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How do I set up an account?
Setting up an account is easy.  Just click any of the links that say Create New Account, and fill out the new account form.  After completing the form just click one of the links at the bottom of the form.  Clicking Continue Shopping will redirect you to our home page.  Clicking Add Another Recipient, will take you to into your user account to set up addresses of any additional recipients that you would like to add to your account.  If you already added items to your cart, you can click the Checkout link to proceed with your check out.

But, I didn't create a password when I created an account.  How will I get back in to your site?

If when you joined our site you were prompted to enter a username and password when you created your account that is still your password.  If you were NOT prompted to create a password when you joined our site, your username is your e-mail address, your password will be randomly generated by our site and e-mailed to you.  You can click your username on the top of the webpage to change your password.  If the e-mail containing your password is not in your inbox check your Spam or Junk Mail folder and be sure to mark our e-mail as not spam.

How do I add a Recipient to my account?

If you joined our site AFTER December 3, 2009:

Your first 2 recipients may already have been added to your account.  If you filled out the ship to portion of our account registration form, your information will be added along with that person's information will be added as a recipient to your account. You can add more recipients when you register by clicking the Add Recipients link at the bottom of the registration form.  You can also add a recipient any time after you've registered by simply clicking My Account>Addresses and Recipients>Add Address to enter your recipient information

If you joined our site PRIOR to December 3, 2009:

You will need to set up yourself as a recipient using your billing address FIRST.  Then click the Add Address link to add your recipient's information.  Additionally, if your Billing Address is a P.O. Box, and you would like to place an order for yourself, you will need to set up an additional recipient for yourself with a STREET ADDRESS as a second recipient as our shipping providers DO NOT DELIVER TO P.O. BOXES.  After you have set your account with your information, you can setup any additional recipients to your account.

But how do I do that???

To add a Recipient to your account you must first set up their address on our site.  To do this, click the Address and Recipients link.  Then click the Add Address link and enter the Name and Address of who you would like to receive our delicious Philadelphia Snacks.  A decription of your recipient is required (i.e. Mom & Dad, Uncle Paul, Uncle Ted, Etc.).  After you have entered all of your address information, click the Update button to save your recipient's address to your account.  After you click the update button, your recipient will appear in the drop down menu of your cart.  Just select who you would like to receive your package(s). 

Please be aware that if you add an item to your cart without selecting a recipient, YOU will be the default recipient on anything in your cart.  Make sure to check your recipients before confirming your order.

If by any chance you forget to change the recipient before you confirm the order.  Don't Panic, just contact us at (800) 959-1128 with your order # and one of our customer service representatives will be able to help you.  Unless you decide that you want to keep the snacks for yourself.  We won't tell anyone that your selfish.  It will be our secret.  Honest.

What does Add Recipient to Existing Address do?

To be honest?  We haven't got the feintest idea what that link does...

Nah, we're just pulling your leg.  Adding a recipient here creates an additional recipient at an existing address that you already saved to your account. Here you can save an address without having to re-type the address in the add address section.  This feature might come in handy say, if you wanted to different packages to specific individials within a household or for corporate users (Hint, Hint) who have to send multiple packages to different departments at the same address.  We apologize for the shameless plug, but yes we do corporate gifts.  Just type the new recipient's name and select the address you want to use from the drop-down box.

What's a Recipient Group?

We hate to point out the obvious, but...  it's a group of recipients.  You can add any saved recipient to a recipient group.  You can use this feature so that you don't have 10 of the same items in your cart.  For example, lets say that you have a group of 10 friends from the neighborhood that you keep in touch with and would like to send them A Little Bit of Philly.  First thing you must do is save their addresses to your account.  After you've saved their addresses, you can set up a recipient group by clicking the Add Recipient Group button.  Then give your group a name, and select who you want to add to the recipient group from the Available box and click the arrow button to add that person to the Assigned box and click update to save the group. 

When you are shipping to a recipient group, be advised that EVERYONE in the group will receive the quantity that you indicate in your cart.  If your recipient group has 10 people in it and you want to send them each a Philly Sampler, DO NOT change the quantity to 10 as you will be sending each recipient in that group 10 Philly Samplers.

I have a lot of names that I need to add to my account, can I upload a file with the addresses of my recipients?

Not at this time, but that is a feature that we hope to add to our site in the future.  If you have a lot of recipients that you would like to add to your account, but don't have the time to do it, contact us at alittlebitofphilly@comcast.net and we will do whatever we can to help you out.

Ordering FAQs

Now that I've set up my account, how do I place an order?

