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Post by Duck Holliday on Dec 22, 2013 17:00:45 GMT -5
RSC doesn't control the shipping rates. The rates are determined by the shipping companies. I'm not trying to imply that they do (for the record), but if I live far enough away from where they ship (which I think is on the east coast) it's going to be notably higher than most of the places I shop online which may have distribution centers across the country or be ebay sellers that may even do free shipping. The other option is the possibility of a discount code to reduce the shipping which I know they have done for like black Friday, so maybe there exists a code for reduced shipping that I'm not aware of. The bottom line still remains, it's one thing to pay $30 for a figure that may be $18 retail (and I'm not trying to complain in the sense that I get that they are providing a service to you, like the guarantee of getting what you order delivered right to your door and getting it first opposed to driving around wasting gas/time) but for me shipping has generally been $11+ so we might be getting to a total cost $40+ for a figure. Thats just a little hard for me.
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Post by Justin on Dec 22, 2013 17:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2013 17:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by Duck Holliday on Dec 22, 2013 17:12:30 GMT -5
And the truth will set you free! Lucky bro. I live (i think) the length of the country away (just about).
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Post by PJ on Dec 22, 2013 17:15:29 GMT -5
That wasn't directed at you personally but I am sure you know we have weekly threads about their shipping rates and I am just saying from 12 years at UPS (most as a driver) I know for a fact that we would have agents that would set the shipping rates in their computers when a account was created. And plenty of times I would have a small company ask why their rates were so much more than the Target/TRU/Walgreens/CVS etc that was next to them...and the answer was always the same. "They are a nationwide or worldwide company while you are a one building operation."
So when people here complain about shipping rates they need to realize the rates are preprogrammed by the shipping company. And a company like RSC is going to have higher shipping rates depending on the weight, distance, country than a global company or someone on eBay who has to take the package to the USPS or UPS themselves.
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Post by Barack Lesnar on Dec 22, 2013 17:19:08 GMT -5
Nice to see more ASAP fans Ringside's sale is pretty good otherwise. IKR! A$AP!
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Post by JC Motors on Dec 22, 2013 17:24:13 GMT -5
RSC doesn't control the shipping rates. The rates are determined by the shipping companies. exactly
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Post by Duck Holliday on Dec 22, 2013 17:28:34 GMT -5
That wasn't directed at you personally but I am sure you know we have weekly threads about their shipping rates and I am just saying from 15 years at UPS (most as a driver) I know for a fact that we would have agents that would set the shipping rates in their computers when a account was created. And plenty of times I would have a small company ask why their rates were so much more than the Target/TRU/Walgreens/CVS etc that was next to them...and the answer was always the same. "They are a nationwide or worldwide company while you are a one building operation." So when people here complain about shipping rates they need to realize the rates are preprogrammed by the shipping company. And a company like RSC is going to have higher shipping rates depending on the weight, distance, country than a global company or someone on eBay who has to take the package to the USPS or UPS themselves. Yeah. I get it, and I totally understand all the reasons, thank you for taking the time (I'm honestly trying to make this not sound sarcastic, which is hard on these forums sometimes, haha). I've worked at a mom and pop Comic shop for over six years so I totally get the idea of the highers costs all around to a smaller operation, even considering all that my feeling remains the same. For where I live, and all those things, the cost of shipping is higher than anywhere else I personally order from (in my original response on this thread) it really wasn't meant as a rebuke to RSC (also partially the reason I continued to respond was that there was still the chance of a discount code I was unaware of). All good now
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Post by PJ on Dec 22, 2013 17:32:29 GMT -5
That wasn't directed at you personally but I am sure you know we have weekly threads about their shipping rates and I am just saying from 15 years at UPS (most as a driver) I know for a fact that we would have agents that would set the shipping rates in their computers when a account was created. And plenty of times I would have a small company ask why their rates were so much more than the Target/TRU/Walgreens/CVS etc that was next to them...and the answer was always the same. "They are a nationwide or worldwide company while you are a one building operation." So when people here complain about shipping rates they need to realize the rates are preprogrammed by the shipping company. And a company like RSC is going to have higher shipping rates depending on the weight, distance, country than a global company or someone on eBay who has to take the package to the USPS or UPS themselves. Yeah. I get it, and I totally understand all the reasons, thank you for taking the time (I'm honestly trying to make this not sound sarcastic, which is hard on these forums sometimes, haha). I've worked at a mom and pop Comic shop for over six years so I totally get the idea of the highers costs all around to a smaller operation, even considering all that my feeling remains the same. For where I live, and all those things, the cost of shipping is higher than anywhere else I personally order from (in my original response on this thread) it really wasn't meant as a rebuke to RSC (also partially the reason I continued to respond was that there was still the chance of a discount code I was unaware of). All good now No problem. And the only discount code I know of is the 10% off WFigs code
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2013 17:39:23 GMT -5
Yeah. I get it, and I totally understand all the reasons, thank you for taking the time (I'm honestly trying to make this not sound sarcastic, which is hard on these forums sometimes, haha). I've worked at a mom and pop Comic shop for over six years so I totally get the idea of the highers costs all around to a smaller operation, even considering all that my feeling remains the same. For where I live, and all those things, the cost of shipping is higher than anywhere else I personally order from (in my original response on this thread) it really wasn't meant as a rebuke to RSC (also partially the reason I continued to respond was that there was still the chance of a discount code I was unaware of). All good now No problem. And the only discount code I know of is the 10% off WFigs code grim gets 10%
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Post by Justin on Dec 22, 2013 17:50:27 GMT -5
And the truth will set you free! Lucky bro. I live (i think) the length of the country away (just about). That sucks
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Post by Squid: The Anti-Hero on Dec 22, 2013 17:58:30 GMT -5
thats y i said certent figures r outragous Go back to school and learn proper grammar. I mean seriously it's not so difficult to type a full word. Damn hipsters
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Post by #DI-WHY? on Dec 22, 2013 18:03:14 GMT -5
I think alot of people are gonna be shocked when it comes to Torrito and Steph.
