Amazon relax delivery restrictions to Ireland

After an exile of 5 years, you can now buy electrical items from Amazon again! Hale-freakin-lujah!

Exemptions: stuff over 30kg, mobile phones, toys, medicines, blank CDs and DVDs, light bulbs, TV equipment, freesat boxes. I'm sure there's more.

VAT is still charged at the Irish rate but advertised at the UK rate so when you get to the checkout page you may find the price jumps up a bit.

No sign of Super Saver Delivery. Shipping prices here.

WEEE exchange courtesy of Rehab Recycle in Cork, Galway, Dublin and Kilkenny.

Some great bargains to be had from a reputable seller! Have fun!

BOGOF: Two Porsches for the price of one

Hahaha... April Fools day is now over. Nothing to see here.

Lenovo S10e for less than €290, delivered

 

Cute. Small. Nicely built.

No, not Olga Kurylenko.

Blurb:

"Lenovo designed the IdeaPad S10e netbook as an introductory mobile PC for students in grades K-12 and as a secondary device for those in higher education. Ideal devices for connecting to the Internet for online research, students can use the netbook for sharing ideas and for conversation through email, social networking and other applications. Additionally, the Lenovo netbook provides basic functionality for word processing and light multimedia capabilities. A built-in webcam on the 10.1 inch display makes creating and sharing video messaging simple. And for a faster PC experience, the Quick Start feature allows students to quickly check email, browse the Internet, conduct video conferencing, view photos or listen to music without having to fully boot the operating system."

Facts:

• It's small
• It has a Splashtop style quick boot system
• It has a 1024 x 576 screen which is good for widescreen SD and little else
• It is very well made compared to other netbooks little notebooks
  
• It is €275.27 inc vat and €12.66 in shipping to the ROI at dabs.ie
  

Near-free home delivery from Tesco (valid until 21st Feb)

As the title says. Get a load of shopping delivered to your house for 1 cent.

http://www.tesco.ie/

Power User

Now that your house is full of buzzing, bleeping gadgets of all descriptions it's time to make sure the juice isn't on the loose. That's right, it's time to get all environmentally conscious and normalise your electricity usage. First of all, good news everyone! The Irish Energy Sector has been deregulated to the point where you can be switched over to a new supplier within an hour. See that, Eircom, hmm?

That means you are now free to get your power from alternate suppliers. At a minimum saving of 10%, you'd be mad not to.

https://www.thebigswitch.ie/
http://www.airtricity.com/ireland/for_your_home/index.xml

Way-hey! Instant savings. Now how can you get it down further? Well, why not invest in a handy-dandy energy meter to see which devices are drawing down unnecessary Watts?

http://www.efergy.com/en/
http://www.ecostore.ie/acatalog/Energy_Saving.html

After buying one of these suckers you'll think twice before leaving that Xbox plugged in all night!

And finally the most important part of all: common sense. Electricity has only been in common usage since the early 19th century and people somehow managed to survive without it. I'm not suggesting using candles and horse-drawn carts but don't forget: walking is good for you, you can't watch television in the living room while eating dinner in the dining room and laptops are good enough for checking email.