Do any of my west- or east-coast friends want to do me a favor?
I never knew that finding red/blue colored pencils for sketching would be so difficult. I finally decided which brands/colors I want, but the local art stores (Hobby Lobby and Michaels) don't carry them. Staples doesn't carry them. Amazon doesn't sell the individual pencils, and I don't want to drop $6-$15 on a set until I know that I like them.
Utrecht and DickBlick have the brands/colors I'm looking for, most of them for $1 each, but the closest store is about 9 hours away. I can buy the pencils online, but Utrecht is quoting me at $7 shipping and DickBlick is quoting $9. Nine dollar shipping. For THREE PENCILS. That is ridiculous. I refuse to pay that much for something that should only cost $2.07 to ship with First Class Mail. DickBlick does have a "free shipping on orders over $45" deal, but there is no way I can get my order over $45 when the only thing I need are individual colored pencils.
Does anyone have a local DickBlick or Utrecht store? If so, would you be willing to pick up a few individual pencils for me? Specifically, I'm looking for:
Prismacolor Col-Erase, non-photo blue (individual pencil)
Prismacolor Col-Erase, carmine red (individual pencil)
Caran d'Ache Sketcher Non-Photo Blue (comes in a 2-pack)
I will pay you for the pencils + shipping + a tip for your time and gas money. Or, if you prefer, I will trade you multiple Prismacolor colored pencils (the non-eraseable kind). I have somewhere between 60 and 80 Prismacolors, including a few that have been discontinued.
Apologies for making two posts in one day, but I'm not sure where else to ask.
Utrecht and DickBlick have the brands/colors I'm looking for, most of them for $1 each, but the closest store is about 9 hours away. I can buy the pencils online, but Utrecht is quoting me at $7 shipping and DickBlick is quoting $9. Nine dollar shipping. For THREE PENCILS. That is ridiculous. I refuse to pay that much for something that should only cost $2.07 to ship with First Class Mail. DickBlick does have a "free shipping on orders over $45" deal, but there is no way I can get my order over $45 when the only thing I need are individual colored pencils.
Does anyone have a local DickBlick or Utrecht store? If so, would you be willing to pick up a few individual pencils for me? Specifically, I'm looking for:
Prismacolor Col-Erase, non-photo blue (individual pencil)
Prismacolor Col-Erase, carmine red (individual pencil)
Caran d'Ache Sketcher Non-Photo Blue (comes in a 2-pack)
I will pay you for the pencils + shipping + a tip for your time and gas money. Or, if you prefer, I will trade you multiple Prismacolor colored pencils (the non-eraseable kind). I have somewhere between 60 and 80 Prismacolors, including a few that have been discontinued.
Apologies for making two posts in one day, but I'm not sure where else to ask.