The online store Black Armoury is recognized for its exceptional product quality, with many customers highlighting the well-crafted and visually appealing items they received. The clothing, including jackets and pants, not only meets expectations but also garners admiration from peers. Delivery experiences vary, but several customers note that despite longer wait times, the high quality of the products makes it worthwhile.
I have been waiting so long that I don't even remember when I ordered. No communication from the store about the estimated remaining time. Very disappointing.
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Anthony L.
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 30/11/2025
Purchase November 2025 reception in April 2026.... I am still missing the pants.... To have the equipment for my needs, I had to agree to change the color of the helmet cover. Today the equipment was inaugurated for the medieval, it is of good quality. I would have given 5 stars if it hadn't been for this delay and the missing item. I hope the pants will arrive quickly.
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Joseph D.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 22/09/2025
Good Afternoon, My order never arrived and I can't find the tracking for it nor a way to track it via your site at all.
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FABIO P.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 30/11/2025
The fencing mask sent does not match the one ordered, it is a much cheaper and lower quality model. I requested to initiate the return process and asked to receive a prepaid shipping label, since the error is to be attributed to the seller, but I have not received a response.
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Joahua N.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 28/04/2025
I ordered a custom jacket in April of 2025, I finally got it in November of 2025 and it was the wrong size. They told me they were going to remake it. I confirmed my sizing and have not heard anything in almost two months. The process of working with this company has been extremely expensive and extremely frustrating and after almost a calendar year. It seems like I am out hundreds of dollars and still don't have a fencing jacket that fits.
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Michela R.
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 10/08/2025
The delivery times were very long and unfortunately the parts broke on first use. The heads of the weapons broke without impacting each other, but as a consequence of the contact between the wooden shafts.
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Ramir U.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 30/04/2025
You have last 3 months to send my stuff
Response from Black Armoury
Hello Ramir, indeed and we are very sorry for the delay. You ordered backordered product that unfortunately took long to arrive. We are working hard to avoid these situations in the future. Kind regards, Anthony
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Léa B.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 04/01/2025
My sword took 5 months to be delivered. During which I had absolutely no information about what was going on despite messaging Black Armory multiple times through all the channels I could. It took threatening to cancel the purshase through paypal to get any sort of reaction from Black Armory
Response from Black Armoury
Hello Léa, I am truly sorry for the lack of responses to your queries about your order. As you will have noticed, we had major problems due to serious technical issues with our previous communications system. We are currently in the process of switching systems to remedy these problems and ensure that communications run smoothly. This system is now available at help.blackarmoury.com Again, my personal apologies for these slowdowns and especially for the technical problems that have made our customer service unacceptably “silent”. We're getting there, albeit slowly. Kind regards, Anthony
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Stelios A.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 17/04/2025
One of the two items in the order came damaged. I contacted the site and 4 days latter I'm still waiting on a response
Response from Black Armoury
Hello Stelio, I'm truly sorry to hear about the damaged mask and the delay in our response. I have just checked and your message from Saturday May 3 is well received. I was on an unexpected trip on Monday and yesterday so cold not respond immediately, but back in he office this morning and responding to messages received during the past few days. We will get this sorted for you as soon as possible. Best regards, Anthony
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David M.
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 22/12/2024
The products are good, but "4 months" to be delivered is too long. No information before or during the delivery on the reason for the delay, no response to the message or the phone, no possibility of cancellation. I ended up believing that I had been scammed and telling myself that I would not see the shadow of a product. It's a shame, I could have been understanding about the delay of certain items, it would have saved me from buying other products elsewhere and ending up with a duplicate.
Response from Black Armoury
Hello, I am truly sorry for the lack of responses to your queries about your order and also for the delays you faced and the frustration it caused. I understand how disappointing it is to end up with duplicates. As you will have noticed, we had major problems due to serious technical issues with our previous communications system (including the phone). We are currently in the process of switching systems to remedy these problems and ensure that communications run smoothly, but unfortunately as I am alone setting it up, while catching up and migrating messages to this new system, it is not going as fast as I would have liked. The new system is at help.blackarmoury.com and that is the best way to reach us going forward. Warm regards, Anthony
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Lorenzo S.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 24/02/2025
They're too small.
