will_doyle
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This is from Monday:
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Whittie
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if you really want to dispatch Christmas presents to millions of people all over the world - or, indeed, cope with today's predicted £17million-an-hour online shopping bonanza - then you need an operation like this.
Jesus Christ, theres some mental facts on that article!!
You forget how huge these operations are, when all you're doing is clicking BUY and then typing some numbers in to pay for something.
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Marc
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Was on the news yesterday.
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Whittie
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Didn't see it . It's mental that, the warehouse above is just Milton Keynes. Imagine their American / Japanese warehouses.
They would be massivly fucked if a fire broke out in there!!
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_Allan_
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woah 
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Colin
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Seen this in the paper about 2 weeks ago.
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2748183/Amazon-depot-gears-up-for-Christmas-Its-Santas-Grotto-2009.html
1.4M orders in a day 
[Edited on 11-12-2009 by Colin]
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Munchie
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quality!
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Tomnova16
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Seen this in the paper about 2 weeks ago.
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2748183/Amazon-depot-gears-up-for-Christmas-Its-Santas-Grotto-2009.html
1.4M orders in a day
[Edited on 11-12-2009 by Colin]
who fancies Leona Thomson then
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Nath
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It's only down the road from me. It's fucking enormous. The John Lewis depot near there is just as big too.
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MarkSport
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I think i can see my parcel
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noshua
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Read this in the paper the other day - really good read.
Makes sense how they have items 'scattered' around the warehouse, rather than having the warehouse sorted into books/dvds/cds/consoles/etc.
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Anty
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wow thats huge !!!
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nathy_87
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Seen this in the paper about 2 weeks ago.
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2748183/Amazon-depot-gears-up-for-Christmas-Its-Santas-Grotto-2009.html
1.4M orders in a day
[Edited on 11-12-2009 by Colin]
who fancies Leona Thomson then
Nah Jennifer Leung is more my type. 
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Rob E
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There is a huge warehouse of their's just outside Swansea too. I ordered a book for uni through them, it was soaked and damaged when it arrived so I drove down there and the fuckers told me it had to be posted back to them for security reasons 
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Dan295
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob E
There is a huge warehouse of their's just outside Swansea too. I ordered a book for uni through them, it was soaked and damaged when it arrived so I drove down there and the fuckers told me it had to be posted back to them for security reasons
you should have wrapped it in paper and posted it through the door
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MarkSport
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That is just amazing.
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Dan295
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[boring fact] supposedly they dont store things right up to the walls as the condensation can damage the procuts [/boring fact]
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Kurt
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that is truely amazing
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Cosmo
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I think thats just all the stuff I ordered from there last night 
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Liam
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If only the warehouse I work in looked that full
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Graham88
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Mental.
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mart08uk
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
If only the warehouse I work in looked that full
You would have alot more work
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Rickavo
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first thread from doyle that gets normall responses haha
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Simon
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I thought that was the Gadget Show competition prizes waiting to be delivered
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Nic Barnes
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as someone else said, its mental when you think you just click on a box on the net then it arrives. some poor person has probaly walked a mile just to go get your cd and put it into shipping.
wonder what the call of duty section looked like a couple of days before release? i imagine they sold a lot.
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