danfdan
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Post by danfdan on Feb 19, 2023 8:12:29 GMT -5
Please do something or look into your international shipping charges.
Example - it's $34 to ship the retro pack to the U.K. - Mattel charge €11 for the same thing. If I order multiple I would have to pay an additional $34 each time even though they would be shipped together in same box (expecting an increase due to weight but not the same price again).
I have passed on multiple purchases since you adopted this approach, I want to give you money but can't justify the high shipping fees.
And I know there are many others in the same boat.
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Old Zeke
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Post by Old Zeke on Feb 19, 2023 8:28:22 GMT -5
I have to agree - my purchases from RSC have become less and less over the last year because of the shipping. I understand prices have gone up, but by that much? I don't think so.
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peterjp2
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Post by peterjp2 on Feb 19, 2023 11:02:55 GMT -5
Canadian shipping has always been an issue, have stopped ordering entirely because of this other then exclusive figures.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Feb 19, 2023 11:11:29 GMT -5
I wonder what the difference is in international order volumes between Mattel Creations and RSC. My assumption is that Mattel hits some sort of volume discount rates whereas RSC doesn’t, but it is wild how much international shipping rates vary between different online stores. I don’t really understand the business reasons for it, I assume there are valid reasons, and I hope there are solutions. For me, the ideal would be if Ringside sold on Amazon and used Amazon’s US-to-UK shipping rates and times. But that’s probably not feasible for a bunch of reasons that I don’t understand because I don’t run this kind of business.
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Biff Slamkovich™
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Feb 19, 2023 12:05:30 GMT -5
Canadian shipping has always been an issue, have stopped ordering entirely because of this other then exclusive figures. Completely agree. If they just used USPS instead of FedEx we wouldn't be getting hit with customs or the BS brokerage fees that FedEx charges (which is typically an additional 40% of the packages value). USPS passes packages off to Canada Post upon entry to the country, and Canada Post never charges fees, or very rarely. I've been charged a customs fee receiving a Canada Post package that originated from the US literally once out of hundreds of orders from various US-based retailers. Not to mention, FedEx (and UPS just to note) do not deliver to PO Boxes, but Canada Post does. So it would actually be to RSC's benefit to use Canada Post as they would actually be increasing the amount of people they could deliver to. |
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Post by mrhoss on Feb 19, 2023 12:43:11 GMT -5
For perspective the other way, two 6" figures (ML/Black Series/Classified) from StarActionFigures in the UK is about $25 shipping to me in the US. Other UK stores charge more. Zavvi UK is the cheapest, but my only shipment from them got lost in LA when FedEx handed off to USPS. Postage from Hong Kong to the US blew up during the pandemic, which is why I switched to UK stores.
Sometimes I use a Canadian store. Since they are so close to the border, they have a courier service drop their packages over the border and charge US shipping rates.
Yeah, Canada and UK having been getting a lot of Hasbro product faster than US stores. If it's something I really want, I'll pay the extra shipping instead of waiting.
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