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(12-01-2023, 04:34 PM)HighSpeed Wrote: Two things:

1.  Frank Dragonsbeard :  You definitely give good service, but what is a "forward shipper" please?

2.  AlphaFrank75  I like the packing peanuts idea, but at the risk of having to turn in my man card, I'm wondering how safe the scattered peanuts would be when you have grandbabies crawling around the premises.  Confused2   

Hi Mike

Ok so a lot of my customers that live out of the USA especially in Europe and Asia have forward shippers which includes their personal name and some kind of number to what I imagine is their account or it could even be a physical mailbox/bin etc This means when they place an order on the website for example I’m technically shipping an order to a USA address. I can usually tell if it is a forward shipper as I’m shipping to as many of those addresses often .

So hopefully I’ve explained things for you my friend

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(12-01-2023, 05:11 PM)DanLaw Wrote: HighSpeed , neither Dragonsbeard nor AlphaFrank75  but we do have 3 rescue Italian Greyhounds that will eat anything and gladly suffer the consequences (Italian Greyhounds, as with most good looking athletes, are neither the best nor the brightest).

We tear the boxes into small pieces and place in a large crystal bowl placed high and out of reach.

[Image: opSarZl.jpg]

From L>R: Ducé, Coco and Enzo (not to be confused with Maditalian Enzo)

Dan those dogs are super fast runners! How do you take them for walks?

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(12-01-2023, 04:34 PM)HighSpeed Wrote: Two things:

1.  Frank Dragonsbeard :  You definitely give good service, but what is a "forward shipper" please?

2.  AlphaFrank75  I like the packing peanuts idea, but at the risk of having to turn in my man card, I'm wondering how safe the scattered peanuts would be when you have grandbabies crawling around the premises.  Confused2   

Hi HighSpeed a lot of people in other countries will get a US shipping address.  These are to forwarding companies that ship bulk freight to the end recipient’s country and ultimately to them.  

There is a lot of intermediary handling.  

I candidly shipped something this way 2x to people.  One person it worked out perfectly for and one it cost me for their forwarders mess up.  

So my rule of thumb, same shipping address as PayPal address, or I’m not taking paypal. 

Too many games today, people damage things or their handler damages things and who is stuck fixing it, the seller.   

I’m as straight forward as it goes, I do what I say and I say what I do so if I had a problem others will too eventually.

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(12-01-2023, 05:08 AM)Dragonsbeard Wrote:
(11-30-2023, 06:35 PM)dtownvino Wrote: Anyone remember the Terry’s smashingly good orange chocolate balls?  I think that would must be marvelous.  Frank hinted orange and chocolate but I can’t picture the Johnny Depp Chocolat version of DB.

Dragonsbeard  the video is for you. 

https://youtu.be/_xPEaJ1hRNk?feature=shared

Ok so Mike you’ve let the cat out of the box. After smelling the Chocolate CO2 Extract & Sweet Orange Essential Oil blend I’ve made up my mind to come out with this blend this winter.  I am going to test adding some other notes and see how that goes but sometimes simple is better than complex. Btw this will be an easy blend to create a Skin Food Splash because Chocolate CO2 Extract is soluble in Alcohol but is very difficult to solublize in oil so it won’t be as easy to make the Shave soap but I know how to do it so I’m not that worried about it. 

Love to hear your thoughts on this blend.  Other than the Vanilla Safi I haven’t release a true gourmand aroma but this will definitely be one.
Some vanilla notes in this might be very nice….

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(12-01-2023, 06:14 PM)frenchy Wrote:
(12-01-2023, 05:08 AM)Dragonsbeard Wrote:
(11-30-2023, 06:35 PM)dtownvino Wrote: Anyone remember the Terry’s smashingly good orange chocolate balls?  I think that would must be marvelous.  Frank hinted orange and chocolate but I can’t picture the Johnny Depp Chocolat version of DB.

Dragonsbeard  the video is for you. 

https://youtu.be/_xPEaJ1hRNk?feature=shared

Ok so Mike you’ve let the cat out of the box. After smelling the Chocolate CO2 Extract & Sweet Orange Essential Oil blend I’ve made up my mind to come out with this blend this winter.  I am going to test adding some other notes and see how that goes but sometimes simple is better than complex. Btw this will be an easy blend to create a Skin Food Splash because Chocolate CO2 Extract is soluble in Alcohol but is very difficult to solublize in oil so it won’t be as easy to make the Shave soap but I know how to do it so I’m not that worried about it. 

Love to hear your thoughts on this blend.  Other than the Vanilla Safi I haven’t release a true gourmand aroma but this will definitely be one.
Some vanilla notes in this might be very nice….

That’s a good suggestion frenchy I’ll try it. I was thinking Tonka Bean might be good too.

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(This post was last modified: 12-01-2023, 06:50 PM by DanLaw.)
(12-01-2023, 05:49 PM)Dragonsbeard Wrote:
(12-01-2023, 05:11 PM)DanLaw Wrote: HighSpeed , neither Dragonsbeard nor AlphaFrank75  but we do have 3 rescue Italian Greyhounds that will eat anything and gladly suffer the consequences (Italian Greyhounds, as with most good looking athletes, are neither the best nor the brightest).

