Shipping/holiday deadlines

Check here for any upcoming ordering deadlines. I will generally have a link to this page from the shopping cart page when gift-giving holidays are coming up.

Please let me know, either in the shipping instructions or in a separate email, if you need your order before December 24th, instead of "on or by" the 24th. Although backordered items are received here in batches timed to reach customers by 12/24, I can expedite individual shipments or items if I know it is necessary.

Christmas 2006

Still Doable

If you order the following types of items, I should be able to get them to you on or by December 24.

"not in stock/available" items

For MT and LB, I may place additional last-minute orders a week or two later if there is interest, which there often is.

• MT - The Mountain: Planning to place an order Monday 12/4 (so that's the deadline), probably in the morning. I may
• LB - Liquid Blue: Tentatively, Friday 12/8

in stock items

Generally, anything in stock can be shipped right up to the last moment.

• allow 12-24 hours for me to process the order, and 3-5 days for it to get to you.
• I normally ship via USPS First Class for anything under a pound, and Priority for anything over
• I can also do overnight (USPS Express) on request, charging only the actual postage (no extra handling fees).
• To estimate delivery times, go to the USPS Postage Calculator, enter a rough-guess weight (the weight generally does not affect the delivery time much except that items over a pound cannot be shipped via First Class, but must instead use Priority which is usually faster), and use 27705 as the "From ZIP Code". Add an extra day for processing on our side, to be safe.

Deadlines Passed

Christmas deadlines have passed for these manufacturers:

• EC - Earth Creations: If there is interest, I might place an order with them for Xmas, but at this point it seems unlikely
• MM - Misty Mountain: No orders planned before Xmas
• SD - Sun Dog: No orders planned before Xmas, although there is a small accumulation
• ZR - Zion Rootswear: No orders planned before Xmas, though I do need to place an order with them soon...