Some carriers are really good at predicting delivery times. We had one recently, that if you went online to track your order, it showed a map with the current location of your lorry and which delivery he was currently at. It gave the ETA and even the drivers name. With the gizmo's that you sign plus GPS, this sort of information should be available from all major carriers.
About a year ago I ordered a laptop, It was coming from Asia (I forget exactly where). They promised 48 hour delivery which I could not believe. There tracking system showed its journey across the planet in real time. It was amazing to see the contorted route it took, sometimes in the wrong direction. Each time it changed planes/trucks it was logged. It arrived in just 33 hrs from my order.
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Afternoon all,
Thinking about it, I could have called this thread "One damn thing after another", bearing in mind my recent garage bill 
Anyway, my fridge freezer has decided to shuffle off some part or another, resulting in a perfectly working freezer (thank goodness, as it's reasonably well stocked at present), but a fridge that produces a less than perfectly chilled bottle of wine. (Plus cheese going off before it should)
According to our local electrical chap, we could have it "looked at", although not quite sure what good that would do, unless he has powers that we know nothing about, but the most likely faults would still be around £100 to fix (presumably this sum includes coming in and giving the appliance some sort of prolonged stare 
) but as it's approaching 10 years old, there is no guarantee that it will last much longer. Particularly if the stare is applied through narrowed eyes.
So with a heavy heart and a light wallet we have decided to look for a new one. For "we", please understand that it has fallen to me to carry out all necessary research and report back.
Himself has decided that a black one would look quite smart, which indeed it well might, as the kitchen is mainly light wood with black worktops, and tiles in black, cream and a coffee colour.
There is a slight restriction on height, as the boxed in pipes to the boiler are above the allotted space, and of course a restriction on width as this is limited by the gap between then end of the cupboards and the wall.
So, yesterday armed only with a cup of tea, a notepad and a biro I set to. Various pages quickly became covered in cryptic notes, such as "? box. turk. ?" " Wt. disp. nt nded" and "sld. rck, v.g"
It was when the chat gnome on the Argos site popped up and said "You seem to be looking for a fridge freezer, can I help you?" that I realised I had obviously been going round in circles. Her name was Udi, and apart from trying to convince me of the benefits of a seriously expensive model, she was quite good.
The final result it that I now have a rather impressive excel sheet showing all the dimensions of a range of models, which sites they were on, what make and model number (I was rather taken with the Samsung RB29FSRNDBC [go on, google it, it's real!) but it was a little too deep, my real favourite though was the Hotpoint Ultima FFL1810K, gorgeous handles but sadly too tall)
So NOW what?
Well, they've phoned and it looks like it might be here before 8.15 
Yes, have seen the other thread.
Don't panic, she said she'd collect it on Monday and if the worst comes to the worst you can always re-advertise it on Freecycle! 
I did have that option, if I paid £9.99, but decided to put it on Freecycle, with a "warts and all" description.
See other thread for more info, but I'm starting to get worried that I may end up with it stuck in the hall, and if she doesn't collect it it will cost me over £17 to get it collected by the council
Bit pee'ed off really, try to do someone a favour, and it might end up costing us money.
It's not good for your tum .
I don't understand the need for cold water dispensers . Water should be drunk [drank [?]]at room temperature [unless you live somewhere really hot].
Sainsbury's seem to have stopped selling white goods! I am astonished, their service was very good, we bought a couple of things from them a few years ago.
There is a beautiful cock pheasant right outside my window! Had to tell someone!
Agus
Vegasmags glad it's working for you!
I can't find any large appliances for Sainsburys and I think they have some connection to Homebase, could be wrong, often am!
I have found a fridge freezer that I love, but it is 1cm too tall (that is according to Mr P's measurements)
Oh Phoenix. I have picked up the wrong end of the stick as I thought your response, 'those type of remarks etc' was in reply to my post. Pax
I know that Waitrose are twinned with J Lewis, not sure about Sainsbury's jane
Phoenix this is completely off the point, but you have earned my undying gratitude with your tip on an earlier thread for using centrifugal force ie swinging it round in a circle, to get the last out of a squeezy bottle. Thanks to your resourcefulness, I have managed to keep my bottle of wasabi mayonnaise going for weeks. I feel confident that someone with such a grip on the practicalities of life will be able to solve the fridge freezer dilemma
I don't think that was aimed at you at all, 'Agus*! Just a general warning to people with cesspool minds like mine!
I was going to suggest Appliances Online too. I think they are excellent. The other option who is really good is Sainsbury's - but as agus reminded me, they are probably twinned with John Lewis. their service is very good, phone calls the night before and so on.
I was actually trying to be helpful Phoenix. Don't know what you read into my post
No need to be insulting.
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