delivery to scotland

[loch coulter]

was looking at sheds on flea bay and found one which i thought would be suitable until i found out that they do not deliver to the north of scotland or any of the islands. I live in central scotland so there would not have been a problem with delivery but i wont be buying as i think these companies are taking liberties with us up here in gods country, why do we put up with this, and they wonder why so many of us are going for the YES VOTE! :x

[Wildfisher]

So will separation  make it cheaper?   :lol:

Just as well Scotland is part of the UK or  all deliveries to or  from down south would  be international. 

Careful you don't cut off your nose to spite your face in anger.  I send out a hell of a lot of fly lines and it costs me 3 x as much to send a  line  to the Irish republic than it does to  Northern Ireland or any other UK mainland or non mainland destination. 

[loch coulter]

but does it cost anymore to send items to places like devon and cornwall, isle of wight, isle of man from scotland? so much for all in it together!

[loch coulter]

So will separation  make it cheaper?   :lol:

Just as well Scotland is part of the UK or  all deliveries to or  from down south would  be international. 

Careful you don't cut off your nose to spite your face in anger.  I send out a hell of a lot of fly lines and it costs me 3 x as much to send a  line  to the Irish republic than it does to  Northern Ireland or any other UK mainland or non mainland destination.

this is the problem, it all comes under the uk mainland!

[hopper]

When we did up the house the wife bought one of those big fridge freezers, delivering to post code AB30 would cost over £200 if we deliver to DD10 it was something like £20. Guess what if I got it delivered to my neighbour 1/2 mile along the road it would be £20 and they had to pass my door to get there.
AB30 Sir we class that as Highlands and Islands, it's the main post code for Aberdeen.
Down south haven't a clue.

[Fishtales]

These companies should be charged with improper use of the post code system. It is an operational system for the OCR machines in the Royal Mail distribution centres, it isn't an indicator of where you live it is a way of bundling all the mail for that area so it all gets to the right place. Unless Manchester, M15 comes here, ML5 but that is because the OCR has read it wrong .

[Wildfisher]

It costs me 3 x as much to send a fly line to the Irish Republic than it does to Northern Ireland. The distance is the same, it crosses water in both cases. The difference is the Republic is an independent foreign country, Northern Ireland is part of the UK. I use the UK Royal Mail, the rate is the same everywhere within the UK. The service is brilliant.

Delivery companies who overcharge within the UK do so because they are private companies who set their own operational parameters, this has got nothing to do with the UK, with Westminster, The Conservative Party, UKIP,  hating Scotland or even Alex Salmond.  :lol:    I never get overcharged by them because I don't use them. Simple.  To imply that by making England, Wales and Northern Ireland foreign countries somehow deliveries from them to Scotland  would be less expensive I do find a little puzzling.

[Fishtales]

I live on island apparently

So did my mother, when she lived in Dunoon  :roll:

[Fishtales]

But you don't have to get a ferry to get home, according to Comet she did.

Me --Do you deliver to Strachur?

Them --Yes

Me --Do you deliver to Glen Branter?

Them -- Yes

Me -- Well tell your driver to keep going for another five miles and he will drive into Dunoon

Them -- No it's an island and he will have to get a ferry.

I gave up after that. I stuck the fridge on the roof of my car and drove it down myself

[Wildfisher]

When we did up the house the wife bought one of those big fridge freezers

When we did up our old house I got an AGA delivered from the Midlands up to Alford and, including delivery,  saved £500  on what I would have paid in Aberdeen. That was in 1990. What would that £500 be now?

It's good that you can do that isn't it?