(Here was my post before I started adding in the USPS costs...)
The case size is always 1,000, it seems. I use so few of those big ones that I wouldn't want to split a case.
I see 57 kinds of 2 mil or 4 mil zipper bags in the "food" section. I think 4 mil would be heavier than you want.
They don't list "quart" or "gallon, just Width x Height (in side dimensions). You would have to measure a quart and gallon bag you already have to see what is similar.
http://www.papermart.com./Prod...
5"x8" are 1,000 for $19 ... around 2 cents each
10" x 10" are 1,000 for $48
12" x 12" are 1,000 for $71
Remember that those cases will weigh 6, 16 or 24 pounds, so there will be shipping cost from them to me plus cost from me to you. It might be smart for whoever buys the heaviest cases to place the order, and then we would re-imburse that person for re-shipping the small cases to us.
It looks like adding 16 more pounds to an 8 pound order brings S&H up to $$17.66 so 2/3 of that would cost you $11.77. ($19 for 1,000 5"x8" bags plus almost $12 S&H ... $31 or 3 cents each.
USPS Parcel Post (renamed Standard Post, I think) could charge $17 to $34 for 16 pounds, depending on how far it has to go.
Postage is a big part of the total cost!
If you decide which cases you might want to buy, and we find enough people to make an order worthwhile, we can figure out the cheapest way to run the buy.
The very most I might want to get, and I'm not sure i'm up for it, would be:
Ziplock - 1-1/2 X 2 2Mil .6 lbs/case $3.46 x 2
Ziploc - - 2 X 3 2Mil 1.4 lbs/case $5.67 x 2 ... total $18.26
(4 pounds by itself is way too much to pay for S&H. However, USPS would charge $7.50 to $10.50 to ship 4 pounds Parcel Post, and that is also a big up-charge if someone else does the buy and mails mine back to me.)
Postage hurts!
(Now I figure there is no way I can beat the Wal-Mart price for 2x3": Ziplocs, so at most I would buy 1.2 pounds of 1.5x2" Ziplocs.)