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melina P.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 29/01/2025
I took express delivery and received it a week later and it was too late for my show and when I called and sent emails to get a refund to return them I still have no response I am very disappointed especially since it was a friend who recommended it to me
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Response from Black Armoury
Hello Melina, As mentioned on the phone this morning, we had communication issues and I apologize for that. In accordance with our conversation, we have fully refunded your order and you can keep the gloves as an apology. The amount will appear on your bank statement within a day or two. We are implementing new systems to avoid these issues in the future. Best regards, Anthony
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Peer G.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 15/11/2024
I returned a product, but have not recieved any communication or refund since. I would not recommend buying anything from this website.
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Eric R.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 09/09/2024
purchase made because marked in stock on the site while I had to wait for a restock
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Cezar S.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 29/06/2024
I ordered 2 synthetic longswords and one pair of fencing gloves. Order arrived and ONE LONGSWORD WAS MISSING. I have sent an email explaining the situation the same day the order arrived (12 days ago). NO REPLY. I also sent another email 6 days ago to remind them about the situation. STILL NO REPLY TO THIS DAY. Order at your own risk!
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Cezar, (I have also sent you this message by email) This is Anthony, the director here at Black Armoury. I am very sorry for this communication situation. Our young customer service person came to the end of his contract end of June and decided to return closer to his family in his home town. Unfortunately this has caused a long delay in handling messages since I have had to temporarily take them over directly. I confirm that only one of the two disc pommel longswords was shipped to you and that this was an error. We have been waiting for disc pommels from the supplier and you were meant to be notified that the second sword would be shipped as soon as we have stock. I'm sorry that you were not correctly informed. I have confirmation that we have receive these pommels yesterday afternoon and your second sword is pack and being picked up by DPD this morning, August 2. Your tracking number is DPD 10633004464455. Tracking will be available as soon as DPD scans the package at their logistics center. Again I am very sorry both for the stock situation, and for the unacceptably slow communication. Kind regards, Anthony
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Eric L.
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 21/03/2024
took over 6 months from order placed, to having an item, that was suppose to be "in stock"
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 16/04/2024
I ordered two ARCEM Mini Gorget, but only received one in a package. tried to contact the shop for a week via Email and Messages in Shop but no responses yet. Also there is no one picking up the phone. avoid this shop at all cost - they took my money and ran - no customer support would give 0 stars
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Kelvin, Thank you for brining this to my attention through the review process. We have indeed had issues internally with the messaging system, and it has been compounded by the unexpected absence of my customer service person and my own series of external travel the last five weeks : NOT an excuse (there is none and this level of service is not what I want for the company), just an explanation. This message has allowed me to be aware of the situation and I am shipping your missing gorget immediately. I am also putting things in place to avoid these "no customer support" situations over the coming weeks. Kind regards, Anthony RISCHARD, Managing Director
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 21/01/2024
Minimal stock available, "available stock" counter on website not accurate, waiting for stock takes very long
Response from Black Armoury
Thank you for your comment. We are aware of the issue and are working to upgrade the website, the internal technical systems and our processes to both improve the stock accuracy and to shorten delivery times. We do apologise for the delay in you receiving your order.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 27/11/2023
bad.
Response from Black Armoury
Bonjour Frederic, et bonne année 2024. Nous sommes désolés que vous n'ayez pas apprécié votre commande chez Black Armoury. Pouvez-vous nous donner un peu plus de detail sur la raison de votre mécontentement s'il vous plait? Est-ce le délai (en effet, nous avons eu quelques complications en décembre qui nous ont retardés d'une dizaine de jours)? ou est-ce le umbo en soit ? Pouvons nous faire quelque chose pour mieux vous satisfaire ?
