Strange addresses - repeat buyer in Ireland
So, I’m confused about a buyer’s addresses… am I missing something here? They’ve made 4 orders this year.
I noticed on my orders page, it comes up as sales channel .co.uk/ region BR instead of GB.
Each address was different, and I suspect all of the addresses were invalid, maybe? The first address, in february was formatted:
buyer first name
rural city
Northern ireland - UK post code
The 2nd and 3rd address, in July and october, was:
buyer first name
dublin 7
ireland
4th address:
full buyer name
house number and street name
rural city
Northern ireland - UK post code (same as 1st address but includes house number/street)
It’s the only complete address. So out of sheer curiosity, I google mapped it. It’s an empty field in a very rural farming area. There’s nothing there on satellite view or on street view. Just an empty field.
None of the orders have ever been returned to sender. And they’ve never made a claim of any kind.
???
Strange addresses - repeat buyer in Ireland
So, I’m confused about a buyer’s addresses… am I missing something here? They’ve made 4 orders this year.
I noticed on my orders page, it comes up as sales channel .co.uk/ region BR instead of GB.
Each address was different, and I suspect all of the addresses were invalid, maybe? The first address, in february was formatted:
buyer first name
rural city
Northern ireland - UK post code
The 2nd and 3rd address, in July and october, was:
buyer first name
dublin 7
ireland
4th address:
full buyer name
house number and street name
rural city
Northern ireland - UK post code (same as 1st address but includes house number/street)
It’s the only complete address. So out of sheer curiosity, I google mapped it. It’s an empty field in a very rural farming area. There’s nothing there on satellite view or on street view. Just an empty field.
None of the orders have ever been returned to sender. And they’ve never made a claim of any kind.
???
Seller_lljyzgTxr5fgI
There are a few things that you need to understand about the island of Ireland, as a whole. In Northern Ireland, all postcodes are Belfast postcodes, so they all begin with BT and there are 82 prefixes. In the Republic, Dublin is the only main area that has postcodes. This is something which the Irish Government wants to change but a lot of properties in Ireland don’t have a house number or even a name.
As for Google Maps, it could have been some years since the map was created. It’s possible an address is a mobile home or caravan. The main thing from your point of view is a) nothing has been returned and b) no claims have been opened. All you can do is deal with whatever is in front of you and you have done that by shipping to the addresses you were given.
Keep selling, take the sales and long may it continue 
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Seller_lljyzgTxr5fgI
There are a few things that you need to understand about the island of Ireland, as a whole. In Northern Ireland, all postcodes are Belfast postcodes, so they all begin with BT and there are 82 prefixes. In the Republic, Dublin is the only main area that has postcodes. This is something which the Irish Government wants to change but a lot of properties in Ireland don’t have a house number or even a name.
As for Google Maps, it could have been some years since the map was created. It’s possible an address is a mobile home or caravan. The main thing from your point of view is a) nothing has been returned and b) no claims have been opened. All you can do is deal with whatever is in front of you and you have done that by shipping to the addresses you were given.
Keep selling, take the sales and long may it continue
Seller_wRGBSSwJnzaDE
I had an order to Ireland a couple of weeks back that had a postcode, according to the PO staff it is becoming normal now. I’m just waiting for my first 3 word address.
Seller_KwrCfEmxiFUmo
Hi, here’s a possible reason for your strange addresses and the ‘field’. There is a delivery concept in Ireland called parcel motel - what this does is allows Irish people (Southern Ireland) to order from uk websites using a uk address but it gets delivered to them in Ireland. Let’s say you live in Dublin, you can register with parcel motel and get your order to show a Northern Ireland address (BT postcode) when you place the order, let’s say the address is Newry in N.I. When it arrives to the parcel motel location in Northern Ireland, it can then traced back to the person who placed the order to their parcel motel account which shows they live in Dublin 7 - parcel motel bring the parcel to a local drop off point in Dublin 7 (usually a locker at a filling station), the customer gets emailed to say their order has arrived and they collect the order locally.
Hope this helps,
Seller_IGI0wifpU64da
Fyi, if I put my postcode into google maps it puts me in a field 500m from my house, apple maps it takes me to my street.
Maps/postcodes aren’t perfect at the best of times
Seller_hJnuyG54fdwdb
I wouldn’t be adding post codes to the address given by the buyer, if you do you are not sending to the address given by the buyer so in the case of an A-Z claim you may lose of that technicality, stick to what you have been given, following the terms of the selling agreement.
Seller_DQfkgZNWeH1xJ
lol…when i sold on eBay before here i would see the craziest addresses for Southern Ireland…like
Bob
The house on the hill
Tipperary
Ireland
huh!?!?!?
I spoke to eBay CS about this when CS was based in Ireland and you would always speak to a nice Irish person…they laughed and agreed that some addresses were “vague” to say the least, however in these more rural places the postman knew everyone and so mail was delivered on the postie literally knowing the person it was addressed to!
Mind boggles lol.
Seller_LKjg1QRrO36Yq
Yes, I’ve had a few like that also, just a name and a village.
Most arrived ok though oddly I did get a couple of INRs from Dublin addresses that had full details plus postcodes.