I think Torritos gonna be $40 and Stephs gonna be $55
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Torritos only going to be $29.99 and Steph will be $49.99
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Post by Squid: The Anti-Hero on Dec 22, 2013 18:07:18 GMT -5
I think alot of people are gonna be shocked when it comes to Torrito and Steph. I think Torritos gonna be $40 and Stephs gonna be $55 OR: Torritos only going to be $29.99 and Steph will be $49.99 Yeah that's gonna be a bitch
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 22, 2013 18:18:42 GMT -5
I'm not so sure that $25 for a basic is a price to be excited about. Maybe it's just me though. Seriously. I don't have a huge problem with their prices most the time.. but it's still the shipping that gets me, I can't help but feel like there shipping is double the price of almost any other site I buy from. I hear this complaint constantly and coming from someone who not only buys from RSC for the past 15 or so years AND regularly sells on ebay, so I am shipping packages constantly......I dont see how anyone can say that. They ship in a priority shipping box. I believe they charge me something like $6.87 for 1 figure to be shipped from NY to me in PA. Thats what it cost. Its possible the real price is a few cents cheaper....but its certainly not even a dollar less than that. What are people being charged that they are so upset over the shipping cost?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2013 18:37:33 GMT -5
Seriously. I don't have a huge problem with their prices most the time.. but it's still the shipping that gets me, I can't help but feel like there shipping is double the price of almost any other site I buy from. I hear this complaint constantly and coming from someone who not only buys from RSC for the past 15 or so years AND regularly sells on ebay, so I am shipping packages constantly......I dont see how anyone can say that. They ship in a priority shipping box. I believe they charge me something like $6.87 for 1 figure to be shipped from NY to me in PA. Thats what it cost. Its possible the real price is a few cents cheaper....but its certainly not even a dollar less than that. What are people being charged that they are so upset over the shipping cost? mine is 16 dollars for shipping. Overseas has gotta be higher than that if I'm in the states and mines 16 bucks
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Post by Duck Holliday on Dec 22, 2013 18:43:20 GMT -5
Seriously. I don't have a huge problem with their prices most the time.. but it's still the shipping that gets me, I can't help but feel like there shipping is double the price of almost any other site I buy from. I hear this complaint constantly and coming from someone who not only buys from RSC for the past 15 or so years AND regularly sells on ebay, so I am shipping packages constantly......I dont see how anyone can say that. They ship in a priority shipping box. I believe they charge me something like $6.87 for 1 figure to be shipped from NY to me in PA. Thats what it cost. Its possible the real price is a few cents cheaper....but its certainly not even a dollar less than that. What are people being charged that they are so upset over the shipping cost? $12.95 was how much my last order was for shipping. *Shrug*
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 22, 2013 18:44:19 GMT -5
I hear this complaint constantly and coming from someone who not only buys from RSC for the past 15 or so years AND regularly sells on ebay, so I am shipping packages constantly......I dont see how anyone can say that. They ship in a priority shipping box. I believe they charge me something like $6.87 for 1 figure to be shipped from NY to me in PA. Thats what it cost. Its possible the real price is a few cents cheaper....but its certainly not even a dollar less than that. What are people being charged that they are so upset over the shipping cost? mine is 16 dollars for shipping. Overseas has gotta be higher than that if I'm in the states and mines 16 bucks $16 for priority for over seas sounds about right. Thats a complaint I would register with USPS and not RSC.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 22, 2013 18:44:48 GMT -5
I hear this complaint constantly and coming from someone who not only buys from RSC for the past 15 or so years AND regularly sells on ebay, so I am shipping packages constantly......I dont see how anyone can say that. They ship in a priority shipping box. I believe they charge me something like $6.87 for 1 figure to be shipped from NY to me in PA. Thats what it cost. Its possible the real price is a few cents cheaper....but its certainly not even a dollar less than that. What are people being charged that they are so upset over the shipping cost? $12.95 was how much my last order was for shipping. *Shrug* Where do you live?
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Post by Duck Holliday on Dec 22, 2013 18:50:00 GMT -5
mine is 16 dollars for shipping. Overseas has gotta be higher than that if I'm in the states and mines 16 bucks $16 for priority for over seas sounds about right. Thats a complaint I would register with USPS and not RSC. He's saying that he paid $16 and he live in the states, he's just theorizing that it's going to be higher overseas. I think the shipping costs have now been covered enough in this thread, I'm going to bow out for now. See ya guys elsewhere
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