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Tell Us What You Want!
Our overriding policy is simple.
LMI wants to be your source for guitar woods, materials, supplies, and
tools, and we are committed to making sure that you are happy with your
purchase. We invite you to mention in the special instructions box on
the checkout page exactly what you are looking for, especially in the
case of wood items. We take pride in taking the extra effort to help
you make your project a success.
Privacy
The information you provide is kept within our company.
Custom instruments are not a commodity; neither are our customers identities
or the services and materials we provide for them. We appreciate the
opportunity to do business with you as an individual customer, and none
of the information you provide or that is generated through our relationship
is for sale or other distribution. Likewise, we do not purchase or use
any sorts of mailing lists.
Location Phones Hours Visitors
Luthiers Mercantile International, Inc. is
located at
7975 Cameron Dr., Bldg. 1600, Windsor, CA 95492.
Reach us by phone at 1-800-477-4437 (domestic toll free) or 707-687-2020 (International
or Local).
Fax us at 707-687-2014.
Our phones are staffed M-F 8:30 - 5:00.
Although we no longer offer over-the-counter sales, our shipping department now has a customer pickup area for orders placed by phone or internet. Will Call is open Monday through Friday, 9-4:00, Pacific
time.
We occasionally provide
warehouse tours for educational institutions and small
groups. Please call to make arrangements well in advance.
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Domestic Shipping
Our Accelerated Shipment Arrival Pledge
is simple. Based on your location, we choose a 2 or 3 day method to ship
anywhere in the continental U.S. Under this plan, your package is guaranteed
to arrive within 3 to 5 business days. (Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays
are not business days.) If it is not there on the 5th day, your shipping
charges will be refunded. In
most cases, our basic service is so good that you will not need to pay
extra for expedited service.
Domestic
Shipping with  |
| Order Amount |
|
3 day |
2 day |
| 0.00 - $50.00 |
$8.50 |
$13.50 |
$1750 |
| 50.01-100.00 |
$10.50 |
$15.50 |
$19.50 |
| $100.01 - $200.00 |
$12.50 |
$17.50 |
$21.50 |
| $200.01 - $400.00 |
$14.50 |
$19.50 |
$23.50 |
| $400.01 - and up |
$16.50 |
$21.50 |
$25.50 |
For example, if you order on a Thursday, your order
will usually arrive the following Tuesday (Count Friday as day one.).
If it is not there by Thursday, your shipping costs are refunded. This
offer does not include special requests (find me a board with wide grain) nor serviced items (joined backs, slotted fingerboards, special
order truss rods, etc.), since these items require time in house
before they are shipped, nor does the arrival guarantee apply when the
customer specifies a shipping method such as USPS or UPS.
Shipments to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico ship via Priority mail. Our ASAP guarantee does not apply (the post office does not guarantee Priority Mail shipments) but your order will usually arrive within 5 days. Standard ASAP shipping rates apply, except where an item is marked with a  .
Expedited shipping is available in the contiguous United States. Except for items, which are charged actual freight, three day service costs an extra $5.00 and 2 day service costs an extra $9.00. If your order is placed before 12:00 PST (3:00 p.m. EST), it will ship the same day. Of course, this does not include serviced items and special requests, or the exceptions mentioned below.
Our guarantee applies to most of the items we sell. But there are certain
very heavy, oddly shaped, or dangerous items that require an extra
day or have other restrictions. On our shopping cart these items are indicated with a or
a  or a . Unless it is HAZMAT , there is
no extra charge when an order containing these items is shipped in the contiguous 48 states
under our program,
but the order is guaranteed to arrive in 4-6 days, not 3-5 (longer to
Hawaii and Alaska, where actual shipping rates are charged.). If an item is flagged with a  it may not be exported, usually because it is subject to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).
In addition, items marked with a are
Dangerous Materials (ORMD) and only ship ground and are only available
in the contiguous 48 states. Items marked with a are Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) and are only available in the contiguous 48 states.
Special Shipping Charges: By law, items with a must conform to federal hazardous material regulations when shipped. All carriers who are certified to handle Hazardous Materials (such as
FedEx) charge $20 to handle HAZMAT packages, so we must add this to your shipping charge. We do not keep any of this fee. We only ship HAZMAT items with Fedex, not the Post Office or UPS or DHL.There is one $20 HAZMAT fee per package, so it may be in your interest to consolidate your purchase of Ivoroid and Tortoise products as much as possible. HAZMAT deliveries require a signature.
All orders that we ship are insured, but in some cases it will
take several weeks to complete a claim for you.
