It's always an annoying crap shoot when ordering from Sideshow. Potentially miss out on an item, or deal with higher prices (sometimes marginally higher, but ten bucks is still ten bucks), NRDs, ridiculous shipping charges. I know they are playing fast and loose with the coupons and discount codes lately, but only when they are of the $25 or better variety am I even tempted these days.
It's also a frustrating calculation to add up your reward points and know that you're flushing a significant portion of them down the drain with the issues above to the point at which it feels like you're most likely just braking even or maybe doing a bit worse than that for all your loyalty.
Flat rate shipping and about $10 off per figure (and reward points too!) have me hanging around Alterego and BBTS a LOT more often than I used to. I wish Sideshow would table the discount code sideshow (pun intended) and just commit to lower prices and reasonable shipping fees.
But maybe that's just me...