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  1. 12-Dec-10, 23:07 #1
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    The 'wee' Scottish folk have now been abandoned by the retail multi's that are happy to take our cash in the fair weather.

    The following GLOBAL MULTINATIONAL companies cannot get their goods from Carlisle to Gretna due to the weather!!!!! It's been a tropical 8c today!?

    TESCO decide not to deliver their goods to Scotland!

    BOOTS decide not to deliver their goods to Scotland!

    CARPHONE WAREHOUSE decide not to deliver their goods to Scotland!

    So go to TESCO & BOOTS and ask the store managers how they have any stock at all when we see lorry after lorry arriving to stock their shops but cannot deliver to Scotland?!! Better still, use local suppliers.

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  2. 12-Dec-10, 23:23 #2
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    Tell me about it - I went to order some last minute Xmas pressies today. Took me all day to find something and when I did it was from Tesco Direct. "Great" I thought, "done at last!" only to be told that they cannot deliver to Scotland.
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  3. 12-Dec-10, 23:28 #3
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    Amazon Seem to still deliver up here. Ordered something on Thursday got it by Friday. I just took their mid range delivery option.
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  4. 12-Dec-10, 23:42 #4
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    I have 4 parcels from Amazon in transit. Hope they get here in time!
    I think they have a big depot in Greenock and another one in Glenrothes, so we should be ok...
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  5. 12-Dec-10, 23:50 #5
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    Looks like for Christmas 2011 we will need to start buying in June or July. That way we will get them delivered while the weather is still OK.

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  6. 12-Dec-10, 23:51 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phill View Post
    The 'wee' Scottish folk have now been abandoned by the retail multi's that are happy to take our cash in the fair weather.

    The following GLOBAL MULTINATIONAL companies cannot get their goods from Carlisle to Gretna due to the weather!!!!! It's been a tropical 8c today!?

    TESCO decide not to deliver their goods to Scotland!

    BOOTS decide not to deliver their goods to Scotland!

    CARPHONE WAREHOUSE decide not to deliver their goods to Scotland!

    So go to TESCO & BOOTS and ask the store managers how they have any stock at all when we see lorry after lorry arriving to stock their shops but cannot deliver to Scotland?!! Better still, use local suppliers.
    Nothing to do with you Phill?
    Eight people - including a pregnant woman and a 76-year-old man - have been injured in an explosion at a Tesco store in Greater Manchester.
    Eyewitnesses reported seeing smoke filling the store on Bolton Road in Walkden on Sunday afternoon.
    Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the surrounding areas were evacuated.
    Initial reports suggest the explosion might have come from the bakery area when a pipe in a fridge burst. [hmmm]
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11979213
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    Amazon are great, I have had several deliveries over the last few days.
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    Oh no!
    I have a courier order in transit....stuff from santa!
    Hope it gets here...or im stuffed like the turkey!
    It hasnt moved far since the order was picked up from the shop on the 6th!
    It hasnt moved from the main depot..England somewhere...
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    I am waiting on stuff comming from england was told today that there is alot of stuff still in edinboro so we will see xxxxx
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    Im waiting for a Xmas pressie for my daughter from her grandparents that was posted more than a week ago Next Day Delivery with Royal Mail - so the bad weather seems to be causing havoc with all companies........and Im still waiting for 1 more pressie from amazon ordered 2 weeks ago and one from Woolies ordered on the same day.....I do hope the imaginary snow goes away before Xmas! lol
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    we are waiting on several orders as well from amazon and other places!
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    These retail giants and the grubbiement are not going to be happy until we're all living in high rise flats in the south-east of England, .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whitewater View Post
    Amazon are great, I have had several deliveries over the last few days.
    Amazon has worked great for me. Good to know that it works for you folks in Caithness.
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    Boots said it was a decision made by their couriers DHL.
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    I ordered my daughters prom dress from China last Sunday evening during the horrible weather and it was delivered to my door on Friday morning by the lovely AJG delivery van. Fair enough I paid extra to have it couriered quickly however normal delivery was being quoted at seven to fourteen days, not much more.

    Kinda makes Tesco's Boots and others look very bad now doesn't it.
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    It was mini Changi's birthday on the 5th, still awaiting a couple of packages that were posted at least a week afore that.

    No matter, it just means he is like royalty, and will get 2 birthdays lol.
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    hair tearing out time, have found both tesco direct and Toys r us have the items I am struggling to find but yep they dont deliver, why do toys r us not deliver to KW14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by onecalledk View Post
    hair tearing out time, have found both tesco direct and Toys r us have the items I am struggling to find but yep they dont deliver, why do toys r us not deliver to KW14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

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    You are right...

    Remote / rural postcodeStandard delivery, taking up to 8 working days, is available to the postcode ranges listed below. Large items ordered by 12noon on 10th December and standard items ordered by 12noon on 17th December will be delivered before Christmas.
    They only do: KW5. KW11-13. KW15. KW16-17 - that's a lot of places knackered..
    http://www.toysrus.co.uk/info/help/trubw-help-orders.jsf#6
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    Still waiting for a 1st class recorded delivery letter sent last monday from england..... really hoping it arrives by tomorrow as it contains vouchers that I need to send to the inlaws for christmas!

    Otherwise thats £30 down the pan and Ill need to think of something else..... perhaps an email amazon voucher!!! No chance of that going missing!!!
    We child proofed the house..... but they keep getting in!
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    Mine contains the little bits and pieces from santa for the parties I have to take a pressie to.
    1st party is tommorrow...next is a week today...
    I will have to go shopping after hubby gets home tonight to get something to wrap up as Im not holding out much hope!
    Blast..im not going to get stuff as nice.
    And I hate going out in the evening shopping, but, The girls are getting to the point you cant sneak stuff in the trolley while they are there!
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