uncle jim's worm farm

I sent $40 for worms that added up to about 2 cups (2000 is what I ordered but it looks more like 1000) of baby worms that were in shock after 3 days in the us mail.
The box was slightly crushed and some worms excaped just to die in the large plastic post offace container.

It would make much more sense to find some local gardener that has worms in thier compost, then offer them money! $20 a quart and do the work your self..

Best way I have found to ship worms is to use the small Styrofoam worm containers which most commercial worm growers package their worms in. I have saved about a hundred of these from purchasing dozens of Canadian night crawlers over the years. I simply fill about four of this with media which contains several hundred worms and seal the lid with masking tape. I place these containers in a medium sized flat rate priority mailing box from the post office and lots of shredded news paper for insulation. It generally arrives at its intended destination in a couple of days. The worst time to ship red wigglers is in the dead of winter, but summer time should not be a problem with the right moisture content, which may be a little tricky for some. My media is peat moss, and it's best to have it slightly on the dry side which may be a bit ambiguous unless you work with this media. Four containers are sufficient to start a single worm bin and after a couple of months when conditions appear good this bin can be split into two bins, and again in a couple of months you should have up to four bins of active worms.

I would suggest letting the company know about the issues with the worms. Many companies are very willing to replace damaged shipments.