Help & FAQs

If you have a question or experiencing any technical difficulty regarding an order or any of the products that appear on one of our stores then you can reach our customer service department by emailing customerservices@bsimerch.com, we aim to reply to all support queries within 24 hours.

Orders that contain pre-ordered items will be dispatched when all items become available.

We aim to get ordered placed before 13:00 Monday to Friday dispatched on the same working day. If this is not possible, they'll be dispatched on the next working day.
Orders placed outside our Monday to Friday office hours will be dispatched on the next working day.

Once your order has been dispatched, you will receive an email informing you that your order is on its way.

For more information about shipping times and methods, please click here.

All orders are immediately sent to the shipping department and processed, we cannot stop the order. If you contact us immediately after placing the order by emailing customerservices@bsimerch.com we will try to amend the order before it ships.

However, if the order has already been shipped, we will be unable to amend the order.

Yes, we can deliver to most addresses.

All orders (excluding pre-orders) are immediately sent to the shipping department and processed. As a result, we may not be able to cancel the order before it ships out.

Once an order has been shipped, it cannot be cancelled and you will need to follow the procedures for a return.

Where possible we will ship your order in its entirety. However, if you have ordered several items and part of the order is on pre-order, your order will held and will disptch once all items on the order become available. Please refer to the product descriptions for release dates.

If you require items that are not on pre-order sooner, please order them seperately.

Orders containing pre-ordered items will be dispatched in line with the release date published on the webstore.

Whilst every effort is made to get your order to you by the release date, we are unable to guarantee this for orders outside of the UK.

Please email customerservices@bsimerch.com to let us know. Please include images of what you've received and let us know what product you were expecting.

Payment is taken when you place the order.

You can find out how and where to return items here.

Don’t worry - there are 2 main reasons that your card could be declined:

1. We could not match the credit card address to the address entered. Make sure you typed the billing information in the correct area, and you entered the address exactly as it appears on your credit card bill.
2. The bank has declined the card. Either there is a hold on the card or insufficient funds. Please contact your bank for more information.

If you keep getting an error message on payment please contact us by sending an email to arcticmonkeys@kontrabandstores.com, please do not keep attempting to purchase.

When you make a purchase, the charge is processed immediately.

Depending on your bank, charges can take up to 3-5 business days to appear on your account.

We are the official online merchandise partner in this instance we provide the webstore and the payment processing, fulfilment and products in the store. We may also be selling tickets from time to time we are not a secondary ticket agent. We have a direct relationship with the Promoter and Artist and they have agreed for Kontraband to sell the tickets and merchandise direct to the fans.

All the personal information we collect about you is used solely for Kontraband to fulfil your purchase and to be able to contact you if there are any issues with your order.

When chcking out, we will request your phone number as this is now a requirement of many of our shipping partners, as they require it to aid delivery.

We will never pass your details on to anyone for marketing purposes. If you have specifically agreed to receive further information and have agreed to sign up to the mailing list, the details you have agreed at this point will be used for purpose specified in the Privacy Policy only.

Yes - We utilise industry- standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption of potentially sensitive information such as your name and address and other sensitive information such as your credit card details.

Information passed between your computers and our website cannot be read in the event of someone else intercepts it. The Technology includes the following features:

• Authentication
  this assures your browser that your data is being sent to the correct computer server, and the server is secure. li>
• Encryption
  this encodes the data, so that it cannot be read by anyone other the secure server.
• Data Integrity
  this checks the data being transferred to ensure it has not been altered.

If you are experiencing issues, we recommend you make sure you have the latest updates and patches for your operating systems.
If you are still having technical problems please get in touch with our customer care team by sending a message to customerservices@bsimerch.com, please include the folling information where possible:

• The URL of the store you are on and what page you are having difficulty with.
• What time the problem occurred
• Any error messages you're receiving.
• Screenshots if possible.

We know it is frustrating to see a product you like and then you realise it is out of stock.

However sometimes some of our products are very popular and sell out very quickly, so you need to be quick to get your hands on them. We do our best to keep on top of stock and predict the sales we may receive so this doesn’t happen. Sometimes our products are ‘Limited Edition’ and so once they are gone they are gone.

If the product is still being made please check back in a day or two where we will be updating the stores and the products with information and stock on a regular basis.

Unfortunately we only run the store and parts of the website; we are not the booking agents for the artists. We also are unable to advise on any potential business you may be able to offer. If the request is considered appropriate then we will forward on to the management, but under no circumstances are we able to guarantee any response.