Pre-Orders for Drift and Over-Run back up for pre-order

Some positive news aside from all the super dodgey Credit Card Transactions going on. :mad:. so far my account is fine, luckily.

Just recieved an email from the club,


Paraphrasing:the Exclusive toys have arrived ahead of schedule and so they are shipping early. it will take approximately 2 weeks to ship them all, so don't worry if you haven't recieved shipping notice yet.


This is good news and good communication I think as I've started wondering where my shipping notice was. so could be up to a month or more before we get our lot shipped here.

got an email stating that my order has been posted :D

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Originally Posted by loophole

got an email stating that my order has been posted :D

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Awesome, awaiting my order. I dont really care for drift, but Over-run.

How did the other group orders go with the shipping amounts?
What difference did you get between the quoted/paid amount and the actual amount on the box?

I was quoted/paid - US$165.25
The actual - US$109.10
Difference overcharged - US$56.15

Add to that, my last group order being overcharged - US$73.29
That's US$129.44 extra paid from just two orders... imagine how much extra they are making from every order.

I'll be interested to see how they do this time, last time I think it was a good $60 or more they overcharged. This time they have sent the order in two boxes.

Last year though I felt better as postage for the boton set ended up being more than the $40 I paid. Not much better mind you.

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Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy

I'll be interested to see how they do this time, last time I think it was a good $60 or more they overcharged. This time they have sent the order in two boxes.

Last year though I felt better as postage for the boton set ended up being more than the $40 I paid. Not much better mind you.

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Got mine in 1 box.

VGM out...

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Originally Posted by VGMStudios

Got mine in 1 box.

VGM out...

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yeh, but I suspect you didn't have this many:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...o/IMG_2344.jpg
;)

Postage Hmm, well, I paid $211.25 Us when I ordered, the two boxes together actually cost $173.19, a sweet 38 bucks in the pocket of funpub. Lucky barstards.

Here is Runabout!

http://kupscigar.com/collection2012/over-run.JPG

I can't wait for Runamuck!

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Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy

yeh, but I suspect you didn't have this many:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...o/IMG_2344.jpg
;)

Postage Hmm, well, I paid $211.25 Us when I ordered, the two boxes together actually cost $173.19, a sweet 38 bucks in the pocket of funpub. Lucky barstards.

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why the freak do you need that many? hording much? scalper? or bought for ppl in your area?

Also those who received SG Drift. Did yours come with a tech spec card?

VGM out...

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Originally Posted by VGMStudios

why the freak do you need that many? hording much? scalper? or bought for ppl in your area?

Also those who received SG Drift. Did yours come with a tech spec card?

VGM out...

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SCALPER.......SCALPER!!!!!!!

*points at Tets*

:D:D:D

Valks you Stirrer you!

Group order VGM. Even I am not that evil.

Well not yet anyway.

Drift's tecchy card and instructions are underneath the foam in the box, so just pull i out slowly and you should find a little baggy and a moisture absorber thing.

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Originally Posted by VGMStudios

why the freak do you need that many? hording much? scalper? or bought for ppl in your area?
VGM out...

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We don't scalp Collector Club toys here.
A handful of people in Australia have to do bulk orders for other fans here, because of how much FunPub overcharges us (outside of Nth America) on shipping.
We do it to help out others, usually without any profit from the ordeal.

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Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy

Postage Hmm, well, I paid $211.25 Us when I ordered, the two boxes together actually cost $173.19, a sweet 38 bucks in the pocket of funpub. Lucky barstards.

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Originally Posted by griffin

How did the other group orders go with the shipping amounts?
What difference did you get between the quoted/paid amount and the actual amount on the box?

I was quoted/paid - US$165.25
The actual - US$109.10
Difference overcharged - US$56.15

Add to that, my last group order being overcharged - US$73.29
That's US$129.44 extra paid from just two orders... imagine how much extra they are making from every order.

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My postage charge was 153.75
and the cost to ship was 103.48

keep in mind though that someone had to be paid to carefully wrap each one in paper and sort/stack them into boxes for shipping. In the case of my huge non scalpery shipment that's at least $10 labour.

Labour costs are/should be covered in their product pricing, as all items are packed and shipped somewhere... even domestically. So unless they have a flat fee for labour for all orders, and specifically charge that fee (like they do for the BotCon processing fee) they shouldn't be charging more for shipping than it actually costs them.
After all, the only thing extra they have to do for our items over the Nth American ones, is to fill out a customs form. How much extra should they charge for that "labour"...

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Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy

Valks you Stirrer you!

Group order VGM. Even I am not that evil.

Well not yet anyway.

Drift's tecchy card and instructions are underneath the foam in the box, so just pull i out slowly and you should find a little baggy and a moisture absorber thing.

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Its what I figured. Thought Id ask anyways. :D

Really? Cause I looked every where even under the foam. Nothing was there.
So I was jipped. :/
Ill email them and see whats up. thanks for the heads up.

I asked FunPub about the over-charging (now that it is adding up to big dollars between us), and they said that after the membership cut-off of the 16th (they are being tied up with manual credit card processing), they will have a look on their records about it.

That's kind of a good and bad thing if they kept records of the actual shipping costs.
Good that they would know exactly how much to refund, without us having to prove it... but bad that they never thought to voluntarily refund the significant over-charged amounts if they kept a record of the amounts charged verses the amounts they paid the post office.
After all, if they knew that they needed to re-charge someone in the southern states a couple years ago a mere $10 extra after the package was posted, they must be checking everyone's orders to see how their actual shipping amount compared to what was originally charged. And if so, someone there was seeing a lot of money being over-paid, but didn't want to refund any of it.

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Originally Posted by griffin

I asked FunPub about the over-charging (now that it is adding up to big dollars between us), and they said that after the membership cut-off of the 16th (they are being tied up with manual credit card processing), they will have a look on their records about it.

That's kind of a good and bad thing if they kept records of the actual shipping costs.
Good that they would know exactly how much to refund, without us having to prove it... but bad that they never thought to voluntarily refund the significant over-charged amounts if they kept a record of the amounts charged verses the amounts they paid the post office.
After all, if they knew that they needed to re-charge someone in the southern states a couple years ago a mere $10 extra after the package was posted, they must be checking everyone's orders to see how their actual shipping amount compared to what was originally charged. And if so, someone there was seeing a lot of money being over-paid, but didn't want to refund any of it.

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It will be interesting to see where this goes.

Well looks like I wont be able to get a membership in time. Been emailing them but all I get is the run around.

I've sent my credit cards details in but my card still hasn't been charged I'm really doubting that I'll get in in time to :(

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Originally Posted by swoop

I've sent my credit cards details in but my card still hasn't been charged I'm really doubting that I'll get in in time to :(

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Checkout this recent update dude; Apparently a new store is forthcoming soon as well as the registration date being extended to the 21st of this month. :o

If anyone here is still waiting for their Over-Run & Drift, the collector club have announced that some of the toys are still on their way from China, so won't be shipped out for a few more weeks yet.

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If your invoice number is higher than 62851 your items will come in a few weeks. We appreciate your patience. If your invoice number is 62851 or lower, your shipment is on its way.

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