The Artificer
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- May 29, 2011
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So, there I am checking out the prices on a well known parts suppliers website. See that lovely claim, 'FREE UK DELIVERY'
See the prices, think, yeah, nice...and create an account. Purchase loadsa lovelies...(oil, air, pollen, fuel filters, for a start). Nice price.
Ohoh...hang on Mr Artificer, you live in the highlands, past Inversnakey...Oh happy us, here ye go, SLAP. Delivery £17.95. End of transaction.
WHY!!! They lured me in with promises of free delivery...they now email me with 'special offers', all with FREE DELIVERY! AARRRGGGHHH!!!
Actually, have had this all to often. Funny though, I never have to pay that much if I have to post something back. The common answer when asking the company why they hit me with these charges is "you live on an island" (its a KW postcode) but as I do live on the mainland, albeit in a rural area, I always counter that with "Don't we all?"
The other funny thing, why is it that one company charges the surcharge, and cant deliver within a weeks timescale, and yet another company (though not fiat parts, sadly) can deliver next day, and with free carriage??
Mutter, mumble...something wrong with this world...gripe, mumble.
Off for a brew! Or maybe, just maybe...(read, more than likely) something stronger. Maybe I'll go out and have a riot later.....
See the prices, think, yeah, nice...and create an account. Purchase loadsa lovelies...(oil, air, pollen, fuel filters, for a start). Nice price.
Ohoh...hang on Mr Artificer, you live in the highlands, past Inversnakey...Oh happy us, here ye go, SLAP. Delivery £17.95. End of transaction.
WHY!!! They lured me in with promises of free delivery...they now email me with 'special offers', all with FREE DELIVERY! AARRRGGGHHH!!!
Actually, have had this all to often. Funny though, I never have to pay that much if I have to post something back. The common answer when asking the company why they hit me with these charges is "you live on an island" (its a KW postcode) but as I do live on the mainland, albeit in a rural area, I always counter that with "Don't we all?"
The other funny thing, why is it that one company charges the surcharge, and cant deliver within a weeks timescale, and yet another company (though not fiat parts, sadly) can deliver next day, and with free carriage??
Mutter, mumble...something wrong with this world...gripe, mumble.
Off for a brew! Or maybe, just maybe...(read, more than likely) something stronger. Maybe I'll go out and have a riot later.....