Payment by PayPal, Paypal payments will be sent within 2 working days. Postal orders and Cheques excepted Items paid for by cheque, will have to wait until cheques have cleared. Probably 7 days. We endevour to keep our postage charges reasonable. During 12 years of running a Mail Order Business we have found the ROYAL MAIL to be EXCELLENT and have found most customers receive their order within 2 days of posting.