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Post by Mox on Feb 2, 2014 6:33:54 GMT -5
Forgive me if this is a stupid question. I feel like it is but here we go anyway. For people in Australia, is there a country you can buy online from that has cheaper shipping than say from the States? Or is shipping killer from pretty much everywhere?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2014 7:03:40 GMT -5
Forgive me if this is a stupid question. I feel like it is but here we go anyway. For people in Australia, is there a country you can buy online from that has cheaper shipping than say from the States? Or is shipping killer from pretty much everywhere? Go figure or just use Ringside collectibles, Even though ringsides shipping is horrible it's still the best choice. Also I'm sure that the reason figures aren't distributed is the low popularity of WWE in general. Even the live tour was cut down to just 3 shows (1 in Perth which I'm going to  ). So I guess the only way would be to wait for the product to be more popular here. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2014 7:12:43 GMT -5
I pay 50$ per figure. Mattel hates anyone that isn't America or Canada. Or the UK.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Feb 2, 2014 8:59:39 GMT -5
True, but the catlogue of product they offer to distributors is extremely limited despite stores and retailers showing demand. Mattel Australia practically refused to comment on this. It's quite unfair. It's extremely unfair. Like me I paid like $200 for 5 figures and shipping it's so unfair Yeah exactly, I know too well. At the beginning we were getting all mattel product. Now I rarely spend $100 because its just not economical to order some figures unless youre getting multiple. I've certainly bought a lot less product than what I used to because of us having nothing in store. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 21:11:52 GMT -5
It's very unlikely that Mattel would just stop supplying vendors for no reason. True, but the catlogue of product they offer to distributors is extremely limited despite stores and retailers showing demand. Mattel Australia practically refused to comment on this. It's quite unfair. I have asked out local tru and k mart and they only offer power slammers, rumblers, brawling buddies and very few basic lines |
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Post by Vamp55 on Feb 8, 2014 21:55:49 GMT -5
I'm from the USA and I don't get why Australia gets bad distribution Australia is a big country. We are about 80% of the land mass of the US. Yet, we less then 1/10th of of the us population. So it's more expensive to ship things around here, and there are simply less of us to buy the product. We really only get the stuff that is going to sell, it the stuff that is "hot" at the time, and at the moment WWE isn't close.. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 21:58:23 GMT -5
Would be a good question to ask matteldesignteam (Bill) about it and see if you can get a clear answer as to why they don't distribute to Australia.......really sucks, you guys should be able to enjoy this stuff to without paying crazy prices online....... Why would design team know about distribution? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 22:01:00 GMT -5
Would be a good question to ask matteldesignteam (Bill) about it and see if you can get a clear answer as to why they don't distribute to Australia.......really sucks, you guys should be able to enjoy this stuff to without paying crazy prices online....... Why would design team know about distribution? Bill knows a lot of the numbers in terms of sales and what not, I am sure he would have info on distribution........I know this because he has mentioned it off hand once or twice... |
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 8, 2014 22:03:12 GMT -5
Bill from MDT has no control of Distribution
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 23:35:43 GMT -5
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Post by Artistix on Feb 8, 2014 23:57:20 GMT -5
I see the odd Basic set in Big W or Target. The set with Fandango & Kaitlyn is there now. Never had any Elites in my town.
Thanks to the people who mentioned Go Figure. I will give them a try.
I understand RSC only wanting to use the best international shipping, but it would be nice if they could also offer standard shipping. As long as it is agreed they are in no way responsible for parcels sent via standard international mail, I don't see the problem. Surely it would boost their international sales.
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Post by Vamp55 on Feb 9, 2014 5:10:44 GMT -5
im confused as to why you feel the need to show your collection in this post? not that I mind seeing it (always up for seeing collections), just seems odd to me... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 7:07:35 GMT -5
Somehow Switzerland get figures first than anyone (no offence compared to other countries figures will sell more) and no figures in Australia
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 21:22:21 GMT -5
I went to my local toys r us today and they only had slam city. It's like they want us to stop buying merchandiser. There's not even shirts at kmart anymore
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Post by Jordan on Feb 10, 2014 19:23:43 GMT -5
I went to my local toys r us today and they only had slam city. It's like they want us to stop buying merchandiser. There's not even shirts at kmart anymore There has to be enough people to want to buy it or it's not worth it to sell for them. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 7:14:55 GMT -5
I went to my local toys r us today and they only had slam city. It's like they want us to stop buying merchandiser. There's not even shirts at kmart anymore There has to be enough people to want to buy it or it's not worth it to sell for them. There was recently a petition for Australians to get some gear and it got 50 000. That's a lot of people. Plus there are people who are to embarrassed to admit they are fans to |
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Post by Jordan on Feb 11, 2014 10:35:14 GMT -5
There has to be enough people to want to buy it or it's not worth it to sell for them. There was recently a petition for Australians to get some gear and it got 50 000. That's a lot of people. Plus there are people who are to embarrassed to admit they are fans to Didn't Australia used to get Elites? There must have been a reason why the shops stopped ordering them from Mattel. |
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Post by Figuremania™ on Feb 14, 2014 1:28:55 GMT -5
we do okay with Basic figures, I just found Basic 38 at Target today
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Post by Jamie on Feb 14, 2014 2:14:54 GMT -5
There was recently a petition for Australians to get some gear and it got 50 000. That's a lot of people. Plus there are people who are to embarrassed to admit they are fans to Didn't Australia used to get Elites? There must have been a reason why the shops stopped ordering them from Mattel. We ordered like 6x as much of E6, and it didn't sell great so they stopped. Usually elites would sell pretty fast, and E6 sold the usual amount and more, but not enough for them to keep it around. |
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Feb 14, 2014 2:24:08 GMT -5
Why are the poll votes hidden until April?
I'm curious to see what the results are. Lol
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