Letters / Shop local
There is one very simple way to avoid extortionate postal charges and that is to shop local (Fresh protest against high delivery charges; SN, 09/01/13).
Prices may be slightly higher than the UK or internet but that is because we live on an island and it costs money to get things here.
Some major players like John Lewis and Amazon will deliver free to Shetland.
They can afford to take the hit on the occasional item whereas a local retailer has to cover the transport cost of every single item they take up to Shetland including the ones that don’t sell.
Stop expecting the government to legislate for every single aspect of your lives; they interfere enough as it is.
Alistair Inkster
Burra
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