I have been ordering from this site for a few years at first, they were fantastic. VERY fresh nuts, super high quality. Yes, you paid a premium price for that, but you received a superior product. I don't know what changed, but for the last two years, the nuts have been terrible. Not even remotely fresh, and in the case of cashews, completely without flavor. I can buy a can or jar of planters peanuts from any local grocery store and get a fresher smelling/tasting product, and there is no ridiculous shipping charge. Imho, the biggest problem with nuts.com is that they store the nuts in non vacuum sealed plastic bags, flee we which, from the lack of fresh smell and taste, seems to be the culprit of the lack of freshness. I have decided that I will no longer ever buy nuts from any source that are not vacuum packed. Such a simple solution, yet not followed in practice out of pure greed. If you are trying to sell a perceived "premium" product, yet you do nothing to ensure the product is truly premium, you deserve, no, you NEED to fail spectacularly.