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Montoursville, PA

I just ordered a nice batch of organic products consisting of Bat Guano, Fish Emulsion and a Bio Stimulant. The close out sale was discounted deeply which I appreciated....for a few minutes.

Now here this.........the company just E'd me inform me that any liquids now require Ground Shipping at $24.00 additional. That in this case makes a three hundred percent increase in shipping. In this case that represents an increase exceeding 25% of the total order process cost.

My feeling is that the distributor is out of this type of business while the carrier will soon be trucking the same miles with less freight because you and I will just not pay that kind of an increase except where we must.

Where we must is for our medicines....most of which in my case are liquids. I see some serious situations rising from the edges, of the dust, of fuel cost increases.

11/26/2007 8:04:06 PM

San Diego, Ca.

Dwaine its great to see you posting again...missed you buddy.

11/26/2007 8:06:06 PM

[email protected]

It is good to see you back Dwaine.

That $24 must be from UPS? I shipped some non-hazardous liquids (fertilizer) by USPS about 6 weeks ago & while it wasn't cheap it wasn't outlandish either.

Here's a handy USPS rate calculator:

http://postcalc.usps.gov/

A 58# box (5 gallons fluid fert) measuring 24"x16"x16" = $17.85 Parcel Post from Bridgeport CT to Philadelphia, PA. but that might not include penalties for shipping a liquid??? Something new maybe?

We hate to do it but all of our sales now include a 1.5% fuel surcharge. We make nothing on the transactions since all of our vendors are already wacking us the same 1.5% on the inbound. The cost of fuel being what it is we'll see more of this before it's over.

11/26/2007 10:21:20 PM

No Place Special

I sell $5 Million worth of goods to my customer every year. A couple years ago we started a fuel surcharge on every pallet of material we ship them. Ours is adjusted monthly based on that months current avg US gas price. Its going to get worse before it gets better im afraid.

11/26/2007 10:46:18 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Yup,

Just paid 52$ for a 55 lb bag of Humic Acid. Actual cost was 18$ rest was shipping....now whoz the fool? I bought 3 for me, and many more for club members......lol

11/27/2007 9:19:52 AM

Sheridan . NY

HI all --Ive just started to get shipping costs from all my shipper--UPS is going up 6.9% and the rest seem to be about the same--
And Im sorry to say after 4 year of holding prices- C&J PRODUCTS/agro-k and our other products-- Will be going up IN 2008--how much I dont know yet-- ALL changes will be up on my web site before the 1ST of the year--The cost of every thing has just skyrocked--!!! THE Best Words I have at this time is--> C&J PRODUCTS > Suppys TOP Quailty Products -- THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDIN** --THANKS --craig

11/27/2007 9:25:27 AM