Ooooooor maybe your US postal service is more greedy when it comes to shipping stuff abroad than other postal services around the world.

When I can send a Leader Class figure to the US and pay the same as it would cost to have a Legion Class figure shipped from the US to Germany, it's not the German postal service I blame...

And before anyone gets any brilliant ideas: I'm talking before customs and import tax. That would be charged separately.

 

Posting things from the US to Australia is a pain. If you find someone you can trust, then it's still $20+ just to get it shipped, and at that point you may as well go through Shopmate.

Or...you could camp out for Premium Collectables, which is much better in the long run aside from annoying waiting. I know that site gets a lot of flack from the fans in the TCCA, but after hearing how difficult things are behind the scenes form someone who helps out there I've been convinced otherwise.

Another option is to do stacked shipping on TFSource or Pile of Loot on BBTS. Either saves money on shipping if you shop regularly.

So yes, I could have bought one through Wallgreens and a redirector or a member here, but by the time shipping costs are calculated I might as well just go through a scalper.

 

Flying to europe from the US is also significantly cheaper then the other way around. Sometimes it cheaper to book in reverse for europeans and just not use the first hop to get to the US. Lol.

Aside from that and back to the figure: Nevermore sites like Archonia and I would expect the german dealers are listing it as well at around 20-23 before european shipping (with no taxes).
So that sort of ends on european retail prices in total.


Not that those are anything to be happy about but that is a different issue entirely (albeit partially fueled by the airline thing).

 

Sadly no, this will only up the taxes, fines and processing fees to levels well beyond the shipping even :/
That and it will be locked in customs for an unspecified amount of time (as in a few weeks or months depending on the season)

 

Maybe not in your case, but for Australians we don't get the same way. Tax isn't added on top; it's deducted from the service's total. The service provider pays the tax, not the payee.

Plus Australia Post doesn't charge extra for things to come into the country. Its considered a free service.

 

Plus, many members (myself included) have had this figure for sale on the BST threads. Heck, I was asking for less than $18 INCLUDING SHIPPING for mine, and it still took me awhile to sell him. Is it the packaging that people really want?

Either way, glad that people are still able to pick this guy up. Maybe he'll stay in stock long enough for people to pick him up during the next Friends and Family sale.