"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:44:52 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:
So instead of getting the whatever that you carefully picked out in
the shop, at home and useful that afternoon; you get to take a day off
work, and wait in all of next Thursday, in the hope that the one they
deliver from the warehouse doesn't have a big scratch on the side.

Indeed. While I am very much part of the target demographic for
things like supermarket delivery, I just can't guarantee to be in at
any given point to receive delivery of an item, and I wouldn't want
such things delivering to work.

I suppose I'm an even better match for such a service; my landlord happily
accepts packages of all sorts for tenants and drops them inside our door for
free. I've had furniture delivered when I wasn't home, though of course
they didn't put it where I wanted it FedEx and UPS packages are dropped
for me quite frequently; even though I "work from home", I'm out of town
most days so this service is invaluable.

Groceries would be tougher, since many of them need to be put in the
refrigerator or freezer upon arrival; I doubt my landlord would go that far.
Unfortunately there's no delivery service in my area, so I drive the 3
blocks to the store every other week.

S

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