All of our products prices are listed inclusive of VAT and are the prices you would pay if you were to visit our store in Colchester. For anybody unable to visit us, we are happy to provide a full mail order facility and add the following charges to cover postage, packing and administration. The rates are based on Royal Mail 1st class postage for small items, and NEXT DAY nationwide parcel delivery via the APC parcel network for all other items. All transport charges include VAT at standard rate.
These rates are based upon the total weight of your order, not on each individual item, so you can save postage and packing charges by combining several items within a single order.
We also provide FREE* delivery on all orders over £70.00 to UK Mainland destinations. (Not Scottish Highlands or Northern Ireland or on any orders in excess of 20kgs total weight)* When you get to the checkout page select ANY shipment method and the full transport charge will be deducted as soon as you are transferred to the secure payment handling system.
Delivery Option
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Weight Range
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Charge |
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1st Class Postage to the whole of the UK
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Up to 100gms
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£1.35 |
| 1st Class Postage to the whole of the UK |
101-250gms |
£1.95 |
| 1st Class Postage to the whole of the UK |
251-500gms |
£2.75 |
| 1st Class Postage to the whole of the UK |
501-1000gms
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£3.95
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| 1st Class Postage to the whole of the UK |
1001-2000gms |
£4.95 |
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Local Delivery within the CO1-16 and IP1-4 postcodes
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Up to 5kgs
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£3.99
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| Local Delivery within the CO1-16 and IP1-4 postcodes |
5kgs-20kgs
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£4.99
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Courier Delivery within England, Wales and Lowland Scotland
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Up to 5kgs
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£6.49
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| Courier Delivery within England, Wales and Lowland Scotland |
5kgs-10kgs |
£7.99
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| Courier Delivery within England, Wales and Lowland Scotland |
10kgs-20kgs |
£10.49 |
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Courier Delivery within The Scottish Highlands and Islands
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Up to 10kgs
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£20.00
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| Courier Delivery within The Scottish Highlands and Islands |
10kgs-20kgs
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£30.00
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Courier Delivery within Northern Ireland
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Up to 10kgs
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£20.00
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Please call for details of delivery options to all other locations
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For items ordered and despatched Monday to Thursday, we would anticipate 1-2 day delivery if the item is sent via the postage system, or Next Day delivery if sent using our overnight parcel carrier. For items ordered and despatched Friday, we would anticipate Monday delivery for all items. Any items ordered over the weekend will be processed and despatched on Monday.
Large and bulky items over 1kg will always be sent for next working day delivery via our overnight parcel courier, APC Overnight, and will require a signature. If you are not going to be home, please leave written instructions for the driver to deliver to a neighbour or to leave the items in a safe place. The driver will need to be able to remove these instructions and will carry them out at entirely at your risk. Saturday is not normally considered a working day but can be arranged at extra cost if required.
We can ship any item, (Except Full CO2 bottles) up to a maximum weight of 2kgs per parcel, to ANY Worldwide destination via the Royal Mail using either the Surface Mail or Airmail services. Simply enter your country code during the checkout procedure and our system will calculate the appropriate postage charges.
"Lowland Scotland" is taken to mean all those areas North of the border to the Clyde and the Forth and includes Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth. It DOES NOT include areas with the following postcodes, for which a higher rate is unfortunately applicable.
Sottish Highland Postcodes: AB, FK19-21, HS1-9, IV, KA, KW, PH15-50, PA21-76, ZE1-3
Deliveries to Scottish Offshore locations covered by postcodes : HS1-9, IV41-56, KA27-28, KW15-17, PA20, PA41-49, PA62-76 and PH42-44, will take at least TWO working days to achieve.
These areas are also exempt from our FREE DELIVERY offer for orders over £70.00, though they are eligible for a discount as detailed below. Unfortunately, our shipping calculation matrix is currently unable to differentiate between specific postcode locations and will offer Free delivery to these areas if your order is above the £70.00 free delivery limit. If this happens on your order, we will contact you and offer you the choice between paying the additional shipping charge (via a Paypal or Google invoice) or cancelling the order and receiving a COMPLETE refund.
*Our Free Delivery, option which is available on purchases over £70.00, does not apply to the Scottish Highlands, Northern Ireland, IOW, IOM and the Channel Isles ,or on orders that have a total combined weight in excess of 20kgs. If you place an order from one of these locations or with a total weight above this 20kg limit, we will instead provide a discount of £6.50 from the total shipping cost, representing the standard rates our carriers charge us for deliveries to UK mainland destinations. (The remainder of our delivery charge represents packing costs.) |