Thursday, April 9, 2009

Shipping rates are lowered

After careful consideration of how much money would actually be spent on shipping, we've decided to lower our shipping cost from 3$ to 2.5$ (for the 1lb and under shipping, which is what most customers would fall under).

That is because
  1. If the customer buys a card, shipping would be about $1.20 plus $.18 digital confirmation, plus padded envelope cost (about $.30). Thus $1.68
  2. If the customer buys a theme deck, shipping would be about $1.85 plus .18 plus .30. Thus $2.33
  3. In the rare case that a customer buys exactly 1lb worth of item: $2.23 plus $.18 digital confirmation plus a box with padding (about $.40), the total would be $2.81.
So by lowering the shipping cost to 2.5$, we would still be able to cover our costs. In the rare case that the customer buys 1lb, or close, of merchandise, we'd be too happy over the sale to worry about 31 cents.

So why not make the shipping cost 2.33?
While it's true that we probably wouldn't pay above $2.33 in shipping cost. There is also the cost of tape, and more substantially, the cost of
paypal fees to worry about.

What if I'm buying only a few cards and therefore would have a real cost more around $1.68?
You are always welcome to contact us for a detailed invoice specific to you. Simply email us with the products you wish to buy and your zip code. We will then email you back with a proposal. If you agree to our proposed price, email us back with your shipping information and we will invoice you directly to paypal.

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