On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:41:06 +0000, Andy Hall wrote:

On 2008-03-09 17:50:22 +0000, Adrian said:

Andy Hall (Andy Hall ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

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.

You do realise that you are lending thm money, don't you.....

As opposed to just giving that money to them? Hiho.

Umm no.

If you give them money for goods, you will be getting the goods in a day
or two.

If you give them money for a voucher, they are banking it until you take
delivery of the goods at some point in the future.

This is known as lending money.

Very true, but... the interest they are paying is excellent it waives
£5.00 on every small order. As someone who makes an average of more than
one order a week I would be far happier buying only the stuff I need when
I need it. At the moment I'm having to keep series of wish lists and also
maintain a larger stock of some goods just to help make the £50 threshold.



I've just tried it and I got a reel of 8mm microbore (several years
supply in itself) and £25 quid of vouchers. Delivery was fully included
in the price.

Looks like this £25 loan will make S/fix more convenient without making
it more expensive. I wonder how long this will last...

I can stop playing this game simply by buying £50 of goods in one go
(which I do quite often). 8-)

Once I have my £25 voucher I will view s/fix as a £25 minimum order
service.

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