Transformers Venting thread!

[UltraMarginal]

Australia Post has lost an item I sold on ebay (first time selling in several years, and they lose one of just 14 items I posted). I paid extra for tracking because it was small enough to fit in a padded envelope, and the number was never in the system... so what's the point of paying extra for something that doesn't get used.

did you use the Auspost tracking or the tracking option through eBay? I find the eBay tracking option once you've put the tracking number in to be utterly useless but the Auspost tracking from the Auspost website has always worked for me.

[griffin]

Keep your receipts when you post stuff! Tracking is standard now (the "article ID" number) - even though it only registers start + end pretty much.... what did you pay extra for? I don't think any of the extras are worth it - in my mind they're just arbitrary price bumps, for stuff that should be included by default (it's really no extra hassle to do the additional stuff like signature etc).

It was a computer game in a bubble-envelope, that was thin enough to fit through their "envelope" slot, so it wasn't being charged as a parcel... which meant it didn't have tracking as a standard feature like parcels.

As such, I asked and paid for registered post, to cover myself against buyers who receive items but claim they never got it (and then get it for free because they get a refund for it).

This morning Australia Post sent an email to say that the item had miraculously appeared a day after I complained about them not utilising the extra thing I was paying for (registered post), and was now scheduled for delivery today... 11 days after it was posted from Brisbane to Victoria.

[GoktimusPrime]

The rubber hose on my JafCon9 exclusive black G1 Optimus Prime reissue's Roller has crumbled.

[Megatran]

The rubber hose on my JafCon9 exclusive black G1 Optimus Prime reissue's Roller has crumbled.

Can I ask how'd this happen?

On the upside, there's another 1,999 units somewhere around the world should you ever think about replacing the whole lot.

[GoktimusPrime]

Can I ask how'd this happen?

You just did. Rubber deteriorates over time; as to why the rubber on this toy deteriorated faster than on other toys (e.g. my other G1 Optimus Prime reissues), I don't know.

On the upside, there's another 1,999 units somewhere around the world should you ever think about replacing the whole lot.

Eh... the hose is (was) identical to the one on any standard Optimus Prime reissue, of which I still have two others of. I'm not keen on purchasing this toy again just to replace the hose, especially if I have to pay inflated aftermarket prices for it (I paid 5000JPY/$50 for mine). Okay, I just looked at eBay and the counterfeit costs $53! No.

[Krayt]

Sigh....

I swore I wouldn't do it.... I wouldn't touch any one steps....

Then steeljaw happened.... Ok, ok, I got 3....

Then my beautiful little girl got her heart set on one thing for Xmas.... "My big dinosaur goes bang bang bang" /shoots fingers cutely

So daddy caves, gets big-ass grimlock....

But it needs good and bad with metal things in feet to do the guns.... Thanks Target 6-pack...

But that's one bad guy to 5 good.... Even how I count dinobots as non-autobots for AOE, that's 3 auto, 2 dino, 1 decep....

Weekends shopping.... Every other one step bar normal prime is in the boot of the car! Stupid shops stocking latest wave just before xmas

[Golden Phoenix]

Sigh....

I swore I wouldn't do it.... I wouldn't touch any one steps....

Then steeljaw happened.... Ok, ok, I got 3....

Then my beautiful little girl got her heart set on one thing for Xmas.... "My big dinosaur goes bang bang bang" /shoots fingers cutely

So daddy caves, gets big-ass grimlock....

But it needs good and bad with metal things in feet to do the guns.... Thanks Target 6-pack...

But that's one bad guy to 5 good.... Even how I count dinobots as non-autobots for AOE, that's 3 auto, 2 dino, 1 decep....

Weekends shopping.... Every other one step bar normal prime is in the boot of the car! Stupid shops stocking latest wave just before xmas

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Unlike the toys, there are a few more steps though....

[GoktimusPrime]

Unlike the toys, there are a few more steps though....

LOL!

[UltraMarginal]

Sigh....

I swore I wouldn't do it.... I wouldn't touch any one steps....

Then steeljaw happened.... Ok, ok, I got 3....

Then my beautiful little girl got her heart set on one thing for Xmas.... "My big dinosaur goes bang bang bang" /shoots fingers cutely

So daddy caves, gets big-ass grimlock....

But it needs good and bad with metal things in feet to do the guns.... Thanks Target 6-pack...

But that's one bad guy to 5 good.... Even how I count dinobots as non-autobots for AOE, that's 3 auto, 2 dino, 1 decep....

Weekends shopping.... Every other one step bar normal prime is in the boot of the car! Stupid shops stocking latest wave just before xmas

Seriously though, what do you think about the engineering? I have a few. Lockdown, Stelljaw and Helicopter drift. They are simple to transform but to me the hard work was done on the design table making it easy to transform them. I dig em.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Unlike the toys, there are a few more steps though....

haha

[GoktimusPrime]

I'd like the One Step Changers more if they were cheaper. (-_-) I look at toys like MP Bumblebee and think, "That was worth every dollar," whereas I look at the One Step Changers and feel ripped off.