sellers not posting to NI

aeb_2

Worryingly Santander also regard NI as 'abroad' and will block your credit card if you try to use it without informing then you are travelling. This happened to my husband even though he had booked a ferry and a hotel with the same card. When I queried it the operator said 'well he must have know it was abroad because he went on a ferry':rotfl:

pc10

My BT postcode automatically flags it up when the seller does not post to NI and I can't proceed with the purchase :mad:

I don't actually have Northern Ireland as part of my ebay saved address.

The great thing with ebay is that there is always another seller who WILL post to the weird and wonderful BT postcode!

:beer:

lazer

thebestnameshavegone wrote: »

I probably post more items to both Northern Ireland and the Highlands & Islands of Scotland than I do to London addresses - maybe I'm mopping up business from daft sellers who don't realise that both Royal Mail and Hermes deliver there for no extra charge!

Collect plus also deliver to NI for no extra charge

knightstyle

N.I. can be a problem for packages which is why some sellers just say no to all purchases. I just sent a bundle of books to a buyer in N.I. it was much cheaper with Parcel Post than the usual courier.

soolin

I think this thread has made all the NI buyers come out and buy- I seem to have done nothing but send items to people with a BT postcode in the past couple of days!

molerat

Get the same for Highlands and Islands. I can understand for large items but when their normal delivery method is RM it seems silly of them. The worst thing for me is that courier deliveries to several non H&I post codes (standard "mainland" delivery charges) are delivered from a depot in my town which is in the H&I delivery area.

likelyfran

pc10 wrote: »

But when I have pointed out to them that they are happy to post the items to elsewhere in UK and has there been an error that states they won't post to NI - the answer on all 3 occasions has been - "no we don't post to NI even though we use Royal Mail!"

They're just a bit thick then, and as someone else said, think they'd be posting 'abroad'. I'd be inclined to politely educate them on 'the UK' and Royal Mail. I've never ever come across that from a seller though - very weird.

likelyfran

knightstyle wrote: »

N.I. can be a problem for packages which is why some sellers just say no to all purchases. I just sent a bundle of books to a buyer in N.I. it was much cheaper with Parcel Post than the usual courier.

Can it? Why?

Again, I've never come across a seller refusing to send to NI, maybe I've just been lucky so far.

likelyfran

pc10 wrote: »

My BT postcode automatically flags it up when the seller does not post to NI and I can't proceed with the purchase :mad:

I don't actually have Northern Ireland as part of my ebay saved address.

The great thing with ebay is that there is always another seller who WILL post to the weird and wonderful BT postcode!

:beer:

This is so weird! I've had Ebay things sent to NI many times - never a problem. I'm kind of worried now!

likelyfran

sequence wrote: »

I have Ireland blocked... Too many INRs.

Ireland or Northern Ireland? I know my Mum has had a lot of items go missing when posting to and from NI and Southern Ireland.