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Shipping tip
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:41:47 GMT
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Handy tip for Shop@Home UK:
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T USE "REGULAR SHIPPING"!
This has come in at 50p cheaper than the usual "Priority Shipping" option
(not to be confused with "Express Shipping", of course).
Priority shipping is listed as 24hr dispatch, and total delivery time of 3-6
days. It usually arrives (in Southampton, at least) in 4 days.
Regular Shipping is listed as 48hr dispatch, and total delivery time of 4-10
days. Well, this is working days, counting only Mon-Fri (even though most
delivery firms work Saturdays), so what they mean is, a fortnight. And it
took from Monday until Friday the following week to arrive.
I had assumed from the website that it's just the dispatch time that's
affected. It's not - the route and carrier are different too.
"Priority" seems to go via courier from Denmark, then reach the UK fairly
rapidly (directly? Air or sea, does anyone know?) whereupon it's delivered
by Parcel Force. This "Regular" package, however, has "Deutsche Post"
stickers all over it, and was delivered to me by Omega. I've no idea why
something that's gone via the German postal service should be delivered by
private courier over here (instead of the Royal Mail), but for a saving of
50p this delivery time really isn't worth it. I know it's within their
quoted one, but only just.
Jason J Railton
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Shipping tip
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| Just have to see if we can't beat that from the US even with the extra hop! The package went in the mail first thing this morning by the way. JB (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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