Shipping and Ordering Information
Shipping Dates:
We ship 2 times a week.
We ship out at the following days of the week:
Tuesday pm
Thursday pm
Since these are evening shipments, the packages are not actually picked up by the shipping company until the next day, so effectively, the ship-out days are:
Wednesday
Friday
NOTE – these are general rules. From time to time, we may delay or skip a shipping date. If you are planning work on a specific schedule, let us know with your order.
Ordering Time:
We process our orders at 3:30 pm EST the day before shipping. Thus if you want your part to go out in the Tuesday pm shipping run, you need to have placed your order by Monday 3:30 pm EST. The same applies for the Thursday pm run, i.e. you need to have placed your order by Wednesday at 3:30 pm EST.
As an example, if you order at 3 pm EST on Monday, your package will be picked up by UPS/USPS on Wednesday. If you order at 4 pm EST on Monday, your package will be picked up by UPS/USPS on Friday. Similarly, if you order at 3 pm EST on Wednesday, your package will be picked up by UPS/USPS on Friday. If you order at 4 pm EST on Wednesday, your package will be picked up by UPS/USPS on Wednesday the following week.
Please note these times when estimating shipping times, and requesting quicker shipping etc.
Transit Time:
Depending on the
shipment method, you can estimate shipping time two ways.
Shipping times via USPS
Priority post (orders under ~0.3 cubic feet, any weight, or orders less than ~4
lb) can be estimated by going to the USPS
Rate page http://postcalc.usps.gov/
, and entering the two zip codes. In
general, this is 2-3 days from time of pickup, including Saturday.
In other words, the shipping included in what the website charges will give you 2-3 day USPS Priority shipping, provided that the order is not particularly bulky.
Shipments via UPS (all
other orders, i.e. bulky ones >0.3 cubic feet) can be estimated by going to
the UPS Time-In-Transit
page http://www.ups.com/wwtransit/engtimetran.html
, and entering Massena for the ship from town, and 13662 for the ship from
ZIP. Set the date to either Wednesday or Friday of the week
you order. Use Wednesday if you order
by Monday 3:30 PM EST or after Wednesday 3:30 PM EST (for the latter, you
use the Wednesday of the following week), or Friday if you order between Monday
3:30 PM EST and Wednesday 3:30 PM EST - see Ordering Time above. Enter your Town and Zip, and it will give
you the shipping time.
Free Shipping:
Our shopping cart
gives free shipping on orders $400 and over.
For purchases under
$400, the following are the shipping, insurance and handling costs:
$5 for a purchase of $0.01 USD-$9.99 USD
$10 for a purchase of $10.00 USD-$49.99 USD
$12 for a purchase of $50.00 USD-$99.99 USD
$15 for a purchase of $100.00 USD-$399.99 USD
Remember that this is a combined shipping/insurance/handling charge, and thus includes a handling charge for carefully packaging your order, in addition to the shipping/insurance cost for the shipping itself.