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01-24-2021, 01:02 PM
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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 1,625
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Someone in the P1 Red Sonja thread said they had a $700 quote for standard shipping. Absolutely ridiculous.
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01-24-2021, 01:09 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 14,480
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I don't get why Covid should impact shipping. The price of fuel crashed not so long ago. If anything, shipping prices should have dropped, not gone up.
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01-24-2021, 01:30 PM
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The InJustice League
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Dublin, OH
Posts: 6,178
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ukshaun
I don't get why Covid should impact shipping. The price of fuel crashed not so long ago. If anything, shipping prices should have dropped, not gone up.
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I am not an expert but based on what I've read, Covid has done two things. First, people are just shipping more things (instead of going to stores) so that is putting a strain on shipping companies. The shipping companies are raising prices to fund extra costs due to this (like overtime) AND using the raised prices to weed out certain shipments. Second, there have been Covid outbreaks at various ports and shipping facilities which have hurt the labor numbers for these companies. They are having to pay more to hire more workers and/or pay overtime.
I am sure there are other reasons too.
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01-24-2021, 01:52 PM
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The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,333
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Some of it I am sure is due to shipping companies. I myself have seen no difference from showz. They had a real short term while they raised prices several months ago and let people know if they could wait prices would go back down. A month later and they were back down. Sideshow surprised me with 3 charges of $184 each that hurt and forced me to switch to bbts, alter ego comics, entertainment earth, or secret compass for much better deals. That being said my Megatron shipped and was only $80. Not sure how you can go from $200+ for starscream and only 80 for Megatron since they are about the same (same scale and same company). So that was a pleasant surprise. I did learn through that to not do preorders with sideshow anymore but they can be competitive when they WANT to be. On the other side, if P1 is screwing sideshow like sideshow has done to some of their customers I would think that price should be expected to flow down to the buyer.
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01-24-2021, 02:04 PM
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Justice League
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Virginia
Posts: 252
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Another area of shipping concerns is shipments of the Covid vaccine and how it takes priority. I don't know how other countries are handling delivery and who is paying for it but in the U.S. one side of country is handled primarily by FedEx and other side by UPS not sure who is paying for all that work but I'm sure it affects delivery priorities and in turn expenses.
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01-24-2021, 02:28 PM
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Doctor Doom
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 16,030
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Global Pandemic? Gimmie my statues!!!
LOL
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01-24-2021, 03:02 PM
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A day without sunshine is like... night.
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 207
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I sure am glad that the only thing I have on order with them has free shipping.
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01-24-2021, 04:46 PM
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Cyclops
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 11,586
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mepaphoros
Someone in the P1 Red Sonja thread said they had a $700 quote for standard shipping. Absolutely ridiculous.
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That was from p1, and standard shipping from them is going by air so it is indeed crazy high. Standard is NOT economy (sea freight).
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01-24-2021, 04:48 PM
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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 1,625
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dao2
That was from p1, and standard shipping from them is going by air so it is indeed crazy high. Standard is NOT economy (sea freight).
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Ahh OK, thanks.
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01-24-2021, 05:17 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 13,973
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Also, I read somewhere that shipping companies had changed their policies regarding volumetric prices, which is obviously going to affect Prime 1 and their huge pieces (those ridiculous bases!) more than anyone.
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