Argos on Ebay - AVOID!

DomRavioli · 23 November 2011 at 9:34AM

Ordered a camera from them, 2 weeks earlier in the hopes it would be delivered for a present today. Oh how wrong I was!!! Yodel (idiots) are unable to deliver a parcel on a certain date, as I work shifts and am unable to take delivery on some days due to work. Attempted 4 times to arrange a time when I would be home, and was told that they could not do it, even with a whole weeks notice. Staff don't want to know, I was offered a refund after opening a dispute, and now have to run round like a headless chicken to purchase a replacement whilst still out of pocket.

Just avoid them like the plague, if I would have known their delivery service was Yodel, I would have not bothered.

ged1980 · 23 November 2011 at 9:43AM

so the problem is with yodel not argos

ThumbRemote · 23 November 2011 at 9:45AM

Given the unneccessary and insulting post you've just made on another Argos thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1085215

DomRavioli wrote: »

If your son is asthmatic, why do you have carpet in the bedroom? Are you some kind of mental b1tch with Munchausens?

do you expect sympathy on this thread?

texranger · 23 November 2011 at 10:01AM

Nothing wrong with Argos as other said you problem is with Yodel for non delivery. as Yodel (dhl) have many depots across the country if they could not deliver to you, could you not have called you local depot and said that you would call their to collect on your day off. they do allow this.

i have done this several times if i was not going to be in on the day they were due to deliver, just called the depot the day before and told them i would call and collect as i would be in the area of the depot and their would be no one in to take delivery.

Brooker_Dave · 23 November 2011 at 10:02AM

DomRavioli wrote: »

Oh how wrong I was!!! Yodel (idiots) are unable to deliver a parcel on a certain date, as I work shifts and am unable to take delivery on some days due to work.

So you brought something via mail order, are hardly ever in, and it's Argos's fault it's not been delivered?

scheming_gypsy · 23 November 2011 at 10:13AM

option 1 - arrange to collect from Yodel depot.
option 2 - arrange to have Yodel deliver to you at work / a neighbour
option 3 - complain about Argos because they sent it via courier who have other parcels to deliver and won't give in to your demands.

Oliver14 · 23 November 2011 at 10:35AM

It would have stated in the listing that it was a courier. If your unable to work with couriers only buy from sellers who use Royal Mail.

ivavoucher · 23 November 2011 at 11:07AM

I love these type of threads, they make me smile

techspec · 23 November 2011 at 11:34AM

Nothing wrong with Argos on Ebay. Prices good, service even better.

Agree Yodel are a pain - but then so are people who use mail order - and then moan that they are never in and its all Argos's fault

loracan1 · 23 November 2011 at 1:09PM

Argos on Ebay - AVOID!

On the contrary I can't recommend them highly enough, managed to get a keyboard for half the normal price from there, arrived in only 2 days, a better model than the one advertised and is still selling for the full price in the catalogue.

molerat · 23 November 2011 at 4:22PM

Don't have any option but avoid them as they will not deliver to my postcode but will deliver to a postcode that is serviced from the depot in my town :mad: Argos will deliver to me at normal rate using the same courier :mad: