Play.com delivery times

[MarkR]

Ordered an Xbox game from Play.com last night, just wondered what there average delivery times are. Its says usaully despatched within 24 hours?

Reason I am asking is because I was hoping to get it for Saturday.

[Mep]

they are normally excellent and you may be lucky but though they despatch in 24 hours you are then at the mercy of Royal Mail,

[cyberbob69]

I find with play, from the day of ordering it normally takes 2-3 days. Now if you ordered yesterday day you might have just made it. But I think you will be very lucky if you get it for saturday. It has to come from Jersey..

I shall keep my fingers crossed for you..

[bishman]

2-3 days is normal for me too and I've ordered from them many times. If ordering on a Thursday night, it will get processed Friday and in that instance I would expect to receive it by Monday/Tuesday, most likely Tuesday.

[Indiana Jones]

Agree with the above, everytime I have had an order posted on a Thursday I have recieved it on the Saturday so as you only ordered Thursday dont expect it till Monday.

[MarkR]

Cheers guys, I thought I was being a bit optimistic for it being with me on Saturday.

You never know I maybe be lucky.

[Tejstar]

Originally Posted by MarkR

You never know I maybe be lucky.

You may be, but I doubt it very much!

[MarkR]

Got an email a couple of hours ago to say it has been posted. It also says 2-3 days, but I've got lots of faith on it arriving tomorrow.

[p5yco]

in my experience from play.com, the larger the parcel the sooner it arrives. for instance a single dvd in a jiffy bag will probably take 3-4 days after ordering to arrive, however a spindle of discs which came in a box has been delivered late the next day - on several occasions.

[Tommy139]

I ordered 2 DVD's from them on Tuesday, and they arrived in the post this morning (Friday). Can't complain about that for a speedy delivery

[Mep]

Originally Posted by MarkR

Got an email a couple of hours ago to say it has been posted. It also says 2-3 days, but I've got lots of faith on it arriving tomorrow.

may the (parcel) force be with you

[MarkR]

Very impressed it arrived this morning.

If I had ordered during the day on Thursday instead of the night then I bet it would have arrived on Saturday.

[Henry]

Originally Posted by p5yco

in my experience from play.com, the larger the parcel the sooner it arrives. for instance a single dvd in a jiffy bag will probably take 3-4 days after ordering to arrive, however a spindle of discs which came in a box has been delivered late the next day - on several occasions.

I'd go along with that. A couple of years ago they were excellent and stuff used arrive the next day. I even used to receive DVDs a few days before the release date from time to time!

It has slowed down now considerably, but they are by no means the slowest out there. But I guess that's due to their success and good luck to them!

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by MarkR

Very impressed it arrived this morning.

If I had ordered during the day on Thursday instead of the night then I bet it would have arrived on Saturday.

Think it all depends on the title, sometimes they can get orders sent out within a few hours of ordering, sometimes it can take 24+ hours so if you want something for the weekend always make sure you have placed your order by midday on Wednesday.

[Tejstar]

I think they offer great service and have been a customer for a while now. However, I order a lot less from them than I used to, I just find that they are not that competitive on price anymore (cd-wow has stolen a lot of my business!)