Why is delivery to Northern Ireland so expensive?
We often hear the argument that delivery to Northern Ireland should be the same as the rest of the UK as the post office doesn’t charge any extra for delivery. But we don’t use the post office to ship our parcels, we use couriers.
All our delivery charges are based on what we are charged by our courier to that location. Unfortunately, they charge a lot to ship to remote locations like the Scottish Highlands & Islands and to Northern Ireland than they do to the UK Mainland.
But Northern Ireland does still seem to be more expensive than you would expect, given that delivery to the Republic of Ireland is cheaper. We have queried this apparent anomaly with our courier and the reason is apparently that all Northern Ireland parcels go across to Republic of Ireland first, and are then sent across the border to Northern Ireland.
So hopefully that explains why Northern Ireland customers are charged more than other UK customers, and also why it is more expensive than RoI.
yes we are ripped off ridiculousy in northern Ireland we are treated as a foreign country the uk fails to recgonise we are part of the uk
You are missing the point. It doesn’t matter if Northern Ireland is part of the UK or not. Couriers charge extra where extra costs are involved. They charge a fee for central London to cover the congestion charge, they charge extra to the highlands and islands because they’re very remote and are poorly connected (no motorways or dual carriages there!), and they charge extra for driving onto a ferry, crossing the sea, and travelling to a different country.
If you think you are being hard done by try this simple experiment. Get into a taxi in Northern Ireland. Ask how much it is to some town in Northern Ireland, then ask how much it is to London. Did the taxi driver say it would cost the same amount? I don’t think so.
You are in a different country, there is a Sea between us, it costs more to deliver there – that’s the way it is. If you don’t like it why don’t you just buy from Northern Ireland instead of a completely different country?