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Almost ordered something until the shipping costs doubled the price.
by mynameishere 18y ago
Almost ordered something until the shipping costs doubled the price.
- fooddude 18y agoShipping perishables can be expensive, especially when you're talking about ice cream or meat or vegan tamales. What we're hoping to do is get enough foodmakers to sign up so that we can have more regionalized products that don't have to travel as far (and hence, have lower shipping costs). One extreme example we have currently, is Dee's Mini Organic Doughnuts, which have $0 shipping costs for the consumer but also have a limited delivery area (SF Bay Area). Imagine if there were many mini doughnut makers in small and large cities...
- tlb 18y agoYeah, but when you get the ice cream it's packed in dry ice. You can have a Moment of Science as you drop them into warm water. If you put a fair dollar value on your time, it's shocking how much a trip to the grocery store costs.
- babyshake 18y agoGreat idea. I just started using a local CSA and love it. This is a perfect site for the farmers market crowd.
- unexpected 18y agoYou'd have to do this. I was incredibly tempted to get some buffalo meat, but when you price it all out, it's still more expensive that going to whole foods and getting it (plus at whole foods I get to see the meat in front of me). Looks like a great idea though. Would love to see more exotic meats on there (venison? quail? ostrich?). When costs become comparable to Whole Foods, I'll definitely be placing an order!
- mechanical_fish 18y agoIs there any way to search by region? I wanted to build a search restricted to vendors in New England, where shipping costs to Boston are probably lower, but I couldn't immediately figure out how to do so. For obvious reasons I expect many if not most of the vendors to be on the West Coast, but hope springs eternal...