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TERMS SHIPPING

During the Christmas Holiday, our processing time will extend by 24 - 48 hours. Please allow this extra time to receive your order.

New! Click here for UPS TRACKING PAGE.

We ship via UPS and US Priority Mail
Our current minimum shipping charge is $8.50 regardless of shipping method chosen.
Orders received after 12:00 CST will not ship until the next business day.
US MAIL will take 24-48 hours to process on regular business days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays.
The Christmas season and other Holidays will extend our shipping times.

BASE RATE SHIPPING CHARGES

1. GROUND SERVICE
Shipping and Handling Base Rate chart (to the 48 states).
Rates are based on the cost of merchandise, shipped in a
single package and weighing 1 pound or less, and is not dimensionally oversized.

$00.00 - $100...........$8.50
$100.01 - $200.........$9.50
$200.01 - $300........$11.00
$300.01 - $400........$11.95
$400.01 - $500........$13.95
$500.01- $1,000......$16.95

2. AIR SHIPMENTS
Add Air costs to base rate charges
3 DAY SELECT .......................ADD.......$7.00
2 DAY AIR...............................ADD.......$12.00
NEXT DAY AIR SAVER.........ADD........$35.00

Understanding Air shipment time:
Only UPS normal business days are counted as days in UPS shipping times. UPS does not count the day of pickup, Saturdays, Sundays, or UPS defined Holidays.
UPS orders that arrive after our cut off time of 12:00 PM CST will not ship until the next day.
Next day air shipments placed by 12:00 CST Friday should arrive on Monday.
If you place an order to ship by NEXT DAY AIR at 12:01 Friday it will not arrive until Tuesday.
Most Orders placed by 12:00 CST time will ship the same day, this is strived for but is not guaranteed.
Our shipping and processing times may be extended during the Christmas Holiday Season.
If we have trouble verifying your Credit Card, Name, or Address information it will delay your shipping times.

UPS holidays are as follows: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve.
During these days UPS will not pickup or deliver most packages, please adjust your shipping time schedules accordingly.

Exceptions to UPS Guaranteed Delivery
The guarantee does not apply to UPS shipments that are delayed due to causes beyond UPS's control, including but not limited to, the following: the unavailability or refusal of a person to accept delivery of the shipment; acts of God; acts of public authorities acting with actual or apparent authority; acts or omissions of customs or similar authorities; insufficient information provided by a customer; the application of security regulations imposed by the government, or otherwise applicable to the shipment; riots, strikes or other labor disputes; civil unrest; disruptions in air or ground transportation networks; and natural disasters. UPS shipping guarantees will not apply to commercial and residential Ground shipments that are picked up or scheduled to be delivered between December 12 and December 24.

4. EXCEPTIONS TO BASE RATES
Rates apply to orders shipped in one box only.

Large, oversized, or extra heavy orders, may require additional fees.
Examples of oversized items are;
swords, canes, machetes, hawks
Examples of extra heavy items are;
kitchen block sets, large sharpening stones, sharpening kits, outdoor hunting kits,
throwing knife sets, large hunting knives, bowies
Be very careful of shipping swords by Air, they may be overweight and oversized - shipping can run high.

Shipping charges will be adjusted to reflect exceptions

If package shipping runs over our base shipping rates,
we will charge actual shipping costs only.

Please call or email for info.

5. USPS US MAIL:
US MAIL will take 24-48 hours to process. Time frame is based on regular business days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays.
All US Mail, PO Box, APO, FPO, AK, and HI, shipments will ship US Priority Mail.
US Mail Shipping is not free, it is based on our Base Rates. Our automated shipping charges will be incorrect. Shipping will be manually calculated by our shipping department at actual cost if actual shipping charges are over our base shipping rates. If actual shipping cost is more than our base rates we will never charge you more than the actual cost of shipping and insurance. If you accidentally choose the wrong shipping method, for PO Box, AK, HI, or APO FPO addresses, our shipping department will change the shipping method for you.
Please call or email for rates.
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6. BACKORDERS incur shipping charges, but usually at a lesser rate, based on original order and items shipped.

7. TEXAS ORDERS, orders that ship within Texas, add tax .0825.
Shipping is taxable in Texas.

8. AUTOMATED SHIPPING CHARGES
Automated shipping charges are estimates, they are correct in most instances where the package is of standard size and one pound or less and ships via UPS.
Shipping for heavy, oversized, and / or multiple boxes, especially when shipped by AIR, may be more.
US Mail Shipping is not free, our automated shipping charges will be incorrect. US Mail shipping is based on our Base Rates.
If the actual cost to ship is more than our base rate shipping charges,
we will never charge you more than the actual cost of shipping and insurance.
Your invoice total will be manually updated off line to reflect these changes.
On orders over $2000.00 - shipping is not free - they will have shipping charges calculated off line, the rates on these orders will not calculate in our shopping cart.

9. No COD's

10.
We only ship to the 50 US States, US Territories, and US APO / FPO Military orders.
We do not ship International orders or accept International Credit Cards to ship to the USA.

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Toll Free Order Line 800-687-6202. Monday-Friday 9:00-5:30 CST.
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