Online shopping - collect at store

Does that mean we can't mention the names of the online stores we use?

I think it is OK if it is named in passing, by someone who already posts other things, but not acceptable if someone joins for the specific purpose of posting in praise of something, and probably is connected with selling or promoting it.

People who join and post twice - once to promote their product and once to establish themselves as a "real" poster - are usually spotted by someone and reported.

I agree Jess - I find it really useful to order, then collect, because if I just go into the store, they often don't have my size, then I have to order it in, and as I live 20 miles from nearest store, that's a pain.! Also, one of our local M + S's is a small store with limited choice.

I do this in M & S, and often order 2 sizes, as they all come up different. I collect, then go and try on, and immediately return one I don't want. My rejects go into local store for sale, so others see stuff not usually available there. Also use Tesco Direct and Asda.

Oh! I do usually report spam.!

Was joking.

I have only used John Lewis "click and collect" and the only problem I had was finding the place where you had to pick up. It would have been OK if it was something light and I could have carried it through the store to the main car park, but for heavier items they have a small parking area at the back of the store and I drove round in circles for about 10 mins before I saw a tiny little sign pointing in the right direction!

sunflowerssuffolk (brilliant name by the way). Yes, I use the collect from store at M&S as you do - more as a form of personal shopping. Am sick to death of them never having my size trousers especially (got long legs). Its great, my only complaint is that of late there has been a particularly grumpy young girl on the desk in our M&S who just looks at the forms you hand in and says nothing other than a very curt 'postcode?' even when I do my most cherry 'Oh hello - just come to collect my order '. Hopefully she'll get moved onto another area soon because it almost, almost putting me off shopping!

Did you know you can pick up orders from M&S at M&S Simply Food stores now. I didn't but have found it very useful.

The same goes for John Lewis. You can collect from Waitrose stores.

Apparently you can now collect Amazon purchases from Asda stores.

Didn't know that Janthea, maybe they are delivered to Asda quicker than to our homes.

Like you Elegran I would love to shop and then have it delivered. I do shop on line, but not a great deal, as I always seem to end up with the wrong thing - I know my fault, but it does happen, and really a big shop on the web is quite tiring I find. I like to browse (much to the other half's anoyance!) and then choose. When we had a new Sainsbury's open here I wrote to ask if they could provide this service. They did reply saying they would look into but that was long before the store opened, and it has now been for 2 months, so I think perhaps that was just a polite reply. We have five steps up to our home, so having a bit shop deivered is lovely.