We tear the boxes into small pieces and place in a large crystal bowl placed high and out of reach.

[Image: opSarZl.jpg]

From L>R: Ducé, Coco and Enzo (not to be confused with Maditalian Enzo)

Dan those dogs are super fast runners! How do you take them for walks?

Enzo runs @50 miles/wk (albeit at a slow 8-8:30 min/mile pace). Coco is riddled with cancer but will do regular 3-4 mile walks.  Ducé was so physically neglected (weighed less than 6 pounds - looked as though he had just escaped a death camp) and emotionally abused by men before coming to us, 8 years later, he will not willingly permit my touching him, let alone be leashed and walked.

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(12-01-2023, 05:48 PM)Dragonsbeard Wrote:
(12-01-2023, 04:34 PM)HighSpeed Wrote: Two things:

1.  Frank Dragonsbeard :  You definitely give good service, but what is a "forward shipper" please?

2.  AlphaFrank75  I like the packing peanuts idea, but at the risk of having to turn in my man card, I'm wondering how safe the scattered peanuts would be when you have grandbabies crawling around the premises.  Confused2   

Hi Mike

Ok so a lot of my customers that live out of the USA especially in Europe and Asia have forward shippers which includes their personal name and some kind of number to what I imagine is their account or it could even be a physical mailbox/bin etc This means when they place an order on the website for example I’m technically shipping an order to a  USA address. I can usually tell if it is a forward shipper as  I’m shipping to as many of those addresses often . 

So hopefully I’ve explained things for you my friend

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Clear as day now Frank.  Thanks.

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(12-01-2023, 06:01 PM)dtownvino Wrote:
(12-01-2023, 04:34 PM)HighSpeed Wrote: Two things:

1.  Frank Dragonsbeard :  You definitely give good service, but what is a "forward shipper" please?

2.  AlphaFrank75  I like the packing peanuts idea, but at the risk of having to turn in my man card, I'm wondering how safe the scattered peanuts would be when you have grandbabies crawling around the premises.  Confused2   

Hi HighSpeed a lot of people in other countries will get a US shipping address.  These are to forwarding companies that ship bulk freight to the end recipient’s country and ultimately to them.  

There is a lot of intermediary handling.  

I candidly shipped something this way 2x to people.  One person it worked out perfectly for and one it cost me for their forwarders mess up.  

So my rule of thumb, same shipping address as PayPal address, or I’m not taking paypal. 

Too many games today, people damage things or their handler damages things and who is stuck fixing it, the seller.   

I’m as straight forward as it goes, I do what I say and I say what I do so if I had a problem others will too eventually.
REF the lightbulb in my post above:  Thanks Mike.  I'm sorry that happened to you.  Knowing your experience, and inasmuch as I have the luxury of avoiding forward shippers, I will do so.  Unlike Frank Dragonsbeard,  I don't have the volume to have the "Go Rights" more than compensate for any "Go Wrongs". 

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(This post was last modified: 12-01-2023, 09:32 PM by Dragonsbeard.)
(12-01-2023, 06:49 PM)DanLaw Wrote:
(12-01-2023, 05:49 PM)Dragonsbeard Wrote:
(12-01-2023, 05:11 PM)DanLaw Wrote: HighSpeed , neither Dragonsbeard nor AlphaFrank75  but we do have 3 rescue Italian Greyhounds that will eat anything and gladly suffer the consequences (Italian Greyhounds, as with most good looking athletes, are neither the best nor the brightest).

We tear the boxes into small pieces and place in a large crystal bowl placed high and out of reach.

[Image: opSarZl.jpg]

From L>R: Ducé, Coco and Enzo (not to be confused with Maditalian Enzo)

Dan those dogs are super fast runners! How do you take them for walks?

Enzo runs @50 miles/wk (albeit at a slow 8-8:30 min/mile pace). Coco is riddled with cancer but will do regular 3-4 mile walks.  Ducé was so physically neglected (weighed less than 6 pounds - looked as though he had just escaped a death camp) and emotionally abused by men before coming to us, 8 years later, he will not willingly permit my touching him, let alone be leashed and walked.

[Image: 4Ctdjuv.jpg]

Oh Wow Coco not doing well I knew about him but that's a sad story about Ducé. I don't get it when people abuse animals, children or the elderly. It really strikes a chord with me. I love the name Enzo as that's a perfect name for that speedster. Le Ferrari ..

Regards

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(12-01-2023, 05:11 PM)DanLaw Wrote: HighSpeed , neither Dragonsbeard nor AlphaFrank75  but we do have 3 rescue Italian Greyhounds that will eat anything and gladly suffer the consequences (Italian Greyhounds, as with most good looking athletes, are neither the best nor the brightest).

We tear the boxes into small pieces and place in a large crystal bowl placed high and out of reach.

[Image: opSarZl.jpg]

From L>R: Ducé, Coco and Enzo (not to be confused with Maditalian Enzo)
Handsome trio Danny boy. Enzo a handsome lad.

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