In Praise Of Ebay !

[mikey4444]

On Saturday morning, a small plastic clip that stops the trays from falling out of the runners on my dishwasher broke.

I went straight onto ebay, found a pair of replacements in about 30 seconds, ordered them for £2.97, including P+P, and they arrived yesterday !

I think this is about as good a service I could have expected. I am not sure how I could manage without ebay these days, I really don't !

[Canary42]

When I was a young lad my Mum used to order her groceries and meat from the shops in the village and they were delivered within an hour .

So much for progress. The supermarkets can't match that on the internet.

[HansUrbancka]

At one time it was possible to buy anything from Amazon and get free delivery in three to five days. However, the price spend was then established as £10 and it is now the case that without telling customers the amount has increased to £20. (excluding Books for which it remains at £10.) Rocky is correct.

Copy and pasted from Amazon's site:-

/// FREE Super Saver Delivery

Orders including £10 or more of books qualify for FREE Super Saver Delivery. All orders of £20 or more across any product category also qualify for FREE Super Saver Delivery. Items will be delivered 3-5 days after dispatch.///

Hans.

[Hypognosis]

It is well past time that high street retailers fought back!

Just have a customer service area, where they can browse product photographs, descriptions and prices, ask questions and so forth. Exactly the same as the online experience.

If they want to handle the product or test its ergonomics etc then get them to pay £5 or £10 deposit per £100 the item is worth (see Currys scenario, above).
They get to go to a special area where they can try as many brands as they need to make their mind up. To walk away, their online bargain needs to be that 5% or 10% cheaper and more, to recoup their lost deposit and the street retailer gets paid for their sales staff's time and effort.


Hmmm. Maybe not? The Church of Retail knows better than to oblige its congregants to fill the collection plate before the sermon has begun.

[Ric.ror]

I bought some drawers from M&S - they were reduced by about 75% cause they had a small metal handle missing
Needless to say ebay did not let me down

[rockyracoon]

Lol, Ric, I read your post and thought, why would anyone have metal handles in their knickers.

[Mamyalynne]

To pull 'em up of course.

[Ric.ror]

Cheeky Rocky
;-))

[Svejk]

Lol, I was scratching my head, as well.

[Hopkirk]

A dishwasher?

You're posh.

[HansUrbancka]

He's also got a little willie. I'll let mikey explain.☺☺☺

Hans.