shipping
I generally ship items with Royal Mail, Royal Mail have many shipping options available, I usually offer the following:
2nd class post aims to deliver within 2-3 working days, please be aware that this shipping method provides no tracking updates until a delivery is attempted.
1st class post aims to deliver within 1 working day, please be aware that this shipping method provides no tracking updates until a delivery is attempted.
Tracked 48 which is a tracked version of 2nd class
Tracked 24 which is a tracked version of 1st class
While I do try to ensure items are sent out quickly, I am not at liberty to give any guaranteed dispatch timeframe and Royal Mail's delivery estimates are only estimates, please do not contact me about items taking longer until it has been at least a week past the expected delivery time.
orders from outside the UK are usually also shipped with Royal Mail, international shipping is less reliable so I would recommend choosing International Tracked and Signed, especially if your destination country is not on this list:
France
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Finland
USA
Canada
These above are the countries I have had good experiences shipping to.
While Royal Mail claim that items should arrive in 3-5 working days for shipping to Europe and 6-7 days for worldwide shipments, I think these are rather optimistic based on experience, different countries have different customs services which can be known to hold items up for a while.