Where do you stand if Tescos send you a squidgy cucumber (for 89p)?
I haven’t bought on line in years. You do sometimes see something on Amazon that costs about £5, I get my neighbour to buy it as she get points (or something).
This, for example, you can’t fine anywhere else.
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I know, there are some things you just can’t buy anywhere else. Electronics components are as rare as hens teeth since Tandy and Maplins closed down, so I found a little family run outfit that stock most of things I need and I’ve been doing business with them for a few years now…
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you should be able to get a refund if you complain about online grocery quality. At least ocado refund right away if you complain a product is damaged etc
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If I got a squidgy cucumber from Tesco it would be my fault because I always visit the store and choose my own. The only time I ordered online was just the once when we both had covid…
yes if it’s store bought you would be to blame for not squeezing the ends. You should always pick up your cumber, check if it is bendy or soft. That’s if you want to pay the 89p in the first place!
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Dood I think amazon are maybe better than others in obtaining a refund or for returns. You do have to ensure you’re buying from amazon and you can easily check seller reviews there. I buy quite often from amazon and rarely have a problem. I did once have a quality problem with a piece of furniture so avoid buying anything bigger from there these days and am very careful to check reviews.
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Excellent point and think one of biggest reasons many of us buy online
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The nice thing about Ebay is that if you are dissatisfied with a company you can get a full refund (assuming you paid via PayPal). Over many years I have had to claim it back twice which I thought was a pretty good record.
The most recent was an order I made at the beginning of last month for some books, they did not arrive so I contacted the company, no reply, contacted Ebay and had the refund within a few days.
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I used to sell Caridina and Neocaridina shrimp on ebay , it was a hobby as kept them / bred them but USPS was so bad that went only with Fed-ex but even then was a pain unless ideal temps or buyer used over night delivery which was to expensive so after bit over a year stopped and yes I always refunded if any problems
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If I can’t get anything in the shops my first port of call will be ebay, but I don’t use paypal… 
I bought some flags (I’m very patriotic) last month off ebay, and Amazon delivered them…
What’s that all about?
There were three different flags, 2x St George, 2x Union flags, and one for November…‘Lest we Forget’ St George was delivered by Royal Mail next day 
the union flags were delivered by Amazon in two days…and finally the ‘Lest we Forget’ flags by Evri…in 5 days, and the foreign driver nearly knocked my garden wall down in his van… 
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For what’s worth we get our groceries delivered to the door. Pretty much evert else we get delivered on line.
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Amazon and ebay have prepaid cards which sold in countless stores which is all I use and the extra stays on your account for later use .
if I am able to use this everyone reading this post can do it .
During COVID this really took off but I still went to store and stood an hour on line 6 feet apart with mask , n order to get fresh blood pudding , lol but yes what a pain it all was and creepy .
That’s why we stopped going to the grocery stores !
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I do not blame you but I have to pick out my own food as would not trust anyone to do it , granted tons of people do what you do and happy with it .
Actually, we do still pick our own food. Then delivery man drops to into our kitchen.
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Being out of touch to the World of you humans I had no idea such a system existed .
Yes back then you had to space between people but I wish it was like that sometimes line was 2 blocks long but not bad for me as chatted with those around me , told jokes so guess it was bad for them.
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