Z-Beads: Made To Order

4. Made to order. This link takes you to the page you are on now. Make your selections from my Gallery. Please read this page before placing your order.

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ORDERING/PRICING/COMPLETION TIME:

Please email me with your request(s), and I will reply with the pricing. Please roll your cursor over the titles next to the pictures in the Gallery, and if they are RETIRED (no longer available for order) a little image that says so will pop up in the place of the title.

It will help to send a link to your requests in your email. I do not have a price list for everything in the Galleries, so please limit your price inquiry to whatever sets or beads you are interested in ordering.

The current estimated completion time is mid september. I over estimate to give myself a little cushion in case something comes up, so it could be sooner. I complete orders in the order I receive them, and I've been known to get a little backlogged, particularly if I get several orders in a short period of time. If you have placed an order, I will check in with you before I start on it to be absolutely sure you are still interested.

I do not forget about Made To Orders! However, if I cannot reach you by the email address you provide (for instance, if it bounces or if I receive no response for over a week) I will not complete your order. If you are no longer interested, please extend me the courtesy of responding and telling me so. There will be no hard feelings and you will be welcome to order at a later date. If you have an order pending and change your email address, please notify me at your earliest convenience.

Orders From The Gallery:

I am always taking orders for soda lime beads from the Gallery, so feel free to place an order at any time. Although I am often very busy, don't ever feel as if you are bothering me with an order. I thrive on Made To Orders, so to those of you who don't mind waiting a while to get your beads, a huge THANKS is due!

There is no minimum order requirement, but I ask that you limit your order to 2 sets of beads, and/or not to exceed 20 beads per order. (But there is a little wiggle room, just so you know). This will be pretty easy since most of my bead sets are fairly small, say 7-13 beads per set. You are welcome to order a few individual beads, as well - you are not obligated to order an entire set. If you want only a few of the beads in a set, that is also doable. Once you have placed your order, I will not accept payment until I have completed your beads and sent a picture for your approval.

Why the limit? It helps me maintain a reasonable completion time, stay on top of things, and leaves plenty of uncluttered space in my grey matter for attention to quality. This also allows me some "me time" at the torch to play and explore new ideas, which come to me often. You will find the "me time beads" on Ebay and in my Superstars offerings. Many of the me-time/eBay/Superstars beads will show up in my website Gallery at some point if I decide I enjoy making them, and will be available for order at that time. I consider each set a limited edition, so I will retire a set after I have made it a few times.

Absolutely, positively NO custom orders, which include custom designs or color combinations. Please choose what best suits your tastes from my Gallery.

Borosilicate Glass Beads

I don't make borosilicate beads very often. I make them for about a week or two, and then I'm done with them for a while. I work with boro about 3 or 4 times a year. Currently, my borosilicate bead sets are only available on ebay. However, if you are interested only in single boro beads, you may purchase up to 3 directly from me. Please inquire about availability/pricing.

If you are unsure about the difference between soda lime and borosilicate glass, please click on the pictures in the gallery and read the details next to the pictures, which will say either "borosilicate" or "soda lime" glass. After a few comparisons, you will be able to make the distinction at a glance. All borosilicate beads and sets in the Gallery are retired because they will never be duplicated.

PAYMENT/SHIPPING:

Shipping to the US:
I accept PayPal or Money Order. No Checks. Your beads will be shipped when I receive payment in full. I will email you when I mail your beads, and prompt shipment is one thing I needn't ponder the meaning of - it's quite simple, really. If you opt to pay with PayPal, I will notify you and send an invoice when your order is complete. If paying with a Money Order, you can either send it when you place your order, or send it when your order is complete. This is up to you.

**I accept and prefer PayPal payments from CONFIRMED PayPal accounts. If you are a first time buyer and have an Unconfirmed PayPal address, please notify me of this BEFORE sending payment.**

NOTE: My PayPal account is under my husband's name and email address, not my name or z-beads. If in doubt, please carefully read the subject line, (which will state the name of the beads you are expecting to be invoiced for) and the amount you are being asked to pay. Be sure the email address it was sent from ends with sbcglobal.net. If you are still unsure, please don't hesitate to email me.

$4.75 for Priority Shipping and Delivery Confirmation. Insurance is optional and at your expense. What you pay for insurance depends on the total of your order.

Insurance Fees:

$1.70 ................ $0.01 to $50
$2.15 ................ $50.01 to $100
$2.60 ................ $100.01 to $200
$4.60 ................ $200.01 to $300
$5.55 ................ $300.01 to $400
$6.50 ................ $400.01 to $500
$7.45 ................ $500.01 to $600
$7.45 plus $0.95 per $100 or fraction thereof over $600 to $5,000.

If the total of your order exceeds $200, I will split the insurance charge with you 50/50.

Shipping To Canada:
I accept PayPal ONLY. No Checks or Money Orders. I ship Priority International for $9.95. I use the flat rate envelope, and bubble wrap the beads in several layers for safe shipping. First Class International is also available, and the charge depends on weight. Please let me know if you prefer this shipping method.

Other Countries:
I accept PayPal ONLY. No Checks, Money Orders or Bank Transfers. I ship Priority International for $11.95. I use the flat rate envelope, and bubble wrap the beads in several layers for safe shipping. First Class International is also available, and the charge depends on weight. Please let me know if you prefer this shipping method.

An Important Note For ALL non-US Buyers:

INSURANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE unless you opt for regular (non flat rate) Priority International, which is more than twice the cost of (flat rate) Priority International, and the insurance fees are an additional charge.

If for some reason you aren't completely happy with your beads (the entire bunch, or just a few of them), the colors aren't quite what you wanted, or they are too weird for your jewelry - I would like you to take some time to think about it. Please contact me within 5 days after getting them if you don't warm up to them or figure out a way to make them work in that time frame. Here are your options:

1. I can refund your money. I will send it through PayPal, or send you a money order for the full amount, including what you paid for shipping when I mailed them to you.

2. You may exchange them for something else, of equal or lesser value. If you want something of greater value, that's fine, just be prepared to pay the difference.

A refund or exchange will happen after I receive the beads you want to exchange/want a refund for, and ONLY if they are in the same condition they were in when I sent them. This means no chips or serious abrasions from being dropped or stepped on. (Unless the damage is from my technical error and the return has already been agreed upon for this reason). When you pack them up for return, I expect they will be wrapped in bubble wrap with padding around them in the box, whether it is newspaper, plastic bags or packing peanuts - whichever you have - as long as it's the same safe way they were sent to you, and the bubble wrapped beads do not move around when you shake the box. Do not just throw the beads in a box and mail them (with no padding or protection whatsoever) , because they are glass and glass can break when treated with such disrespect. Any damage to the beads as a result of blatant carelessness will void your refund/exchange.

One more thing worth mentioning - Buying beads online is different from buying them in person. Digital representation of color, texture and shape is never 100% accurate. The camera is not as discerning as the human eye, and there will always be little differences between pictures of beads and the same beads in your hand. I like to think my photos come pretty darn close to the real thing, and if there is a discrepancy, I will always point it out. I will never deliberately misrepresent color, shape or quality. For example, my camera has a tendency to make pinks, reds and oranges a bit pinker than they are - not always, it seems to vary with whatever mood my camera is in that day. All I can really do is try to represent the color *I* see and I usually do a pretty allright job. But this is while looking at my computer monitor. What you see on your monitor may be different, and this is simply beyond my control. I do my very best to give you the most accurate representation I can.

Did you read everything? Good. HAVE FUN!!!
If you have a question that I did not answer above, please email me!