After spending £118 (plus the cost of "Fragile" tape, because the guy behind the counter was too lazy to put a decent number of them on my box), my parcel arrived to me over a week late, and looking like it had been mauled by a bear. There were massive holes in all sides of the box and I'm absolutely amazed that nothing fell out. I think the copious amounts of Fragile tape that I put on the box where the only thing holding it together.
While I was overjoyed that all of my items miraculously arrived, my joy was short-lived.
Despite being wrapped in multiple layers of bubble wrap and copious amounts of newspaper, the obvious rough handling of my parcel resulted in many of my antique plates being broken.
Suffice it to say, I am furious. read more