Heat and Soaps

Looks like it seperated, I don't know if you'll save that one.

Clayton

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Sometimes my memory surprises even me. I dont want to say I am never mistaken, but here is the thread I spoke of. The thread was started exaclty one yr ago today. (excluding leap days, years, minutes and seconds for those that want to correct me) Then closed by admin at op request. Oasis, I think you will find reading through this closed thread most of the remarks will be the same for your thread as almost the same circumstances apply.

https://damnfineshave.com/thread-a-reall...er-service

I remember that thread. In fact, when I opened this I had at first expected that old thread to have been resurrected...

My opinion hasn't changed. My experiences haven't changed. It's hot. There is no way for me or the artisan/vendor to control the shipping process to the point where climate situations are guaranteed throughout the journey.

If I know it's going to be 100*F or 30*F, I don't order soaps. This prevents me being disappointed when my soap arrives either liquefied or frozen solid.

I live in the high desert of California. This means that out of 12 months in a year, there is maybe 3 that I avoid ordering soap for fear that it will be exposed to temperature extremes for extended periods of time.

Sure, that's 25% if the year, but to preserve the sanity of both myself and my favorite vendors, it's worth it!

Besides, if there is an LE or a BST offer I can't resist, I am smart enough to know that in about 95% of cases, the temperature extremes will not be enough to cause permanent damage or performance failure....Sometimes it's worth the minimal risk involved...


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We could always ship soaps in Styrofoam containers with blue ice packs like those Kansas city beef companies. I can see it know ' honey, these hamburgers smell like sandalwood.'

When I was in the business of breeding and selling reptiles, I used to pack critters in styrofoam containers with either hot or cold packs to prevent hypo and hyperthermic conditions that can cause major health problems, including respiratory infection or death. I sold and shipped thousands of snakes around the continental US and never had a snake arrive dead.

With that said, I always used overnight guaranteed shipping and worked diligently with the buyer to watch weather patterns for both my area and theirs, and often spent weeks waiting for the weather patterns to be favorable, and timing to be such that the buyer would be home when FedEx or DHL arrived with their new babies.

It took a lot of exceptional effort on both my part and the buyers part to make certain that the animals would survive the experience. I can't imagine a soap maker putting forth the same effort for a tub of soap, and the $60 price tag of FedEx Priority Express Guaranteed Overnight is probably a little cost prohibitive...


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