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Why do you say
"6 to 8 weeks for shipping"? Don't you keep everything
in stock?
Not everything.
Again, it's a cost issue. If I cast too much of one item and sales
for that item slows down, I can't "un-cast" it to make
something else. By casting parts as needed, I keep my resin costs
down, which in turn keeps my sell prices lower. Some of the little
accessory parts (generally anything that sells for under $5.00)
are "in stock" because when I pour a larger part, there's
usually a little left over resin so rather than waste it, I'll pour
it into one of the smaller molds. But if you're ordering larger
components, those need to be cast when they're ordered.
In a related vein
- if you email and ask "Is this, this and that available?",
even if they are, the answer will be "No." Asking me if
things are ready to ship is a trick question designed to back me
into a corner and force me to ship your order ahead of other orders
that were placed before yours. Plan ahead and wait your turn like
everyone else.
The "shipping
clock" starts the date of your order. If you place a second
order before the first one ships, I'll combine them into one shipment
and, depending on the charges, possibly refund a portion of your
shipping costs to reflect the new combined orders. The caveat is
that the second order resets the shipping clock to 6 to 8 weeks
from the new date.
Also, I don't do
this full time. Right now, MM isn't generating enough business to
justify focusing on it 24/7. I'm hoping that it will someday, but
if and until that happens, I need to balance it with a regular day
job. If and when MM becomes a full time venture, then I could justify
the added expense of pre-casting larger items and speeding up shipping
times. It all depends on how much people buy, so if you want me
to run things faster, buy more product!
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