Ms A F.
Duplicitous - not based in EU, inspite of web address - expect to have to pay customs
I placed an order with partycity.ie - an Irish website with a business address in dublin. Coming up to Brexit I was conscious of buying from within ireland / EU. I’ve been waiting weeks for my order and today got a notification that after paying €5 delivery charge, I am now having to pay an additional almost 15€ Customs charge to receive my order. It turns out after placing an order with a business based in ireland through an Irish web domain, that I’m getting goods sent to me from the UK at an additional expense. I am so annoyed at a such a disingenuous way to conduct business and recommend all EU customers avoid dealings with this company at all cost. Update - after paying all these extra charges, the courier company got the item within 20km of my home and decided to return it to party city as ‘damaged’ - so all that extra cost for nothing. To give Party City their credit, they did refund me for the item when I contacted them. But the fiasco would put me off ordering here again, and I’m down the ‘customs’ charges



