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Ethics of home delivery of non essentials.

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Snaleandthewhail · 12/04/2020 19:22

Next isn’t delivering. Other major retailers have reduced their range and delayed their delivery times. But there’s a lot of stuff you can still order for home delivery.

If a company is trading and open and delivering, is it ethical to use its services to deliver non essential things which put more risk on to everyone involved in fulfilment and logistics?

I’m obviously not talking about food or medicines. Then there’s a whole range of consumables-but-not-essentials (paint and glue at the moment for my kids). But say - the new flat pack bed you’d been meaning to buy for your child growing out of their cot, or the set of saucepans you’d been saving up for. Stuff you would have bought, could still buy, but could wait six months...

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frugalkitty · 14/04/2020 07:56

I had to order trousers for DS as he works in Tesco (temp contract so no uniform supplied) and last week the one pair he had split. I felt guilty ordering clothes at this time, but he had to have some or he couldn't have gone back to work.

Fortyfifty · 14/04/2020 07:59

There are long delivery times on everything we've ordered so I am guessing there are skeleton staff working. But also assume businesses will start to flout the safety recommendations in time to speed up delivery times and compete for business. I hope they are being monitored. A local farm shop which sells plants did say police had visited them, so maybe that will be the case - although it would be better of police time didn't have to be taken up doing that. H&S inspectors would be better.

Ineedabreak19 · 14/04/2020 08:04

My children are sprouting at an incredible rate so have ordered new Sumner clothes for them. Their feet have grown too but we've got around the shoe issue by wearing crocs/wellies in the garden & no shoes indoors.

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Smashedavacado · 14/04/2020 09:53

We have ordered a shiny new red Magimix food processor to replace our current 25 yr old one! Whilst the motor still works the bowl & lid have cracks in & difficult to clean after that seems like daily use by our son. Impossible to buy replacement lid/bowl at moment but will buy once available and then pass on to DS. Can't believe how excited I am about this purchase 😁

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