rachelk

ooh, thanks for that, it never occured to me they might ship for free.

I've had a few things bought online here, books, dvds etc, even shoes, and no problem so far. Where I can I prefer to pick it up in the shop but delivery has so far not gone wrong.

C.O.D is usually charged a bit extra and it means I have to be there for the delivery. I prefer paypalwhere possible but if I pay by card, I nearly always have to input a 6 figure code which is sent to my mobile - that seems like a pretty good security check to me.

Veleta

I do most of my online shopping from the UK. As the euro is so strong compared to the pound it makes shopping at Amazon for example cheaper than FNAC or lacasadellibro, including the delivery charge (assuming you are on a euro salary that is).

The only Spanish sites I have used for online shopping are the supermarkets. Both Mercadona and Hipercor offer a home delivery service if you shop online. And I'm lazy.

HBG

My wife is a shopaholic and buys a lot of stuff online, as well as everywhere else. We have a lovely postman who would throw any parcels that didn’t fit in the postbox over the high gate. One day when we came back from shopping he was waiting for us with tears in his eyes. He was peering through a small gap in the gate to watch the Doberman tear up a parcel he had just thrown over. (It was a purple top for the wife, the dog’s got more taste than she has).

Now he rings the bell and waits for us to come to the gate. He handed me a biggish parcel this morning and I pointed out that it was addressed to the Doberman, because it was his birthday. He nearly fell of his bike, laughing.

twistedmelon

Thanks for that Fred,
I have checked some already, Pixmania I would never use again.
I do find that many spanish sites only have an email contact page which is not to helpful when you want to browse goods.
I thought Amazon uk will only ship certain items, maybe it has changed, will have to check that out.
Anyway, many thanks for your tips.

jackytoo

I used to shop online at Hipercor but I became fed up of them ringing saying eg. "We haven't got X will you have xx instead" The last time I had two calls before and also two items out of sell by date so I gave up. I do find too that a lot of online spanish sites are not browser friendly, our postcode was changed about 2 years ago and none have updated their sites so they won't accept it!

agoreira

I "think" you´ll find you are correct. A large percentage of Amazon goods are now from outside suppliers, and I don´t think they ship outside UK. If it comes from Amazon itself, they do. And apparently at very good rates.

Rotor

[QUOTE=Fred James;8257101]Which is probably why most sites offer a COD option - something that has died out in the UK.

Also a bank transfer option is quite common, again something unheard of in the UK.[/QUOTE]

Most mail order transactions are paid for by bank transfer in Spain, very few spanish have credit cards and banks usually ask business`s for around 10k security to let them take c cards over the phone.

Fred James

All the online companies I have used accept credit cards and often PayPal as well.

twistedmelon

Having looked at Amazon site it appears they have changed what they will send although it still appears a little vague.
I did notice that other suppliers vary as to shipping abroad and it usually states it in the goods description also some non amazon items are stated as being dispatched by amazon.
Things are looking up.

Rotor

Therefor they will have paid a security deposit to their bank , paypal is a whole lot different and spanish banks do not control it ,thankfully!!