YeehawMan
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Post by YeehawMan on Jan 18, 2024 19:43:42 GMT -5
Would it be cheaper if a member here bought said Ultimate and then shipped to someone in Australia? What would that price look like in American? Curious bc I usually ship figures once or twice a month already to friends around the states. Obviously that is a much different price range we're talking. Just looking to see if some of us would be able to help bc I know RSC has some of the worst shipping rates ever. Basically asking if we did it dollar for dollar without trying to make a profit, would it be cheaper than using RSC for one person in USA to ship to another person in AU? Absolutely this happens all the time, but personally I would not accept it for nothing, I would always 'tip' the guy for his efforts, since I would rather give them extra than any online retailer. The shipping part, luckily I am a Lose collector - occasionally MOC/MIB but that's when the price starts going up, and it is a hassle man, you have to fill out forms, as well as, if you are really cool about it you wanna find the cheapest option to send right? It is a hassle but! you end up making some really special friends, and from time to time stuff shows up here first that won't up there (so we return the favour). Amazon has sales, the prices for everything has gone up anyways. $50AUD/$32USD per elite is reasonable imo, they do get down further eventually, FEAR OF MISSING OUT is the most expensive thing though. So besides understanding the price as a collector you have to know the demand and if it's really worth it to get it asap or wait. Being a completionist to me means 1 of 2 things - you are either very wealthy or you are single and child/mortgage less. The ones that truly hurt as stated before are the store exclusives. But THEY know man, they know it is adults collecting not kids now and they take us to the bank laughing. I’m gonna check out the parcel forwarding route for the Monday night wars ultimates, I think I can get the exclusives for around $80 total shipping included, there’s no way I’m paying $150 for a fig that’s not ultra rare. |
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Post by Vamp55 on Jan 19, 2024 2:18:40 GMT -5
Absolutely this happens all the time, but personally I would not accept it for nothing, I would always 'tip' the guy for his efforts, since I would rather give them extra than any online retailer. The shipping part, luckily I am a Lose collector - occasionally MOC/MIB but that's when the price starts going up, and it is a hassle man, you have to fill out forms, as well as, if you are really cool about it you wanna find the cheapest option to send right? It is a hassle but! you end up making some really special friends, and from time to time stuff shows up here first that won't up there (so we return the favour). Amazon has sales, the prices for everything has gone up anyways. $50AUD/$32USD per elite is reasonable imo, they do get down further eventually, FEAR OF MISSING OUT is the most expensive thing though. So besides understanding the price as a collector you have to know the demand and if it's really worth it to get it asap or wait. Being a completionist to me means 1 of 2 things - you are either very wealthy or you are single and child/mortgage less. The ones that truly hurt as stated before are the store exclusives. But THEY know man, they know it is adults collecting not kids now and they take us to the bank laughing. I’m gonna check out the parcel forwarding route for the Monday night wars ultimates, I think I can get the exclusives for around $80 total shipping included, there’s no way I’m paying $150 for a fig that’s not ultra rare. I use Parcel forwarding for extremely hard to get items only (sealed video games where the seller doesn’t ship internationally). It’s very expensive, think I’ve paid around $100au for a sealed game. Might be less for a $30-$35 figure (because of insurance) but I’d be keen to hear what sort of price it’s comes out at. |
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YeehawMan
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Post by YeehawMan on Jan 19, 2024 3:55:24 GMT -5
I’m gonna check out the parcel forwarding route for the Monday night wars ultimates, I think I can get the exclusives for around $80 total shipping included, there’s no way I’m paying $150 for a fig that’s not ultra rare. I use Parcel forwarding for extremely hard to get items only (sealed video games where the seller doesn’t ship internationally). It’s very expensive, think I’ve paid around $100au for a sealed game. Might be less for a $30-$35 figure (because of insurance) but I’d be keen to hear what sort of price it’s comes out at. I'm only gonna do it for exclusive ultimate's, even if the shipping comes out at around $50, I'm still saving a bunch of money if sellers here are gonna charge $150 for every target and walmart ultimate |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 12:43:34 GMT -5
No luck in seeing if someone can get them in the states and ship them to you, while you cover all costs, fees and shipping? If someone could quote me how much it would cost I’d be down I’m sure more would consider it, if they knew the costs. Don’t think someone will do that research though. That’d probably be on you figure out costs to ship to you. |
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Post by Vamp55 on Jan 20, 2024 0:54:38 GMT -5
I use Parcel forwarding for extremely hard to get items only (sealed video games where the seller doesn’t ship internationally). It’s very expensive, think I’ve paid around $100au for a sealed game. Might be less for a $30-$35 figure (because of insurance) but I’d be keen to hear what sort of price it’s comes out at. I'm only gonna do it for exclusive ultimate's, even if the shipping comes out at around $50, I'm still saving a bunch of money if sellers here are gonna charge $150 for every target and walmart ultimate Finger crossed mate that you can find a shipping company that will do it for that much… let me know how you get on. |
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Post by bige on Jan 20, 2024 1:40:51 GMT -5
You would think with the wwe channel on foxtel and the binge channel you would think they would be putting more in stores
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