I'm a student studying BSc Nutrition in London..with a passion for shopping, food, technology, music...
I'm a student studying BSc Nutrition in London..with a passion for shopping, food, technology, music... but especially food! I've often thought i should become a food critic, so ciao's a good starting point eh? ;)
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where to start?? Well... I was looking for a COMFORTABLE office/swivel chair (because my cheap great LOOKING but hard uncomfortable plastic IKEA chair was damaging my back!).
After checking out what nectar estores could offer, I realised viking-direct sold chairs too (previously having a vague idea of viking-direct offering only office supplies/stationary). So I went to the "furniture & seating" tab and clicked on "executive chairs". Now being a student, I had a budget to think about, but to my amazement I found an executive leather chair for under 30 quid! Was it real? Was I hallucinating? Well.. no! It WAS a leather faced chair, and that was all that mattered to me, and for a decent price I was sold.
So after making an initial account setup, I was shown a special offer "only available for that day". It was copy/blank white paper at a special price, and frankly I did need paper for my printer so I went ahead and added it to my basket. I had a browse around and found one or two items I thought I would have to come back to another day..for now my basket was near enough £40, so I thought I should call it a day. To my pleasant surprise the order qualified for free delivery (over £35), which was a bonus for me (on top of the nectar points of course), so I continued with the order, hoping that there would be no catches as it was my first order with them....
After the order was completed (on a Tuesday), I made a mental note to wait approx. 5 days before it got delivered (without checking the delivery page of course). But by the Thursday of the same week, I was pleasantly surprised once more to have my package delivered at around 3pm! When I checked the delivery page (http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/specialLinks.do;jsessionid=0000aTr2rNzV_IDB lohOGF0GLli:11g06oige?ID=HELP_DELIVERY_cons) it was further explained that Monday-Thursday orders were delivered within 48 hours..great!
Anyway, the actual product was great, easy to assemble (by myself!) with no faults, and I must say this chair is super comfortable, and smells as expensive offices do.. of leather!
So now my back, my printer and my bank balance are positively happy from this transaction and all in all I would definitely recommend www.viking-direct.co.uk to business AND personal users, as they have very reasonable prices, good quality products and fast, great delivery!
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Advantages: Next Day Delivery, Free gifts aplenty, fantastic offers, huge range or products Disadvantages: None encountered yet, apart from spending too much money
wardenblw431 14.01.2005 (09.02.2005)
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