Simon Hunter Antique Maps
 
Terms & Conditions of Purchase
and
Shipping  & Insurance costs

Payment, Postage & Shipping

Payment by  PayPal  or
UK cheques or Money Orders in GBP

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Postage & Packing  /  Shipping Rates
Destination Location  (Your Home)
Value up to £36
Value over £36
UK
£3.50
1st Class Recorded Delivery
£6.00
Special Delivery
Europe
Air Mail  - International Signed-For.
£6.00        ( € 7.2 )

£8.00       ( € 9.8 )
World Wide  (Anywhere not UK or Europe)
Air Mail  - International Signed-For.
£7.00        ( $10.5 ) £10.00        ( $15 )
The £36 insurance break level is set by the Royal Mail  postal service.

Approximate Conversion Rates based on £ =
1.2,  £ = US$1.5
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Multiple items in the same package go for no extra charge, except under the following conditions:
(1)  insurance limit is exceeded.  If the insurance limit per package is exceeded I reserve the right to split the consignment into as many packages as are required to mantain the insurance limit per package.
(2)   If the bulk of the consignment requires several packages.  This sometimes applies for quantities of large, thick items rolled into tubes. 

 
Insurance is limited to £250 (not £500) for some parts of the world - click here for full list.
Should the total value of your purchases exceed the maximum insurance per package, it may be necessary to split your consignment into several packages, each within the maximum insurance value. 

Dispatch and Delivery


Items are dispatched usually within 3 working days of payment or clearance of funds. 
You will be sent a confirmation of posting email to notify you that it is on its way.

All packages will require a signature at your end. Please ensure that you are having the package delivered to an address that is occupied.

In the event of  your package being returned to me (and they are!) I will notify you by email and you will be required to submit another payment for the re-packaging and shipping cost.  Returns have always been as a result of an unoccupied destination address or the buyer not bothering to collect the package from their local postal depot.

If you are unfamiliar with the 'Signed For' process:  
Your postman will attempt a personal delivery at your specified address and will expect to get an acceptance signature. 
If there is no one to receive the package he will leave a note for you (see image below). They will take the package back to your local postal depot.
They will not come back.
You are expected to collect the package from your local depot or contact the depot for further assistance. 
If you do not, it will be returned to me.  The holding period  in your local depot varies between countries - it is typically 7 days in the UK.
Your package will be re-shipped to you on full payment of the shipping charge.



A specimen card left by the UK postal service.


There will be no use of standard mail services at the buyer's request.  Shipping can be to any address specified by the buyer, and may be delayed to suit the buyer's diary, but it will always use a 'Signed For' service. 
It is the buyer's responsibility to have the package accepted. 
All additional costs due to shipping returned packages will be borne by the buyer.

You may have deduced from the tone of this item that this happens quite a lot!

For any further clarification please contact me via the enquiry form.

Any  item may be returned for a full refund within seven days of receipt if the item does not match the advertised description.   The returned item must be properly wrapped, dispatched by a 'Recorded' service and insured at the buyer's expense.


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