CATCplSlade Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 JefH, Chinese shippers do about the same thing, which is one of the reasons things take so long from there. They get a better shipping rate when they fill an entire container and ship a buttload of items at one time. I personally don't mind the wait if it is a kit, but waiting for paints or other supplies can be problematic if you're in the middle of a project, which is why I mostly buy that stuff local. Bill Cross and JefH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre F-86 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 JefH, Chinese shippers do about the same thing, which is one of the reasons things take so long from there. They get a better shipping rate when they fill an entire container and ship a buttload of items at one time. I personally don't mind the wait if it is a kit, but waiting for paints or other supplies can be problematic if you're in the middle of a project, which is why I mostly buy that stuff local. You nailed it. Shipping across the Pacific or anywhere for that matter is much cheaper if you can fill a container. I've seen one LD-5 aircraft can with as many as 250 seperate small items on one master manifest when I was in the airfreight business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefH Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I understand the merits of goods coming from China filling a shipping container before they leave port, but I was under the impression that DragonUSA's warehouse was somewhere in the continental U.S. It should be easy to send a package from the warehouse to a Fedex distribution centre which would transfer it to a Canadian distribution centre after a customs inspection. I didn't know why it sat in the warehouse for a month before handing it off to Fedex for delivery? I thought it was maybe that Dragon only wanted to deal with all the duty and customs red-tape in one swath since it's probably fairly labour intensive. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I understand the merits of goods coming from China filling a shipping container before they leave port, but I was under the impression that DragonUSA's warehouse was somewhere in the continental U.S. It should be easy to send a package from the warehouse to a Fedex distribution centre which would transfer it to a Canadian distribution centre after a customs inspection. I didn't know why it sat in the warehouse for a month before handing it off to Fedex for delivery? I thought it was maybe that Dragon only wanted to deal with all the duty and customs red-tape in one swath since it's probably fairly labour intensive. Jeff I have a feeling that the current dragonusaonline is operating with fewer personnel than at its old address. So, in a way it is because of the labor involved with shipping to Canada as opposed to staying within the States. I sell on ebay and am familiar with the many virtues of the Canadian postal system. One of my last sales was fortunate to have a PO box just across the border, and I didn't have to deal with the paperwork. Since I ship from home, having to go into town to pick some up was a PITA. Also, judging from a sudden change in their inventory level of Panther kits and a few other items, I think some people were the victim of waiting for their own deliveries to arrive and that may have affected ship-outs. Just throwing stuff out. It's late here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I live a couple of hours away from their SoCal distribution center, in some cases I've ordered on a Monday morning and had the package Tuesday afternoon. They get their US orders out fast. Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 OK cool , we can order from Mike then !! chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I did get a strange email from them that one of my items on order was out of stock and if they didn't hear back from me my order would miss this months consolidated shipment. I did get back to them and my order arrived about 10 days later. So they must get some kind of volume deal on shipments going to Canada from Fedex which is fine by me because the shipping charges for the size of the box was very reasonable compared to what I am quoted by other suppliers using USPS which are crazy prices. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) And the 110 is $40 again! The E-2 kit, obviously. Apparently the new warehouse is built from stacks of this kit, they made so many. Okay, off to PUBG now... Edited July 1, 2018 by CATCplSlade Out2gtcha and Bill Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 OK cool , we can order from Mike then !! My garage is beginning to look like a warehouse! MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 ...just ordered a 110...,hope the shipping fee to Germany doesn't kill it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I sent an 'E-2 kit to Hungary and the postage came to $65. Hope you did better to Germany. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Dragon has a one day sale on all in stock items in conjunction with July 4 holiday. Enter Promo Code July4 at checkout. This includes items already discounted, and brings the cost of the Bf 110E Trop down to $28.00. Lots of armor kits discounted too. Again I have no connection with Dragon, just relaying the info...https://www.dragonusaonline.com/Search.aspx?status=50%-or-MORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Well, I finally caved and bought the Bf110 kit. Still can't believe shipping is only $9.99 to Canada. Carl Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Well last time i had regret not ordering it so its done now also got a 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf.E Tiger I Mid Production Remote Control for 28$ plus 17$ shipping to canada is really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I found my 110 sitting at the front door a week ago, heck of a deal I agree... thinking of buying another and doing a luft ‘49 whif with turbo prop engines single empennage and tank buster canons under it... but like I've been told, I get some crazy ideas at times Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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