QLD Transformers Sightings.

[Ravagecat]

Wow, straight into wave 4... looks like I'm gonna have trouble finding wave 3 wingfinger at an affordable retailer.

that sux! I think I grabbed mine from amazon when it was 36.99 (or something) - its now over $40!
I hate how amazon inflate their prices depending on demand That's how it seems anyway....

Did you get your Waspinator yet?

[kovert]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?

I hate how amazon inflate their prices depending on demand

Used to notice inflation above RRP with more popular/harder to find items on the Amazon US site. Unfortunately, it now seems to be happening with some AU items too. Frustrating.

[XCool]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?
Used to notice inflation above RRP with more popular/harder to find items on the Amazon US site. Unfortunately, it now seems to be happening with some AU items too. Frustrating.

Aren't Amazon US items that's listed on the AU site usually sold by resellers and not Amazon themselves?

[Ravagecat]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?

Not that i am aware of and I've been checking regularly

Aren't Amazon US items that's listed on the AU site usually sold by resellers and not Amazon themselves?

Not Necessarily - Market place sellers usually have inflated prices but Items Sold by/Shipped By Amazon US and Amazon AU do it too!

[kovert]

Not that i am aware of and I've been checking regularly

Thanks for confirming.

[Ravagecat]

Used to notice inflation above RRP with more popular/harder to find items on the Amazon US site. Unfortunately, it now seems to be happening with some AU items too. Frustrating.

And the price of Wingfinger is still trending..it was $40.49 earlier when I was complaining, it's now $41!

[griffin]

Did you get your Waspinator yet?

It still hasn't shipped or been processed yet... 8 days later.

I contacted customer service yesterday (the chat screen option), and was passed around 3 different people before they terminated the session without any actual answers (telling me details that I can already see on my account page).

Today I managed to get someone who was able to tell me that the order is currently "stuck in the fulfilment centre", and they have to wait until Friday to be able to investigate it (because that's the estimated delivery date, and I guess the order is still potentially active until it is overdue).
So I'll have to check back again next week to find out what has caused this.

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?

Jolt was spotted somewhere on the gold coast in the QLD sightings about a week ago... and Gnaw has been on Amazon Australia for about a month (all 3 were supposed to be in the same wave, but I don't think I've seen all 3 appear at the one place anywhere yet. Maybe it is a split revision wave.

Aren't Amazon US items that's listed on the AU site usually sold by resellers and not Amazon themselves?

You can filter the results to only show "Amazon US items", and when you bring up the product page of the item, if it says "sold by" and "ships from" Amazon US, go up to the url address and remove the ".au" after the amazon.com and when you press enter the listing should change to its Amazon America page... and it will tell you if it is an Amazon US item (if it is a 3rd party listing, it will either say who the seller is, or will say that is unavailable because you aren't logged in with an American postal address).
I sometimes do that on more expensive items to see if the price is cheaper getting it via Amazon AU (as a free import, but sometimes they over-price the conversion to au$) or directly from Amazon US (in us$ with shipping).

[Keidatron]

I bought SS Gnaw from Catch about a month ago, he is glorious

[nalops]

Has Studio Series Deluxe wave 13 (Bumblebee with Sam/SS86 Gnaw/Jolt) been spotted at retail in SE Queensland?

I saw a lone Bumblebee with Sam at Big W Garden City which makes me think they had the others but no way to confirm.

[XCool]

You can filter the results to only show "Amazon US items", and when you bring up the product page of the item, if it says "sold by" and "ships from" Amazon US, go up to the url address and remove the ".au" after the amazon.com and when you press enter the listing should change to its Amazon America page... and it will tell you if it is an Amazon US item (if it is a 3rd party listing, it will either say who the seller is, or will say that is unavailable because you aren't logged in with an American postal address).
I sometimes do that on more expensive items to see if the price is cheaper getting it via Amazon AU (as a free import, but sometimes they over-price the conversion to au$) or directly from Amazon US (in us$ with shipping).

So far, all Amazon US items I checked using the method above are 3rd party listings. I've never seen any that's sold by Amazon.com themselve.