I don't know of any place that would work out, but hey, here's an idea. Get a group of guys together to make a larger order, have it shipped to one guys house, and he splits it up and mails it off to the rest. If 10 guys had a $20 order each, free shipping to one guy, then maybe a couple dollars to mail each of the others stuff out. Just a thought. Maybe you could find some "partners" here and set up an e-mail group to see who is going to need what. Or if someone is ordering $200 worth, just post a note here. Then if anyone needed a .50 cent part they could add to their order. Might help each other out. One thing, this would have to be handled amongst yourselves, as MLMF isn't going to get involved if there are problems between the parties.
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Tractor Supply and Napa Auto Parts. The local Napa dealer gave me my own small engines parts manual so I can order the parts over the phone.
Anyone besides me have a strange fascination with shipment tracking information when you order something?
To me it's like watching a live demo of capitalism unfold. It's a time line of the American worker. Office workers collecting web orders, accounting and billing departments processing credit card information, warehouse employees pulling orders, packing department boxing up the order for shipment and contacting the shipping company for pickup. Then once on the truck, drivers on the road during the night, depot workers transferring the goods from one truck to another with a common destination area overnight, delivery drivers starting early in the morning traveling to who knows how many houses in a days time.
Complain as we might about manufactures, retailers, the US mail and other shipping companies, given the number of people involved to make it all work no matter how small the order and the fact that most of the time it does work, it is really quite amazing.
Cue the theme song from "Made in America!"
To me it's like watching a live demo of capitalism unfold. It's a time line of the American worker. Office workers collecting web orders, accounting and billing departments processing credit card information, warehouse employees pulling orders, packing department boxing up the order for shipment and contacting the shipping company for pickup. Then once on the truck, drivers on the road during the night, depot workers transferring the goods from one truck to another with a common destination area overnight, delivery drivers starting early in the morning traveling to who knows how many houses in a days time.
Complain as we might about manufactures, retailers, the US mail and other shipping companies, given the number of people involved to make it all work no matter how small the order and the fact that most of the time it does work, it is really quite amazing.
Cue the theme song from "Made in America!"
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