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 15/05/2023
Everything went fine until my gloves broke almost immediately in training. I emailed the seller and they never responded.
Response from Black Armoury
Hello Mika. We are very sorry, both that you did not get a reply and for the issue with the gloves. We did indeed have a system issue over the summer that did not notify us of incoming messages sent through the website. I have just, thanks to your review, seen the message (which I am pasting below for reference). This is clearly a manufacturing defect and is not occurring on the vast majority of this style of glove we have sold since 2017. I will gladly either replace the gloves with a new pair from our next batch, or refund the gloves to you. Please let me know which you prefer. Kind regards, Anthony Original message from you (image link removed for security): "I received the shipment last week but unfortunately the seams on the gloves are not built for purpose as after only light sparring with rondel and rapier, approximately 30 minutes each, the underside panel of the left forearm separated on two sides from the rest of the forearm with the right glove having the same seam beginning to unravel."
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 28/12/2022
I placed my order on the 28th of December 2022. After months of querying and promises of “next week”, and automated “out of the office this week” replies, it eventually dispatched on the 18th of May 2023. The product itself is excellent, but the service from the retailer was less than satisfactory.
Response from Black Armoury
Dear John, Thank you for your feedback. Indeed our internal processes have not been adapted to the complex resupply situation the last year and certain orders were not processed in a timely manner. We apologise for the delays and poor communication. We are working to improve this.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 25/10/2022
Took 4 month, with no update on when a product would be restocked.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 09/11/2022
Really really slow delivery on their part.
Response from Black Armoury
Thank you Louis for your feedback. Indeed, it was a long wait as the gloves were out of stock when you ordered and resupply has unfortunately been quite slow the last year. Your gloves were shipped as soon as they finally arrived from the factory. We're very sorry for the situation. Things are improving in this new year and delivery times are getting much shorter now. Thanks for your understanding.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 13/01/2023
Sells products they don’t have and can’t supply. Very slow communication. Slow to refund for the items they don’t have.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 21/08/2022
Waited for my order way too long - I was told it will be ready in 2 months (because of supply problems) and it took 3 months. Communication with customers is also trash, when I got answer form my mail with a neasrly month delay. Atl least the product I ordered is fine.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 13/11/2022
2 products ordered, only one received... 1 email sent to ask for explanations, no response...
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 20/06/2022
When I bought products, they were waiting for restock. First, I asked when they would be able to get the products. They named the date, and I did a purchase according to it. Naturally I was expecting a delay, so I mailed them, but they didn't answer. I did think it was due to their holiday, so I waited but they still ignored me afterwards. I sent a message to their Instagram account about unanswered mails, but they kept saying that they are not answering about order issues via Instagram direct message. I tried to explain that I didn't write about the order, that instead I was writing about unanswered mails but they started to answer with templates. After months they answered, and they apologized about the inconvenience and added that they’ve just hired a new employee. Finally, they sent my order BUT products that arrived to me were defective. I tried to stab on a gambeson to see the rigidity and flexibility of one of the partisans. The very first partisan I have tried instantaneously snapped with a sound of broken branch. Now I am afraid to try other ones in the same way and I am pretty sure that they will snap with any thrust. Each piece has certain waves and veins on it creating weak spots. Also, rigidity of each piece is different, one of them is almost floppy like a synthetic longsword, I don’t have confidence to try but it looks like it can easily withstand a 90+ degrees bending, the other feels like Arcem Syntactic Halberd that a friend of mine has, most rigid one is one that snapped, bent was barely 20-degree angle. That is enough to be broken even during slow work if your partner takes a step forward. The plastic of the broken pieces is not homogeneous and there is clearly a piece of white/translucent plastic inside of it. I sent them another email for possible solutions and again they ignored the issue with their new employee. They didn't even say that they can't offer a solution.
