As you will be aware, Royal Mail are again increasing their postage charges from the 7th October, the second time this year. As we use them almost exclusively, the price rises could mean that a parcel on a Special Delivery for arrival before 1pm will now cost £13.35.
We have looked at alternative ways of sending our models to you, ensuring that they are insured against loss, and have decided that as from the 7th October, we will no longer use Special Delivery. Instead we will use the Tracked 24 service, which not only insures the model, but aims for a next day delivery, obtains a signature and alos takes a photo of the delivery on arrival.
We have trailed this with several customers, all successful, but we would welcome feedback if you find this has not worked out the way we hope.
On the plus side, we can reduce our charge for postage to £9.00 for all locomotives and Siphons, other smaller models remain at £6.00.