7 Pawz Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Decided to follow Candybee's advice and do a little more comparision shopping, I needed cocoa butter to try a bath melt recipe. 2 suppliers charge 13.00 minimum (l lb) shipping. Had I purchased from either one, I'd end up paying 26.00 for a pound of cocoa butter so, I found a supplier from this board, and they charged 7.00 flat rate up to $25.00 purchase. Placed an order with them for the cocoa butter and since not only the price of the cocoa butter and shipping was great, I decided to add 2 bottles of essential oil I had been looking at. Got all three items for less than it would have cost for one item and their shipping. It sure does pay to look around. I probably would've added other items if I had ordered elsewhere, but with their shipping prices, it wasn't an option. Edited September 9, 2014 by 7 Pawz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 You can save on shipping for cocoa powder by buying it at your grocers. Its in the tea and coffee isle. Glad you found a better shipping price. Shipping is brutal. I can't tell you how many times I have dropped a shopping cart due to outrageous shipping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I have done the same as Candy. Now grant they may only charge exact shipping but if their cart do not show a price close to what I will pay I do not chance it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Pawz Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 You can save on shipping for cocoa powder by buying it at your grocers. Its in the tea and coffee isle. Glad you found a better shipping price. Shipping is brutal. I can't tell you how many times I have dropped a shopping cart due to outrageous shipping.I think I've found a good product for what I needed, so along with the price, I was pleased. Distance doesn't necessarily matter I'm finding out. I tried suppliers close to me, if it wasn't shipping, it was price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Pawz Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 I have done the same as Candy. Now grant they may only charge exact shipping but if their cart do not show a price close to what I will pay I do not chance it.I haven't ordered a lot lately, as I'm just using up excess supplies, but for the few things I am getting, I can't see paying almost what an item costs as it is to ship it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I just reread your post and realized you were talking about cocoa butter not cocoa powder. My oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 You pretty much have to buy everything in bulk to make the shipping work out. So when you just need an item or two you are usually screwed when it comes to shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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