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See us at TUSCON 2010 at our new venue:
Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show!

Jan 28 - Feb 14 2010

WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE AND ONLINE Shop !!!

To those returning customers, you will notice a huge increase in the number of items listed; new visitors will just be amazed by our assortment and array of minerals, mineral collecting related supplies and gemological equipment. This is all possible due our ongoing collaboration with long time German dealer, good friend and collecting buddy Mathias at Mikon. You can see all of the web offerings at his site, mikon-online.com, in German or English or peruse the 18,000+ items copied so far to our site.

Fold up boxes, Geo-tac, flats, zubers, Geiger counters, perky boxes and an assortment of other plastics are in Stock in Gilbert, AZ and ready for ship immediately; please e-mail me at xlhunter@msn.com to verify inventory status.

However, please realize that the vast majority of our new website inventory items are NOT IN STOCK IN OUR ARIZONA WAREHOUSE!

For all the “not in U.S. inventory items”, you have 2 choices upon ordering; Pay for shipping directly from Germany, wait an expected 5-7 days for processing and then for shipping directly to you from Germany (10-14 days for small light items) OR;

Pay an estimated shipping from Gilbert, AZ (85234) and wait until we have a pallet shipped; (currently about every 6 weeks,  but we hope to increase this dramatically with volume) then you pay an amortized shipping fee across the entire pallet weight / customs fee based your  items’ weight and customs value. Generally speaking this 2^nd method will save you money.

SHIPPING COSTS

Minimum shipping charges are $7; Small parcels are more expensive by the pound! Overages in shipping paid will

 be refunded. To most of the U.S. from Gilbert, AZ 85234 shipping averages $1/pound; the far N.E. : NY and beyond  

$1.40/pound

PRE-Calculating ACTUAL shipping cost of your order is essentially impossible.

We could quote a random $/lb rate and have the shipping calculator on the website, attempt to add the items

together and give you a dollar amount, but his would force us to quote high so as to not  lose money on shipping

sometimes. Face it: Companies that offer minimal or free shipping must be making it up elsewhere. That elsewhere

is the price you pay for the items you order. Rest assured we are not out to make money on your shipping; but we

cannot lose it there either.

For practical reasons we will not have actual shipping calculated by the site;

 Instead, approximate shipping weights will be listed in the item description so you can add them up and estimate

for  yourself; (both USPS & UPS have pretty accurate  shipping calculators on their sites.) Do not forget about

“dimensional weight”  (for light but bulky items) and the weight/ volume of the packing materials & the

box itself.  When your items are packaged and REAL shipping costs are figured I will contact you for balance of

payment.   Please e-mail me for details, questions at xlhunter@msn.com

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All our documents from the Tucson Show 2008 got stolen. If you have a pending order with Mikon or Shannon, please resend it. If you paid us with a check on Friday 15th or Saturday 16th of Feb. please be so kind to send us a new check, since they got all stolen as well. If you gave us you card and told us to look for something, please remind us again, that information is lost as well.

+++ please note: only customers from AZ have to pay 7.8 % sales tax !! +++

        We are working hard to bring you a shop source for all of your mineral collecting hobby needs. Display specimen to rare species, fold up boxes (and soon the cottom to line them with) classy euro style plastic display cases and the mineral tac to mount your specimen...... Zuber trimmers, power sprayer water guns, microscopes and much, much more. all coming to this site for your convenience.

ANNOUNCING:

NEW THUMBNAIL (“PERKY”) CASES!  BLACK ACRYLIC SQUARES!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST AND AT LONG LAST: JEWELERS COTTON;

SEE OUR NEW LISTINGS!

PLEASE BE AWARE: When trying to pay with pay pal the site is experiencing a glitch;

the payment comes through ok, but the order itself does not transmit!

To ensure quick processing I suggest: copy the order itself into an e-mail to me with the

subject line “PAY PAL GLITCH”.  Then pay using pay pal.

 FOR MY NON-U.S. CUSTOMERS: Parcels over 4 pounds MUST be shipped priority mail

at a much higher cost…but you get it in 6-10 days…

however the shipping calculator can’t seem to figure this out either…contact me for more

accurate costs.

THANKS FOR YOUR BUSINESS!

And do not forget to catch our e-bay auctions under “Zackymouse” for great individual

mineral specimens