Anyone have a work around until with do a trade deal with the US? I want a few bits but currently they want £91 shipping plus customs.
Kinda daylight robbery to be honest.
Kinda daylight robbery to be honest.
A well timed business visit, lucky manyeah I'm there with work and then to the Texas pinball festival!
Marco are robbing bastards when it comes to shipping. They wanted £59 to "ship" 2 sets of drop target decals that could have gone in an envelope. I made friends with a guy in Texas through a US pinball site and get stuff shipped to him and he sends it on. I do the same for him with stuff he wants from Europe. We both agreed to send stuff normal parcel Air Mail (untracked) and after about 7 or 8 shipments either way, not one has gone missing! We both make customs declarations under £15 into the UK and $25 to USA and there are no charges The shipping of the decals eventually cost $2.85. Can I suggest you make friends with someone on the US pin sites and come to an arrangementAnyone have a work around until with do a trade deal with the US? I want a few bits but currently they want £91 shipping plus customs.
Kinda daylight robbery to be honest.
As usual the odd f-ckwit spoils it for everyone. I do try to get most of my stuff from Germany or France They do most stuff but nothing EMThe problem will have been that someone would have ordered something they ship it and then customer said I haven’t received that even though he has so what most companies do in the states now send it premium with insurance and tracking and this costs sad really so you have to suck up the cost or no parts
Marco are robbing bastards when it comes to shipping. They wanted £59 to "ship" 2 sets of drop target decals that could have gone in an envelope. I made friends with a guy in Texas through a US pinball site and get stuff shipped to him and he sends it on. I do the same for him with stuff he wants from Europe. We both agreed to send stuff normal parcel Air Mail (untracked) and after about 7 or 8 shipments either way, not one has gone missing! We both make customs declarations under £15 into the UK and $25 to USA and there are no charges The shipping of the decals eventually cost $2.85. Can I suggest you make friends with someone on the US pin sites and come to an arrangement
They want £59 to send a packet with decal in. I enquired why an suggested they send a letter with them in but did not want to know!I tried to order some small decals for CV from them a few years back and got asked to play £40+ in shipping. I emailed them and said how stupid that is when it can be sent in an envelope and they ended up charging me £16... Still crazy but it is what it is sadly. I avoid them at all costs simply because of their shipping prices but other than that I've never had a problem with them
When I asked them they said they did not have any alternative small order shipping system but were considering oneMarco do need some more sensible international postage options for smaller/cheaper items.
I remember reading somewhere on pinside a while back that their international shipping is now handled by a totally separate company somehow so they don't get any say in the price anymore. Can't quite remember what the deal was but I'm sure you could find the reasoning somewhere on pinsideThey want £59 to send a packet with decal in. I enquired why an suggested they send a letter with them in but did not want to know!
When I asked them they said they did not have any alternative small order shipping system but were considering one
Marco do need some more sensible international postage options for smaller/cheaper items.
I remember reading somewhere on pinside a while back that their international shipping is now handled by a totally separate company somehow so they don't get any say in the price anymore. Can't quite remember what the deal was but I'm sure you could find the reasoning somewhere on pinside
It Shouldn't be though. I run a business and I welcome sales from anywhere in the world. I buy stuff from Lee at Pinball Rescue in Australia and the shipping from there is reasonable not the extortion Marco want. You often see stuff on ebay One bloke wanted £70 shipping for an S10 coin mech!international is just a distraction for them.
The problem will have been that someone would have ordered something they ship it and then customer said I haven’t received that even though he has so what most companies do in the states now send it premium with insurance and tracking and this costs sad really so you have to suck up the cost or no parts