No COD shipments. Many crosses have been bought to take or send overseas with mission trips or with gifts of clothing and books. One church bought 500 crosses to distribute in the Moscow subway. Crosses were given out in the Kakuma refugee camp in Western Kenya. It takes four file cabinet drawers to hold all the letters of thanks received from people using the crosses Episcopal Bishops have purchased thousands of crosses.
Several bishops buy quantities of several thousand per year to give away as gifts at confirmations.
The bishop of Pennsylvania bought 5,000 for distribution through their Evangelism Committee. All of the American Episcopal Parishes across Europe have received a supply. The donor can present crosses under any and all circumstances, and say a little or a lot, or remain silent. The cross speaks for itself. Some people have ordered as many as five times.