Instructions for Shipping Samples

The samples of real commercial product, in standard sizes and pairs*, are required for the listing.

Pay attention please:
The shipment of Free Samples provides important information about your customer service, flexibility in shipping, the delivery time, the quality of products, and also it is the measure of your generosity.
If in doubt as to Size or Quantity, or have additional offer, please enquire.

Received samples will be used for the promotion of the product and your company - not for resale.

To qualify as a usable samples, you must remember that primary function of these samples is to be promoted by displaying their pictures in the material pages of the Master Index.
Pairs* - if your product is normally used and sold in pairs - example: knife handle scales.
Sizes of Wood, or man-made materials:
Sticks, or sheets long or wide enough to make a pair of standard size (3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5") scales
3/16" minimum thickness.
Bone, Ivory, MOP, Recon stone, or other miscellaneous materials or products: Contact me to discuss the sizes you have available.
Mailing any other types of samples is pretty much pointless, single knife handle scales will be discarded.
I will request good quality pictures of extra products by email for inclusion on the material pages of the Index. This will give you more coverage at no additional expense.
Samples are expected to be shipped without unreasonable delay, that is you should
treat this shipment as you would treat any real customer's order - You would normally ship the order within a couple of days.
Shipping is a cost that you want to minimize, so consider the additional cost of shipping additional samples if your first handful is not adequate.

Instructions for Shipping up Samples:
When you are mailing me your free samples for the Supplier Listing,
Write into the package contents:
Wood, Bone samples (replace Wood, Bone with what ever types you are sending)
You must give it a value, small like your real manufacturing cost, not a resale price, it is not a sale.
In absence of any entered Value, the contents will be evaluated in real resale value of similar product in Canada
Canadian Customs now charge GST+PST+$5.00 collecting fee even on Gifts evaluated by them to be over $60 Canadian
As the samples have to clear Customs, the clearing company charges me about $28 for doing all necessary paperwork.

Check boxes Gift / Commercial samples. Sign.

There were many confusions about this in the past, and again despite these instruction, so please, do not take it personally:
Figuratively speaking: I am not interested in "purchasing"your samples from third parties
(customs brokerage firm)
so I can provide listings for your company.

You also cover the cost of shipping, so please, make sure that there is sufficient postage paid.
Never mail your samples up by COD.
If you are shipping your samples in Canada or from USA - Do not mail samples by courier - use the regular mail.

From Overseas, regular AIR MAIL works the best.
Avoid mailing your samples from abroad by Global Express to Canada - they do not deliver your package to the prepaid address destination:
Your package is handed over to a customs brokerage couriers at the border, and held there for ransom of extra $27.50 handling fee before it is dumped to the Post Office for regular delivery.

From USA use USPS options as mentioned above, plus you can use the following:
World Post Air Mail, Global Priority Mail, or Corporate Express

Advise by email what items you have sent and when.

My Receiving Address
Tony Hnilica
*AJH* Custom Knives & Services
PO Box 657 LYTTON, B.C.
CANADA, V0K-1Z0
[(250)455-2594]

Please, do include your contact information - return address and your email - in the package, also if you do have any printed flyers, price lists, prospects.

Thank you for your patience and understanding

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