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Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby adrian » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:41 am

I need to have a smallish piece of furniture picked up in Reading and brought to our flat in Brixton (went there at the weekend to find it doesn't fit in our car :x ).

Can anyone recommend a cheap man-with-van type outfit, or someone who does that run regularly in the normal course of their work?
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:55 am

Ask George
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby Andrew G » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:18 am

You can hire those little Rascals for not a lot.
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby adrian » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:26 am

[quote="Andrew G"]You can hire those little Rascals for not a lot.

It's the time, though. We're cash poor and time destitute :(
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby Andrew G » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:07 pm

[quote="adrian"][quote="Andrew G"]You can hire those little Rascals for not a lot.

It's the time, though. We're cash poor and time destitute :(

I meant George. :lol:
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby Jon H » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:19 pm

This bloke might be able to help you:

[img]http://www.carryfreedom.com/images/P_Airstream.jpg[/img]
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby huw williams » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:37 pm

Why are you buying furniture from Reading?
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby adrian » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:47 pm

It's not from Reading, it just happens to be in Reading. I bought it on eBay. Was over that way last weekend anyway, so it all seemed so convenient. :cry:
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby huw williams » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:54 am

[quote="adrian"] Was over that way last weekend anyway, so it all seemed so convenient. :cry:


Well that's blown up in your face.
This is what happens when you buy furniture from Reading.
There's an Ikea in Croydon you know :D
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby adrian » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:15 am

I'm not sure buying stuff from Ikea counts as shopping locally :?
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:20 am

[quote="adrian"]I'm not sure buying stuff from Ikea counts as shopping locally :?


Kind of depends where you live I guess, as if you were in Edinburgh, then no :roll:
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby adrian » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:29 am

In terms of the benefit to people in Croydon, you might just as well go to Ikea Edinburgh as Ikea Croydon
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby richv » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:30 am

[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"][quote="adrian"]I'm not sure buying stuff from Ikea counts as shopping locally :?


Kind of depends where you live I guess, as if you were in Edinburgh, then no :roll:


Kind of depends which Ikea you go to :roll:

[url]http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeaNearYouView?storeId=7&langId=-20&StoreName=edinburgh[/url]
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby Andrew G » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:36 am

[quote="huw williams"][quote="adrian"] Was over that way last weekend anyway, so it all seemed so convenient. :cry:


Well that's blown up in your face.
This is what happens when you buy furniture from Reading.
There's an Ikea in Croydon you know :D

Kind of depends what you mean by furniture :)
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Re: Man with a van - Reading-London?

Postby huw williams » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:29 pm

My furniture is 'organically modified'. i.e. Salem seems to think the carpenters left the woodwork unfinished and he's constantly performing quality control tests on the upholstery :roll:
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