IMPORTANT SHIPPING HOLIDAY INFORMATION! We are filling orders every day and shipping same or within 24 hours.  Shipping is $2.60 orders under $50 US.  PLEASE upgrade to PRIORITY MAIL after 12/19 and EXPRESS mail 12/22.   You can upgrade at check-out.   ALSO PLEASE NOTE!  The USPS will send you an e-mail with what they call a "TRACKING" number.  ONLY EXPRESS MAIL is trackable on line.  The number is really DELIVERY CONFIRMATION - it shows up on line when the package is DELIVERED.  Our local post office does not scan all outgoing mail - so your package may or may not show up on line until you get it.  If you need tracking please UPGRADE - Thank you.

Shipping Information, How to Contact us
 Terms & Conditions of Sale & Privacy Policy

We do not take phone orders or have phone support - we do offer 24 hour customer service via e-mail - any time.  E-mail us here.  You will be supplied with complete company information and policy with your order.  By ordering from this site - you agree to the terms and conditions stated below.

NEW POLICY: 2/03/08.  We will no longer ship USPS Priority mail to the UK.  This service has been unreliable.  If you are from the UK and would like your order from this site - YOU MUST check out with EXPRESS mail ($25.00)

ABOUT US

  Italian Charms Company, Madison. Our web sites are not always perfect, (A few cart errors, some well needed updating...  Our customer service is. We ship fast and prompt.

  Most all our business is word of mouth and most customers are REPEAT! THANK YOU!  Our sites are not always updated and we run out of things often - so please read my sales policy below. 

WHOLESALE

We do not sell "wholesale" to Retail Stores! We try to offer wholesale or the lowest price to EVERYONE on most items (Some we can not as we do not get big volume discounts on all products.  Some stores do buy from this site for re-sale at the prices shown because many are wholesale or better than other wholesalers offer.  We reserve the right to limit quantities on all beads from stores to reserve them for individual shoppers - it depends on the stock at the time.

PRODUCTS - RETURNS - NAME BRANDS

We only sell TOP quality beads we would WEAR OURSELVES! No junk beads or poor quality beads - I am sure you will agree!    ****  We do NOT sell Pandora, or Trollbeads - these are NAME brands that the beads we sell FIT on - so if you are BRAND NAME conscious - please shop at stores that are Authorized dealers for these NAME BRANDS!

We  sell solid 925 silver beads - and only the gold beads are plated!  This is a very important consideration you want when shopping for beads.  We see a LOT of bead on E-bay that use photos of expensive or solid silver beads but are having them made in factories that use base metal with silver plate.  If you are not sure - ASK.   ALL BEADS ON THIS SITE ARE SOLID 925 (even if not shown on photos) EXCEPT the 14K and 18K gold PLATED BEADS.

 You will get a refund for any out of stock beads within 3-5 days of shipping.

We TRY to update the site with out of stock beads - but some weeks I may not have enough time.  Please try to re-order the bead in 20-30 days for re-stock.  We gladly accept returns within 7 days of your delivery confirmation ONLY. No exceptions. We sell out of beads and perhaps could have sold the bead you are holding several times over.   GIFTS are NO EXCEPTION.  Please see that you will love the bead/item if your recipient may not!  Please see that any starters/Watches and so on will fit as they will not be returnable after after 7 days from the delivery confirmation delivery to you. Any items returned after 7 days will be returned to you.  Some closeout and discontinued items may NOT be returnable, but will be clearly marked as such before you check out!

SHIPPING

We ship fast and free over $50 every day.  You will have the option of more shipping options at checkout.  $2.60 for any order under $50.  Any order over $50 ships FREE (US ONLY)  International orders will be $10.50 at check out.   You may also UPGRADE to Priority mail, and Express mail at Check-out for additional fee.

You will get an E-mail with a delivery shipping number when we ship. PLEASE NOTE!!!! This is NOT a tracking number!  It will NOT show up on line until AFTER you get your package as they do NOT GET SCANNED outgoing. Only AFTER you have your package.  Some packages travel the USPS LIGHTNING fast - others take a longer route.  We do not consider a late or missing until 10 business days after shipping, please do not contact us until that time.

PRIVACY POLICY

We do not share, sell or give any of the information your supply us at the time of ordering to any third parties.  When you order from this site your will be automatically put on our mailing list ONLY - which consists of sending you e-mails only a few times a year when we have a special sale going on.  You may remove yourself from our mailing at any time by UNSUBSCRIBING.

PAYMENT AND PAYPAL

Check out with PAY PAL America's safest on line shopping cart. You do not need to join PAYPAL.  Just use you MC, Visa, American Express or Discover Card. When you are prompted - DO YOU HAVE A PAYPAL account - simply say NO - you will continue on to check out like other on-line carts - only we truly feel this is the SAFEST!  Click here to see how to use reg credit card

OUT OF STOCK

If we are out of stock of an item - it will go into a new and separate cart from your regular order.  You may check it out if you wish to wait for your beads, or just cancel it if you change you mind -  OR we will refund the amount for that item when we ship.

ORDERING PROBLEMS

We do not accept phone orders or have phone support at this time.  If you are having trouble with our cart and want to place an order - E-mail us your order!  We will E-mail you a Payment button to pay for your order!! Thank you!!

Thanks for shopping - most all of of our customers are return customers nad word of mouth from friends and family!- so THANK YOU!! Please continue to tell your friends to visit our site!