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[ramtops]

do I *look* like a home storage and delivery service?

so far this morning, we have had a chap knock on the door with a box containing wine from Virgin Wines - this for no 19. Why they can't do what we do, and support the local off-licence (which is very, very good) I have no idea.

we've also had ANC deliver a box for no 22 - no idea what's in it, but it's marked as fragile.

we are going out this evening, so I shall have to keep nipping (or popping) out to check when these people are home. And cardboard boxes in this house tend to get widdled on by cats, so these deliveries are currently in front of the freezer in the shed, meaning I can't get to it.

I've often thought that there might be some mileage in somebody starting a home collect service that worked in the evenings - delivery to a local depot, then the punter could go and pick stuff up. But I suppose there would be problems with credit card authorisation and stuff. If it were that good an idea, I guess someone would have done it.

in the meantime, could somebody move those boxes for me?

Comments

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

The home delivery service is a perennial bee in my bonnet. I really like Figleaves, which will deliver directly to a local post office with no 50p pick-up fee - I wish more companies would do this.

(Incidentally, we use Virgin Wines - the customer service is very good, the prices are good enough that we're trying many more wines than when I stuck by my £4.99 grocery shelf limit, and they do great money-off deals.)

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

the local PO delivery is a great idea, but ours wouldn't have space - it's incredibly pokey.

I use the local offy because they have a terrific choice of wines (and malt whisk(e)y), they let me go behind the counter to choose them, they deliver for free, they give us a free bottle with every dozen, and they're a hugely valuable village resource who should be cherished.

and they do plenty of wines under a fiver (and plenty over, too). At Christmas for the past two years, they've given me a bottle of Cloudy Bay (which I adore, and is 15-16 quid a bottle) as a thank you.

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

Sounds ideal! We just have a Threshers. It used to be a Wine Rack run by various brothers, sisters and cousins who were all could at recommending wine. Now that it's been Thresherized, it's run by vacuous drones who told my mother she couldn't use an American credit card in their store.

[captainblue.livejournal.com]

Happens all the time here too as we're usually at home.

It got to the point ages ago where I was on very friendly terms with the Next delivery lady thanks to Jayne next door ~:0)

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

There used to be one, at least in London: when Virgin Wines first started up, they used them. But I never managed to remember the name of it....