When purchasing wooden or metal filing cabinets in the United Kingdom it is important to remember that sizes used for correspondence in other countries such as America may not be suitable for UK usage. What may seem to be a bargain filing cabinet may not accommodate A4 and A3 letters. This situation is especially true when making an office furniture purchase online.
Sometimes we do not realize that the Internet shop we are visiting is not located in the United Kingdom. In fact businesses operating overseas very often attempt to hide this information. Generally speaking you should always follow up on an order for any large purchase online with a phone call. And that phone call should yield a UK voice on the other end. Filing cabinets are built to the size specifications of the records they will be storing. Standard sizes for paper in the United Kingdom differ greatly from those in other nations.