Online UK shopping sites?

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<p>My daughter will be at school in the UK for her birthday this year. It falls very early in the term so she won’t really know anyone yet - it could be a little bleak.</p>

<p>Yes, she is reaching a ripe old age but it is still fun to hear a “Happy Birthday!” or two and possibly receive a treat. I am not going to ship anything to her from the US but I wondered if anyone in CC land knows of good gift basket or cookie sites in Britain that I could order from online. </p>

<p>Thanks gang.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.co.uk%5B/url%5D”>www.amazon.co.uk</a></p>

<p><a href=“http://www.harrods.com/Cultures/en-GB/Home/homepageindex.htm[/url]”>http://www.harrods.com/Cultures/en-GB/Home/homepageindex.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harrods has many treats, and I have ordered from them over the years from US. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.harrods.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.harrods.com</a></p>

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<p>I was goig to recommend amazon too. And there is an Ebay Uk site also. Although when I tried to send a friend in England a book purchased on the amazon Uk site, it insisted on sending only to the registered address (mine.) Tell me what you have in mind, and I can have some english friends recommend something.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the recommendations. Harrods I had thought of but Amazon is turning out to be excellent as well - individual products lead to larger websites.</p>

<p>When the D was at school in the States I would send her Hope’s Cookies once or twice a year. I was hoping to find some “Mom and Pop” operations like that. <a href=“http://www.hopescookies.com/[/url]”>http://www.hopescookies.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Off topic - she is being hammered by the exchange rate. NYC was a pricey place to go to school (if you let it be) but the UK is ridiculous.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.Tesco.com%5B/url%5D”>www.Tesco.com</a> (big grocery store chain)
<a href=“http://www.britishcornershop.com%5B/url%5D”>www.britishcornershop.com</a>
<a href=“http://www.fortnumandmason.com%5B/url%5D”>www.fortnumandmason.com</a> (expensive but delicious)
<a href=“http://www.give-presents-find-gifts.co.uk%5B/url%5D”>www.give-presents-find-gifts.co.uk</a>
<a href=“http://www.thefoody.com%5B/url%5D”>www.thefoody.com</a>
<a href=“http://www.foodonline.co.uk%5B/url%5D”>www.foodonline.co.uk</a> (look up the area for smaller bakeries)</p>

<p>I’m very envious of your daughter’s opportunity!</p>