Feedback on Robotoybase.com?

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by NothingHead, Apr 21, 2017.

  1. Hero

    Hero Well-Known Member

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    A very reliable and straight up shop. Tony goes above and beyond for you whenever he can. He even found me a BC Quint Journal which was originally out of stock on the site. Didn't have to, but he did it anyway.

    Him and RK are my go to internet shops.
     
  2. DrCalligari

    DrCalligari Does it come in purple?

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    I w as s having this issue too. I just switched the payment from paying with my bank account through PayPal to using my PayPal credit account and it worked perfectly.
     
  3. Jtotheiso187

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    gtg
     
  4. Devastator03

    Devastator03 Prepare for Extermination

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    Thank you for this info. I've been considering ordering a few items from there but the shipping quotes were astronomical since I prefer to get the original box with my figs. Will definitely email him for a quote on everything.
     
  5. Tekkaman Blade

    Tekkaman Blade Professor of Animation

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    Shipping can cost a little, but you usually get it pretty fast with in a week or two depending on how long it takes to get through customs. Usually sends it that day or the next depending on the hour of purchase.
     
  6. Hero

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    Just got my Hoodlum, Boost and MS-01 from Tony. Took only 4 days from order placement to receipt.

    Box was well protected by bubblewrap

    My thanks to Robotoybase for continuing to provide a very speedy and reliable service.
     
  7. GavynN.X.

    GavynN.X. I want AM thundercracker

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    Does anyone know his actual HK storefront address?
     
  8. RKillian

    RKillian http://www.rktoyandhobby.com

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    I have a question too. I've made three orders with them since July 2017. The last two never sent me an order confirmation. Has anybody else noticed the missing e-mail?
     
  9. Hexatron

    Hexatron Plastic crack junky

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    Sometimes he doesn't remember to send them out. If you want your tracking number, but dont get a confirmation/shipping email, he does supply the tracking if you view your orders in your account on the site.
     
  10. RKillian

    RKillian http://www.rktoyandhobby.com

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    The one I did receive back in 2017 looks auto-generated. The shipping updates, which I expect to receive a third time, do also. What's supposed to happen is an order confirmation from RTB, a payment confirmation from PayPal, and a shipping update from RTB. I even have their address explicitly white-listed so it's weird that they have such a low success rate.

    Every now and then, Anime Export's order confirmation never shows up either and I have them explicitly white-listed too.
     
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  11. FredVIII

    FredVIII HUMAN GERM!

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    I placed my second order with Tony last week and didn't get an order confirmation either (even though the payment went through). After 5 days or so, I emailed him about it and he got back to me in less than a day.
     
  12. DutyBeforeAll

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    I’ve never had any problems with them before.
     
  13. RKillian

    RKillian http://www.rktoyandhobby.com

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    Oh I'm not worried about the order not going through. I've ordered from Tony back when the shop was called Chimungmung. I just wondered if only I was losing e-mails or if the site itself was broken.
     
  14. Hexatron

    Hexatron Plastic crack junky

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    I think it's probably just him getting busy and forgetting to send the email in the first place. I've put 30+ orders through RTB/Chimungmung and I've noticed the emails are hit and miss. I just started logging in to see status changes so I don't pay too much attention to the emails haha. Sorry I'm not more help man.
     
  15. GAUGE

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    I bought my first release KFC metallic Blaster from him a couple years ago.

    Got it within a week

    he's legit. :) 

    and if there's something you want he doesn't have in stock, he'll track it down and get it for you.
     
  16. Scowly Prowl

    Scowly Prowl Still calculating variables...

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    I ordered a couple of bots just after Christmas, and they arrived with no issues.
     
  17. MrUniqZ

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    I’ve ordered several items in the past 6 months with no issues. Some have arrived within less than 3 weeks. Tony even pulled an unlisted item from his storage for me once and I was a new customer at that time.

    I feel more comfortable ordering from there than tfsource sometimes.
     
  18. Hexatron

    Hexatron Plastic crack junky

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    I'd feel more comfortable ordering from RTB 100% of the time.
     
  19. PrimeWillis81

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    So the question I have is this; Are they KO transformers on the Robotoybase? I only ask because I read that they are coming from China and they have some really hard to find 3rd party figures that have been out of stock on most sites.
     
  20. Mr.Deflok

    Mr.Deflok Well-Known Member

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    They are only KO if they say they are, otherwise everything is legit.

    Honestly my favourite site to buy from.
     
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