Technology, church music, bicycles, and life in Ireland
Think of the last time you took your cat or dog to the vet. Did you know what it was going to cost before you went? Did you shop around? Caring for a much-loved family pet can be very expensive. The ITV program Pets: The True Cost – Tonight was on last night, and revealed
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I just got an email from Revolut to say that they're offering the next 10,000 to sign up in Ireland a free prepaid Mastercard. It's apparently to celebrate Revolut opening an office in Ireland. And instead of the usual €6 fee to order the first card on the account, they are going to wave this
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I had the unfortunate experience in the last few days of my N26 card being cloned, and a whole bunch of fraudulent transactions cleared out my balance. The first I realised that something was wrong was a series of transaction notifications late on Saturday night. And when I checked the N26 app on my phone
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I live in Ireland but often buy things from Amazon in the UK. I sometimes use services like Parcel Motel or AddressPal to buy items that won't deliver to Ireland. But it's also worth considering using these services to make a saving on VAT as well. Amazon applies the VAT rate at checkout on goods
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Last year An Post launched their AddressPal service to compete with the likes of Parcel Motel who offer a virtual delivery address in the UK. They recently upgraded the service to add a virtual delivery address in the USA, to allow people to shop for goods that are not generally available in Europe. After signing
Continue readingParcel Motel is a great way to overcome delivery restrictions and outlandish courier costs when buying mail order in Ireland. The service gives you a virtual delivery address in Northern Ireland, and then redirects your parcel to a locker of your choosing for you to pick up in a 48 hour window. And with many
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This blog is written by Richard Bloomfield who lives in Dublin, Ireland. I write about stuff that interests me - technology, singing, cycling, and a myriad of other topics.
