| WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE! |
Welcome to what I believe to be the most comprehensive Great British
Stamps website there is anywhere in the World, but you can decide. It is
certainly the most advanced site technically. Those of you out there with
an understanding of databases, programming and shopping cart systems
should certainly appreciate it. I haven't actually counted how many
separately priced items there are on the database and in the cart, but it
is many thousands.
I hope you enjoy the site and welcome any feedback you may have,
even if it is negative, though I reserve the right to send the boys round
if it is negative! |
| REASONS TO BECOME A MEMBER |
You do not need to become a member to use this site, but you will find
it useful.
On the Home page, there is a Register as a Member link.
By entering your details, you will from time to time be able to take
advantage of Special Offers and Discounts that will only be available and
viewable to Members who have logged in. Members will be notified by email
of these.
It will also auto fill your details into the Checkout Section on the
Ordering system to save you some time and effort.
You can cancel your membership at any time by simply going to the Update
Membership page, once you have logged in. |
| TO BROWSE THE SITE |
Please browse the site in any way you want. I don't think
that you can break it!
The site is laid out in sections. Firstly by Reign and then sub divided
from there. There is also an A-Z index and a search engine (see links at the top of this page)
You can move about the site very easily using the links panels at the top
of every page. There are normally either 2 or 3 main panels as below.
The top of every page has standard links which include the Shopping cart and Checkout Links.
The first panel is for other Information links you might want, ie Postage costs.
The second panel is to the main top level links on the site. One of these Links may be coloured by a red border.
This tells you what section you are in. The example below shows as being in the Queen Victoria section of the site.
The third panel called Quick links are to localized links. The example below shows by the REd Border that you are in the Surface Printed Section.
The quick links will take you to any other Victorian related section.
Some Quick Links Panels will also show buttons for both Concise and Collect GB Stamps. If these buttons are displayed, then you can swap between them to display whichever Catalogue format you collect by.
In the example below, it is shown as being in the Concise display mode. |
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| SECOND PANEL EXAMPLE |
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| QUICK LINKS WITHIN QUEEN VICTORIA |
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| THE SHOPPING BASKET AND CART |
The One Click (Clickaprice) ordering system is exactly what it implies.
Click on a price and the item will be added to the Shopping Basket. If you
are using Internet Explorer, it will also change the price colour to
Yellow and will stay Yellow until you leave the site, so you can see
exactly what you have placed into the basket. (This function is
dependent on your browser cookie settings)
I hope that you will find this useful in helping you to see which items
you have already ordered.
If you want more than one of any item, simply change the quantity simply
by clicking the Shopping Cart link found near the
top of every page. If you have then completed your selection, follow
through to checkout.
The shopping Basket will be displayed as a new window the first time you add
something to it. When you then click on the main page again, it will then
sit in the background and can be brought back to the front by clicking the
icon on your open tabs at the bottom of your browser..
If you want to see a full list of items in the Basket then you can click
the SHOPPING CART Button at any time for this. |
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| THE SEARCH ENGINE |
The Search Facility on this site is displayed near the top of every page.
You can use the search to look for items by word(s), ie entering Flowers will return every item on the site where the word flowers is in the
description.
You can search for a complete Years issues by simply entering a year.
You can search by Stanley Gibbons or Scott numbers.
Have a play with it if you want. Don't worry, you can't break it!!! |
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| HOW TO COMPLETE AN ORDER - CHECKOUT |
The Ordering System on this site has been designed to give
you a system that is really user friendly.
I can take payment by any of these methods, any major Credit/Debit Card,
GB Personal Cheque, PayPal (Maximum of £200), Bank Draft in GB Sterling,
Bank Transfer in GB Sterling, Cash in either Pounds Sterling, US Dollars
or Euros.
Click on the SHOPPING CART or GO TO CHECKOUT links located near the top of every page.
Once on this page, click the GO TO CHECKOUT Button.
On the next page, tick that you have read and accept my Terms and Condidtions (there is a link there, so you can read them),
then click CONTINUE WITH ORDER.
On the next page there is a section to enter your details (if you are a Member and have
logged in, then this section will be automatically filled for you.
The next page is where you willchoose your Postage Option.
The next Page is the Payment Methods Page, click one of the options available.
Once you have clicked on one of the payment options, a final message page will then be displayed with a confirmation of your Order Mesage, an Order Reference Number and
any other information that you may need.
If you have entered a valid email address then you will receive an email
confirmation of your order.
IMPORTANT: If you have entered your email address
and you fail to receive a confirmation of Order email within 24 hours, then it will mean
that there is some reason why I have not been able to send it to that email
address. This is important if you have selected a payment option that
requires a valid email address. Should this happen, I will have to write
to you.
In certain cases I will accept payment in Mint GB Decimal stamps, but you
will need to contact me regarding this first.
If you prefer to place an order by post or fax, please click on the Red Coloured
ORDER BY POST link in the Top Links Panel for details of the options that are available. |
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FINALLY
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope that you enjoy the
experience of viewing and hopefully ordering from my website. |
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if you wish to or to become a member.
