Online shopping - collect at store

Like you Elegran I would love to shop and then have it delivered. I do shop on line, but not a great deal, as I always seem to end up with the wrong thing - I know my fault, but it does happen, and really a big shop on the web is quite tiring I find. I like to browse (much to the other half's anoyance!) and then choose. When we had a new Sainsbury's open here I wrote to ask if they could provide this service. They did reply saying they would look into but that was long before the store opened, and it has now been for 2 months, so I think perhaps that was just a polite reply. We have five steps up to our home, so having a bit shop deivered is lovely.

Didn't know that Janthea, maybe they are delivered to Asda quicker than to our homes.

Apparently you can now collect Amazon purchases from Asda stores.

Did you know you can pick up orders from M&S at M&S Simply Food stores now. I didn't but have found it very useful.

The same goes for John Lewis. You can collect from Waitrose stores.

sunflowerssuffolk (brilliant name by the way). Yes, I use the collect from store at M&S as you do - more as a form of personal shopping. Am sick to death of them never having my size trousers especially (got long legs). Its great, my only complaint is that of late there has been a particularly grumpy young girl on the desk in our M&S who just looks at the forms you hand in and says nothing other than a very curt 'postcode?' even when I do my most cherry 'Oh hello - just come to collect my order '. Hopefully she'll get moved onto another area soon because it almost, almost putting me off shopping!

I have only used John Lewis "click and collect" and the only problem I had was finding the place where you had to pick up. It would have been OK if it was something light and I could have carried it through the store to the main car park, but for heavier items they have a small parking area at the back of the store and I drove round in circles for about 10 mins before I saw a tiny little sign pointing in the right direction!

Oh! I do usually report spam.!

Was joking.

I agree Jess - I find it really useful to order, then collect, because if I just go into the store, they often don't have my size, then I have to order it in, and as I live 20 miles from nearest store, that's a pain.! Also, one of our local M + S's is a small store with limited choice.

I do this in M & S, and often order 2 sizes, as they all come up different. I collect, then go and try on, and immediately return one I don't want. My rejects go into local store for sale, so others see stuff not usually available there. Also use Tesco Direct and Asda.

I think it is OK if it is named in passing, by someone who already posts other things, but not acceptable if someone joins for the specific purpose of posting in praise of something, and probably is connected with selling or promoting it.

People who join and post twice - once to promote their product and once to establish themselves as a "real" poster - are usually spotted by someone and reported.

Does that mean we can't mention the names of the online stores we use?

Actually I've ordered stuff from the online store mentioned - pretty good customer service as well!

They won't notice Jingle - too busy eating cake at this time of day!

I'm not reporting it. I am not convinced that HQ don't have someone sitting reading every single post that comes up.

Message deleted by Gransnet for breaking our Talk Guidelines. Replies may also be deleted.

Shopping trolleys are the in thing at Adelaide Central Market. My elderly mother would not shop with one though as she thought it made her look like an old lady.

Collect at the store is the only kind of online food shopping round here, trouble is the collection point is 55km away!
I am a bit fed up with M and S. We used to be able to buy from UK and get it delivered for £5. Now you have to order from the French online store, pay in euros (all our income is sterling and we get a set amount brought across in euros each month for living expenses), and still pay for delivery. There are lots of things that are not available in the French online store, even though it all seems to come by carrier from Sheffield. I gather people have complained but M and S say it gives us better service. Not sure how?

Love the way threads drift from one topic to another.
Maybe if fewer families can afford a second car they are making a comeback with the younger set.
Shopping trolley recommendations anyone

DD has a bright shopping trolley and uses it for getting groceries and other heavy things home. She does not have her car in Brussels because she lives within walking distance of work. I think they are a very good idea.

Oh that's funny my daughter and her friend were raving about these "new" shopping trolleys the other day and I thought they were joking!

I have a rather pretty trolley with flowery motifs in bright colours - and decent-sized wheels. Got it in Lakeland, of course.

Anything as long as it's not tartan! (sorry Scots Gransnetters, but really, that's been the only choice for years....)

They are trendy now ella with the younger ones what colour do you fancy?

There are some bright and cheerful shopping trolleys in my local hardware shop, I'm hoping by the time I may need one, they'll have become trendy!

elegran its easy to keep loading into your basket forgetting the weight for carrying.
My 29yr old DD has a beautiful shopping trolley she say's its the thing to be seen with she uses it when she goes to the market for fruit and veg etc, she cant carry any weight as she has had problems with her coccyx since having her first baby.