On 2007-02-10 20:25:31 +0000, Stuart B said:

On 10 Feb 2007 20:10:03 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:49:37 UTC, (dmc) wrote:

Had an hour to kill today waiting for my car to be finished so popped into
the Screwfix trade counter that has just (yesterday) opened in Canterbury.

Oooh...didn't know that! Mind, it's the 'wrong' side of the city for
me...

Are these trade counters still easy to use if you're a general punter?
(I know you aren't a builder, Darren....)

Disregard the TRADE name . It's like Argos .You fill in a wee slip
with the items you want and take it to the counter .they check if the
stuff is in stock first ( well the Glasgow one does) then you pay for
it and take the slip they give you and the stuff gets brought out and
they shout out your number . I've been in a couple of times and
everything I wanted was in stock .
Stuart

It's actually worse than Argos (if that were possible).

If this arrangement were set up properly, one would be able to order on
their web site
and collect from the trade counter without the hit and miss of whether
or not the items
are in stock.

All in all, somewhat useless when it could easily be considerably better.