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Old June 3rd 20, 04:22 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default New boarding on London's buses

On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:17:14 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 13:43:11 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:25:32 on Wed, 3 Jun
2020, remarked:
If you mean parcel them back up, go queue in the post office for hours

behind
some pensioners, hand over money for delivery then yes, its simples.

No, print a pre-paid label and drop it off in a couple of minutes at the
local One-Stop (or similar).


If by local one-stop you mean the post office


A chain of convenience stores https://www.onestop.co.uk "One Stop is a
retail convenience
business with over 900 shops". Other similar retail chains exist.


Probably found in chavvy areas which even Budgen thought was too downmarket to
bother with. No doubt a branch of Bargain Booze is nearby.

Catalogue shopping (order lots, return those which don't fit/suit) was a
thing for many decades before the internet. I don't see why the
introduction of a computer screen into the process should make it any less
achievable.


It was a think for a tiny minority of people. Usually the elderly who couldn't
get out much.