International Shipping
The actual cost of shipping will be calculated
and added when your order is shipped. Please indicate in the instruction
box on the checkout page if you want a quote of shipping costs before
your order is shipped. The shipping quote will be emailed to you, and
we will await your approval before shipping. DHL, FedEx, and USPS are
also available for International Shipping. Use the special instruction
box on the checkout page if you have a preference.
Please note:
1) We recommend Fed-Ex for the best
service and the best value. Once shipped, orders will arrive in 3 to
5 days.
2) Global Priority Mail (not trackable) and Global Express Mail (trackable) services are sometimes a little less expensive
than FedEx, but not always.
Items marked with a or a or a are not available to International customers.
The charges for your country’s taxes or import duties are not included in your payment to us for your purchase or shipping. These costs, if any, are your additional responsibility.
All international deliveries require a signature for receipt of the package.
A Shipping Quote is Quick and Easy! |
| 1. |
When you checkout, indicate in the 'special instructions'
box that you want a shipping quote. We will email you
a shipping quote for several carriers (FedEx, Parcel post
etc.)usually within a few hours, though occasionally overnight.
We will not process your credit card until you have responded
to this email. If you choose not to enter a credit card number at
this time, type in "shipping quote only". |
| 2. |
Respond to the email you receive from us, stating which carrier you prefer. We will
then charge your credit card and ship your order. You do not need to enter your order again. |
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Returning or Exchanging an Item
Please examine your purchase immediately upon receipt.
You can return an item to us within 2 weeks of receiving it (for
exchange or refund), for any reason so long as you discuss
your return with a salesperson beforehand (by phone, fax or email).
After 2 weeks, we may charge you a 15% restocking fee
for any return. All returns after 60 days are at LMI’s discretion.
LMI will pay return shipping only in cases where the items are
defective or do not match size specifications. All returns must
be unworked and in resale condition. We do not accept returns
on items serviced by LMI unless we have made an error on
the service.
After you have received authorization, please ship returns to: LMI attn: Returns,
7975 Cameron Dr., Bldg. 1600, Windsor, CA 95492.
What Happens if an Item I Order is
Out of Stock?
We try to provide you with the most up-to-date inventory
information at the point of sale, but it is possible that an item
may become out of stock by the time we ship your order. We
will automatically backorder any item that is out of stock, unless
you specify otherwise at the point of sale. Shipping within the
continental USA on backordered items is free.
Out-of-stock items shipping outside the continental United
State will be removed from your order and you will need to reorder
them at a later date. We will only place a backorder for you
if you explicitly agree in advance to pay the shipping costs.
Please note that in our business, we deal with a wide variety
of vendors. Many deal in exotic, hard to find products and many
are overseas. For this reason it is not always possible for us to be
precise when estimating when a backordered item will ship and
in the case of some of the exotic woods, we can not guarantee
that supplies and quality will remain consistent in the future.
Once again, ask a salesperson (click
here) for the latest information!
School Discounts
LMI helps support guitar building students
and instructors by providing them with a 10% discount on any item in
our catalog (which is not already discounted or on sale). We need only
to be able to ship the package to the school’s address in order
to verify enrollment. Talk with School Accounts Representative (at ext.205) if you are
an instructor interested in getting special pricing on larger quantities
of woods and tools. Need extra catalogs? Let us know!
Credit Card Payment Processing
When
you place an order using a credit card, we follow the standard practice
of pre-authorizing the card for the amount of the order. The process
of pre-authorizing tells us that you have sufficient funds for your order
and puts a hold on that amount for approximately 6 days. When your order
ships, we get paid. This payment process is called post-authorizing.
This process clears the pre-authorization and actually takes the money
from your card (or bank account if you are using a debit card).
If your order never ships (because of a backorder, for example), the
pre-authorization clears after a few days. If your order ships and the
amount of the order is less than the pre-authorization, the actual amount
of the order is charged to the card and the pre-authorization clears.
If you add to an order, your bank sometimes
makes it necessary for us to pre-authorize the card a second time so
that we can be assured of getting our funds when the order ships. In
this situation, the original pre-authorization is not cleared (the credit
card companies give us no way to do this) so that in effect funds are
tied up twice on your card for a short time. We will only pre-authorize
your card a second time if the items being added to the order are material
in value.
Ordering
In addition to ordering from this web site,
you may also order by phone 1-800-477-4437, or by mail (LMI, 7975 Cameron
Dr., Bldg. 1600, Windsor, CA 95492), or by fax 707-687-2014. When ordering
by mail or fax, please use the order form available
here. For our current
catalog in printable form, click here.
Questions?
Finally, if you have any questions or concerns
about LMI, our products, your order, or the customer service you have
received, feel free to call us at 1-800-477-4437 or click
here. A salesperson or our customer service manager will be happy
to talk with you.
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