tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354400450597195167.post7222284257942261416..comments2024-03-26T07:27:20.596+00:00Comments on The Eastern Garrison: Curry's PC World rubbish!Rob Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533996736711014752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354400450597195167.post-29501381922644929372015-12-19T14:02:54.257+00:002015-12-19T14:02:54.257+00:00They actually came today to FIT it. Pity I was out...They actually came today to FIT it. Pity I was out - in fact, I was taking the TV back to their store at the time as I didn't want it cluttering the place up.<br /><br />The official view was that the salesman shouldn't have agreed delivery in the last 2 hours of the delivery 'window' - though of course that would have meant no sale.<br />Rob Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533996736711014752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354400450597195167.post-70415223602835564472015-12-18T00:15:37.563+00:002015-12-18T00:15:37.563+00:00Very annoying - I've had some problems recentl...Very annoying - I've had some problems recently with paying extra for guaranteed next-day delivery from John Lewis and the item didn't arrive. The extra charge is a scam - the item went in the same ParcelForce van as it would have done if I hadn't paid extra - there was no next day instruction on the package. I'm intrigued by the logic - if you pay £20 for delivery at a particular time (which sounds to me like a specific purchased service) and they claim there is no guarantee then a small step down the same path gets you to the idea that maybe only the Sony maker's warranty offers you any guarantee that the thing in the box is a TV rather than a cheese sandwich?<br /><br />Seems to me that fancy delivery deals and (especially) extended guarantees are the new add-on scam with which retailers have replaced the once remunerative finance deals on which they used to score heavily - the credit card has blown that one away. I once had a friend who worked for a dodgy national furniture chain, and they used to make far more money out of the finance agreements than they ever did out of the furniture. They disliked cash customers. MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.com