Dear Valued Customer,

Shipping around here works like this: You pay, only the cost of the goods and what they cost to get to you. No percentage of the order, weight ranges or any of the other flim flam some internet companies use. Links for calculating USPS and UPS shipping charges are located on this page and at the bottom of every page on our sites.

You can choose UPS or USPS, when you check out by using the "drop down menu" at the bottom of the check out page. That way you can see which one might be cheaper in your area for your order. We'll send it the cheapest way or as specified by you.

Items marked free shipping or shipping included are shipped at our discretion. Most go Priority Mail. Call if you need something else.

Shipping companies also charge a little less if your package is delivered to a business address. If you can receive packages at work, do so and you'll save a little. It's not huge but every little bit helps. Home businesses have to be shipped Home Delivery. No discount allowed. Sorry. We don't make the rules, we just suffer them along with everyone else.

Package services can only track a package for 30 days before they recycle the tracking numbers so, if you have any questions it's best to call us as soon as you can if there's a problem. Our web technology is somewhat primitive so unfortunately we don't as yet have a way for you to dial into the site and track your order. You still have to call if you want to know where your order is before we ship it and UPS or the Post Office generates your tracking e-mail and sends it to you. We do have that in place. We're saving our money for a whole new web site design with better technology but it's hard to save in this economic climate.

All customers from outside the United States will still have to pay shipping. Air Priority is the standard method for these orders. If you need it faster look here for rates (http://postcalc.usps.gov/)

You have to call to get a freight quote on heavy orders over 70 lbs, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, otherwise, we will ship it by the cheapest method. Our shopping cart doesn't always calculate shipping for heavy orders over 70 pounds very well. If the product list says for you to call us, you must do this. Other wise, we will ship it the cheapest way possible and add the charges necessary to cover the cost.

Because of our increased volume, we now get some wicked good truck rates too, so, if you want a lot of stuff, don't hesitate to call for a quote. It could be a lot cheaper than you think.

Truck Freight requires a commercial address for the bst rates. That can be where you work, a friends place of business or any place where there's a way to unload with a forklift, loading dock or they commonly receive large shipments. You can get a truck delivery to a residence but, it costs extra. It still might be worth it if you and your neighbors and friends order a lot of stuff together. We can also have a pallet shipped to a local truck terminal fairly cheaply too, for pickup by you with your own truck or buck board.

Returns + Refunds

• We do not have an unlimited return policy. We accept returns for incorrect merchandise shipped or damaged goods only.
• If you ship something back to us without calling first to arrange it or if you ship something back to us and it gets damaged enroute you will not receive a refund.
• If you refuse a package we send you, you will not receive a refund.
• If you want to exchange an item for some thing else, you will be charged a 10% restocking fee. You will have to pay shipping back to us and the product must arrive back here in resalable form. If it arrives here damaged we can't issue an credit for the product.
• If you claim that a product is damaged or defective and we arrange to have it sent back to us and after we receive it we discover there to be nothing wrong with it, you will not receive a refund and you will be charged for the return shipping plus a 10% restocking fee.
• If you place and order and cancel it before it ships you will be charged a 5% processing fee. If the order has already shipped there's nothing we can do. Cancellation is not possible once we hand off the packages to our carriers.
  • We pay credit card processing fees for credits and refunds
  • Some orders may already be on the floor and ready to ship and some one spent a certain amount of time putting it together. Our employees have to be paid each week no matter what.
  • Cancellations must be made by phone, before we ship an item. We get hundreds of e-mails everyday and due to the terrible spam problem on the internet today, we cannot guarantee that we will get every e-mail people send us or the other way around.
  • Confirmation e-mails from us to you don't always hit the mark either. Personal and internet spam filters as well as the general vagaries of e-mail are problematic.
  • Cancellations must be made by the person who ordered the product.
• When issued, credit card refunds generally show up in your bank within 7 to 10 working days

I realize, to some people these policies may seem punitive but unfortunately not everyone in this world is honest and some people play games, so we have to have policies in place to protect ourselves as well as all of our very good and honest customers who would like us to stay in business and not go under because of the dishonest or erratic behavior of a few.

Here are some ways to avoid misunderstanding:

If you're unfamiliar with the scent of an item like soap or salve, try a smaller sampler size. If you're unfamiliar with a product and/or it's use, call us up and ask about it and/or download any available information right off of the page you found it on or any page referencing the item on our site(s).

Give us complete and accurate address information for billing and delivery. If you give us an incomplete or bad address for delivery you will have to pay shipping again to get your product so please be accurate when filling out the address portion of your check out form. We all take for granted that we know where we live but everyone else doesn't know the area like we do, especially shipping companies who transfer or turn over employees all the time. The driver or mail delivery person will look only on the package for your location and no where else.

• Common address mistakes people make:
  • leaving out the apartment number
  • only filing in the first name
  • incomplete street address - omission of all or some of the numbers
  • omission of important details like "Ave A or B" for example
  • misspellings
  • wrong zip code
  • too many numbers in the zip code
  • too few numbers in the zip code
  • Post Office box given for delivery but UPS requested for shipping method
  • Shipping and delivery address in wrong fields
  • Wrong information in wrong fields - i.e. phone number typed in address line
  • The shipping address given has no mail receptacle
  • Building locked and no one is home to buzz the driver in - please use an address where delivery can take place easily
  • delivery address is a business that is closed for vacation or inventory
  • If after reading this and you read over your confirmation order you realize you've made one or more of these errors, call us right away

Organic gardening and many of the products associated with them are unfamiliar to some people so, we're glad to answer your questions and give you advise about how to use them. I load the web site with as much information as I can cram into it to help you make good choices. If you plan to use a product for a purpose it's no recommended for we cannot guarantee your success. It might even work but we can't guarantee that it will. If it does, blog about it!

We can't guarantee that some one will like the scent of a soap or personal care item or the flavor of a food item. Those things are too subjective to guarantee. What we do guarantee is that the items on our sites are as advertised and of the highest quality that we can find and that we will do our best to get them to you on time and in tact, at the best price possible. We use all of them before selling them to you so we know they will work when used as directed for the purpose intended. Follow any and all instructions on the label or those that you receive from us.

When ordering live organisms like nematodes, follow the delivery instructions on the page to the letter. You must be there to receive the package and store it properly. They are alive. If you're not there to receive the package we can't guarantee the viability of the organisms and no refunds will be issued.