Is there any such thing as free shipping?
Really now, we all know there is no such thing as free shipping, right? The shipping fees either display upon checkout or are hidden into the product pricing and do not show during checkout. I know, I know, it "feels" good to think we are not paying for shipping, but this is very real cost to a small enterprise like Yarn Stashio.
Yarn Stashio will never charge a handling fee or inflate shipping charges to cover our time, packing materials or trips to the post office. We consider this a cost of doing business. We do everything we can to keep shipping costs down to a minimum while ensuring safe and timely delivery.
We have considered raising prices to allow us to "offer free shipping" but in the end, it would result in a higher net cost to you as we raised each price for its' share of the shipping cost because there is no way to do it this way and allow for reduced shipping when combining items.
We have decided to go with a flat fee based on weight with a maximum of $10 within the United States ($15 maximum to Canada or Western Europe). Pattern downloads are free, of course.
The shipping table is as follows for the United States:
.5lb $3
1lb $4
2lb $5
3lb $7.50
4lb $8.50
5lb and over $10.00
The shipping table is as follows for Canada and Western Europe:
.5lb $5
1lb $8
2lb $10.00
3lb $12.00
4lb $13.50
5lb and over $15.00
If for any reason at all, shipping charges do not seem to be right when you check out, please let me know. I can not begin to tell you how hard this is to make sure that the "system" does what I think it ought to be doing!
Thank you so much for your support in 2006!
Happy New Year!!
God Bless, Kristine at Yarn Stashio
yarnstashio@aol.com
Yarn Stashio will never charge a handling fee or inflate shipping charges to cover our time, packing materials or trips to the post office. We consider this a cost of doing business. We do everything we can to keep shipping costs down to a minimum while ensuring safe and timely delivery.
We have considered raising prices to allow us to "offer free shipping" but in the end, it would result in a higher net cost to you as we raised each price for its' share of the shipping cost because there is no way to do it this way and allow for reduced shipping when combining items.
We have decided to go with a flat fee based on weight with a maximum of $10 within the United States ($15 maximum to Canada or Western Europe). Pattern downloads are free, of course.
The shipping table is as follows for the United States:
.5lb $3
1lb $4
2lb $5
3lb $7.50
4lb $8.50
5lb and over $10.00
The shipping table is as follows for Canada and Western Europe:
.5lb $5
1lb $8
2lb $10.00
3lb $12.00
4lb $13.50
5lb and over $15.00
If for any reason at all, shipping charges do not seem to be right when you check out, please let me know. I can not begin to tell you how hard this is to make sure that the "system" does what I think it ought to be doing!
Thank you so much for your support in 2006!
Happy New Year!!
God Bless, Kristine at Yarn Stashio
yarnstashio@aol.com
I realize that this is something you have to do to keep your costs down and to stay afloat, especially being a small business. I feel that the rates you are going to charge are fair and reasonable.
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