Global Shipping Rates from Animalushop.com

1  Our 2012 shipping rates at Animalushop.com are shipping costs based on delivery of IN-STOCK products from a single fulfillment center, and packaged inside a single box. Shipping costs for your order will be reviewed on order entry and either approved or submitted to you for your review and approval prior to entry of your order.
USPS Flat Rate Shipping Chart
	United States	Canada & Mexico	Global Priority
	Envelope (12.5" x 9.5") $13.95	Envelope (4 lb Max) (12.5" x 9.5") $14.95	Envelope (4 lb Max) (12.5" x 9.5") $19.95
	Box (5-3/8” x 8-5/8” x 1-5/8”) $13.95	Box (4 lb Max) (5-3/8” x 8-5/8” x 1-5/8”) $14.95	Box (4 lb Max) (5-3/8” x 8-5/8” x 1-5/8”) $19.95
	Standard (13-5/8" x 11-7/8" x 3-3/8") $15.95	Standard (20 lb Max) (13-5/8" x 11-7/8" x 3-3/8") $32.95	Standard (20 lb Max) (13-5/8" x 11-7/8" x 3-3/8") $54.95
	Standard (11" x 8.5" x 5.5") $15.95	Standard (20 lb Max) (11" x 8.5" x 5.5") $32.95	Standard (20 lb Max) (11" x 8.5" x 5.5") $54.95
	Large (12" x 12" x 5.5") $17.95	Large (20 lb Max) (12" x 12" x 5.5") $41.95	Large (20 lb Max) (12" x 12" x 5.5") $69.95
USPS Flat Rate Mail Shipping Fees are Available Subject to the Weight and Package Size Restrictions Noted Above. Flat rate shipping services are only available upon our internal review and approval of your order after order entry. If at any time you wish to have us review your special order prior to finalizing your order with a credit card payment, you may check out from our shopping cart using an EMAIL checkout option. By selecting this checkout option, your order will be transmitted to us by email for our review and approval. If we can service your order to your satisfaction, we can take credit card payment information via telephone. Global package size restrictions: 66lbs max - 42" Long and a maximum of 79" combined length and girth European package size restrictions: 66 lbs max - 60" Long and a maximum of 108" combined length and girth

Expedited Shipping Services at Animalushop.com

At this time, we have not automated the selection of expedited shipping services from our website. The selection of expedited shipping services is expensive and making a commitment to an overnight delivery requires personalized attention of our customer service representatives. We provide the following chart for price reference:

General Shipping Information at Animalushop.com

We ship zoo animal gifts and accessories around the World at Animalushop.com. With the rising costs of fuel around the World, shipping costs are rising at a rapid rate. You will find that the best way to get maximum value out of your shipping costs is to execute larger order sizes. You will find that your shipping costs per item will decrease rapidly when you select multiple items. Your shipping costs are directly proportional to the total weight, number of packages, and dimensional size of your packages. We make every attempt to automate an accurate shipping cost quote to you on our website, but shipping costs quoted herein are not final until we review and approve your order as entered. We must maintain this right to review your order entry since we maintain an inventory of thousands of unique items and each of these items has a wide variety of shapes, sizes, product weight, and sometimes differing shipping points of origin. We do not maintain an accurate table of individual product weights since this data is not available from all of the vendors with which we do business. If at any time you feel that your shipping costs quoted by our website to be unreasonable, please send us an email inquiry and request that we take a closer look at the shipping costs quoted for your order.

SHIPPING RESPONSIBILITY:
Most of our shipments from Animalushop.com are delivered from our primary fulfillment center located near boston, MA. Some of our shipments for Special Order Items are shipped directly from our vendor(s) facilities which would be located at a third party address. International shipments are procured by our freight forwarding facility located near Boston, MA and international shipments are all sent via USPS Priority Mail Service. Our shipments of YOUR products are offered F.O.B. Point of Origin. This means that it is important for you to to note that shipping is YOUR responsibility. You should select and compensate us for the shipping service which will best suit the needs of your shipment - including the addition of insurance should you desire to insure your package against loss or shipping damage. This means that you can not elect the most economical method of shipping and hold us responsible for shipping loss, damage, or other responsibility beyond the scope of your purchase commitment. Shipping loss or damage is the responsibility of the carrier - not Animalushop.com. Your ability to be compensated through the carrier of choice is dependent on the service which you elect. Please choose your carrier and service carefully. If you have any questions related to shipping services, every carrier describes its services and responsibilities in extensive detail on their respective website(s).

INTERNATIONAL DUTIES & VALUE ADDED TAXES:
International customers may be subject to taxes, duties, and/or customs fees upon receipt of their order. Under no circumstances have we stated or implied that Animalushop.com has paid or will pay your taxes due to your local tax authorities. DO NOT refuse your shipment to avoid your tax obligations! We will not credit you any expense incurred as a result of your refusal of a shipment. Please see also UNDELIVERABLE PACKAGES below.

Due to varying custom laws, we cannot advise you if you will incur custom fees. Please check with your local customs department if you have questions related to importation of products from the United States!

UNDELIVERABLE PACKAGES:
International and domestic customers beware! Unless we made an error in processing your shipment, you are responsible to assure package delivery services. You are responsible to provide an accurate shipping address; and, if your signature is required upon delivery, you are responsible to be present to receive the delivery. Please be sure to specify your delivery address as necessary to receive your package in a timely manner from the shipping carrier. If we incurr additional expense from the carrier for repeated delivery attempts, undeliverable mail, unclaimed mail, adult not present, returned and/or refused packages (unless we made an error), you hereby expressly agree to allow us to charge these additional expenses against your previously authorized credit card and/or online check payment account.

For complete details regarding our Terms and Conditions of Sale, please see our TERMS page.
For complete details regarding our Returns Policy, please see our RETURNS page.