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Old 31-03-2013, 14:18
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Minimum delivery order £15 which means over £15... so like ideally just want to spend about £12 not like £17 as that too much food for one.
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Old 31-03-2013, 14:45
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They are a rip off. Chinese and Indian takeaways are are very expensive when you consider how much supermarket food you could buy with the money spent on a takeaway. Pizzas are bad value too!
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Old 31-03-2013, 14:47
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Some are still minimum £10 round here. That would be a starter, main and rice/bread.
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Old 31-03-2013, 14:48
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I hardly ever get them now, too expensive, even £12 is too much for me. Our local chippy is doing Haddock & Chips £4.20, very nice it is too.
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Old 31-03-2013, 15:29
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Some are still minimum £10 round here. That would be a starter, main and rice/bread.
£10 meal deal with free local delivery would be ideal.
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Old 31-03-2013, 15:51
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I would have liked a smaller delivery for Indian food also. Several times that put me off ordering from them.
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Old 31-03-2013, 17:00
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Have a nice lager while I am waiting takes it over £15 for me. But really? A limit on a takeaway? Or do you mean a home delivery?
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Old 31-03-2013, 17:11
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Have a nice lager while I am waiting takes it over £15 for me. But really? A limit on a takeaway? Or do you mean a home delivery?
Are they not the same thing?
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Old 31-03-2013, 17:15
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They are a rip off. Chinese and Indian takeaways are are very expensive when you consider how much supermarket food you could buy with the money spent on a takeaway. Pizzas are bad value too!
They are only charging what the market is willing to pay. Its called supply and demand.
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Old 31-03-2013, 17:16
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Are they not the same thing?
No. A takeaway is what is says on the tin, walk into an eating establishment and takeaway yourself. A home delivery costs a delivery man and petrol.
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Old 31-03-2013, 17:24
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Minimum delivery order £15 which means over £15... so like ideally just want to spend about £12 not like £17 as that too much food for one.
My regular is £9 delivery every week without fail.
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Old 31-03-2013, 19:25
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Just looked on Just-Eat and from the first 5 Indians I looked at 2 were minimum delivery £10 with £1 delivery fee. Another was £6, next was £5 and the best (which is my favourite takeaway in town anyway) is £3 minimum delivery with £1 charge.

On Thursday's and Sunday's they also have a £7.95 5 course deal. Poppadoms, dips, starter, main, side (rice or chips) and naan.
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Old 31-03-2013, 21:22
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Just looked on Just-Eat and from the first 5 Indians I looked at 2 were minimum delivery £10 with £1 delivery fee. Another was £6, next was £5 and the best (which is my favourite takeaway in town anyway) is £3 minimum delivery with £1 charge.

On Thursday's and Sunday's they also have a £7.95 5 course deal. Poppadoms, dips, starter, main, side (rice or chips) and naan.
Guess we'll all be moving in as it's that cheap round your way
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Old 01-04-2013, 09:41
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They are a rip off. Chinese and Indian takeaways are are very expensive when you consider how much supermarket food you could buy with the money spent on a takeaway. Pizzas are bad value too!
Eh? How can you compare the costs of a takeaway with supermarket food?
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Old 01-04-2013, 13:02
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Just looked on Just-Eat and from the first 5 Indians I looked at 2 were minimum delivery £10 with £1 delivery fee. Another was £6, next was £5 and the best (which is my favourite takeaway in town anyway) is £3 minimum delivery with £1 charge.

On Thursday's and Sunday's they also have a £7.95 5 course deal. Poppadoms, dips, starter, main, side (rice or chips) and naan.
That is cheap!
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Old 01-04-2013, 21:53
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Have a look on Just Eat for another Indian that delivers for just over £10.

Once you have used the site to find a decent one with good reviews you do not have to order through them (just use their info on free delivery min order and reviews).
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Old 03-04-2013, 16:58
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So the OP wants somebody to cook food, box it up, send off a member of staff to deliver it and moan that the minimum order is £15? Beggars belief
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Old 03-04-2013, 17:02
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Can you not have it two nights running?
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Old 03-04-2013, 17:13
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Yeah, I am really annoyed because for some reason I seem to love Indian food now, formally Pizza. They need to do single meals.
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Old 03-04-2013, 17:25
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A £15 minimum charge sounds fair to me.They've got to cover the wages of the person who delivers it to you and fuel out of the profit margin on the food.

How much would a taxi driver charge to pick it up and deliver it to you? If it's not much, it must be pretty close, so you could go and collect it yourself.
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Old 03-04-2013, 17:30
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Can you not have it two nights running?
Or buy a double portion and freeze it.
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Old 03-04-2013, 18:06
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We don't have a minimum charge at any of the curry houses round here.
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Old 03-04-2013, 18:23
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We don't have a minimum charge at any of the curry houses round here.
They deliver for free for any order? Even just an onion bhaji?
Do they have a distance limit?
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Old 03-04-2013, 20:35
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Tandoori meats, a range of veggies, and bread....

Go a la carte...
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Old 03-04-2013, 20:42
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They deliver a bag a chips around here. £1 delivery charge as it falls under the amount for a 'free' delivery.

However, said bag of chips not as tasty as a large lamb vindaloo with naan and mixed starter.
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