Yes, they are insured, but unless you are not honest, you will not get $50 back. I would hope honesty would prevail, even when dealing with a gov't agency.
I have not tried the padded envelopes, but I ship smaller orders using a priority mail regional box #4. That then is charged by the region it is going to. Before my new website was online (it handles the whole process except the actual packing of the product) and I used my old website, I sent customers who ordered a qty that was costing them a lot more per unit bought an email giving them options to buy more product all at the same shipping cost. Most but not all increased their order to get more syrup for their shipping dollar. I no longer have that interaction but if a customer takes the time to read the info I have on the site they will get that more efficient rate. I have a section that tells them how to get the best per volume shipping choice, but they just chose what to order and the program picks the box. They can chose a different qty to compare the shipping to get the best bang for their buck. My site based on what they order chooses the box and gives them the shipping cost, from there it is all up to them. I ship about 2/3-3/4 of my sales every year, and that % would be higher except for the fact that I have a few local customers who buy a lot of syrup. One local family buys 26 half gal when they get their tax refund, and often they still buy more shortly after Christmas because they ran out before their next refund came back. That is my best one, but I have several others who buy 4 or more gal/year, and most get it in half gal or qts rather than getting gal jugs. The only glass I pack is in smaller sizes, pretty much 250ML and under.
Last edited by maple flats; 04-13-2018 at 08:21 AM.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.