Scott Rob 102 Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) I noticed this blow mold candy cane on American sales label union #77440. I have not seen it made by Cado I was thinking maybe Cado just made it for American sales? I know that Cado did not make many blow molds this year. Would have ordered some but shipping is sky high so I will skip.. Edited December 31, 2020 by Scott Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donna123 184 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Did I read this right? $19.99 for 1 candy cane and $182.98 to ship it, are they for real???? Happy New Year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big J Illinois 479 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Good lord ,that's crazy shipping!! Happy New Year !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Rob 102 Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 I don’t know what’s happened in past two years but for some reason shipping is supper high at American sales unless it a small box size like 2ft x2ft x2ft or less. Hope y’all have a great New Year! Hi, Donna hope the snow is gone. Where getting a lot of rain but temperatures is 64 so not to bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doneal 15 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 11 minutes ago, Scott Rob said: I don’t know what’s happened in past two years but for some reason shipping is supper high at American sales unless it a small box size like 2ft x2ft x2ft or less. Hope y’all have a great New Year! Hi, Donna hope the snow is gone. Where getting a lot of rain but temperatures is 64 so not to bad. Thanks Scott, I did order 5 of these candy canes. They were packed 2 per box. If I knew that I would have ordered 6. Anyway, I don't know what to tell you about the Shipping. I didn't pay that much. My Shipping was real fair. I paid $16.84 for the entire order of five. $29.99 ea. They have marked them down by $10.00 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Rob 102 Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 Thanks for letting me know it’s odd that it would be that different. I might call them and find out what’s up with high shipping rate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donna123 184 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Scott Rob said: Donna hope the snow is gone. Where getting a lot of rain but temperatures is 64 so not to bad. Hi Scott Rob, We still have plenty of snow although most of it is gone. Tonight's storm is freezing rain (ice) and 2 inches of snow on top of that. We definitely will have the fire going tonight! Take care, Donna Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Blow Mold Expert 95 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Nice discovery, I will say that with the new companies (Cado, Gemmy, Pan Asian, etc.) It's getting difficult to archive/keep up with what's being released. From a collector standpoint, Pan Asian having contracts with both Walmart and Home Depot (who have both ordered them to make similar blow molds that however cannot be the same due to contractual agreements) can get pretty confusing. Then you have something like this, where a company makes something specifically for an online retailer and only a handful of people buy them, and things really get confusing, especially since all Cado stuff is still stamped Union (because technically it is.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Rob 102 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 I totally agree it’s tough to figure out what company and when they made it. At least China made blow mold are labeled either pan-am link stamp or Gemmy in label. Cado is a different story they have a mixture of old molds. I have some Cado items that have grand venture stamped and other union stamp. I wish Cado would put date stamp. Most of the time Cado is easy to spot due to the poor paint job or the plastic ( its more like milk jug plastic than true blow mold plastic used by union, grand venture, or GFP. Also Christmas light creation has there own GV blow molds they only made two but I know they have a least 5-8 other molds. But other like Farley and drainage only had a label on lamp cord and not on the blow mold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joeyohhhh 0 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Long time lurker, first time posting here (finally able to get my password reset). I purchased a pair in December with reasonable shipping to Jersey ($12.99) These came with LED corn style bulbs, they are marked grand venture on the mold. I am tempted to buy a few more at 19.99 but need to figure out where to put them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Rob 102 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 11 hours ago, donna123 said: Hi Scott Rob, We still have plenty of snow although most of it is gone. Tonight's storm is freezing rain (ice) and 2 inches of snow on top of that. We definitely will have the fire going tonight! Take care, Donna Take care I remember in 2014 they said 2” rain/ice/snow....we had freezing rain that turned into 2” black ice and then about 6-8inches of snow in north Georgia at 11 am. My Up the mountain Neighbors parked in my lower yard came up to house for coffee then went hiking up mountain. Other got to spend a day or two at office,car, store, Home Depot. Below is YouTube from cbs about it.:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donna123 184 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Wow, that video is unbelievable! As they say..."Ice is the great equalizer". Thank goodness I don't need to go out much. Donna Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich in Las Vegas 29 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 When I lived in the Midwest we were advised to carry food, water, and a sleeping bag or blanket in the car for just this type of emergency. I doubt many Atlantans would even think about getting stranded overnight in a car due to the weather. This could have been truly tragic. I lived through a week without electricity after an ice storm hit Madison, WI in early March. By the end of a week without heat I was ready to head to a shelter when they restored the power just in time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donna123 184 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rich in Las Vegas said: When I lived in the Midwest we were advised to carry food, water, and a sleeping bag or blanket in the car for just this type of emergency. I doubt many Atlantans would even think about getting stranded overnight in a car due to the weather. This could have been truly tragic. I lived through a week without electricity after an ice storm hit Madison, WI in early March. By the end of a week without heat I was ready to head to a shelter when they restored the power just in time. Hi Rich, We had an ice storm years ago that knocked out power for a few days. We tried to stay, but when the temp inside got to 39 degrees we packed up and went to my mom and dad's house. It was this experience that showed us we needed a second heat source. We changed our fireplace to an energy efficient wood burning insert with a stainless steel lining. This was one of the best changes we ever made! Happy New Year! Donna Edited January 2 by donna123 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Blow Mold Expert 95 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 18 hours ago, Scott Rob said: I totally agree it’s tough to figure out what company and when they made it. At least China made blow mold are labeled either pan-am link stamp or Gemmy in label. Cado is a different story they have a mixture of old molds. I have some Cado items that have grand venture stamped and other union stamp. I wish Cado would put date stamp. Most of the time Cado is easy to spot due to the poor paint job or the plastic ( its more like milk jug plastic than true blow mold plastic used by union, grand venture, or GFP. Also Christmas light creation has there own GV blow molds they only made two but I know they have a least 5-8 other molds. But other like Farley and drainage only had a label on lamp cord and not on the blow mold. I don't find that Drainage is too difficult to ID simply because a lot of their designs are so unique. Farley on the other hand is a totally different story, especially considering their entire catalog (aside from the originally Union gingerbread people) was old TPI stuff. To make matters worse, both TPI and Farley were Canadian so both say made in Canada. Being in Canada, the majority of my stuff is TPI or Farley because it's dime a dozen up here, so I have both the TPI and Farley versions of several pieces. Side by side (similar to Cado) the Farley stuff is of obviously lesser quality. Sometimes they omitted the TPI stamp, other times they left it in place, and sometimes they left it in the mold but stamped out a circle around it in the bottom of the piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liketoDIY 13 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Like everybody else (Lowes, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, ....), American Sales up their shipping prices after the Holiday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joeyohhhh 0 Posted Wednesday at 09:21 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:21 PM Here are a few pics if anyone is interested, the clips rusted after a few weeks outside Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich in Las Vegas 29 Posted Thursday at 01:01 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 01:01 AM That's a 120V LED corn bulb. It's the first time I have seen them used in new blow molds. I bought last year's version at either Lowe's or HD and it was still lit with two E12 incandescent bulbs which I replaced with 12V DC LED bulbs instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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