship here. Although they will accept your order for your best friends birthday present and then leave you sitting waiting for it to arrive, brushing off your phonecalls with 'it's just leaving the warehouse today' ... grrr

just_thrifty

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

B****y bodyshop don't ship here. Although they will accept your order for your best friends birthday present and then leave you sitting waiting for it to arrive, brushing off your phonecalls with 'it's just leaving the warehouse today' ... grrr

Have they stopped shipping here just recently, because I've ordered online from them about 3 times this year and they've delivered without any problems? One thing that does annoy me- online market research companies in the UK who don't let N. Ireland UK residents join. These include major companies like Pinecone and Ipsos. Maybe they think you fall off the edge of the world when you step off the mainland! :rolleyes:

belfastgirl23

just_thrifty wrote: »

Have they stopped shipping here just recently, because I've ordered online from them about 3 times this year and they've delivered without any problems? One thing that does annoy me- online market research companies in the UK who don't let N. Ireland UK residents join. These include major companies like Pinecone and Ipsos. Maybe they think you fall off the edge of the world when you step off the mainland! :rolleyes:

It was last january I ordered (can tell by friends birthday ) but then maybe they were lying when they said they didn't deliver to NI rather than lying when they said the order was being despatched might give it another go but not for anything that has a due by date.

just_thrifty

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

It was last january I ordered (can tell by friends birthday ) but then maybe they were lying when they said they didn't deliver to NI rather than lying when they said the order was being despatched might give it another go but not for anything that has a due by date.

Think it would be worth your while trying again. I ordered quite a few things in their summer sale- got some good bargains on products that weren't available instore and that they were discontinuing.