You may choose from:

• One pound boxes of Machine Matza - $22

• Hand Made Matza (3 pieces) - $22

• Matza Meal in One Pound boxes - $12

How to Order:

PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR COMPLETE ORDER TO OATMATZA@GMAIL.COM

Karen will need:

• Your name.
• Your phone numbers, including cell and/or work, where she can reach you if I have a question.
• Your complete shipping address, including zip code, apartment number or other identifying information.
• Notice if it is a commercial building,
• Your Billing Address for the credit card you are using, IF IT IS DIFFERENT than the shipping address.
• Complete credit card information, as noted below, unless I have your credit card on file, OR you are a new customer, OR you wish to call me with that information.
  

Payment:

Credit Card: Visa, MasterCard and Discover.

MDKWI does not recommend sending credit card information through e-mail and we recommend that you call Karen at 410-358-9580 with the information once your order has been placed by e-mail.

If you choose to, and are comfortable sending your credit card information through email, Karen will need:

• the card number
• the expiration date
• three digit security code found on the back of the card.

Again - you must email your order first and then call Karen to give the credit card information unless you e-mailed the credit card information with the order.

NOTE: YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENT WILL READ "MARYLAND KINESIOLOGY". You will not be billed for 4-6 weeks until UPS invoicing. If you do not remember your order, and cancel the charge, you will be charged a bank fee of $39.00.

What Makes the Cost of Shipping High?

We already know from the information on the Oat Matza page that oat matza is time consuming and expensive to produce, but why would shipping cost be high?

UPS charges us a fee. We wait three billing cycles for their UPS's "adjustments", then we go over each order individually to arrive at your particular shipment.

A majority of the cost of shipping is a "carrying" charge. Regardless of the number of boxes you purchase, UPS is carrying your package - and as you have seen, in many cases this doubles the cost of the merchandise. Because of the carrying charge, it is more cost effective for you to order more than one box of matza at a time, as shipping will be approximately the same regardless of whether you get one box, two or three.

Your shipping costs also include all costs to Karen, The Oat Matza Lady. The breakdown for these costs includes the box, the shipping peanuts, the fragile sticker, the mailing label, the UPS service fee, the credit card fees to enable you to purchase your matza, the delivery fees for all the above mentioned parts, and administrative costs for billing and order taking to keep up with all the orders to enable you to get your matza in a timely fashion! Karen's labor costs are low because her friends assist her for Pesach and during the rest of the year.

Note: Karen is a private person who facilitates Oat Matza because her son needed it many years ago. In order to avoid second-guessing UPS, she will NOT run your credit card until she has received the UPS bill, which is AFTER you will have received your Matza! If you live in an out-lying area, the shipping cost will be higher. Very Important: If you live in a multi-unit dwelling, please be sure to put an apartment number, or a floor level, or some type of identifying information on your address. Also, if you are having your order delivered to a building that can be, in any way whatsoever considered commercial, please let us know in your order, as you are charged differently by UPS for commercial versus residential deliveries.

We hope this addresses your concerns and questions about shipping cost.

More Information on Gluten Free Matza!

• This matza is ALL Gluten Free Oat Matza.

• This matza is ALL Shmurah (meaning Guarded). This is a level of Kosher that many people keep in accordance to their Passover customs.

• In 2010: There are nine Shabbat and Yom Tov meals (including Seudah Shlishit) this year.

• Each Seder has three places where we eat matza.

• In 2010 there are four days of Chol HaMoed, although the third day is Shabbat and is accounted for in the list above.

• There are approximately 10 -13 sheets of Matza per one pound box (machine-made).

• Hand Matza (round) comes 3, yes, three, pieces per box for the same price as a box of Machine Matza. It is very difficult to make.

• If you plan to use Oat Matza to make HaMotzei during the year, please count the number of Shabbat and Yom Tov meals for the entire year. It is always possible there will be some leftover, or produced later (as happened this past year). But you never know.

• Matza Meal comes in one pound boxes. Reminder: This may be the ONLY time of the year you can get matza meal. It may sell out. Order what you think you will need for the year. And it is, as always, First come, first served.