Alice Adrenochrome
Super Freak
Has shipping become more expensive lately?
Has shipping become more expensive lately?
Has the price of oil gone up?
you're funny it's like asking if a fat kid, if he likes cake?...
Some kids are fat because they have a physically disorder. And here in Europe, there are so few woods left, that they actually kill the few bears that still roam around, because they don't have a 'home' to go to anyway. Sad. Yes, if I were living in the US, I would also think this is funny! But unfortunately I live in the EU, and that ALWAYS means ridiculous high shipping cost when ordering from Sideshow, especially if you compare it to the price of 12" figures:
SSC 12" commander Praji: $59.99
Shipping for Praji: $43.
And I don't want to mention the $18 tax...
It's virtually costing me more to get the figure delivered, than the figure itself.
But what really alarmed me, is that I payed $50 shipping for my Hulk PF. And now, one year later, I have to pay $61.45 for the shipping of The Thing PF, which is about the same size and weight. That's over $11 more in one year. And, accordingly I have to pay $2 more VAT also.
Even tough they combine orders when possible (and when asked for), ordering from Sideshow IS getting expensive. It would be nice if they could finally come up with a solid solution for their European and International customers to ALWAYS save on fright costs.
...Yes, if I were living in the US, I would also think this is funny...
We weren't making fun of the shipping costs, just my original reply, which was meant to say, Yes, shipping has gone up...
Hey there bud,
no disrespect man i was just saying that everything is going up. i live California about 40 minutes away from sideshow i don't know if they have a pick program to avoid the shipping cost. But then i would have to waste gas and at $4.00+ a gallon it's pointless to even try. It's the same everywhere even to buy stuff from EU or Asia the shipping cost is hella hi. i wanted to buy a bust from this dude in asia and he wanted to charge me $35 for a 5.00 lbs (2.27 kg)* package THAT'S BUNKING INSANE!!!!!!!!!! So you see it's everywhere
i need to find a part time job just to pay fo the shipping costs........
I mailed some stuff overseas this weekend, and I could not believe how high shipping was.
I sell a lot of 6-8" action figures, and the normal international package usually costs me about 22 dollars. I was shelling out 30 dollars each for the same packages that I usually ship for the low 20's.
Then, I just politely ask about it, and the postage lady goes off like a bomb. "You know, you can go to UPS if you do not like it." All she had to say was, "you know, the post went up again Monday."
You are right, its easy for me to say that sitting here, but if I was actually there would maybe be more reluctant to say anything. I just hate rude mouthy people.
Seriously tho, people in a public service shouldn't let themselves get carried away with "being there all day" or "having a rough day". It's called professionalism.
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