On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:55:44 +0000, Andy Hall wrote:

|!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.

aol
I was also very disappointed with our local Screwfix trade counter.
I will stick to the sheds where I can see what I am buying.
/aol
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