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Post by RLFoster on Sept 21, 2017 11:14:38 GMT -6
Finding that one item you really want for a great price on Amazon with FREE shipping and ordering it...before reading the fine print...and discovering after the fact that the reason the shipping is free is because the item is coming from Hong Kong, on a slow boat (from China), and has a 6 to 8 week delivery estimate!!! I'm just glad it's not a critical item for my build!  |
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Post by JCON on Sept 21, 2017 11:17:09 GMT -6
At least its coming even if it is by sea turtle...
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 21, 2017 11:18:15 GMT -6
What is it, one those boats they call a junk? LoL There is a reason they call them that, I think!
I have received stuff from over there sooner than six weeks, but not very often.
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Post by RLFoster on Sept 21, 2017 11:28:18 GMT -6
I think the "official" Amazon delivery estimate is 20 October - 14 November!!!
Get your Christmas shopping done early!
It reminds me of the old days of the Sears or Montgomery Wards catalogs...now I'm dating myself.
Anyone remember S&H Green Stamps?
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 21, 2017 11:47:58 GMT -6
S&H Green Stamps....and Top Value Stamps. My Mom collected them. Top Value from the grocery store, S&H from the gas station.
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Post by RLFoster on Sept 21, 2017 12:07:52 GMT -6
S&H Green Stamps....and Top Value Stamps. My Mom collected them. Top Value from the grocery store, S&H from the gas station. I think my family's very first blender (or maybe it was the electric can opener) was "procured" from the S&H Store in Alpena, Michigan in the early to mid 1970's. |
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Post by JCON on Sept 21, 2017 12:10:41 GMT -6
Blue chip stamps too, lol!!!
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Sept 21, 2017 19:56:31 GMT -6
My wife and I have ordered items thru Amazon that are shipped from China and it's worked both ways , fast and slow . Amazon will give you a delivery date and then keep extending it until the item actually arrives , which it finally did , two weeks late . On the other hand some items arrive a few days early so there delivery dates are just a quesstimation ,
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Post by JCON on Sept 21, 2017 20:09:29 GMT -6
Depends on who the actual shipper is... one time I got a kit from Hong Kong in 6 days...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 20:33:12 GMT -6
i ordered something from hong kong before. Took almost 2 months to get it. I said never again!!!!
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 21, 2017 20:52:05 GMT -6
Getting stuff from across that pond is a hit or miss deal!!!
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Post by JCON on Sept 21, 2017 22:23:43 GMT -6
Worst case for me was 5 weeks...  |
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Post by patrick on Sept 22, 2017 4:23:39 GMT -6
I order a decal set that was to come from mainland China....FREE SHIPING they said....never got it...It was a SCAM !
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Post by tojo72 on Sept 22, 2017 4:54:21 GMT -6
Sometimes stuff actually arrives sooner.
I order from Sincere Hobby,and use the slow boat method,and they are almost always earlier then their estimate.
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Post by Dukemaddog on Sept 22, 2017 5:49:45 GMT -6
I remember the S&H green stamps as well. What fun it was to stick them in the book for my mom.
The only Far Eastern model company I ever buy from is Hobbylink Japan and their shipping is fast! I sometimes get things four days after ordering, the slowest has been six days. I've never ordered from any other Far Eastern source.
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Post by Robbo on Sept 22, 2017 6:02:24 GMT -6
Well that is disappointing. I was disappointed once when I got a metal barrel at a bargain price on e-bay. When it turned up it was a 1/72  |
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Post by Steve Ski on Sept 22, 2017 13:56:56 GMT -6
Yall are givin me flashbacks, Blue Chip, S&H green, wow! How bout them box tops from cereals?
Ya Robert, I've boofed on an Amazon order myself, now I force myself to read the fine print before I press the button. I eventually got my items, though.
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Post by SteveM on Sept 22, 2017 14:06:11 GMT -6
At least you won't get stung like us here in the UK if we order anything over £15 (including postage) from non-EU counties. Import VAT @ 20% is collected by Parcel Force who charge and extra £13 to 'cover their cost' ! After Brexit, we'll pay WTF trarrif of 10% , then the 20% will go on to of that plus the £13  Unless our idiot politicians can sort themselves out and get some kind of deal together  |
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Post by Steve Ski on Sept 22, 2017 14:07:55 GMT -6
At least you won't get stung like us here in the UK if we order anything over £15 (including postage) from non-EU counties. Import VAT @ 20% is collected by Parcel Force who charge and extra £13 to 'cover their cost' ! After Brexit, we'll pay WTF trarrif of 10% , then the 20% will go on to of that plus the £13 Unless our idiot politicians can sort themselves out and get some kind of deal together Dang, that is brutal, sorry to hear that. Maybe yall should have a TEA Party........ Sorry Robert, couldn't resist. We haven't gotten that bad here just yet, but it's acommin! |
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 22, 2017 14:16:52 GMT -6
Shipping seems to be a free-for-all here in the states. I see shipping charges that don't exactly match the sticker the post office puts on the package! I know they have to buy boxes and bubble wrap, but some of the postage charges add up to more than that! I guess it's a "for-my-trouble" charge!
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