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10-06-2005, 8:21 AM
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Play.com delivery times
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. 
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10-06-2005, 8:40 AM
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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,
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10-06-2005, 8:48 AM
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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..
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10-06-2005, 8:51 AM
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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.
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10-06-2005, 10:06 AM
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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.
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10-06-2005, 10:28 AM
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Cheers guys, I thought I was being a bit optimistic for it being with me on Saturday.
You never know I maybe be lucky. 
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10-06-2005, 12:06 PM
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You never know I maybe be lucky.
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You may be, but I doubt it very much!  |
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10-06-2005, 1:32 PM
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10-06-2005, 4:46 PM
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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.
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10-06-2005, 4:52 PM
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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  |
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10-06-2005, 5:32 PM
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13-06-2005, 8:09 PM
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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.
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14-06-2005, 2:38 AM
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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.
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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!
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14-06-2005, 11:11 AM
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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. |
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14-06-2005, 1:49 PM
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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!)
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