Shipping Information

Ground Shipping:

Orders within the U.S. over $20 are shipped free via FedEx Ground (Hawaii and Alaska do not qualify for free shipping). All Ground shipments go out within three business days of the order being placed. Business days are Monday through Friday. There is a minimum shipping charge of $4.50 for all orders under $20.

Expedited Shipping:

Customers have the option to pay for expedited shipping (2-Day or Express Saver/3-Day) at our actual FedEx corporate discounted cost. All expedited shipments placed before noon Pacific Time, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) go out the same day. Orders for expedited shipments placed after noon go out the next business day.

For FedEx 2-Day or FedEx Express Saver (3-Day) shipments, the 2 or 3 days does not include the day it was shipped nor does it include Saturdays or Sundays. Thus, if you place a FedEx 2-Day order on Thursday at 1pm, it will go out on Friday and be delivered on Tuesday by 4:30pm.

All expedited shipments are delivered by FedEx before 4:30pm on the scheduled delivery day.

Overnight Shipping / Saturday Delivery / Special Circumstances:

If you need faster service, please contact customerservice (@minimus.biz) and arrangements will be made if possible.

P.O. Box Shipping:

FedEx does not ship to P.O. boxes. Shipments to P.O. boxes will go out via USPS. USPS orders valued over $40 will be insured via a third party insurance company. While we can provide proof of shipment for USPS orders valued less than $40, we are not responsible for those orders once they leave our facility.

Shipments to Armed Forces:

Shipments to military post offices (i.e. APO or FPO) can only be shipped via the U.S. Postal Service.

Please note, that when you checkout, you must place the APO or the FPO part of the address in the ‘city’ field. In the state field, if your address is ‘AE,’ then choose ‘Armed Forces Other Area,’ or if your address is ‘AP,’ then choose ‘Armed Forces Pacific’ from the pull down list of choices. The postal code / zip code is the zip code you have (if it begins with a ‘9’ it goes out via the military post office in San Francisco, if it begins with a ‘0’ then it goes out via the military post office in New York).

While we use a third-party insurance company for our USPS shipments valued over $40, the insurance company will not insure APO/FPO packages due to the troops always on the move and packages that get lost, as well as the theft issues that have been reported. Thus, while we can provide proof of shipment, we cannot be responsible for APO/FPO packages once they leave our facility.

International Shipments:

Shipping is via U.S. Postal Service. Currently, our software is not accurately tied into the USPS computer system for international shipments, and thus will provide incorrect pricing on international shipments. Please contact customer service for the correct pricing for your shipment, or if you have placed your order, we will immediately respond with the appropriate shipping costs at which time you can determine whether you would like to continue or cancel your order.

If you would like to use FedEx for your international shipment, please contact customerservice(@minimus.biz) for special arrangements.

For international shipments, all duties, fees, licenses, taxes, and adherence to local laws, regulations and customs, and any other such international issues are the sole responsibility of the customer.

Items Marked Ground Only

We carry several items (hairspray, shave cream aerosol, other aerosols, items with antibacterial alcohol content, etc.) that are considered hazardous materials by the U.S. Department of Transportation. We have chosen to limit the shipping of these items to Ground. Thus, they are not available for Hawaii, Alaska, International, or APO/FPO military orders.

Special arrangements can be made to ship these items via air, but there is a $50 surcharge, per box, for the extra special labeling, paperwork, fees, and handling that must be done. Contact our customerservice (@minimus.biz) to make these special arrangements.

Shipping to Prisons

Previously, we have shipped to prisons, but have found that a majority of these shipments were being rejected as the items were not appropriate. Thus, we have discontinued shipping to prisons. If you do choose to ship to a prison, and it is not spotted by our shipping department and stopped, and your package is rejected by the prison, we cannot provide a refund.