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week's office hours + deadlines for Next Day Delivery
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Products
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Items
Out of Stock Summary
of delivery times and postage costs
(so that you don't have to go through the ordering
process to find out)
OFFICE HOURS AND NEXT DAY DELIVERY DEADLINES UNTIL 7 SEPTEMBER
"Last Orders" is the deadline for Next Day Delivery.
The last week of August (and the first few days of September) are the quietest in the year and so we operate on 'short hours'
Wednesday 27, open 8am, last orders 4pm, close 5pm
Thursday 28, open 8am, last orders 4pm, close 5pm
Friday 29, open 8am, last orders 1pm, close 2pm
Saturday 30, closed
Sunday 31, open 10am, close 2pm
Monday 1, open 8am, last orders 4pm, close 5pm
Tuesday 2, closed (open 7am-9am to process Next Day Delivery orders)
Wednesday 3, open 8am, last orders 4pm, close 5pm
Thursday 4, open 8am, last orders 4pm, close 5pm
Friday 5, open 8am, last orders 2pm, close 3pm
Saturday 6, closed
Sunday 7, closed
The Summer is over! Normal office hours resume Monday 8 September,
usually Monday to Thursday 8am to 6pm, Fridays 8am to 3pm, Sundays 9am to 3pm.
If you
don't like ordering from a web site, telephone
01923 220206 - we will then do all the paperwork and email
you a 'link' to pay by CREDIT
CARD. Visitors to office (by appointment): for
directions click here.
We exhibit at the antiques fair at Kempton Park, Sundbury,
on the last Tuesday of the month and also each Shepton Mallet
fair (Bath & West Showground) excluding January; we usually
visit Newark; we visit Birmingham (St Martin's, by the Bull Ring)
once or twice a year; we sometimes visit Swinderby in the Spring
and Summer; we very occasionally visit Ardingly. Please
telephone at least two working days beforehand if there is anything
you wish to buy or anything you have for sale.
See Quicktest
at the Fairs
See also: How
to Buy NEW
PRODUCTS
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New catalogue (Summer - Autumn 2008), .pdf download
The following sections have been updated in May and June:
Illuminated readers; Magnifiers on stands; Article about magnifiers; Precious Metal testers; Digital spring balances; Mechanical spring balances
Mantis microscope, details
- snail mail catalogue page 7
lluminated readers, details
- snail mail catalogue page 5
Large magnifier on stand, page 9, details
Large magnifier on stand with light (mains), details
- snail mail catalogue page 7
Very large illuminated magnifier for the partially-sighted, details
- snail mail catalogue page 5
Article about Binocular Magnifiers updated, details
Credit-card-size magnifier with light, details
- snail mail catalogue page 5
Several books about watchmaking, details
- in snail mail
catalogue, page 8
Binocular magnifier with
light, clips to spectacles, with 3 lenses, details
-
in snail mail catalogue, page 9, bottom middle
Binocular magnifier, clips to spectacles, with
4 lenses, details
Digital spring balance 30Kg / 20g, details
-
in snail mail catalogue, page 18
Screwdriver and selection of screws for fixing
spectacles details
- not in snail mail catalogue
A very bright and widely-advertised
UV light, details
- not in snail mail catalogue
Many secondhand magnifiers + small microscopes, details
- not in snail mail catalogue
Extraordinary magnifiers you are advised not to
buy details
- not in snail mail catalogue
Watch Hands Lifters details
- not in snail mail catalogue
OUT OF STOCK
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- no items out of stock as of 11 August.
NEXT DAY DELIVERY (U.K.)
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If you pay for this service, delivery is usually
the next working day, we call this service Delivery Usually
Next Working Day. Why usually ? Because nothing in
life is guaranteed.
Delivery might not be the next working day
if there is a:
parcel to an offshore address, it
should arrive the following day but if there's a problem
with the ferry or aeroplane there will be a delay, so we say
"Delivery 1 to 2 Days"
fault with our computer, the ISP's computer, BT's computer,
the bank's computer...this can result in a delay of an hour
or two in us receiving your order and miss the day's dealine
major incidents beyond our control, e.g. floods,
industrial action etc. You will hear about these incidents
on the news
other unforeseen events, e.g. the postman struck
by lighting, you parcel eaten by a dog (or vice-versa).
we are (very occasionally)
closed for the day, see
the calendar at the top of this page.
Delivery for Royal Mail Special Delivery is not guaranteed
on Saturday, it depends on your postman, if he knows you are open
on a Saturday, and if he is willing, he will deliver it on Saturday,
otherwise he'll wait until Monday (or Tuesday if Monday is a Bank
Holiday).
POSTAGE AND DELIVERY TIMES
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The
computer calculates the postage based on the weight and destination.
You will be given a choice of three services (this varies slightly
depending on the address):
DELIVERY USUALLY 4 to 7 DAYS
(postage usually £3.50, a heavy order might cost £4.00 to £6.00)
This service is for Royal Mail Packet (plus Recorded if the value is over £30.00), or Courier if heavy.
DELIVERY
USUALLY NEXT WORKING DAY
(postage £10.00)
We can usually send the item the same working day
and delivery is the next working day.
To see this week's deadlines click here.
INSURED
TO £20.00, DELIVERY 3 WEEKS
(postage usually £2.00, a heavy order might cost £3.00 or £4.00)
- summary: this is our special cheap and non-urgent service. It probably won't take as long as 3 weeks...but it might. So please do not choose this service and then complain that it is too slow, details
