Your Gift Certificate has been numbered and posted to you, so I
do not physically need it back to honor the order. Once, I receive the Gift Certificate order, I will post the date received
and cancel the certificate number, so it can not be used again.
To use your Gift Certificate,
just send your order to me by email. Then "save" a copy of the email as your receipt [proof of order placement]. When I receive
it, I will send you a confirmation as well as date of shipment to you. If your over is the same amount as your Gift Certificate,
then you have nothing else to do but watch the mail. If your order is over the amount of the Gift Certificate, email the order
to me, then go to PayPal and send the 'balance due' amount to d_boudreaux@lycos.com . If you are not a PayPal member and just want to make a payment to me
with them, you will still have to give a credit card or bank info to do so. After you send payment, PayPal will ask if you
wish to have your credit card/bank info saved, if you do not wish to be a free member of PayPal,
then just say no. The order will still come to me by way of your credit card or bank. As, soon as I receive confirmation
of payment from PayPal, then you will receive a confirmation as well as a date of shipment to you.
-OR-
You may snail mail your order and Gift Certificate back
to me. When you received your Gift Certificate, you will, usually, receive an order form and pricelist [go to
online catalog for pictures and gift descriptions - http://purplecats.tripod.com/cajunbaskets/ ]. If you don't receive order form or pricelist, sometimes it gets
over looked, you can go to http://purplecats.tripod.com/id6.html and print out order form and prices can be found at above catalog link. If your order is the same
amount as your Gift Certificate, then you have nothing else to do but watch the mail for your order. If your order is over
the amount of the Gift Certificate, then send the order with 'balance due' amount in a check or money
order to me. As soon as I receive your snail mail order, I will send you a confirmation email and shipment date.
NOTE: I don't charge tax, because taxes are so different in each state. I pay my own retail
and federal tax on merchandise and all sales. The post office went up twice last year and UPS went up once, but the raise
was higher than the two raises of the post office. So between the taxes and the shipping, it became too expensive for
me to carry both. Since the taxes are different in each state, it's easier to charge the shipping, which is the same in all
states. The amount in the ( ) after the price is the shipping cost for that item. So, when spending
your gift certificate(s), please keep this in mind. You can select the full amount of the gift certificate, but you will be
responsible for the shipping, which can be paid by PayPal. Just send me your order by email and then send any overage [including
shipping] to d_boudreaux@lycos.com thru PayPal. You will receive a receipt of the whole transaction with your order (-or- separate if you have the order sent
as a gift). If you have any questions, please feel free to
