I am always surprised at how quickly the name labels arrive. I have always received them the next day. I have used these labels for my son for the last two years and my daughter for the last year. They are invaluable. Extremely versatile, on drinks bottles that are thrown around, rolled along the ground and put in the dishwasher daily and are still going strong. In fact they have outlived the metal drinks bottle itself! They have also outlived the shoes! The labels are so quick and easy to apply. Am I the only one sending their child to school/nursery to suddenly remember that I have put a new item of clothing/ pair of shoes on them that has not been labelled? Out comes the packet as they are about to walk out the door and job is done! My only problem has been ordering enough of them! They stick to so many things: clothes, shoes, scooters, drinks bottles, lunch boxes, the list is endless. The stick-on ones are so versatile I have even become too lazy to iron on the iron-on ones!