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Creighton

Try having to sent to the drum store I'm Lockport (Buffalo) Paul..

Then go pick it up...remove all the wrapping,plastic etc...

And drive over the border and yr done..

Shipping from Cal to Buf should be $10/

Or try Precision,..to Buffalo...same deal..?

Thanks guys. Pm replied to Creighton...

We used to have a really cool '79 Grand Prix, loved that car and nothing wrong with it, but insurance killed that....kinda reminds me of shipping costs lol. But yeah it would be super awesome to road trip to Buffalo.....

Y'know I called Michaels [crafts] in Toronto about this. The saleswoman told me it was "too specialized" for them to carry - BS! They have the Martha Stewart dust, and other types of glitter, and every blog I looked at while researching this had folks gushing about how the German Glass is the best stuff out there.........so stock it already! :)

Here's the deal - it's $16.00 US for a 1lb bag at SOC; $30 to $45 everywhere else. Or you can get 1 to 4 oz bottles for around $5 [not SOC]. So that's great right? But since they use UPS, the total layout is $58 and change. That's 58 US dollars, so, close to $70 CDN. We've had great experiences with USPS, is there something I'm missing as to why in the heck any American business wouldn't use USPS? Even when the customer requests it?

Mitch

Think it boils down to lazy. Takes 1 minute to fill out the customs form. Then you must go to the post office. If I didn't ship cross border/oversea's revenue would take a 40 percent hit. Funny, Canada customs is slower than most east bloc countries.

Creighton

It's the cold, don't ya know eh? It's cooold.

I should point out that SOC does use USPS, not for Canada though. Sorry about the rant either way; I get fixated on sourcing something and start to get that "you can't get there from here" feeling lol

Mitch

I did not hear back from SaveOnCrafts about the grit they have. So, I went ahead and called Meyer Imports - they have every colour and every grit available from the manufacturer. I ordered 1lb of 80 grit for $33.95, which is twice the price of SOC, but the shipping, after I joined as a retailer [we run a small business transferring 8mm & 16mm to digital], was $7 and change.

So the total, $41.00 and change, was only $18.00 less than with SOC, but with the [very important to me] difference that the bulk of the money *went to the folks providing the product*, not shipping.

Can't wait to get this stuff! Check the photo out, it's gorgeous stuff. I'll be going for a look very close to "Vintage Nickel Sparkle", which to my eyes is just jaw-dropping awesome.

Mitch

This will be fun to at watch, please post lots of pics.

Abso - Lootely Jeff! :)

This time I will post a step-by-step pictorial tutorial. I'm looking forward to trying tint in the acrylic gel medium to get a ginger-aled look. Although the Dura Lar does come in tinted sheets as well, the stuff right up the street is clear so that's what I'm using. I have lots of leftover Dura Lar scraps to play with, gonna get it just right this time.

One of the things I love about this particular glitter is that it is real silver and will tarnish over time.

Mitch