Curry’s delivery charge

Elvispresley0

So I went to buy a condensing tumble dryer from Curry’s today on line, no option for free delivery, ranged for  £35 down to £20 I kept scrolling and no free delivery, the tumble dryer was a 9kg Beko for £299, plus £20 delivery was the cheapest, so I went on EBay and saw a Hoover 9kg for £289 with Free delivery, guess what? I bought that one instead, won’t be buying form Scamming Curry’s again! Do your research lets hurt these companies so they comply with the public wants and needs, shameful of you curry’s! Others can do it why can’t you? 

kipperman

Why is charging for delivery scamming? Nobody can deliver for no cost - so the price you are paying on EBay reflects this. 

Ayr_Rage

Thankfully we live in a free market economy and can vote with our feet so to speak.

I recently purchased an item from Currys that included free delivery, I changed my mind and the returns process with Currys and DPD, also free, was handled perfectly.

Both DPD and Currys kept me up to date with tracking and the refund was back in my account two days after they received the return.

Officer_Dibble

Remarkably it probably costs Currys more to deliver a machine to me than if I collect it. Who'd have thought? With more expensive items they can often hide the cost in the total price (thereby "scamming" people who collect), but that's harder for cheaper goods.

You're right when you say do your research. Find the machine you want and research prices including delivery at a time that suits you. Go with the cheapest (assuming they're a decent company). I had to pay a year membership of AO at £40 with my washing machine as (even including the £40) that gave the best price anywhere, once delivery and removal of the old machine were included. Hopefully the dishwasher will break within the year so I can take full advantage of the membership!

Albermarle

won’t be buying form Scamming Curry’s again!

A scam is a deliberate fraud, which clearly this is not. 

MorningcoffeeIV

It was obvious that the post was always going to be nonsense, as it began with a hipster 'So...'

iElvispresley0 said:

So I went to buy a condensing tumble dryer.... 

cymruchris

Elvispresley0 said:

So I went to buy a condensing tumble dryer from Curry’s today on line, no option for free delivery, ranged for  £35 down to £20 I kept scrolling and no free delivery, the tumble dryer was a 9kg Beko for £299, plus £20 delivery was the cheapest, so I went on EBay and saw a Hoover 9kg for £289 with Free delivery, guess what? I bought that one instead, won’t be buying form Scamming Curry’s again! Do your research lets hurt these companies so they comply with the public wants and needs, shameful of you curry’s! Others can do it why can’t you? 

Currys (and other retailers) don't offer free delivery on everything - and the cost to deliver a big hunking chunk of metal like a tumble dryer isn't the price of a first class stamp. As others have said  you compare what's on offer from various retailers and make an informed choice. I hope the ebay seller is a big business name with good service backup? As if the new tumble drier goes wrong, you might have more of a fight to get it put right from a one-man band that operates from a garage at the bottom of a garden in the middle of nowhere.

Pollycat

I wish this  website would strip words like 'scam' out of all thread titles. It demeans those that really are scams. Maybe if the MSE Team decide that it is a genuine scam then they can add it into the title. Too much 'crying wolf'.

Past caring about first world problems.

Someone posted this ^^^ on another thread the other day.

Totally agree.

oldernonethewiser

Is the original post meant to be some sort of rallying call?

Learning what "scam" means should be taught in school.  

CouldntResist

Personally, I think referring to everything you don't like as a scam is the kind of thing that leads to a person being referred to as a 'low information voter'.

Next post: 'I bought a tumble dryer off eBay which has now stopped working and the seller won't reply to me - I've been scammed'

Marvel1

Elvispresley0 said:

So I went to buy a condensing tumble dryer from Curry’s today on line, no option for free delivery, ranged for  £35 down to £20 I kept scrolling and no free delivery, the tumble dryer was a 9kg Beko for £299, plus £20 delivery was the cheapest, so I went on EBay and saw a Hoover 9kg for £289 with Free delivery, guess what? I bought that one instead, won’t be buying form Scamming Curry’s again! Do your research lets hurt these companies so they comply with the public wants and needs, shameful of you curry’s! Others can do it why can’t you? 

As the product differs maybe the Ebay seller added the delivery cost to the item and put it as free delivery as it sounds a lot better.