[JonnyRockets]

Was looking at a possible order with onlinelabels for 100 sheets of weatherproof laser labels - then I see the shipping.

close to 28 dollars! for friggin labels!!??

Anyone else have any other possibilities for online labels with less expensive shipping. Do either of the Jasons sell blank sheets?

Still don't know wether I'm going the "do your own" label route - or a "get them to do it for you" (jason's) route.



Jonathan

[PJStyles]

That's insane! Go with Hogwild... he has a special on shipping at $4.95 U.S. How the heck do they justify the shipping charges.... that's how much it cost to have my chips shipped... these are labels you're speaking of... sheesh!

P.S - My recommendation is obviously to have them do it... That said, if I had the right color printer I would probably do it myself but I don't have one... Unless someone here knows anyone in the Toronto area that could let me use their printer or charge me a small fee to print stuff on it lol

PJStyles

[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by JonnyRockets

Was looking at a possible order with onlinelabels for 100 sheets of weatherproof laser labels - then I see the shipping.

close to 28 dollars! for friggin labels!!??

Anyone else have any other possibilities for online labels with less expensive shipping. Do either of the Jasons sell blank sheets?

Still don't know wether I'm going the "do your own" label route - or a "get them to do it for you" (jason's) route.



Jonathan

a 5 X 9 GLOBAL PRIORITY cardboard envelop is $4.50 and the 9 x 12 global priority envelop is about $9.50. I've shipped up to 100 chips in slide protectors in those nice little flat rate envelops for that flat price to people here on chiptalk who live in Canada!!!

[PocketRocket]

While your reaction is pretty common and the first thing posters do is accuse the company of profitting from those charges, and then the posts are followed up with how much it would cost to stick them in an envelope and use the Postal service send them.

The fees that private carriers (e.g. UPS, FedEX, DHL, Airborne, et al) charge for international shipments including those to Canada are significantly higher than they are for domestic shipments. It's also been my experience that Consolidated's shipping charges are often less than the actual cost if you shipped it yourself.

Taking a stab at the rate that you were quoted, it sounds like it might be by FedEX Ground, including any surcharges that might be imposed by FedEX, though it's been my past experience that they often use one of the more expedited services like 2nd Day, and sometimes they'll even ship overnight. I don't know about the current poly labels, but the vinyl labels that I used to get from Consolidated were shipped at a 5 Lb weight charge (they're heavy, considering that you're only looking at 100 sheets.)

In any case, the shipping charges are probably pretty accurate and they may even be absorbing part of the shipping costs.

Originally Posted by JonnyRockets

Was looking at a possible order with onlinelabels for 100 sheets of weatherproof laser labels - then I see the shipping.

close to 28 dollars! for friggin labels!!??

Anyone else have any other possibilities for online labels with less expensive shipping. Do either of the Jasons sell blank sheets?

Still don't know wether I'm going the "do your own" label route - or a "get them to do it for you" (jason's) route.



Jonathan

[Straightup]

www.slamdunkimports.com does labels and they only charge $7 shipping to canada. Seems like a good deal. 1000 labels for 29 Usd with shipping...

[ScruffyBamboo]

Originally Posted by JonnyRockets

Was looking at a possible order with onlinelabels for 100 sheets of weatherproof laser labels - then I see the shipping.

close to 28 dollars! for friggin labels!!??

Anyone else have any other possibilities for online labels with less expensive shipping. Do either of the Jasons sell blank sheets?

Still don't know wether I'm going the "do your own" label route - or a "get them to do it for you" (jason's) route.



Jonathan

Well, I also live in Canada (Ottawa), and I just ordered my labels from OnlineLabels.com. I'm assuming you want to print them yourself (that's what I did).

When you check out, you will actually get two options - UPS standard for about $10.50 and DHL Express for about $28 dollars. The main difference is that DHL includes the brokerage fee for customs, which can be about $10 - $15 extra if you use UPS. So I chose the DHL option - total cost for 100 sheets + shipping was $88USD, or about $98CDN (love that exchange rate!). The order arrived in less than 24 hours, and I had no GST to pay (you may not be so lucky).

By the way, I had ordered samples from them - the 1" round vinyl, but I found it almost impossible to properly line up. I STRONGLY suggest that you buy the "full sheet" single vinyl label, then just use a 1"' craft punch to cut them out. I use a 1" round Marvy Uchida punch (cost me $12), and I can punch out 63 labels (1 sheet) in about 5 - 7 minutes. That way, you get a centered label everytime (and as an added bonus, they are MUCH faster to peel, and therefore apply, than the precut sheets).

BTW, applying the labels is actually very fast, once you get the hang of it. Don't let that put you off.

Anyway, hope this helps. If you haven't ordered samples already, you may want to do that, but I can confirm the extremely high quality of this product - you can print at the maximum resolution (in many ways, the printout comes out nicer that on my glossy paper), the "feel" is great and you have to really dig into it with your fingernail to damage the print. I cannot say enough about these labels.

Scruffy