Order Problem
- Thread starter Flip
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Gary MacKenzie
SMF Supporter
Flip, I live not far from you. My suggestion for thinners etc ( if John can't send ) is use Amazon, they manage to send it to Scotland ( £13.95 a bottle ) without too many problems ( I do have Amazon Prime ) , I had the same problem before I found john's shop when I tried to buy it from Wonderland in Edinburgh.
FedEx charging £15.99 for a 1kg package, they are having a giraffe.
Gary,
Appreciated, but sorted.
As you know, we get treated like third-world citizens here with couriers' practices. It's not John's fault, he's just bound by them.
Just forces us to go elsewhere.
Kind Regards,
John
Appreciated, but sorted.
As you know, we get treated like third-world citizens here with couriers' practices. It's not John's fault, he's just bound by them.
Just forces us to go elsewhere.
Kind Regards,
John
Gary MacKenzie
SMF Supporter
I wasn't blaming John
, I don't know how couriers think they can get away with it.I have bought stuff from John's Shop via Amazon in the past. compressor and hose.
Gary,
No, I didn't for a moment think you were. Like you, my bleat is with the couriers.
Personally, I try to avoid the big A like the plague and go direct - I normally find I can do it cheaper with no compromise in quality - thus cutting out unnecessary third parties. That way all the profit goes to the little guy who does all the hard work.
It's not just us, of course. I have the same stories from folk in the Dales, Lake District, Cornwall and so on. Let alone Islay, Arran, Shetland......
Anyway, I appreciate the moral support
Kind Regards,
John
No, I didn't for a moment think you were. Like you, my bleat is with the couriers.
Personally, I try to avoid the big A like the plague and go direct - I normally find I can do it cheaper with no compromise in quality - thus cutting out unnecessary third parties. That way all the profit goes to the little guy who does all the hard work.
It's not just us, of course. I have the same stories from folk in the Dales, Lake District, Cornwall and so on. Let alone Islay, Arran, Shetland......
Anyway, I appreciate the moral support
Kind Regards,
John
Jim R
SMF Supporter
We lived on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides for 11 years and buying anything online was a lottery. Some refused point blank, some charged a ridiculous amount but others tried their best to be as reasonable as they could. There was a guy who lived in Stornoway with a large van. He had a depot in Inverness. People had stuff delivered to his depot and twice a week he went over on the ferry, loaded his van at his depot and returned to the Island. He saved us all a fortune and made a very good living himself.