On 2013-10-30 10:56:07 +0000, Phil Gurr said:

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:38:48 +0000, Sacha
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warehouse over the week end until delivered on Monday. Saturday
delivery also incurs an extra charge and there's usually another to the
sender for delivery in the parts of London where there's a congestion
charge. Large companies sending out dozens or even hundreds, of
parcels per week, can probably dictate terms to some extent, too.

You're lucky! A number of companies will simply not deliver to the
Highlands of Scotland, or will charge an excessive ammount. This is
now becomming apparent in one television advert for a vacuum cleaner
that states that the offer is not available to the Highlands of Scotland.
Come Independance, and the boot will be on the other foot!!! We are
hardly a UNITED Kingdom.

Phil
Northern Highlands of Scotland

As far as I recall we've only sent one parcel to the Highlands and that
was to Inverness but we've sent quite a few to lowland Scotland. I
simply can't remember whether or not we paid an excess for the
Inverness one. But most couriers state that there will be an excess
charge for the Highlands and Islands, so I'm not sure how we're lucky?
I know that one company we were talking to in London for a customer
who wanted mature trees in large quantities told us it would be £700 to
deliver them, because they had to come down here and return, just for
us. Alternative arrangements were made! Fuel costs are the curse of
couriers and therefore their customers.
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Sacha
South Devon