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Sezer, I am writing you directly via the mail system on these issues, but a first quick response here to say that this review has been received and allowed us to flag and up your earlier message.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 18/05/2022
Dear friends! Unfortunately, I made a big mistake. I didn't read other customer reviews before placing my order. I was deceived by the beautiful and user-friendly site, as well as the interesting and large selection of products. The concept of good and quality service for this store is completely absent! The seller does not get in touch with his client! This was the case when ordering my product (the status did not change for several weeks after payment) and I was not given any comments and answers to my requests. And the exact same situation when I encountered a low-quality product. The seller is just in eternal silence mode.... My advice - think very carefully before contacting this store!!! And if you decide to buy something from them, be prepared that you will be completely ignored!
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Vladimirs, First let me apologise profusely for your experience. You are absolutely correct that customer service has been dismal recently. I will not make excuses, simply I am very sorry for this. While we HAVE been completely submerged, and have suffered from technical communication glitches (as you can see, at least the review process is functioning correctly), I am addressing this : 1) We have contracted our agency to fully rework the communication tools to ensure all incoming and outgoing messages, from all sources, are seen and sent. 2) I have a new person joining us in October who will be dedicated full time to customer service. Very soon, this situation will NOT happen again. Concerning your gloves, indeed it seems that you have received a defective pair. This model of glove has been used for several years, including in our local club, with very few issues. I can either replace the damaged pair, or if you prefer refund you. Please let me know. I’m sending you my direct email address so you are sure I receive your response correctly. Again, I am very sorry for your poor experience. Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 03/04/2022
I Ordered the Items 1 month before a tournament, so that i could use them at the tournament but the Ordered pieces didnt arrive in time, When i tried to contact black armoury about the status of my order it was very difficult to reach them ( I had paid in advance so info about the order was important to me). when the pieces finaly arrived they where in good condition. black armoury left a note in the parcel that they would give me a slight refund for my trouble, so i wrote them and gave them the relevant information 3 times, but again i havent heard back from them and have not gotten the promised refund even 2 months after the order finaly arrived. because of all those problems i cant leave a good review, but the products themselves are very good.
Response from Black Armoury
Hello David, and thank you for the feedback. You are absolutely right, we have not been up to our standards the last few months. The general complex situation was worsened for us by some internal technical issues (communication and stock synchronisation) that are thankful finally being resolved by our tech agency. I have just refunded you 40€ on the order via bank transfer. I am very sorry for the delay, and for the frustration. Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 26/02/2022
too long for shipping product that were "in stock" at the command
Response from Black Armoury
Hello Loic, and thank you for the feedback. You are absolutely right, and I am sorry. The generally complex situation was worsened for us by some internal technical issues (communication and stock synchronisation) that are tankful finally being resolved by our tech agency. I am sorry for the delay, and for the frustration. We're getting back to our "usual selves", promise! Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 29/03/2022
Lost my order in the system and didn't respond to emails for several months. Had to go through the manufacturer before I had a response from the company. Once contact was made, response was quick but experience was frustrating and not their usual standard
Response from Black Armoury
Hello Shaun, and thank you for the feedback. You are absolutely right, we have not been up to our standards the last few months. The general complex situation was worsened for us by some internal technical issues (communication and stock synchronisation) that are tankful finally being resolved by our tech agency. I am sorry for the delay, and for the frustration. We're getting back to our "usual selves", promise! Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 02/01/2022
It took very long time for my order to be delivered, little more than four months instead of six weeks, and it was hard to get in touch with support. They didn’t respond to e-mail, messenger or on the website, I hade to write on facebook in order to get their attention.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 26/11/2021
All the products are good, but the company did not reply to any message about the delay in delivery after months of purchase until complaints were made through social networks.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 10/09/2021
Acceptable price, zero communication. No updates, response to mail 10 days or longer
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Matthias, I am again sorry for the slow communication at the end of last year around your order. As stated in my emails, it was, and continues to be, a complicated situation with many suppliers. For that I apologise again for my difficulties in communicating more regularly. However, I do not think it is quite fair for you to write about "zero communication" and "no updates". You ordered products that were listed as "out of stock" and updated as such on your order profile, on Sept. 10 You requested a first update on September 20. 0n September 28 I informed you of a delay on the Red Dragon products until mid-october, and offered you to ship the available products and wait for the rest, or cancel and refund the missing items. You informed me that you would wait for the full order. On October 15 you requested an update. On October 16 I informed you that we were still waiting for delivery from the UK and told you to not hesitate to request further updates. On November 12 you requested a new update. I responded on November 15 informing you that we were to receive the products within a week. On November 22 you received a system email informing you that the order was in processing. It was shipped on November 27 and you received the order on December 2nd. I completely understand your frustration with the delays. Your rating of my service is completely free for you to chose of course. But please, let's be clear and fair in the comments.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 25/09/2021
customer service is totally absent
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Danele, I am very sorry you did not receive the reply through the system on Feb 16... I have just found my response "unsent messages". My sincere apology. I am sending it to you now, and I hope you can reconsider your rating once the issue is resolved. Again, very sorry for my error in this communication. Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 10/12/2021
They are always very friendly when they respond, which is practically never. Expect to not get a reply for months and to have to call them multiple times before they pick up.
