Botbots cartoon for Netflix

[griffin]

On top of this risk (of online sources not sending out sealed Master Cartons as they are supposed to), there is also the risk of them sending out a single pack instead of the full Master Carton... as I and some others in America found out the hard way, with just one Single pack sent instead of a Master Carton of 24, making it a very expensive single $5 Botbot toy costing about $140.
(the last photo here is mine, which even shows a label on the single pack that says it should have been for 24 packs... but alas, now I have to send it back, wait for a refund (and hope they don't reject the refund because I didn't send back 24 figures), and then risk ordering another set of Single Packs)

It happened again... I received a big box with just a single Botbot figure in it.
So the system must be telling the picker to use a big enough box for 24 toys, but the picker is only putting one in there.
Now I have to try to claim a refund again, and go through the hassle of convincing them that I only received one toy instead of 24. (I am still waiting for a refund for the first order, as I have to wait until the item is returned all the way back to America, and hope that the person who processes the refund doesn't reject it because they think that I am not sending back 24 toys.)
I really want to complete the set and Amazon is the easiest, cheapest option at the moment... but if I order it a third time before they sell out it might happen again (probably not going to happen if they are sending out a single figure). It also means that even if I did get 24 toys, it won't be a sealed master carton to guarantee a full set... it is likely to be just 24 random loose figures, possibly leaving me to then have to chase up missing figures on ebay at 10 times the price.

[KELPIE]

Can't speak of shipping, however it's cheaper from BBTS, unless your receipt there is in AUD?

[griffin]

Can't speak of shipping, however it's cheaper from BBTS, unless your receipt there is in AUD?

I think BBTS charge GST... and their shipping rates went through the roof a few years ago... but I just can't risk buying from Amazon again, so I might just have to pay the extra* (and Entertainment Earth won't restock until JAN-FEB).

*Since Amazon Australia was in au$, the price would change based on the exchange rate - my first order was au$138, while my second order was au$123 (the us$ dropped a lot that month).
The BBTS listing is us$75, which will be about au$110. Considering the size of the box needed, I would expect about $50 shipping. And then about $16 GST if they charge it.

[Trent]

Yes BBTS charge GST.

I had the whole wave preordered and when it dropped into my pile of loot it was a total of $375aud before GST and shipping. So I cancelled most of it because I am not paying that much for Botbots. I’ll ship what I am getting in the next few weeks. I was just hoping for that G1 style Unicron action figure thingy to come in stock before I ship.

[KELPIE]

I....I... I did not know you could cancel stuff once it dropped in your PoL...

[Trent]

You’ve got 7 days to cancel and get a refund, after that it’s store credit.

[griffin]

I think BBTS charge GST... and their shipping rates went through the roof a few years ago... but I just can't risk buying from Amazon again, so I might just have to pay the extra* (and Entertainment Earth won't restock until JAN-FEB).

*Since Amazon Australia was in au$, the price would change based on the exchange rate - my first order was au$138, while my second order was au$123 (the us$ dropped a lot that month).
The BBTS listing is us$75, which will be about au$110. Considering the size of the box needed, I would expect about $50 shipping. And then about $16 GST if they charge it.

I am really having trouble deciding what to do for these.

Since I have all of the 5-packs, 8-packs and vehicle packs, I should already have 16 of the 24 Single packs... which means that I need to buy a full set of 24 just to get the 8 remaining toys from Series 6.
It isn't practical to just hunt down those unique 8 toys on ebay, because those are the "rare" ones that everyone else would be wanting to complete their collections, making them more expensive than buying a full set from an online source.

So if I buy from BBTS, those 8 unique toys I am missing, that should be about $5 each, will end up costing about $20-25 each (I wouldn't be able to get much for the other 16, because people collecting these are already likely to have them from the multi-packs).
And even though Amazon is cheaper and would end up being about $15 each (if they did end up sending me 24), I can't guarantee getting those 8 unique toys, because they have obviously unpacked the master cartons, so I would expect to get 24 random figures. That would then require me to pay a fortune on somewhere like ebay to buy the remaining missing $5 toys.

Meanwhile, Entertainment Earth have their Single Pack set listed for September 2023, which puts them out of the equation.

It is a gamble... do I buy from BBTS (which would be at least $50 more than Amazon) and then hear that Amazon had finally fixed up the problem... or do I try Amazon again and even if they do finally send me 24 Single Packs, I could get a lot of duplicates and miss some of the 8 that I need, resulting in me paying more than BBTS by chasing up the missing ones on ebay (I can't even find the single packs on ebay at the moment... so if I miss out on any, I may not be able to complete the set for a very long time).

[KELPIE]

Seems like a Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, type scenario.

I'd go BBTS just to be safe.

Option d) Don't have a complete collection? Though I'm sure that's probably not an option.