Tesco Ireland No Delivery Slots Available

  



But supermarket shelves are still looking increasingly bare, and many are opting for online supermarket delivery services, such as Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. As the demand for online supermarket delivery surges, it can be hard to get a delivery slot booked in. Tesco shoppers can pick from different delivery slots which range in price. Customers can pay anywhere between £2 and £7 for delivery with the cheaper fees being offered during the quietest times. Tesco has no home delivery slots available in Newcastle for more than a week while its rivals only have a limited amount remaining. Tesco delivery slots are all booked in the Newcastle area until. Scramble as Tesco customers wait hours to get Christmas delivery slots. Some people claim they were waiting for more than two-and-a-half hours and turkeys were also not available. TESCO shoppers are furious after the supermarket's website crashed this morning leaving them unable to book coveted Christmas delivery slots. Households hoping to have their festive food shop.

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Tesco customers have been left furious after having to wait hours in a virtual queue to secure a Christmas delivery slot.

This morning the supermarket released slots for the week starting 21 December - but only to their delivery saver customers who pay a subscription fee.

But after waking up to log on at 7am, many complained they had still not been given a slot after two-and-a-half hours of waiting.

One person posted on Twitter: 'What an absolute joke. Been a delivery customer for years, have delivery saver.

Almost two and a half hours waiting and still in the queue 😡

— Sonia Bradley (@50N1ABR4DL3Y) November 13, 2020

'Went on at 6.45am. Been in the queue for two hours and 20 minutes. What is happening? Should I just shop elsewhere this Christmas?'

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Another user posted: 'Been waiting 2.5 hours now (since 6.59) in a queue for Christmas slot. What's happening? Am I lost in cyber hell somewhere?'

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Customers were faced with a message that read: 'You are currently in a queue - we'll put you through as soon as we can.'

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On its Twitter page, the supermarket posted: 'A lot of customers are using our website and app at the moment. So we're temporarily using a virtual waiting room to help manage the flow.

'We're sorry if things take a bit longer than usual.'

Anyone else still in the online Tesco queue for a Christmas slot?! #tescopic.twitter.com/f4qKOrng2l

— SEN Resources Blog (@senresourceblog) November 13, 2020

While some were given slots after a long wait, others were unsuccessful and forced to shop for their Christmas dinner supplies elsewhere.

Those who did manage to book complained festive essentials like turkeys were not yet available.

There was also no mention of people on the government's vulnerable list, who are entitled to priority delivery slots because of coronavirus.

@Tesco been waiting 2.5 hours now (since 6.59) in a queue for Christmas slot. What's happening? Am I lost in cyber hell somewhere?

— annie (@annie6724) November 13, 2020Tesco Ireland No Delivery Slots Available

A Tesco spokesman said: 'Demand for online slots over the festive period is high, and we have more slots this Christmas than ever before.

'We are experiencing high volumes of traffic to our website and groceries app and are temporarily limiting the number of customers using it.'

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They apologised for the inconvenience and claimed home delivery and click and collect slots are still available for the Christmas period.