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A few words about shipping.
Most of our product is shipped via
ground
Many web sites offer "FREE SHIPPING"
We are not going to insult your intelligence and proclaim "FREE SHIPPING". When we build product, as any business must do, we include the cost of the steel, fabric, foam, coatings, labor, electricity, gas and all of the other expenses that go into the cost of the product. We add the cost of the box, padding and shipping charges into the cost of the product. On some expenses we use direct costs, such as the wood we use for the seats, and some expenses we use average costs. Fabric costs are average, as some fabrics cost more than others. We take our fabric cost for the year, add it up, divide it by the amount of fabric we bought and get an average cost per yard. We do the same thing for shipping. Obviously it cost more to ship to some locations than it does to others. We have found that using average shipping cost is less expensive than adding in the labor to calculate the shipping costs to the several hundred requests that we receive each week.
That does not add up to "FREE SHIPPING" any more than saying "FREE STEEL". What it does add up to is that it is easier for you, the end consumer, to know your real cost if the shipping is included in the price you see on the page.
There are two exceptions to this. One is for California residents. We back the shipping charges out of the price for tax purposes. We then collect tax on the product and add the shipping charges to get a total invoice. Consequently the invoice is less than if you took the total and just added the tax. For items shipped outside of the 48 contiguous states, we subtract the shipping costs that are built into the product and add the actual shipping costs to your address.
Most items are priced with shipping included to the 48 contiguous states.
For shipping to Hawaii, Alaska and addresses outside of the United States, please contact the factory for shipping charges.