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Good news for online shoppers and bargain hunters in Ireland.
As from today (October 6th 2009) Amazon UK are offering free delivery to Ireland on any order valued at over £25 incl VAT.
This is good news - just in time for the Christmas shopping rush. The prices at Amazon are pretty good - especially when the Pound is weak against the Euro. It is currently worth only  €1.09 .
With delivery charges on four  books coming to £7.95  - getting free delivery makes a big difference to the total price.

Available at Misamu - 30% off everything (except sale items) with the code “rock”.Just enter the code in the promotional code box at checkout.
Loads of classy top designer label fashions - expensive yes -  but good.

This Bench Gents watch with leather strap is available at Amazon for just  £24.97 plus £3.98 delivery to Ireland.  Bench have become renowned as the brand that offers multifunctional, comfortable, urban street wear with a quirky finish. Bench remains true to its roots with a hardcore of styles that are timeless classic.

O2 are offering some good deals this Christmas. On selected phones you get a free €100 voucher or treat card as 02  call it. It can be used at selected places (still to be finalised)  towards things like massages , surf lessons.
The prices on their phones aren’t bad either - For example they have the excellent  Sony Ericsson W910i for €119 on an Upgrade (if you are already a Speakeasy customer on Pay as You go). The same phone is at Carphone Warehouse  for €189 for a Vodafone connection.
The W910i is a music player, camera FM radio and phone. You can do away with the need for a separate MP3 player with this phone. The essential phone functions also impress - great sound quality, reception levels and battery life , and the Sony Ericsson W910i is simple to operate. It is also a quad band so can be used all round the world. You can also get upto €40 Euro free credit with an upgrade.
If you are happy with your phone - O2 have another special Christmas offer - A free SIM that will give you Free Texts to any network (just top up by €20 Euro a month.)  See more at O2

If you sign up for a Sky TV package online here at Sky Ireland before December 18th you will get a FREE Sky + Plus Box. Online Offer only . It’s probably quicker and cheaper anyway to sign up online. No waiting in a queue and no one trying to sell you extra packages you will never watch . You can get the basic Sky package for €23 Euro a month - which is 2 channel “mixes” There is a €50 Euro installation fee - but that is the same for everyone even if you don’t go for the Sky Plus Box.

Sky Plus is free to use - and it basically  allows you to record programs to memory to watch whenever you want. You can pause a program - even a live match - and come back to it without missing a thing. No more arguing about what to watch - just when to watch it!  Great for all the Christmas TV and the Soccer.
Claim your Free Sky Plus Box here

Wallis - the ladies clothes shops - have 20% off everything online and in their stores. No codes or vouchers neeeded - everyone gets the discount automatically. This offer ends at midnight on December 5th 2008. Visit Wallis Here

Delivery is free in the UK during this offer  - it is normally  £4. Delivery to Ireland is just £5

There are so many different digital cameras out there - and so many prices - but which are the Best Buys?

These are a few of  what we think are the best Digital Cameras for people on a low Budget. These are all available for around  €100 including delivery.

Canon Powershot A470 available for €89 plus €12.90 delivery to Ireland ( €101.90 )
The Canon Powershot A470 is an affordable but versatile camera -  (7 Mega Pixel ) and is a fine choice for anyone starting  out in digital photography.  It did better than many more expensive digital cameras in Reviews by consumer organisations in the UK. Available now at Pixmania

Also highly recommended is the Canon Powershot A590 IS - available now at Pixmania for about €111 delivered in Ireland. This camera has a lot of manual adjustment functions that an experienced digital photographer might want to use - such as aperture and shutter speed priority mode settings, and a manually adjustable focus and flash. New photographers can use the 12 preset exposure programme. There isn’t any internal memory, but a 32MB card is supplied. 8 Mp - 4x Zoom

For a little bit extra you could get a Fuji FinePix S5800 for around €130 delivered from Pixmania or a Panasonic Lumix Fs3 8 Mega Pixel and 4x Zoom - for about €132 delivered.

Viking Direct have clearance electronics items on sale all the time. See this weeks bargains here.

One of the best deals this month is the Digital Camera and Printer package for just €150 . A saving of around €117 Euro  a reduction of over 40%.

See if the offer is still available HERE

The Printer is a Canon Selphy CP740 - which is available at Pixmania for €111.75 Euro.
This  Canon printer has a 2inch LCD screen so you can comfortably view your picture before making those last few touch-ups using several in-built functions, such as the skin tone feature. Equipped with a memory card reader, the Selphy CP740 can print your digital photos in just 58 seconds for postcard formats.

The Camera is a Canon Ixus 70 - which ia a 7Mega Pixel camera . It is a stylish, very compact, well-built point and shoot digital camera . It was released in 2007 - so it’s not one of the latest models - but it is a good camera and the best price we could find was £129 GBP - or about €155 Euro

So the typical  cost   of  the camera and printer bought online separately would be about €267 Euro -
The Viking price is €117 less than that. Vikings previous  price for the combination was €278 Euro.
The special offer price is €123.99 Plus VAT = €150  including Free Delivery

The weakness of Sterling against the Euro continues. Today it fell to 84.7 pence against the Euro - the lowest since the introduction of the Euro. A pound is now worth about €1.19 on the currency markets. This is good news for online shoppers in Ireland buying from UK based shops that deliver to Ireland.
In September 2007 the Pound was worth about €1.50 euro . An item priced at  £100 GBP  would have cost €150 Euro. Now the conversion rate means the same item would only costs Irish purchasers about €120. Even with delivery charges from the UK - online prices are still good compared to Irish “high street” shops. You can use your Irish credit card to purchase goods in Sterling  - with no problems.

Hers is  a selection of the sites that let you pay in Sterling. Browse the categories on the right to find more.

Amazon for Books
Asda DVDs Games CDs
Waterstones for Books
HMV for Music Films and Video Games
LoveFilm also for DVDs and Games (they offer Euro pricing but don’t select it)

Dorothy Perkins for Ladies Clothes (No extra charges for delivery to Ireland)
Burton for Menswear
French Connection - for Mens and Ladies clothes.

Figleaves for lovely Lingerie and underwear
Kiddicare for Baby equipment - buggies, car seats etc

Mail Order Express for Christmas Toys
House of Fraser - for almost anything from clothes to cosmetics