Along with the August Bank Holiday closure on Monday, we are going to experience some disruption to orders leaving us & arriving with you due to the Royal Mail strike action that’s taking place over the coming weeks.
The following outlines when we’re closed over the bank holiday weekend.
We will be closing at 12 PM. Due to the Royal Mail strike, there will be no orders shipping tomorrow so we’re going to have an extra half-day off for the bank holiday!
We will be closed all of Monday, August 29. No orders will be processed or shipped until Tuesday, August 30 when we open again at 10 AM.
We hope you have an enjoyable long weekend and come back refreshed, ready for the video game silly season that kicks off in September with dozens of awesome new titles coming.
Royal Mail workers have voted in favour of striking on 4 dates, in a bid to secure a pay rise. These dates are:
In a statement, Royal Mail has said: “Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but they cannot fully replace the daily efforts of its frontline workforce. We will be doing what we can to keep services running, but customers should expect significant disruption.”
On strike days, Royal Mail said it will deliver as many Special Delivery and Tracked24 parcels as possible.
Our collections will not be made on the listed dates, we will do our utmost to take orders to the local depot ourselves and hope a vehicle takes them to the main sorting office in Birmingham. They should, as the Tracked 24 and Special Delivery services are running. That said, should you place an order on one of the listed dates, please understand it may be a little delayed.
Orders placed on:
The following outlines our best guess as to the worst-case scenario for when orders will be delivered based on what day they’re placed and via what delivery service.
| Order Date | Two-Day Delivery | Next-Day Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, August 25 | Tuesday, August 30 | Friday, August 26 |
| Friday, August 26 | Friday, September 2 | Wednesday, August 31 |
| Tuesday, August 30 | Friday, September 2 | Wednesday, August 31 |
| Wednesday, August 31 | Monday, September 5 | Friday, September 2 |
| September 8 & 9 | Wednesday, September 14 | Tuesday, September 13 |
If you have any questions or are uncertain about when an order will be shipped or delivered to you, please drop us a message on Livechat and we’ll be more than happy to give you an idea of when to expect your order.
