Shipping policy

Orders are sent via Royal Mail. All orders are sent with insurance. The following thresholds apply:

• Orders up to £10 are sent by Second Class Post.
  Sometimes in the case of heavier items (Decks, Tins, Card Supplies etc) Parcel Post may be used. 
• Orders over £10 up to £90 are sent via Second Class Signed For.
  Sometimes in the case of heavier items (Decks, Tins, Card Supplies etc) Parcel Post insured may be used. 
• Any orders over £90 are sent via Special Delivery.
  Sometimes in the case of heavier items (Decks, Tins, Card Supplies etc) Parcel Post Insured may be used

Second Class Delivery should arrive in approximately 2-3 business days. Second Class Signed For items should arrive in approximately 2-3 business days . Special Delivery should arrive the next working day after dispatch.
Items dispatched by Special Delivery on Friday are guaranteed Monday

Card Empire ship Worldwide. If you are ordering from outside the UK you may be contacted via email if the postage quoted by the website doesn't cover the cost of shipping.

Any order placed after 9:00 am may not be & processed until the NEXT business day. (So if you place an order on Friday at 10:00am GMT or later, it may not be processed until Monday morning). Weekends or Bank/Public Holidays are not counted as business days.

Most of our orders are processed the very next business day after you've placed the order however some orders do take longer mainly due to credit card authorization, security issues and high volume.

While most orders arrive in a very timely manner, shipping times cannot be guaranteed. Please note that circumstances do arise that are beyond our control, i.e. - extreme weather conditions, lost or mis-routed packages due to the Royal Mail, as well as credit card authorization problems. In these rare situations, the delivery time can be delayed and expected shipping times are not guaranteed. We do everything within our control to expedite every order.