quickest free delivery????

ronthechef

Today I ordered small items from wiggle,merlin and ribble all within 10 mins of each other around noon today, went for free postage with all of them(i'm in central London)

I'm going for wiggle,ribble and merlincycles

will post up when they arrive

dodgy

Interesting experiment

Slow Downcp

From previous experience I'd expect them all to arrive tomorrow, so dependant on which carrier they use (unless all items small enough for Royal Mail in which case you're at the mercy of RM rather than the store)

ronthechef

wiggle and merlin have sent emails saying items have been shipped

Smokin Joe

ronthechef wrote:

wiggle and merlin have sent emails saying items have been shipped

...Via Hong Kong and Mexico City

Wappygixer

I always used to pay for priority dispatch with Wiggle.I have now found I get most items next day if I order before 10am with standard delivery.
The slowest delivery has to go to Total cycling.Its a shame really because they do some great stuff at great prices but 2 weeks to deliver?? not what I expect these days really plus their comms are near non existent

Smokin Joe

You young lads should have been round in the days when every mail order advert contained the line, "Allow 28 days for delivery".

By the time you got the bloody item you'd forgotten you ordered it :?

Wappygixer

I remember my first over the phone order was with Geoffrey Butler cycles down south.That was back in the early 90's.
I ordered some mtb tyres and delivery took about a week which back then was pretty quick

ronthechef

the wiggle and merlin stuff arrived about 11am,,,,, nothing from ribble

alfablue

ronthechef wrote:

the wiggle and merlin stuff arrived about 11am,,,,, nothing from ribble

exactly as I would expect, and true to form. Ribble may come in a day or two I predict (if they hold stock).

Woodenleg

I've found EBC very good. Ordered late Sunday night 21st Dec and delivered to Staffordshire first post Tuesday, and this the week before Christmas. And you get (what appears to be) a personal e-mail rather than one (obviously) squirted out by a machine. Encourages one to spend with them again.

ronthechef

Ribble stuff got here today around 11

Slow Downcp

A day later, but still good for free delivery. Unfortunately it is driving the small LBS' out of business, but unless they get the pricing right on smaller day to day items (and things you don't need to be measured for), the online store will get the order 99% of the time.

ronthechef

Yes I do agree its very tough now for LBS's, I know for a fact some of the bigger online guys can sell items cheaper than small stores can get them for.

sampras38

ronthechef wrote:

Today I ordered small items from wiggle,merlin and ribble all within 10 mins of each other around noon today, went for free postage with all of them(i'm in central London)

I'm going for wiggle,ribble and merlincycles

will post up when they arrive

I put my first ever order in to Ribble yesterday, so interesting to see how they do. Wiggle have always delivered quickly for me but didn't have what I wanted this time.

ronthechef

The tyre I ordered from ribble last all of 5kms(side wall split), phoned them they told me to send it back, will keep this thread update with progress

DomPro

What tyre was it?

sampras38

sampras38 wrote:

ronthechef wrote:

Today I ordered small items from wiggle,merlin and ribble all within 10 mins of each other around noon today, went for free postage with all of them(i'm in central London)

I'm going for wiggle,ribble and merlincycles

will post up when they arrive

I put my first ever order in to Ribble yesterday, so interesting to see how they do. Wiggle have always delivered quickly for me but didn't have what I wanted this time.

Arrived 2 days later.

You can't knock that.

ronthechef

it was a conti attack, ribble replaced it in a couple of days, good service in my book