Free Shipping for Loyal Forum Members

Delvis · 9 Feb 2019 at 08:33

michty_me said:
Morning all,
Can anyone share any info on why the free shipping isn't available to Aberdeen. I'm looking to buy a graphics card but keep getting hit with an addition £10 delivery when I go to checkout.
I think I meet all the prerequisites.

Assume you've linked the account

Ahleckz · 9 Feb 2019 at 09:12

michty_me said:
Morning all,
Can anyone share any info on why the free shipping isn't available to Aberdeen. I'm looking to buy a graphics card but keep getting hit with an addition £10 delivery when I go to checkout.
I think I meet all the prerequisites.

Strong name to location link min!

michty_me · 9 Feb 2019 at 12:36

Delvis said:
Assume you've linked the account

Yup, Although only done it yesterday!

Ahleckz said:
Strong name to location link min!

Haha thanks, It could have been worse!!

Delvis · 9 Feb 2019 at 12:52

michty_me said:
Yup, Although only done it yesterday!

Haha thanks, It could have been worse!!

Have you tried adding more,or more quantities

michty_me · 9 Feb 2019 at 13:04

Delvis said:
Have you tried adding more,or more quantities

I've just tried adding a motherboard bundle and it just puts the delivery cost up.

Delvis · 9 Feb 2019 at 15:11

michty_me said:
I've just tried adding a motherboard bundle and it just puts the delivery cost up.

Post in customer services tbh

michty_me · 9 Feb 2019 at 15:17

Delvis said:
Post in customer services tbh

I done that yesterday and had no response. I called the phone number and they said its probably my address and being out with the qualifying area which is a bit pants.

8myers8 · 28 Mar 2019 at 14:35

i will get free shipping one day , as so much i want from here , but the post cost is very high to me .....

offitmassive · 29 Mar 2019 at 06:33

8myers8 said:
i will get free shipping one day , as so much i want from here , but the post cost is very high to me .....

Just gotta keep on plodding on. Luckily I'm in no rush to get something. Have a look at other areas on this forum and take part in a couple of them

michty_me · 29 Mar 2019 at 08:10

And then still not get it due to your location..

offitmassive · 29 Mar 2019 at 08:25

michty_me said:
And then still not get it due to your location..

That sucks

8myers8 · 29 Mar 2019 at 16:14

michty_me said:
And then still not get it due to your location..

u watch my location be one off them lol o well will still shop here anyway like i do anyway

michty_me · 29 Mar 2019 at 16:41

I'm not sure why it happens. Overclockers and one other place I nearly bought from seem to be the only place that flags Aberdeen as highlands and islands.
The other place wanted to charge me £16 for delivery of two relays the size of a match box!!

mast3r · 3 Apr 2019 at 10:15

Damn! forgot about this, just spend 3K and paid £50 postage.

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 20:54

michty_me said:
I'm not sure why it happens. Overclockers and one other place I nearly bought from seem to be the only place that flags Aberdeen as highlands and islands.
The other place wanted to charge me £16 for delivery of two relays the size of a match box!!

Its more the carriers they use, for example https://www.dpd.co.uk/pdf/dpd_highlandsislandsinscotland.pdf

Lots of AB postcodes in there, and consistent across carriers.

Slam62 · 13 Apr 2019 at 09:12

Didn't know where to post this, wanted to say thanks OCUK for excellent customer service and price you make it difficult to shop elsewhere.

pastymuncher · 13 Apr 2019 at 11:47

michty_me said:
I'm not sure why it happens. Overclockers and one other place I nearly bought from seem to be the only place that flags Aberdeen as highlands and islands.
The other place wanted to charge me £16 for delivery of two relays the size of a match box!!

@michty_me It's DPD that is screwing us over as they pretty much class everywhere north of Dundee as non UK mainland. Before DPD came along I used to get free shipping from three retailers due to forum activities. DPD came along and free delivery was removed from all of them. Scam is the worst who often want £16 for delivery now so I haven't shopped with them for years. We can get free delivery on lightweight and cheap items that can be delivered by Royal Mail 2nd class but even that is hit or miss as to whether we get free delivery. I have had cheap items in the basket before only to get to the checkout to see I am being charged for delivery and it costs more than the item itself so I delete it and go elsewhere. I recently bought a Corsair MP510 960Gb NVME drive from here when it was on offer. It was a good price but sadly the £8.95 postal charge meant that it wasn't that much cheaper than other places. Even by paying for delivery we still only get a second rate service as DPD takes two days to deliver here so no next day delivery anymore. DPD is terrible for here and I have never had a time slot or live tracking with them. People complained about Citylink but here they were brilliant and next day actually meant next day.

michty_me · 13 Apr 2019 at 18:47

pastymuncher said:
@michty_me It's DPD that is screwing us over as they pretty much class everywhere north of Dundee as non UK mainland. Before DPD came along I used to get free shipping from three retailers due to forum activities. DPD came along and free delivery was removed from all of them. Scam is the worst who often want £16 for delivery now so I haven't shopped with them for years. We can get free delivery on lightweight and cheap items that can be delivered by Royal Mail 2nd class but even that is hit or miss as to whether we get free delivery. I have had cheap items in the basket before only to get to the checkout to see I am being charged for delivery and it costs more than the item itself so I delete it and go elsewhere. I recently bought a Corsair MP510 960Gb NVME drive from here when it was on offer. It was a good price but sadly the £8.95 postal charge meant that it wasn't that much cheaper than other places. Even by paying for delivery we still only get a second rate service as DPD takes two days to deliver here so no next day delivery anymore. DPD is terrible for here and I have never had a time slot or live tracking with them. People complained about Citylink but here they were brilliant and next day actually meant next day.

Hi mate, I've never had a bad service from DPD to be fair. I'm wondering of the sellers I've used before have absorbed the cost for delivery.
Saying that, I've had something sitting in Portlethen depot for a few days now and they say it needs delivered. I keep selecting options but it never gets released so I guess I'll have to go to them. It was meant to be delivered on Tuesday.

ANDREW GREEN · 15 May 2019 at 10:22

So I just built my way upto 250 posts but still don't get free shipping with the same email address being used on both. Scratches head, can anyone help?

michty_me · 15 May 2019 at 10:45

Could be the postcode lottery causing the issue.