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Ghoulish Greetings,

Our customers often wonder what "Shipping & Handling" includes.

Shipping are the charges incurred by shipping either UPS (United Parcel Service), USPS (United States Postal Service, or FEDex (Federal Express Ground).  Their fees are based on what they call dim-weight (short for dimension plus weight).  In other words, all shippers now charge for the dimensions of a box (example: 18" long by 14" wide, by 13" deep) plus the weight (example 12.2 lbs).  Shippers typically charge up to the next weight if your box weighs more than a half pound.  (example 12.8 lbs goes to 13 lbs).

Please realize that your item may weigh only 1 lb., but the box itself could add 1 to 2 lbs depending upon the weight (thickness).  You wouldn't want a light weight, flimsy box to protect your collectible would you?  Depending upon the size of the item(s), the container box could be larger and weigh even more, unavoidably adding to the cost of shipping.  (It's just part of the shipping process!)

Shippers charge by zone, and how far across zones that a package must cover.  We are on the west coast in Oregon.  Shipping a large box from Oregon to the east coast will cost upwards of 15 to 20%.  Some shippers now have a fuel surcharge due to higher fuel costs, plus a home delivery surcharge to come into residential zones.

Shipping is just one factor in establishing your shipping total.  Handling covers the other expenses involved in the process of doing business. 

In spite of all the factors, we endeavor to keep all handling fees down to just a couple of dollars per sale.

Handling includes many things:

  • packing materials, including cardboard boxes, packing tape, packing popcorn, and similar products.

  • Shipping labels, the paper, the ink cartridge to print the label, tape to place the label on the box.

  • fuel to take the shipped item to the shippers, including the employee salary to drive it there.

  • There are many other costs of doing business from PayPal fees, Ebay fees, internet fees including email account, website hosting, website domain name registration, and salaries.

  • Additionally, there are post office box rentals, and storage unit rentals (we have four storage units for all our products).

Tom
The Ghoul Gallery Cryptkeeper

trifics@comcast.net

  
 

 
   
   
 

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

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