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  Folk In Education :: Postage and Shipping Costs

  Postage and Shipping Costs
We are a British Company and all our prices are in UK Pound Sterling, other prices shown in US Dollars or Euros are estimated, exchange rates for Dollars and Euros change by the hour. We recommend XE.com for up to date currency conversion.

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Basic Information:
You can find out how much goods cost to ship from us to you by doing the following:
* Use the 'Buy Now' or 'Put in Cart' button to add items to the cart.
* Click on 'View Cart' to show postage/shipping costs.
* Shipping costs are by default for UK Mainland addresses. You can change this, read on.
* Click on the 'Check Out' button or link.
* Fill in your name, address, zip/postcode and select your country or UK non mainland area.
* As soon as the system knows where you are, prices and shipping costs will adjust themselves.
* You can see how much a Next Day or 2 Day delivery costs under the 'Delivery Options' dropdown menu.
* Shipping costs are automatically calculated, based upon total weight of order.
* Tax (VAT) is automatically deducted for overseas orders including Channel Islands, excluding EU countries.

Remember: If you put things in the shopping cart you are NOT buying anything, until you have past the Checkout zone.

There are 2 ways your order is dispatched to you:
1: By Royal Mail via the Post Office for small parcels.
2: By ParcelForce or TNT for large or heavy parcels over 2 kilograms.

We sometimes split orders into 2 or more parcels to keep postage cost down.

UK mainland postage costs:
Postage Costs constantly change and we do our best to update our information as soon as we can.
Here follow a few examples:
Prices are around £1.95 for parcels weighing appr. 100 grams, heavier parcels over 1.5KG cost from £4.45.
Larger & heavier parcels usually cost from £7.45 for dispatch by Courier. Free postage within UK mainland for purchases over £300.00 with the exception of goods dispatched direct from supplier to customers with a UK address.
Scottish Highlands and Islands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Scilly Isles and Channel Islands:
Bulky goods over 2KG to certain Postcodes incur higher charges, most of these are built into our system.
Delivery of large items (eg Rocking Motorbikes) to eg the following Scottish Highlands and Islands postcodes: IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17-26, PH30-44, PH49-50, ZE is around £15.95. Next Day Courier delivery is £19.95.
Bulky goods up to 30KG to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Scilly Isles - eg postcode areas BT,IM,TR21-25 - costs £19.95 for 48 Hour Courier delivery; Next Day Courier delivery is £25.95. Choose 'N. Ireland/I of Man/Scilly Isles' of the country options in the Check Out/Registration zone.
All above quotes are for parcels weighing between 2 and 30KG, parcels under 2KG have same standard postage costs as UK mainland.
Channel Islands: Costs are from £1.95 for light parcels around 100 grams, heavier parcels between 2 and 30KG cost between £5.00 and £17.00 to send.

Information about Faster Courier delivery is found by clicking on the Last Minute link on any shopping page.

Insurance & Details:
Postal costs include costs of packaging & basic insurance; extra insurance cover and costs are upon application.

Please visit Royal Mail's website (click here) for additional information with conditions of delivery.

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Put items in the shopping cart and register with name, address and post/zipcode if you have one, so the system knows where items have to be shipped to. When you do this, you are not obliged to buy anything, you are only checking the costs of transport. Shipping costs for ParcelPost delivery to your destination will show up.
For faster Expedited delivery information use our Last Minute link on any shopping page.

Price examples for International Shipping:
For light parcels costs start from £2.35 to EUROPE and £3.45 to the USA and THE REST OF THE WORLD.
For heavy or large parcels between 2 and 30KG transport costs are around £15 to Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland (Eire), Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Shipping costs by faster Expedited ParcelPost for to eg. USA/Canada/Australia start at £32.50


Disclaimer: We try to update our databases as soon as possible, but cannot be held responsible for any mistakes in shipping charges and postage quotes as costs are subject to the fluctuating oil prices.

 

 
 
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