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 29/09/2021
Nothing to say about the quality of the products, however nearly 3 months delay on delivery with no response to my many emails, it's still very limited, not very serious as sellers
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 16/03/2021
The shipment was late. Very late. I had no update on the situation, only that they have not yet recieved supply from their provider even though shop webside said this item was in stock. My emails were not responded to untill I wrote I will have to ask for refund and only after that time the item was sudenly available and was shipped to me.
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Tadas, thank you for your message and your review. Even the negative ones help us to improve. We have indeed had some stock synchronisation issues on the website that we are working to resolve. I am, again, very sorry your order took so long and do hope that you had received my apology for the poor communication. I can only assure you that the availability of your rash guard was one of timing and was not related to you asking for a refund. Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 2 out of 5
following a purchase from 14/04/2021
3 months delivery, gift meant as a surprise.... complete failure. One mail par month without any satysfactory answer. Had to result to phone to obtain delivery....
Response from Black Armoury
Hello David, I am very sorry that your order did indeed take some time. While the situation in April and May remained difficult for resupply, I do apologise for the poor communication. However, while your complaint is understandable, please be accurate. Your order did not take 3 months for delivery. You placed your order on April 14 and we shipped it on June 23 and it was delivered on June 24. We will do all we can to avoid this type of situation in the future and resupply is now returning to "normal". Kind regards, Anthony
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Acheteur Vérifié
Rating: 1 out of 5
following a purchase from 29/03/2021
The package delayed five weeks to be sent and one week more to be delivered to me. Waiting for an update in the webpage about my order I tried to email them and raise a support ticket but silence is all I got for answer. For a month, and having paid some hundreds in advance. Also, they forgot to include part of my address, causing the messenger to skip my package to be delivered. At last but not least, please don't use SEUR.
Response from Black Armoury
Dear Roberto, Thank you for your review : even the negative ones are helpful for us to improve. I am very sorry you had this experience. Regarding the communication, I do apologise. Indeed, it seems that you were not included when we sent a messages to customers in April to inform them that SPES was delayed by a couple of weeks. The stock delivery package from them was lost and had to be replaced and resent to us, which took some time. I am very sorry for that bad communication. I will be sure to improve this. I assure you that we placed the out of stock jacket order to SPES on April 1, two days after you placed your order. Regarding the address : in looking at the delivery label created by Colissimo, I now see that your complete address was not included on the label. I have informed Colissimo about this error. Please understand that the labels are generated automatically by the postal system exactly as it exists your profile. It seems their system is not good for long adresses. Also, we unfortunately have no control over the transport partner Colissimo uses in different countries. If you wish to be sure that SEUR is not used, I recommend in the future to chose another shipper than Colissimo to Spain. In any case, now that I have heard of these delivery issues, I am refunding the transport charges to you immediately. I hope this helps. Kind regards, Anthony
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