Online shopping delivery slots during crisis

jaytin69

p00hsticks said:

jaytin69 said:

 I can't drive and my husband has no clue, so any that won't let couples in are a no-go. If an item isn't there he will not have any idea what to get.

Can he not drive you to the supermarket and if they are limiting it to one person per household, he waits in the car while you do the shop ?

Yes, we did think to do that, but I'm not sure about the legalities of me using his card to pay for the groceries. It's in his name, not mine. Our local Morrisons had four police officers outside the last time we were there, the whole thing was pretty intimidating to be honest. I sometimes get anxiety attacks in the supermarket anyway, I find shopping stressful at the best of times. 
I'm just grabbing a slot a week wherever I can get one. 

NeilCr

I've just been given access to the priority slots for delivery and click and collect from Waitrose. Quite a lot of availability from about a week ahead

GaleSF63

NeilCr said:

I've just been given access to the priority slots for delivery and click and collect from Waitrose. Quite a lot of availability from about a week ahead

Same here; I wasn't really expecting that, as I'm in Scotland and was under the impression they hadn't sorted out how to identify people yet. Now have a slot booked in May which takes the worry away for a while.

NeilCr

GaleSF63 said:

NeilCr said:

I've just been given access to the priority slots for delivery and click and collect from Waitrose. Quite a lot of availability from about a week ahead

Same here; I wasn't really expecting that, as I'm in Scotland and was under the impression they hadn't sorted out how to identify people yet. Now have a slot booked in May which takes the worry away for a while.

I got the impression that the list I am on is Waitrose's own - as I wouldn't qualify for the government one. 

johnkop135

I last used Tesco delivery about 25 years ago, when our kids were at home. They don't know we are over 70 (apart from our Clubcard data) so I can't expect a slot. However Iceland still say on their website "Free next day delivery on all orders over £35" so I loaded an order yesterday. The message I get is that all slots for today are full, and so are all visible  days up to next Tuesday. Has anyone got any advice? Is it OK to advertise a service they cannot fulfil?

Steve_L

Maybe the supermarkets or even the government should employ a scammer: they seem to have no trouble identifying the "vulnerable".

pumpkin89

NeilCr said:

I got the impression that the list I am on is Waitrose's own - as I wouldn't qualify for the government one. 

They are contacting all customers over 70 based on the date of birth on your myWaitrose account (N.B. this is separate from waitrose.com account) and offering slots.  Presumably it will take a few days to get through all their customers, but hopefully will help a lot of people out.

d63

pumpkin89 said:

NeilCr said:

I got the impression that the list I am on is Waitrose's own - as I wouldn't qualify for the government one. 

They are contacting all customers over 70 based on the date of birth on your myWaitrose account (N.B. this is separate from waitrose.com account) and offering slots.  Presumably it will take a few days to get through all their customers, but hopefully will help a lot of people out.

this is so bizarre! several people have said that the supermarkets, or whoever, are aware of their age because of the information on their store card such as the above mentioned mywaitrose or nectar (sainsburys), or tesco club card, or, or whoever! yet none of my cards appear to have my date of birth on them, or indeed any way of entering my date of birth details. are all these good folk getting it wrong, or is just me?

loxley108

d63 said:

pumpkin89 said:

NeilCr said:

I got the impression that the list I am on is Waitrose's own - as I wouldn't qualify for the government one. 

They are contacting all customers over 70 based on the date of birth on your myWaitrose account (N.B. this is separate from waitrose.com account) and offering slots.  Presumably it will take a few days to get through all their customers, but hopefully will help a lot of people out.

this is so bizarre! several people have said that the supermarkets, or whoever, are aware of their age because of the information on their store card such as the above mentioned mywaitrose or nectar (sainsburys), or tesco club card, or, or whoever! yet none of my cards appear to have my date of birth on them, or indeed any way of entering my date of birth details. are all these good folk getting it wrong, or is just me?

Im with you - i cant see any way of entering DOB either.  Thanks

Farway

loxley108 said:

d63 said:

pumpkin89 said:

NeilCr said:

I got the impression that the list I am on is Waitrose's own - as I wouldn't qualify for the government one. 

They are contacting all customers over 70 based on the date of birth on your myWaitrose account (N.B. this is separate from waitrose.com account) and offering slots.  Presumably it will take a few days to get through all their customers, but hopefully will help a lot of people out.

this is so bizarre! several people have said that the supermarkets, or whoever, are aware of their age because of the information on their store card such as the above mentioned mywaitrose or nectar (sainsburys), or tesco club card, or, or whoever! yet none of my cards appear to have my date of birth on them, or indeed any way of entering my date of birth details. are all these good folk getting it wrong, or is just me?

Im with you - i cant see any way of entering DOB either.  Thanks

I had no trouble, mine was already on Iceland & Waitrose. Not on the card but on line in your details, along with 'phone number etc. I've not checked Morries or Sainsb but I assume the same applies there. After all they would need to know DOB for alcohol purchases for instance