Richie Gardiner writes:
Missent to Canada… is Eircode to blame?
Anyone?
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Richie Gardiner writes:
Missent to Canada… is Eircode to blame?
Anyone?
I doubt it. Idiocy is probably to blame. It says “Ireland”.
+1 the sorting office reads and sorts addresses from the bottom line upward.
Perhaps it’s a hangover from the age old dispute around the use of ‘IRELAND’ as our country name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Irish_state#Name_dispute_with_the_UK
Eircode is a joke. Hardly anyone is using it.
Really? Done a survey have you?
Oh touchy. Are you one of the directors?
It’s a rubbish postcode system.
Hear hear, it’s junk.
Why?
It’s not intuitive and is over engineered (particularly the use of random codes identifying premises). it’s a solution to a problem that didn’t exist.
Hi, both your posts make you look like an idiot.
Wouldn’t use Eircode for normal mail but for Courier Deliveries it’s great. The maps on Eircode are fantastic and I’ve already used it a few times to find houses in larger housing estates.
I started using it straight away – but it’s been rejected by a fair few online order forms, especially ones from the UK. I don’t think Eircode’s people walked to any other people…or maybe we have to wait for the inter webs to simply catch up?
*talked
Me too, I’m more than happy to use it. But I’ve not used it too many times yet online.
Me too. Why wouldn’t you use it?
You wouldn’t use it when ordering stuff online. It is not universally recognised.
That’s EXACTLY when you would use them. You know, because most sites require a postcode and now we can enter a meaningful one. Postcodes mean nothing outside of the country in which they are used, that is why you need to print the destination country in the address. Once the package hits the destination country then the postal service can deliver it using the code.
Yes to all of that. We needed this for our own mailing efficiencies.
The problem is that many sites will either recognise only a UK postcode format or a US one…depending on where the vendor is based. That’s fine if it’s not a mandatory field. While Ireland can pat themselves on the back for Eircode, how many global businesses know about it and can adjust their order forms to accept the unique format of Eircode? Hence… we wait for the inter webs to catch up.
Is feel safer putting IRL as the postcode. Sure get the package over here and we’ll sort it out from there
There’s a very scenic Kilarney in Ontario http://www.killarneyoutfitters.com/
And actually now that you mention it, the Eircode does look quite similar to Canadian postcodes!
The large IRELAND underneath the eircode gives the game away though.
Canadian postcodes have 6 characters.
On a wing and a prayer.
I had post meant for Australia land into the hall of a past lodging of mine in Dublin 8. I’m not sure I took a photo at the time (pre smartphone era), I must check. As obvious the address was (i.e. for Australia), at the time I could see how it happened.
It happens… A package addressed to me (in Ireland) sent from the UK ended up being delivered to India before eventually making it to me.
UPS tried to deliver my recent package to Dublin, Netherlands. Even though there isn’t one…
I think Eircode is pretty cool.
Despite living in trendy Dublin 8, my house / road is very hard to locate on google maps etc. It doesn’t exist.
Eircode pinpoints to my front door. It’s brilliant.
It was meant to go to Spirit Radio. It was God’s will that it went to Canada first. We don’t know the reason but I’m sure it was important.
the factory I work in doesn’t even have an eircode…………….that’s 30 people awol then……..
If you’re a business you have to pay for your Eircode. Another reason it’s rubbish. It’s supposed to be an official public postcode. Nobody should have to pay for it.
And the lack of a cognitive link between the first three digits and the areas is a massive failure for getting public acceptance.
That is BALONEY!
Sorry …
That is BALONEY! There is no charge for using your Eircode. There is a charge if you wish to gain access to the full DB as a reseller.
Why would Eircode be to blame?