In this issue:
Meow,
Tips for Using Our New Shopping Cart
Overall, the response to our new
shopping cart has been very positive.
Thanks to all those that sent in feedback. You were a big help!
Now for some hot tips on using the new shopping cart:
Shopping cart registration
To buy Co-op products, you can either buy products anonymously OR you can
register with our new Shopping Cart. If you register, you will have access to
quick checkout on future orders, easy order tracking and special offers.
To register, you should login as a “new customer” and enter in your email and
create your own password.
Changing your password
Once you have logged in, you can change your password very easily.
- Click on “My
Account/Order Status” (in the top right side of our site)
- Click “Change e-mail address, or password” and follow the prompts
Or send an email to Teri at
teri@ourhealthcoop.com and she will be happy to change it for you!
Track your packages
- Click the “My
Account/Order Status” link (top right side of our site)
- Under My Orders, click “Review orders / track packages”
- Click on “View or change order”
- Click on “Track Your Package”. This will open a new window that gets
tracking info from the carrier’s site.
Quick orders
Our long-term members usually come to our website and know what products they
want to buy. So to make it easy for you regulars, we still offer our “Quick
Order” on the left side of the page.
- In Quick Order, best to select 75 items per page above the price column
so you can just scroll through our entire product list.
- Then click the “Add” box next to each product you want and enter the
quantity.
- Click “Add to Cart” at the bottom and checkout.
FedEx home delivery
In addition to UPS and USPS, we can now ship using FedEx Home Delivery –
which is FedEx ground service to residential addresses. Once the order is
processed, it takes 1–5 business days within the contiguous U.S and 3–7 business
days to Alaska and Hawaii. Delivery days are Tuesday–Saturday between 9 a.m. and
8 p.m.
Email a friend
We now offer “Email a Friend” on every product page so you can pass on
specific information to your friends or family regarding a particular product.
Write a product review
At the bottom of each product page, members can now write their own review of
a product. This kat would like to thank Carolyn P. from Loveland, Colorado who
wrote the first online review on
Heart Plus.
Meow Carolyn!
Note: Reviews will be monitored, so please keep your reviews clean!
For more tips on our new shopping cart, you can go to “Help”
PayPal No Longer a Payment Option...Please Read On!
Just when we thought the bumps were over (with our new shopping cart), PayPal
notified us that they would no longer allow us to use them as a payment option.
Click link below to read why!
http://www.ourhealthcoop.com/coop_corner_paypal.htm
Health in the News
Our first story deserves some attention:
Studies say B vitamins may not lower high heart-attack risk
The media reports suggest that the combination of folic acid, vitamin B12,
and vitamin B6 do not protect against homocysteine, an amino acid that some
doctors believe is as dangerous a risk factor for heart disease as cholesterol.
According to the National Nutritional Foods
Association (NNFA), the two studies cited have quite different exclusion
and inclusion criteria.
“To combine them as one
conclusive result, as is being done in the press, only serves to confuse the
public further. Instead of comparing apples and oranges, we have a case here
where study results have been lumped together to generate another inaccurate
headline.”
In addition to this flaw, neither study provides any information on the
chemical standardization of the dietary supplement test material.
Now, back to health in the news!
Ginkgo Out of Stock: Quality Tests Fail!
I am sorry to report that our last shipment of ginkgo did not pass our
independent quality test.
Our laboratory said they have seen some instances where suppliers have
started replacing real ginkgo with a “ginkgo alternative”, which does not have
all the active ingredients found in natural ginkgo.
And our lab confirmed that fake ginkgo was becoming widespread, having seen
other manufacturer’s samples fail in a similar manner to ours.
Good grief. We had to fire yet another raw materials supplier, one who had
provided potent, natural ginkgo, which tested out at label claim multiple times
in the past.
This is another reason we test every production run. You can never get too
cozy with suppliers in this industry, even if they have done right by you in the
past.
Unfortunately, this means our shelves are empty while we wait for the new
production run to be completed and test out properly. We hope to announce that
we’re back in stock by the end of the month. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, our caution is simply this: “beware when buying ginkgo these
days!”
Well, there’s plenty to get mad about, but that’s not my style. Better to get
refreshed and be ready for what’s next. I encourage you to do the same.
So, enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day (doesn’t matter if you’re Irish, we all need
opportunities to celebrate) and be well! ^..^
Still purringly yours,
Guido
Guido Housemouser
Chief Kat and Community Manager
Our Health Co-op
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