Someone has posted a message in a local ( Glasgow) newsgroup saying
that they heard Screwfix are opening a shop locally .I've never heard
of any Screwfix shops ...Has anyone else .??
Stuart




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http://www.screwfix.com - click the "help" tab and then "trade
counters" on the left.

Cheers,
Mark

Stuart wrote:
Someone has posted a message in a local ( Glasgow) newsgroup saying
that they heard Screwfix are opening a shop locally .I've never heard
of any Screwfix shops ...Has anyone else .??
Stuart

There's a trade counter in Luton which I've used a number of times.
It's near the demolished B&Q warehouse and Watford Electronics.
It's open 7 days a week. There's no showroom there, although you
can ask to look at a product and they will fetch it out for you.

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On 19 Oct 2005 04:43:16 -0700, "
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http://www.screwfix.com - click the "help" tab and then "trade
counters" on the left.

Cheers,
Mark


Well,well,well......I never knew that .
Thanks mark .
Stuart




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Stuart wrote:
Someone has posted a message in a local ( Glasgow) newsgroup saying
that they heard Screwfix are opening a shop locally .I've never heard
of any Screwfix shops ...Has anyone else .??
Stuart

There's a trade counter in Luton which I've used a number of times.
It's near the demolished B&Q warehouse and Watford Electronics.
It's open 7 days a week. There's no showroom there, although you
can ask to look at a product and they will fetch it out for you.

Is it limited stock? Can you return any screwfix products, that were order
via mail order?

On 19 Oct 2005 04:45:40 -0700, wrote:

There's no showroom there, although you
can ask to look at a product and they will fetch it out for you.

If it's like Bristol, they'll actually fetch out no more than two at a
time, of random selections of unrelated products from adjacent shelves.
It's convenient having the trade counter there, but their picking
accuracy is terrible.

Doctor Drivel wrote:
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Stuart wrote:
Someone has posted a message in a local ( Glasgow) newsgroup saying
that they heard Screwfix are opening a shop locally .I've never heard
of any Screwfix shops ...Has anyone else .??
Stuart

There's a trade counter in Luton which I've used a number of times.
It's near the demolished B&Q warehouse and Watford Electronics.
It's open 7 days a week. There's no showroom there, although you
can ask to look at a product and they will fetch it out for you.

Is it limited stock? Can you return any screwfix products, that were order
via mail order?

I don't know about the stock issue (not noticed any difference to mail
order i.e. the item you *really* want is the one they don't have), but
the refunds policy at the Bristol counter wrt the return of mail order
goods is that whilst they can accept them the actual refund is
subsequently carried out by the mail order people - all to do with
ensuring the respective books balance. This wasn't the case when it
first opened (no mail order refunds). Exchanges are not a problem.

Mathew

If it's like Bristol, they'll actually fetch out no more than two at a
time, of random selections of unrelated products from adjacent shelves.
t's convenient having the trade counter there, but their picking
accuracy is terrible.


ROTFL!

Doctor Drivel wrote:
wrote in message
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Stuart wrote:
Someone has posted a message in a local ( Glasgow) newsgroup saying
that they heard Screwfix are opening a shop locally .I've never heard
of any Screwfix shops ...Has anyone else .??
Stuart

There's a trade counter in Luton which I've used a number of times.
It's near the demolished B&Q warehouse and Watford Electronics.
It's open 7 days a week. There's no showroom there, although you
can ask to look at a product and they will fetch it out for you.

Is it limited stock? Can you return any screwfix products, that were order
via mail order?

I've been to the new one in Enfield, North London as I got a letter
about it (obviously in the catchment area). Since having gone there I
discovered they already had one in North West London but they seem to
keep it all low key.

They seem to have pretty much everything except the large stuff.
They've been out of stock a few times though.

In article ws.net,
"Doctor Drivel" writes:

Is it limited stock?

They've always had what I want in stock, and I don't recall
hearing them telling anyone else that some item was out of
stock.

Can you return any screwfix products, that were order
via mail order?

No idea.

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Doctor Drivel wrote:
wrote in message
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Is it limited stock? Can you return any screwfix products, that were
order
via mail order?

I don't know about the stock issue (not noticed any difference to mail
order i.e. the item you *really* want is the one they don't have), but
the refunds policy at the Bristol counter wrt the return of mail order
goods is that whilst they can accept them the actual refund is
subsequently carried out by the mail order people - all to do with
ensuring the respective books balance. This wasn't the case when it
first opened (no mail order refunds). Exchanges are not a problem.

You can't do it the other way round, in other words purchases from a trade
counter have to be returned to that counter rather than by the normal mail
order route. This can be a pain.

Peter.