Crowded House

Thanks for the tips. I'm definitely going to do the box-in-box and Monday-Tuesday shipping. Great ideas!

Has anyone tried climate-controlling their boxes (ie refrigerating the product before shipment, or freezing the packing material or putting in cold packs)?

You might get some idea from the specifications and reputation of the wax. For instance, if you use EcoSoya CBA you're pretty much screwed.

Some people suspend shipments at the worst times. Many people time shipments so that they won't sit in a warehouse over the weekend. That has never sounded like a good solution to me unless you look up the transit time of every shipment, never ship coast to coast, and ignore the fact that the candles may spend a hot Texas afternoon in a truck on delivery day.

It's Mill Creek's 125. I haven't got a clue as to how it performs as a candle in a hot truck but it seems to do okay as plain ol' wax when it's shipped to me (although that's only a 2-3 day shipping time, but it does arrive in late afternoon after being on the truck all day).

I really hesitate to suspend shipping (doesn't seem like a good business practice overall). Timing a Monday-Wednesday ship is still a possibility at this point as I'm in the middle of the country and most US destinations are 2-3 business days out from me.

I looked into gel packs but man, the cost!! Yipes. Not to mention that they only last about 20 hours tops without the accompanying styrofoam cooler.

Too bad there aren't climate controlled point to point shippers out there.

Anybody have any problems with their shipments melting in the summer heat? I shipped an order to the southwest US a couple of weeks ago and it occurred to me that it is already summer down there!

I didn't hear anything bad from the customer but it's just going to get hotter for the next few months. Any tips or tricks to keep those soy candle orders cool, or is it usually okay to ship them in summer as you would in winter?

I buy ALL my oils in 1lb quantities and take my chances. Of course, some of them just don't throw in soy - so I have at least 20lbs of FO sitting un-used, and I want to get some use out of it before it gets too old.

If it's just going to waste, have you thought about selling it on ebay or something, giving full disclosure to the soy problem? There may be some paraffin people out there who would enjoy trying the remainder of your FO's and even if you sell at a loss you're still going to recoup some of your costs if they sell.