A long shot, I know.
I want to send flowers to someone (in the UK) who travels a lot, and
whose only reliable source of being contacted/pinned down is a mobile
number. I want to be able to find a flower delivery service (e.g.
Interflora) who will then send an SMS to the lucky recipient saying
"you've been sent flowers, text/contact us and let us know when and
where you want the flowers delivered".
Does anyone know of a service that does this?
TIA
> A long shot, I know.
> I want to send flowers to someone (in the UK) who travels a lot, and
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> Does anyone know of a service that does this?
> TIA
Do they travel from one one of the country to the other, or within a
specific area?
Problem is that due to the delicate and relatively short-lived nature of
flowers, most nation companies have them prepared by he nearest shop to the
recipient, then dispatch from there. I'm not aware of any companies that can
ship nationally from a central 'depot' (though that's not to say they don't
exist!). Can you not do some subtle enquiries or a bit of 'detective' work
and try to establish where they are going to be over the next few days. (to
the nearest town would probably be good enough, at least then, the flower
company would then know which shop to send the order to, whether they would
accept an order without a specific delivery address, I don't know, but I
guess as long as they get paid...)
Good Luck!

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Mark Hewitt - 22 Feb 2008 09:04 GMT
> Do they travel from one one of the country to the other, or within a
> specific area?
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> order to, whether they would accept an order without a specific delivery
> address, I don't know, but I guess as long as they get paid...)
I don't think that's what the OP was asking. I think it's more like the
buyer gets a code from interflora and then sends that code to the recipient
who can then call into a flower shop or ring up the flower shop with the
code in order to take delivery.
A gift certificate or similar may do the trick.
ChrisM - 22 Feb 2008 09:38 GMT
>> Do they travel from one one of the country to the other, or within a
>> specific area?
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>
> A gift certificate or similar may do the trick.
In my experience, flower delivery companies tend to use 'push technology',
and need an address to send the flowers to, rather than someone calling(or
texting) a shop with a code to say someone's bought me some flowers, can you
make them up for me...
As I said previously though, someone else might know better.
Gift Certificate might do the job, but sending someone one of those with a
note to 'go and buy yourself some flowers' is somewhat lacking in romance I
feel...

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