Now that I've set up my account, how do I place an order?
If you've already set up your recipients in your account, just select select the recipient that you would like to receive your package from the drop-down box, select the number of packages you would like to send that person and click the Add to Cart Button to add that package into your cart.  If you would like to send the same package (i.e. 1 Philly Snackapalooza) to multiple recipients, click the radio button that says Recipient Group and select the recipient group that you want to receive the package and add that item to your cart.  If your not sure how to set up a recipient group, check out the Account Set-up FAQ section.

 

I want to send 3 different items to 3 different people.  How many times do I have to checkout?

ONCE!!!  Just choose a recipient for each item and add the item to your cart.  When you checkout, all of your items will be linked to the recipients you selected.  The last thing you have to do before you you checkout is choose how you would like us to ship your items for that recipient.  Regardless of how many recipients or items you have in your cart you will only be asked for your credit card information once.

I am placing an order for as a gift for one of my recipients, can I include a custom note on a gift card?

Yes.  A gift card is included with all of our orders.  You can include a brief message to be included on the gift card.  After you checkout, you will find a notes section.  You can type your custom message to your recipient here.

Now that I placed my order when will it be shipped to my recipient?

That depends, as most of the year we only ship on one day during the week.  Currently, the default shipping day is every Tuesday.  Orders recieved after 8:00 EST on Monday, will be shipped on the following Tuesday. More shipping dates may become available as needed at high volume times of the year.  During these high volume times, we will add shipping dates on Mondays and Wednesdays. 

Can I have my order shipped on a Thursday or Friday?

No.  We currently do not offer any shipments after Wednesday.

I just placed my order, what's this e-mail that I got?

That is just an e-mail confirmation telling you that we recieved your order.  It lists your order number and the status of your order.  You will get another e-mail telling you that your shipment has been dispatched.  After you receive that e-mail, you can log into your account and get your tracking information and track your order on UPS' Website.

 

Our site assumes that you are ordering for yourself, and there's nothing wrong with that.  If you are ordering for someone else and didn't select a recipient before adding an item to your cart, the item will be sent to you by default.  Once an item is in your cart, you can always change who you want to receive the package.

 

I just added an Item to my cart to be sent to a recipient on my account, but it is being sent to me.

Shipping FAQs

Who is your shipping provider?

We currently ship all of our products via UPS.

Why is the shipping so expensive?  Do you offer any other shipping options?

We realize that shipping costs are not cheap these days and do everything in our power to provide our customers with reliable, affordable shipping options. We do not make any money on the shipping, we merely pass the shipping costs on to the customers.  Unfortunately, our pretzels only have a 2 day life span after they are packed.  Due to their perishable nature, we recommend that they arrive no later than the 2nd day after we ship them.  The fact of the matter is that cheaper shipping options are just not reliable enough to guarantee that the pretzels arrive there before their quality deteriorates, and we won't sell a product that we can't stand behind.  Because of rising shipping costs, we have decided to increase our product line to include more products that can be shipped via ground shipping as an affordable alternative to displaced Philadelphians looking for something to snack on. 

I am tyring to have my order shipped using Ground Shipping.  Why can't I have my order shipped via ground?

Unfortunately, you have an item in your cart that cannot be shipped via ground because your package will not reach its destination in a time period that we recommend.  If you are ordering soft pretzels, we recommend that they arrive NO LATER than 2 days after we pack and ship them.  Our website takes a look at what you are shipping and where you are shipping it.  Depending on what you order and your packages destination Ground Shipping may or may not be an option for you.  You can check the UPS Ground Map to see how long it will take your order to reach you via ground shipping.

I just received an e-mail telling me that my order has been "dispatched".  What does that mean?

After we ship your package, we will change the status of your order from "paid" to "dispatched".  When you get this e-mail notice, it means that your package is en route to you or your recipient. 

Can I Track the package

Absolutely.  After you receive your notice that your package was dispatched, simply log into your account and click the My Account link, then click the Order History link and you can get your package's tracking number.  Simply copy and paste that number into the Tracking Page at ups.com.

What is your policy regarding shipping during inclement weather?

During times of inclement weather, UPS does not guarantee their shipping schedules.  Due to this fact, perishable items such as our soft pretezels may or may not be shipped on the date listed on the website.  Depending on our weather forecast the shipment of your package could get bumped up or back a day to avoid our packages being held up due to inclement weather.  The worst case scenario would be bumping your shipment to the following week.  We will contact you via e-mail in the event that the weather causes us to move your shipment back a week.  Please understand that we will use our discretion an effort to ship out the freshest product possible.