Free Deliveries to the Highlands and Islands etc. Who does it?

[Ferdinand]

Dunelm Mills - mainly furnishings and fit out.

 

I note that Dunelm Mills seem to deliver to the 'extremities' at no extra cost. They are my go to supplier for a small number of things such as curtains and curtain tracks.

 

They do, however, reserve the right to take an extra couple of days, and do not do express delivery.

 

That includes free delivery over the same threshold as everywhere else. It seems to be orders of £50 or more that are free delivery, but the categories and thresholds are moderately complex, so read the policy.

 

http://www.dunelm.com/info/help/delivery

 

Ferdinand

 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Ferdinand

[curlewhouse]

When I had a small mail order parts business I tried all ways to get reasonable carriage costs to H&I so I could offer it for free but just no way could I get it.

[ProDave]

Well anyone that uses a Royal Mail service will get the same rate. There are some cheeky buggers on ebay that advertise RM delivery then try and stick a surcharge on for H&I.

 

There are also some firms that refuse to switch to a different courier to avoid paying extra.

 

My Hermes, and Interparcel are some couriers that don't charge extra.

 

I buy a fair bit lately from http://www.discount-electrical.co.uk/ Their free delivery comes via FedEx and is genuinely next day even up here and FedEx have their own fleet up here.  A lot of the other couriers don't have any of their own vans up here so sub contract the last leg to a couple of local delivery companies. That adds an extra day and is probably the cause of the extra charges.

 

I bought my flue pipes from https://www.flue-pipes.com/ Not only were they the cheapest I could find, they gave free delivery here.

 

Likewise for building plastics and drainage http://www.plasticdrainage.co.uk/

[dpmiller]

sadly it aint that simple with Royal Mail- business contracts can choose to include H&I or not and outside their contract charges get silly, apparently.