Category Archives: Shipping Stories
Last Posting Dates 2014
It’s that time of year already – it’s rather crept up on us, due in part to the unseasonally mild weather which doesn’t feel much like November ! Straight from the Royal Mail’s website, these are the last recommended posting … Continue reading →
Utter Madness !
We recently got wind of a change to the Royal Mail’s list of restricted items that can’t be sent through the post – (wait for it) water-based paints. According to the Royal Mail website, no more than four pots can … Continue reading →
The Last Post
It’s getting close to the last posting dates for Christmas again. You can find the official last posting dates on the Royal Mail website. However, to give us a chance to get your order ready, we will need a few … Continue reading →
Shapeways Free Shipping
Shapeways are currently offering free European shipping until midnight on Wednesday 27th. We know that shipping costs are a major bugbear for some potential Shapeways customers, so here’s your chance to avoid them. There are a couple of caveats; shipping … Continue reading →
Going Postal – again !
Our dear old friends the Royal Mail are at it again. Back in April they introduced a completely new price structure for UK packages with two new categories, small and large package, replacing the old parcel category. They also reviewed … Continue reading →
A post about … no post !
I had it all planned … this weekend I was going to blog about a new batch of models that were due to arrive Friday. Amongst others, these included the prints of the 2mm farms, factories and terraces which seem … Continue reading →
Rescued from Parcelforce
Thanks to the New Zealand postal service we managed to track down the package of Belgian civilians that we feared had been seen for the last time. It was held up because some import VAT had to be paid before … Continue reading →
Going Postal
I sat and did the Brigade post this week, as I do every week – weighing packages, printing out labels, writing customs tickets etc. And for the third week in a row, I took a sharp intake of breath at … Continue reading →
Happy now !
Postage calculator fixed (woo-hoo !). It turned out to be (as suspected) a PayPal bug from one of their system ‘upgrades’. Fortunately we have a fix which seems to be working for now.
Bl**dy computers …
It’s 10:30pm, I’ve been in France all day, then I come home to find that that, out of nowhere, our shopping cart has developed problems overnight. Without any changes from me, it’s stopped calculating shipping costs properly and instead has … Continue reading →
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