Calling Morrisons online shoppers, please

I have just had an email reply to the query I sent Morrison's yesterday regarding only being able to see three days of slots.

For anyone who is interested, this is the relevant part of the reply:

... different customers may have a different view of slots. This could be for various reasons, some examples are, holding a delivery pass, being listed on the governments vulnerable list or having made 6 orders with us in the last 12 weeks etc.

Thanks for that MamaCaz
I'm loaded up with food I bought at Iceland atm, a friend has bought other stuff and I want for nothing - except cash
I always got 50.00 cashback weekly from Morries but that's now decreased to...70p
Going to ask around and see if a friend is willing to take a cheque, then,once it's cleared, give me the cash...can't think of anything else to do, really
Oh, and I need to send another cheque to the US but only got 2 1st class stamps, no idea about that..scuse me while I swear,here goes..shitshitshitshitSHIT!
Hasn't immediately solved my probs but Boy! it's done wonders for my BP
Hope you all have a good day

Alishka, My mum is in exactly the same position as you now regarding cash. I don't think that the cheque idea had occurred to her (it hadn't to me), so I will suggest that to her. Thank you.

Regarding the stamps - it might be worth looking into whether you can buy 'printable' stamps online from Royal Mail.
I have a faint memory of my late dad maybe doing that in the past, but I'm not certain.

I'm sure there are Gransnetters who will know, though ☺

You can certainly print postage via the Royal Mail site. I’ve done so recently for two small gifts. Weighed each item, put weight and size into the on line calculator, paid with a debit card, printed a page containing recipient details, a bar code for the postage, stuck it on with sellotape and off it went. Arrived safely. Really easy.

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The site is currently showing lots of slots free from 22.05.20.

I'm not shielded but I have taken out a mid week delivery pass (6 months for £20). Just booked my 3rd delivery.

We live in a very rural area and it's the first time I've ever used a delivery service

Good luck,

First, to delivery passes - my Morries site says that "due to current requests(or words to that effect)we are no longer issuing delivery passes"And my calendar shows 'unavailable' for the rest of the month.(I live S.B'ham)
To printing off stamps! When I worked I used to do that,had my small kitchen scales + a Lexmark printer/photocopier. But that was then, now tho,at 75, it's another option closed to me
Still thinking I'm going to have to rely on the kindness of friends,butv. reluctant to put them at risk.

Alishka, I have to admit that with my unreliable printer, I would be reluctant to pay the postage that way too.

W49OODMOUSE
My mum rang me this afternoon because her nextdoor neighbour said there were loads of slots available at that moment. Not for Mum there weren't - I have literally spent all day monitoring what was available for her, and at that moment there was zilch ( the only slot that came up all day was so late in the evening that I let it go, as she isn't yet desperate enough for her order to take a late evening delivery).
Tomorrow is another day. I know from my experience of the last few weeks that sooner or later I will get her a suitable slot that also coincides with the most important items of her order being available.
Fingers crossed that once her details are updated to include her as vulnerable, a whole new swathe of slots will open up to us and I will get back a huge chunk of my time!

BTW, my version of the Morrison's site says the same as Alishka's - that they are no longer issuing delivery passes.

I'm having exactly the same problem as you and Alishka, MamaCaz, whereas a neighbour has access to delivery slots around 23/05/20. 1've tried so many times over the past 2 weeks without any luck. 3 days is maximum shown but never any slots available. I even waited until just after midnight when new slots are added but still non available!

Patreesh. I have found that the only way to find a slot within those three days is to monitor the slots page constantly, refreshing it all the time.
Not many come up, and most that do are for the very next day, but if you can put the rest of your life on hold and devote your whole day to this activity, you will actually see a slot sooner or later (So far, I have never seen any appear late evening or early morning though!)

Of course, as amending an order within three days of delivery isn't allowed at the moment, you have really need to have your trolley full and ready to check out at short notice in case you suddenly find one of thes slots!

Three slots for tomorrow morning actually came up as soon as I had posted that, so that's Mum's food sorted do another week or two. Hurray - now what to do with all this free time?

MamaCaz, thank you. I've actually now managed to grab an Asda slot so I'll stick with them providing slots are readily available.

UPDATE

My mum's phone call to Morrison's last week has payed off.

They said they would add her to their shielded list and update her details.
To be honest, I wasn't convinced that anything would improve, but I've just logged on and can now see delivery dates right up to the beginning of June, and a lot of available slots! ?

WOWEE! I'll ring Morries tomorrow then and ask them to put me on their shielded list too, worth a try - I'm now craving stuffed olives
So thanks for the update!

I can't see more than 3 days in advance, all of which are booked out. I notice the wait time to get on line is much shorter but no available slots. Much more success with click and collect slots with Asda, Sainsbury's and sometimes Tesco. Sainsbury's is usually within next 2 or 3 days.