Some online retailers are just taking the pi$$.
I've just placed an order for an item which is to be sent from Walsall, some five miles from where I live. The item in question is packed in a box no bigger than a cigarette packet.
When I got to the delivery page on their website I saw that standard delivery is £2.99.
Then I saw this:-
"Delivery by Christmas is not guaranteed if choosing standard delivery. To insure (sic) delivery in time for Christmas please use our expedited delivery service."
Expedited delivery is £21.99
As far as I'm aware, even the Post Office "excuses r us" don't suggest a delivery distance of five miles or so will take a month.
As I said. Taking the....
Buying online is like swimming in shark infested custard
I've just placed an order for an item which is to be sent from Walsall, some five miles from where I live. The item in question is packed in a box no bigger than a cigarette packet.
When I got to the delivery page on their website I saw that standard delivery is £2.99.
Then I saw this:-
"Delivery by Christmas is not guaranteed if choosing standard delivery. To insure (sic) delivery in time for Christmas please use our expedited delivery service."
Expedited delivery is £21.99
As far as I'm aware, even the Post Office "excuses r us" don't suggest a delivery distance of five miles or so will take a month.
As I said. Taking the....
Buying online is like swimming in shark infested custard
Paul
Cogito ergo sum... maybe?
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Cogito ergo sum... maybe?
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