Shipping & Packing

I have three standard charges for shipping and packing.  These are automatically added to the total cost of the item at the checkout.

UK £9

EU £25

All other Countries including USA, Canada and Australia £35

All items are sent by Royal Mail and are tracked and signed for except Canada where a signed for service is not currently available, so I can only offer a tracked service. 

Some packing materials may be re-used to cut down on impact to the environment.  

I personally pack each item, taking into account its size, fragility and the distance it will be travelling.  

Items are packed in layers of bubble wrap, placed in a double walled box with at least three inches of space around them in all directions, and then surrounded with polystyrene chips so that nothing can move once sealed.


Where items are traveling overseas or are particularly fragile they may be double boxed, meaning they are boxed and then that box is put inside another box.  This gives even greater protection from being damage from rough handling.


I have not yet had a breakage.


If a faster courier service is requested then I can accomodate that.  Simply pay at the checkout and then contact me to request a premium service.  I will then calculate the extra cost and dispatch upon payment of the balance.



Testimonials

"Impressively safe and secure packaging and shipping of this beautiful and fragile old chawan, which reached its destination halfway around the world quickly and ready to be admired and enjoyed."

California

"Well packed arrived safely great, rare item thank you."

Australia

"Excellent FBB bowl. Very well packed and shipped quickly. Seller very helpful."

California

"Arrived today very well packed and very pleased many thanks."

Manchester U.K.