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Expedited Shipping 2011/12

Holiday Shipping Schedule 2011/12

Expedited Shipping

Order early to make sure your gifts arrive on time, or use expedited shipping if time is running out – we are here to help!

Thanks so much for giving the gift of Kamibashi this holiday season!

As always, we are shipping orders out by Priority Mail within 24 hours of receipt, but once it's out the door it is out of our hands. In order to insure that your gifts arrive on time, please order EARLY, like now ;-). Below is some information and dates to keep in mind, and if you need us to expedite your order we can do that no problem — just call our office right after you place your order to let us know when you need it to arrive: 828-683-7994. You can also e-mail Kristen at kristen@kamibashi.com and she promises you'll get a quick response. Once we hear from you we'll figure out how much extra it will cost and send you a PayPal link, or take your credit card info over the phone, to cover the additional shipping cost.

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Cost: $5.95 flat rate for your entire order.

We ship all internet orders all year round by Priority Mail for the flat rate of $5.95 (orders over $100 are shipped by UPS ground, unless it is too close to the 25th to arrive on time, in which case we’ll send your $100+ order by Priority Mail). Priority Mail generally takes 2 - 3 days but it is not guaranteed, and even though they say it will make it there by Christmas if shipped on Wednesday, December 21 it may not. Try your luck (in general the post office is pretty good and does its job well — last year everything arrived on time!) or contact us for expedited shipping by UPS (see below) on orders being placed after 10 AM on Wednesday, December 21.

Date to remember:

Wednesday, December 21: This is the last day to place your order to ship by regular priority mail. Please make sure your order arrives to us no later than 10 AM EST on Weds., December 21 — any orders that arrive after 10 AM may not get out the door that day and therefore may not make it there on time. Please see below for expedited shipping by UPS for orders placed after 10 AM on December 21, or for orders you'd like to expedite no matter what the date. Please note that we are not responsible for any order that does not make it to you by the holidays, even if ordered on or before December 21. We promise to ship your order right away (often on the same day we receive it), but once we send it into the world it’s out of our hands. Thanks so much for your understanding, we really appreciate it!

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Cost: This will depend on how fast you need it and where you live.

Shipping by UPS is the best way for us to ship your order when you need it by a certain date and don't want to take a chance with Priority Mail. It's also the only way to ensure your order gets there on time for the holidays if you are ordering after 10 AM on Wednesday December 21. UPS Ground is of course the cheapest way and it takes only 2 business days to get to you from our office in North Carolina if you live in the South, most of the Midwest, or on the East Coast. Shipments to the West Coast take a full week by UPS ground to arrive and other regions take 3 or 4 days. To see how long UPS ground takes to get to your state from NC, please see the color-coded map below. To have us ship using UPS please call our office for a quote on Ground, 3-day, 2-day, and Next Day: 828-683-7994

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Wednesday, December 21: Last day to ship by Priority Mail and have a reasonably good chance that it will arrive by Christmas. If your order arrives after 10 AM on Wednesday we cannot guarantee that we can get it out that day (there’s a good chance we can, but it will depend on our volume of orders that day). Depending on where you live, it could be only a few more dollars than priority mail to ship by UPS for a guaranteed arrival date. Orders going to addresses which take 3, 4 or 5 days by UPS ground (see states in orange and brown on map) will need to be shipped by 2-day today, all others states can be shipped ground.

Thursday, December 22: Orders going to addresses which take 2, 3, 4 or 5 days by UPS ground (see states in orange, brown, and green on map) will need to be shipped by UPS next day air. There are 3 price levels for Next Day Air — call us for a quote. There are only a few areas close to where we are in NC which can be shipped ground today. We can also ship Priority Mail, which sometimes takes only 2 days, but a pre-X-mas arrival date is not guaranteed.

Friday, December 23: We will be shipping out today but chances are it won't make it there by the 25th no matter what we do — at this point it will most likely be as fast or faster (depending on where you live) to have us ship as usual by Priority Mail. If you need it there by a certain day though, UPS is the way to go and we'll be happy to tell you your options — just give us a call at 828-683-7994.

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Business days in transit from Kamibashi (ASHEVILLE, NC 28801)

Service Map colors may vary due to differences in hardware and software. This map is a general representation of UPS Ground transit times.

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Happy Holidays to you and yours, and thanks for choosing Kamibashi products for your friends and family – You rock!