On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:48:51 GMT, mike wrote:
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xscope wrote:

Just placed an order with screwfix, which came to ?45, and a few
pence.

Realising that free delivery is for orders over ?50, I was looking
around the for something about ?5, which would essentially be free
(given the otherwise ?5 delivery charge).

Then I spotted - vouchers, so I added a ?5 voucher, which hey presto
takes me above the free delivery threshold, so I get the ?5 to spend
next time.

So I order a £5 box of screws and £40 of vouchers to get free delivery.

Next time, I want a £5 hammer with free delivery so I pay £5 and use the
£40 vouchers to buy another £40 of vouchers to get free delivery.

And so on and so forth...

Would this work?! Would they let you?!

Isn't it the free delivery equivalent of a perpetual motion machine?

I don't see why it shouldn't work, , but you end up with a hell of
a lot of vouchers. The only place you can spend them is screwfix, so
they are pretty much guaranteed to get future business from you.

I suppose you could give the vouchers as christmas presents ;-)

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