On 2008-03-11 19:14:35 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
said:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Hall
saying something like:

As it turned out I got the items I wanted from Screwfix from another UK
supplier who had no problem gettting it to me - using Parcelforce.

But why would anybdy want to do anything involving Parcelforce?

They just happened to be the delivery contractor for whatever business
it was. They managed to get 100% of my items to me in a reasonable time
at a reasonable cost, so I'm no complaining about them as such. Are PF
still extant, or are they going by some other name these days?

I believe that they are, but are now a division of Co-operative Funeralcare.

You can pay up front for a disappointing outcome.