Why don't you have FREE shipping?

We apologize if the shipping rates are high, but what we charge are the rates that FedEx and USPS charge us. We are a small family business and we do not get discounts from the carriers like large corporations do and certainly do not have our own delivery trucks like Amazon. The shipping rates are according to weight, not cost of item, and we do our best to keep the costs of our products low for this very reason. The material type of these products is limited quantity HAZMAT and can only ship ground, so we cannot offer economy shipping, rush shipping, or any other type of shipping on these materials because they don’t exist at this moment. Not to mention packaging HAZMAT is much more costly for us due to extra packing materials being required, but we do not add this to the charges. On most orders, the actual rate the carrier charges us after residential and fuel surcharges ends up being more than what we charge the customer. In other words, we as a small business, have to pay the carrier for shipping on every order with no discounts, so shipping is not free for us. To absorb "free shipping" and stay in business, we'd have to raise the prices of our products exponentially and we'd prefer not to do that because we like to be transparent about our pricing. If you are in NJ or the surrounding areas, we do have free curbside pickup by appointment.