Newspaper delivery

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• Donna

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  We live on Florence Road and we get our papers delivered by the newsagent that hosts the post office, near Londis.
  
  Not sure how far they will deliver but it costs £1 per delivery and the service is excellent, the papers are always there before we get out of bed.

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• tosscat

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  One pound! Am I alone in thinking that's rather alot?

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• andy

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  the internet?

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• andy

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  I'm in the market for a reliable telegram service. The couriers employed must have the best horses and be able to reach Birmingham on the fast turnpike within three days. I will not pay more than 2 and 6 for this. Ideally based west of stroud green road.

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• ShaunG

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Surely not £1 per daily delivery? £1 per week perhaps? (though I'd still be loath to pay that much).

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• Donna

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Hmm... I will double-check. I think it's £1 per delivery.

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• Alex

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Depending on which paper it is, some of the publishers organise early morning delivery in London which can be free with a subscription to the paper. The FT and Times both do this and it comes very early. The Independent are also at it. The Guardian may do, their web page has a vague promise of 80% coverage of the nation but they don't say whether it's free. You can even get the Wall Street Journal (US edition but printed in London) delivered.
  
  https://www.ftnewspaper.com/cgi-bin/ftusa.cgi/showWorldMap?uslink=4weeksRF99&eulink=wm02eur&hklink=wm02.html&jplink=wm02/
  
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/article2793901.ece
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/homedelivery
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/offers/article874600.ece
  
  http://www.dowjones.com/Pressroom/PressReleases/Other/Europe/2008/0402_Europe_TheWallStreetJournal_655.htm

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• unaesthetic

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  £1 per delivery? isn't that something like a 100% mark-up on the price of the paper?

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• Robot

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  I get mine from Meg's (the other newsagent on Ferme Pk rd). Good service but possibly not early enough for you - 7.30ish. I have no idea what it costs.

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• tosscat

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Alex, I need to perpetuate something: [yawn](http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/homedelivery)

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• Billy Bookcase

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  I also use Meg's.
  No additional charges.

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• wisteria53

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  We've been using use Meg's on Ferme Park Road for about 10 years to deliver (probably another 10-15 years prior to that as well). In that time they've only failed to deliver a few times. Signed up last week for a Guardian subscription which is supposed to give us vouchers for 1/3 off the cover price as well: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/subscriber>; Meg's only "failing" was to sometimes give us The Times when there wasn't a Guardian available. If I wanted a Tory paper I'd prefer the Telegraph so I can at least justify it on the "I only read it only for the theatre/gardening sections " grounds.

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• Alex

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  [Gotcha](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/642/making-links-and-images/#Item_0)

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• The ginger monkey

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Thanks all - will try Megs - though I'm not sure I'm close enough... but also the Guardian links Alex put up. Most kind.

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• Donna

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Have just spoken to Meg's - for Saturday and Sunday delivery they charge £1.50 (in total) per week.
  If you get a paper delivered everyday they charge £2.50 in total per week.
  He also said you could use the 1/3 off vouchers from the Guardian but you'd have to come in every few weeks with them.
  We get Saturday and Sunday delivery so it would work out 50p cheaper for us per week to switch, plus the vouchers should save us even more! Thanks everyone for the tip.

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• Bernie

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  I once saw someone paying their paper bill in Meg's and it was almost £100 on his credit card. I was frightened and cancelled my weekend delivery soon after, terrified I might one day end up in lots of paper trouble. I'm generally happier consuming less news.

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• Donna

  February 2009 edited 4:52AM

  Went into the old post office newsagents to pay my bill. turns out it's only £1 per week! So much cheaper than I thought. They said I could pay quaterly with vouchers.
  
  I'm a journalist so I have to keep up with the news at the weekend and I'd rather do it while enjoying a lazy lie-in - so it's definitely worth it for me!

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