California Transformers Sightings

Discussion in 'Transformers Sightings' started by kpassman, Jun 22, 2003.

  1. rhodium1977

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    I have not gotten the email update yet but I checked my order status through the website and my items were indeed shipped for overnight delivery. When we passed the 3/27 shipping date I noticed the upgrade immediately. It was nice of hasbrotoyshop to upgrade everyone to overnight.
     
  2. TheTFReview

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    I got my shipping confirmation as well. Expected delivery date is tomorrow. Cudos to HTS, overnight FedEx shipping is not cheap. Probably more expensive than the order itself.
     
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    Order for what?
     
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    Hi guys:

    check your credit cards. in regards to the cw toys order from hasbro, they charged me again for the items that they are shipping out today when they already charged me for the full amount at the time i placed the order. i will call them tomorrow to clear things up... hopefully.
     
  5. MegaPrime99

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    never mind, ignore my last post, i just check my credit card statement. my "card not present" alert showed the incorrect amount that was charged when i initially placed the order. they only charged what they shipped out.

    sorry for this post, jumped the gun.
     
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    They can be confusing. From what i remember, they charge as they ship. So if they ship out 3 separate packages, even tho they were from the same order, they will show 3 separate charges on your statement.
     
  7. rhodium1977

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    Even if you use the Paypal option and the corresponding bank account attached to it, they will only charge on the day items ship regardless of how many different boxes are shipped out.
     
  8. mikeflosi

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    Definitely props to HTS for upgrading shipping on everybody's order. It's nice to have something before retail and BBTS. I'm sure many got in on that order window when the 20% offer and free shipping was going. First time I have seen them upgrade anything since ordering from them.

    While I'm sure there was some cost to them for the upgrade, they ship in large quantities so there must be a considerable discount for them as well. It's especially apparent with Amazon and their Prime program.

    On another note, even the latest orders with a 04/28 ship date went out yesterday too with standard shipping if you went with the code and didn't pay for the upgrade. Still can't complain. No wonder why all the limbs are OOS now! I believe at least Offroad was available as of yesterday.
     
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    Just received the four new "limbs" not 8 minutes ago. They put everything in a smaller box this time and with that being said the top of the cardback is bent a bit as it is noticeably heavier with the comic book inside. I am opening them up anyway so not a problem for me. Glad to get them!

    P.S. Everyone should be getting a new 15% off code that expires June 15th.
     
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    Sad to hear HTS has not changed their packing ways. Not good for those of us looking for MISB....
     
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    Who cares you got 1 day shipping!
     
  14. rhodium1977

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    Funny thing is they literally put in a 12 in. by 10.5 in. by 8 in. box, a thin sheet of kraft paper 15.5 in. by 14 in. in size as the only packing material to protect four deluxes. The bend in the cardbacks is manageable and not severe like other times HTS has shipped. Probably with some weight on the cardbacks it can be flatten out a bit more. With express shipping taking place it is obvious they wanted to save weight by having the boxes just the right size.
     
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    I think that was 22.99 just 2 years ago. It doubled in price.

    TRU was a worst offender. They don't even find the right box most of the time, nor do they use any packing material inside the box. I think the only guaranteed way for a nice box is through BBTS, TFSource, or any collector-friendly store.
     
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    Responses like this are the reason why I rather not even bring this subject up. There are MISB collectors and there are non-MISB collectors. I respect everybody's decision to buy/collect as they choose. But what is so wrong with wanting nice packaging vs one that has been sat on? The price doesn't matter. It's the principle. Why would you want/accept something that was intentially crushed up because it wasn't packed correctly? If it was packed correctly from the start this wouldn't have happened.

    The next time you buy a figure at retail, and you have a choice between a mint one and a crushed one. You go ahead and buy the crushed one. Yeah right...

    And yes I am very aware that nobody is forcing me to buy from HTS.


    Sounds about like the workings of HTS proving it doesn't matter whether it's shipped express or standard. They pack it the same way, and that's just how they are. Majority of the people probably don't care and that's fine, but I do...
     
  17. alkamist

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    Isn't that the same Voyager GDO Megatron that came out some years ago at TRU? Powerdive and Hotspot were some of the others from that series.

    And yes, total agreement with you on the collector friendly stores. You pay more most of the time, but that's the only way to get higher quality packaging.
     
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    that's what I was thinking too. I picked it up at Ross for $13.
     
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    Yes, it was part of the GDO line that was for Chinese markets, but they sold them at TRU. That Megatron was not very good at all. That was a great mold for Banzaitron and Bludgeon, not Megatron.

    Also, the collector stores, you can guarantee mint packaging.
     
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    no one really needs to response to this. since we are adults.