Cards and Gifts - Arrive Separately
Our cards and gifts are processed independently of each other, from separate warehouse locations, so will be dispatched separately. This is to improve speed and to minimise your delivery costs as best we can. Please visit our delivery pages to learn about their respective cut off times, and options and please allow the full delivery timescales to pass before contacting us.
If you chose a tracked service, (including gifts) your tracking number can usually be found in your Dispatch Email, or Order History (only once your order has been dispatched). Gift orders require a signature and depending on your chosen delivery method, will either go via Hermes or Royal Mail.
If you placed your Order less than 3 days ago:
It is likely your order is still on it's way, if you chose standard 1st Class UK Delivery. This is because this delivery method can take up to 3 working days to arrive following the date of dispatch.
Please wait until the fourth working day before reporting your item as late or missing as we will be unable to help prior to this. In the case of late, or missing Orders, we will always do our best to help, either with a resend or credit note (not both). We can only resend items to the same delivery address and using the same delivery method that was chosen at the time of your original order, amends and upgrades will not be possible.
At busy times such as Christmas, Valentine's or over Bank Holiday Weekends, or at times of adverse weather conditions, Royal Mail and our other courier partners can require additional time to deliver your items. We ask for your patience at these times and allow sufficient time for your order to arrive in the run up to and over these periods.
If your order is urgent, or needed for a certain date, we recommend you opt for our UK Next Working Day or Guaranteed Saturday UK Delivery services so that you can track your item and better safeguard the exact delivery time. Your Order Dispatch email will show the Tracking number, if you chose a tracked service.
Check the Dispatch Date:
Please note the Dispatch Date is the date your order will be printed (if a card) and posted. Or if it is a gift, it is the date it is collected from us to go out on delivery. It is not the date your order will reach its destination.
Standard orders placed before 4pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) will usually be dispatched on the same day*.
If you ordered before 4pm and chose 1st Class UK Delivery, your order will enter the post that weekday afternoon, and could take 1-3 working days following the date of dispatch to arrive. While Royal Mail pledge that 93% arrive the next working day, this is not a guaranteed or tracked service and hence the advice to allow up to 3 working days. For Gift orders, the standard tracked service can take 48 hours to be delivered, following the date of dispatch.
Friday & Weekend Orders:
Orders placed after 4pm on Fridays, over Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays will be dispatched on the Next Working Day and then the usual delivery estimated time will apply - so 1-3 working days for 1st Class UK Post.
International Orders:
In response to customer feedback, our Airmail services for Cards are not tracked in order to help minimise costs. While we advise that EU Airmail post can take approximately 5 working days and Rest of the World Airmail can take approximately 10 working days, it can vary by country and postal service. If you would like to use a tracked service, we recommend you use our Back to Me service and have your order sent first to you - with a spare envelope, and that you arrange your tracked service independently.
Gifts cannot currently be posted outside of the UK.
Next Working Day & Guaranteed Saturday Orders:
Both of these services are guaranteed, tracked services which require a signature on delivery, but may be disrupted if there is adverse weather, or unforeseen circumstances such as strike or other disruption. At busy times such as Christmas, Royal Mail may need more time to deliver your item, and could attempt delivery later in the day. We realise this is not ideal, but these decisions are made by Royal Mail and are not determined by Scribbler.
Your order must be placed before 2pm Monday-Thursday (excluding Bank Holidays) to go Next Working Day. Next Working Day Orders placed on a Friday will usually be delivered the following Monday, however some local depots may attempt delivery on Saturday, this is at their discretion. For Guaranteed Saturday Delivery, your Order must be received before 2pm on Friday (excluding Bank Holidays - i.e. Good Friday).
You will receive a copy of your tracking number in your Order Dispatch Email, and it will also be visible in your Order History, once your Order has been processed and Dispatched. You can drop this number into Royal Mail's Track My Item website - taking care to copy it exactly and not carry over any spaces at the beginning or end of the number. At busy times such as 12pm-2pm and in the run up to Christmas, this website can become delayed in providing updates and if this happens, we recommend you try again later in the day.
If Scribbler, or Royal Mail, are shown to be late in delivering your order on the Track My Item system, we will refund the postage charge for you. If your order was placed after the cut off time, or, if you missed the delivery attempt, a refund of delivery charges will not be possible, but we will do our best to help you in these situations.
Missed your Next Working Day or Saturday Delivery Attempt?
If you missed your Next Working Day or Guaranteed Delivery Attempt, the Royal Mail will usually leave a 'Sorry We Missed You' card with details of what you can do next. Usually the item will be available to collect from a named location, 24 hours later, or they may offer instructions on how to arrange a re delivery.
If you missed your gift order, Hermes or Royal Mail (depending on your chosen delivery method) will leave instructions on what to do. All gift orders require a signature on delivery.
Further Help:
You can find out our delivery information, methods and timescales here. *In cases of adverse weather, strikes or other ad-hoc unavoidable events, we will do our best to communicate interruptions to any service on the website, via email and/or on Social Media.