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Posted by Tumbleweed on 12/21/05 21:33
"StainlessSteelRat" <usenet@stainlesssteelrat.net> wrote in message
news:40tqddF1bso07U1@individual.net...
> Tumbleweed wrote:
>>>>> Anyone know an online store with next day delivery? For ordinary
>>>>> DVD films.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to help someone desperate to get a DVD, but who doesn't
>>>>> have access to a high street shop. They are prepared to pay the
>>>>> courier fees.
>>>>
>>>> bittorrent? Or find one on ebay that is nearby and get a taxi? What
>>>> is it?
>>>
>>> The Italian Job remake (probably hated by everyone, cue comments
>>> about crap film etc. etc. but as mentioned it's a favour for someone
>>> else). They specifically want to buy from a site with next day courier.
>>>
>>
>> Unlikely I'd have thought, how many people would ever want to do it,
>> so it wouldnt be worth their while setting it up. Bearing in mind
>> you'd be charging 10 for the dvd and 20 for the courier, a very
>> limited market...of one person who left it too late :-)
>>
>> How about you or a friend buy it from a store and courier it for them?
>>
>> Or there are few 'buy it nows' on ebay maybe you could speak to one
>> of them.
>> Where do they live? There cant be many places you couldnt get a
>> return train ticket for 20 into a reasonably sized town.
>
> Not a close friend unfortunately, just an Internet friend who I'm trying
> to help.
>
> They seem adamant they want a DVD shop with a courier. You can get next
> day for around 5-10 on smaller items, so I guess it's possible. It'll
> just depend on the shop as to whether they're setup for it. But I guess
> it's looking unlikely...
Well, what they want and what they can get may be two different things
entirely :-)
Let us know if you do find one, but IME most people who offer 'next day
delivery' mean either first class post or guaranteed next day royal
mail..and at this time of year I think either are unlikely to actually be
next day. Esp if they havent ordered yet theyd be ordering thursday so it
wont go in the post until Fri ..chances slim I'd say.
Though having said that FWIW I ordered something on Sunday (not a DVD) which
was processed on Monday and arrived on Tuesday, so maybe its just possible,
you'd need a UK-based supplier..not play or cdwow....and you'd want to be
ordering now, so it might go out in the post first thing tomorrow and might
arrive saturday. 'might' being the operative word.
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Tumbleweed
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