Delivery and set up charges

Well done Barrow [applause emoticon]

It is always worth asking for something when spending that sort of money! Personally, I tend to buy electrical goods from one of our local independent retailers, in the past they have been happy to price match things and give excellent service.

Well done Barrow. I am waiting for a shed to be delivered from B&Q which I ordered on line. They only charged £5 delivery which I thought was quite good.

Delivery and set-up fees are fairly standard, when flat screen TVs first appeared they cost thousands and they still added a hefty charge on top for a man who knew what he was doing, we now manage to set up TVs and recorders ourselves.

I could accept a delivery charge of up to around £10 but I thought this was a bit too steep. I also thought the set up charge for the TV was excessive as I think all they have to do is unplug the aerial and DVD player from the old one and plug it into the new one (even I can do that, besides if I have any problems I have a very useful next door neighbour!). My main problem is lifting the new set onto the cabinet

Also, one of the items I bought was a fridge freezer so, of course, it would have to be delivered (I could hardly strap it to the top of my car!)

I am lucky that OH is technically excellent with TVs etc. (too excellent really - I cannot make all the things work as he has set up such complicated processes). If he wasn't around I would probably waste loads of money getting things sorted.

Good for you for standing up against these excessive charges!

You can haggle over everying in shops. The S.O. does it all the time [he used to be a rep]. Always asks in Boots what samples they've got to give us. Got two sets of bedlinen for the price of one in another shop [it was John Lewis or Debenhams]. Just laughs if they say no and says 'it was worth a try'. No one seems to mind.

Barrow.

Respect.