Delivery Information
FREE UK STANDARD DELIVERY POSTAGE & PACKAGING CHARGES
PLEASE NOTE: The delivery time for an order can range from 1 working day to 10 working days * (14 days at busy times) after an order has been shipped, depending on the delivery option chosen.
ORDER TIMES - APRIL, MAY & JUNE 2008
Postage & Packaging Costs - Delivery Times.
Standard delivery orders are generally processed and despatched within 5 -7 working days of receipt of your order providing payment has been received. So allow 10 working days from placement of order to receipt of goods 14* working days during busy times. We will endeavour to improve upon this timescale where possible. All time scales exclude weekends where orders are normally despatched on the following Monday.
To avoid disappointment or additional worry about if your order will arrive in time, please make sure you add the correct postage and delivery service to your basket BEFORE, you proceed to Paypal Checkout. There is not a selection of Delivery Options at Paypal Checkout,
Please Note: That at busy times, it may take us a little longer to despatch items to you. Only Express orders are guaranteed as next day delivery.
Advance Notice
March, April, May & June are our busiest time of year and we receive a high volume of orders daily, orders are prioritised by delivery option chosen. We do recommend 1st class post during APRIL, MAY and JUNE if you require your order within 5 - 7 working days.
We offer three types of UK delivery services & One type of Overseas delivery service:
Standard 2nd Class - 5 - 7 working days
We offer FREE postage and packaging on all standard service delivery orders.
If you are ordering with this delivery option , we recommend you order well in advance. We cannot guarantee Royal Mails recommended delivery times and cannot take responsability if orders take longer than the 10 - 14 working days stated to arrive.
If you require an alternative postage & packaging service please select from the options below and add the postage service to your cart.
PLEASE NOTE: You will only need to add this additional choice of postage & packaging costs once to your cart.
| Delivery Services Parcels under 2kg | Delivery Charges | Delivery Times |
| Standard UK 2nd Class FREE | FREE | 5 - 7 days - 10 - 14 days - during busy times (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays) |
| Normal UK - 1st Class £4.95 | 3 - 5 days (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays) | |
| Next Working Day - UK Special Delivery. Orders must be received before 1pm for next day delivery. £7.40 | Next working day before 1pm(excluding weekends and Bank Holidays) | |
| Europe - Air Mail Small Packets (Orders under 1kg) £6.00 | Average time from despatch to delivery: European Destinations normally 4-6 working days | |
| Rest of the World - Air Mail Small Packets (Order under 1kg) £8.00 | USA Destinations normally 6-8 working days Rest of World normally 7-14 working days |
Delivery Services
We must state as part of our terms & conditions that once we have dispatched your order and it has been accepted by the Royal Mail or National Carrier we are completely in their hands to operate their service. We regret that we cannot be responsible when your order may arrive later than expected or is lost in their service.
Delivery time information is provided by the carrier, usually the Royal Mail postal system, and exclude weekends and bank holidays. Note that delivery time may vary, particularly during peak period.
Most packets and parcels are sent via, Proof of Posting, Royal Mail Recorded Signed first class and second class mail or Special Delivery post. Parcels heavier than 2kg parcels are sent either by ParcelForce two day delivery service or Overnight Courier Service.
For insurance purposes of all parcels will require a signature on delivery, if the delivery officer cannot deliver he will leave a calling card to advise what action he has taken if he cannot get a reply.
With ParcelForce, the parcel will not be left at the delivery address under any circumstance. The Royal Mail postman will return the parcel to your local posting or sorting office and you must collect within 5 days, otherwise it will be returned to us.
Should any order be returned to us by the carrier after an unsuccessful delivery attempt any additional charges must be paid by the customer. If the order is to be resent, the customer will have to pay for additional postage.
The ParcelForce driver will take one of three options depending on the locality of your address.
Either [1] take to a local post office for you to collect,
[2] try to make a second redelivery attempt the next working day or
[3] take back to the local ParcelForce depot for you to collect.
In each of these instances, a calling card will be left.
Whilst we make every effort to process and despatch orders with all possible speed we regret that we cannot accept responsibility if an item fails to arrive by the required date. We as a company do not deliver the orders, we pay a third party company to provide this service for us, so we cannot accept responsibility for the delays that do occasionally occur when using carriers.
Overseas Delivery
Customs & Import Duties.
If you live outside the EU, please be aware that local customs & import duties may be charged to you when your parcel reaches your country. We have no control over these charges so unfortunately cannot predict what they will be.
Order Progress
Express - Special Delivery - Orders must be received before 1pm for next day delivery.
If a guaranteed delivery is important to you, you should opt for Special Delivery if you are UK based, or International Signed For (registered airmail), which include insurance.
We will notify you via a Paypal e-mail the day your order is dispatched providing you with a tracking number, giving you the comfort that we have posted your order and us, comfort that the order has been received safely.
ITEM NOT ARRIVED?
Please check the estimate of delivery time given in the product description for the goods you've purchased, and delivery option chosen, i.e. Standard, 1st Class,or Next Day. This information can be found on TRACKING ORDER. Once this delivery timescale has passed, wait a couple of days in case of delays in transit, then call your local Royal Mail depot giving your house number and postcode to check it has not been taken back there to await collection before being returned to us DO NOT ASSUME A CALLING CARD IS LEFT BY YOUR ROYAL MAIL POSTMAN.
Please do not contact us by phone until the estimate of time has passed and you have checked with your local Royal Mail office. When estimate time has passed please complete form on TRACKING ORDER
In the unlikely event that your order is lost /misplaced in the Royal Mail Postal Service and your order has not been delivered after 14 days of dispatch from our warehouse. We can then proceed with a claim from Royal Mail and this process can take 14 - 21 days. So that we can process a claim we must be informed in writing or by e-mail by you within 14 days if you have not received the order alternatively please complete the TRACKING ORDER form. When we have all the information required a full investigation will be carried out and you will be refunded or the item replaced.
Made to Order Jewellery Orders
No made to order jewellery is kept in stock, each piece is made to order by our designer jewellers.
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** Recommended during April, May and June ***
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