Re: Need a source please - Sinocalycanthus chniensis

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Need a source please - Sinocalycanthus chniensis
• From: k*@comcast.net
• Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:40:54 +0000

Zones and the fact that no one ships as the crow flies. If I shipped
something by US mail to someone in the next town 15 miles away, it would
probably go to Indianapolis first and then back up here. UPS, too,
though I think their hub might be Cinci.

Kitty

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> Most shippers use UPS or FedEx which have set "zones"- if you cross the 
> line of the zone- then the charge is higher. I bet that is why the 
> Mississippi is the cut of for extra charge- the company is being charged 
> extra to cross that zone line. 
> 
> Theresa 
> 
> Cathy Carpenter wrote: 
> 
> > So why can't they figure shipping based on miles from their location? 
> > ie - draw concentric circles around their nursery and charge accordingly? 
> > I'm off to Maui for the next 10 days - hope to visit all things 
> > botanical - DH wants visit orchid growers (shudder). I love them, but 
> > have no space to put more, as I have no greenhouse. 
> > Aloha, Cathy 
> > On Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at 05:41 PM, Cersgarden@aol.com wrote: 
> > 
> >> In a message dated 1/4/05 2:28:39 PM, cathy.c@insightbb.com writes: 
> >> 
> >> << though I mutter 
> >> angrily every time I have to add extra shipping for being "east of the 
> >> Mississippi River" >> 
> >> 
> >> Cathy, understand that. I feel the same way for eastern vendors & their 
> >> rates west of the Mississippi. 
> >> Ceres 
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