Wandering the Martin de Candre neighborhood

**Obie** · 11-02-2011, 09:40 PM

Gentlemen,

I stumbled across this site today. I have not researched it, nor have I bought anything from it — yet. It appears to be an American vendor that carries Martin de Candre products. Happy hunting.

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**jhenry** · 11-02-2011, 09:57 PM

Obie,

I came across this site too, quite a while ago. They are local. By that I mean the Indianapolis, IN metropolitan area, I believe.

I was about to order from them, but I think they have outrageous shipping charges. I'll check and see.

**Obie** · 11-02-2011, 10:03 PM

Jhenry,

My dear friend, yes, please do find out their charges — and anything else you can find out about them. As I mention in my note, I've had no time to research them. Many thanks.
Stay well.

**Theseus** · 11-02-2011, 10:03 PM

$26.95 shipping + $6 handling

...if I remember right.

**Blix** · 11-02-2011, 10:05 PM

Sounds like drop-shipping then. As far as I know MdC have no retailers outside France.

**Obie** · 11-02-2011, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by Theseus

$26.95 shipping + $6 handling

Theseus, my dear friend, thank you for your research. These shipping charges are insane. What is wrong with these people? Well, sir, I live in the U.S., and I can understand the outrageous charges Martin de Candre charges to ship from France. When somebody in the U.S. charges such outrageous shipping to a U.S. address, I turn up my nose and shuffle off. No, thank you.
Stay well.

**Blix** · 11-02-2011, 10:14 PM

This shop is not having these products in stock I'm sure, they just add their profit on top. Shipping of a soap direct from MdC to US is $23.
Which is a normal shipping price really. That's about what I have to pay for a priotity mail package shipped from US.-

**thebigspendur** · 11-02-2011, 10:45 PM

If you think a few pucks of shaving soap is expensive to ship try ordering a few pounds of soap from MDC like my wife did. it will take your breath away and shrink your whiskers.

**KBaz** · 11-02-2011, 11:35 PM

Is it me or is the mdc site e-shopping down. I have been trying to order for two days and everytime I click order I get an error.

Anyone have some info or hints?

**Ryan82** · 11-03-2011, 01:11 AM

Hmmmm... the price this site shows me is $39.40 US for a jar. I didn't see anything about shipping charges, but I assume that I didn't get far enough into the checkout process, correct? Anyway, if shipping is indeed $32 extra that would make it comparable to buying directly from MdC. So the only advantage I can fathom is that you may get your order sooner than if shipped from France

Something else to consider that hasn't been mentioned yet: shipping charges seem to be calculated based on a minimum weight of 1.5 kg, which equals 3.3 lbs for our metric-challenged friends. It's either is a massive jar of MdC or a massive rip-off....

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