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Dear Mary

Dear Mary

12 August 2016

11:00 PM

12 August 2016

11:00 PM

Q. I live in Balham but work in Mayfair. Twice recently I have had to take whole days off work to wait in for deliveries of online purchases that could only be scheduled for ‘some time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.’ My son says this is the hidden price I must pay for shopping at low-cost outlets.

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