I sent them an email asking about it being the price. That's why I'm asking several questions here. I've never ordered direct from a China website for something like this. I'm trying to do my research and ask for people's experiences. You sound like you order from a lot of these places. Which would you suggest as the best place to order from? If I were to get a figure like this in the past it was always after release and via ebay or something. Never pre-ordered any 1/6 other than from Sideshow or some other US sites.
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If my post/reply came across as being blunt/rude/sarcastic directed towards you "personally", that was not my intent.
Experience have taught me the majority of collectors are driven primarily by price nowadays and tend to be dismissive of other said/unsaid considerations. No matter how often seasoned collectors chime in with their recommendations with or without biases, collectors new and old, experienced and inexperienced, etc. are mostly looking at the bottom line of price and supposed reasonable risk (i.e., the assumption that PayPal will protect them) regardless of hard lessons experienced by other collectors.
Why?
Across many groups such as this one, there are always those who "prefer" certain vendors for whatever reasons regardless if the vendor have a reputation of screwing over certain collectors because of the "I've never had a problem with them so why should you?" mindset.
If you're in the US, then you may want to consider looking into seeing if any US vendors maybe offering the figure. Sure. It may cost more, but you have some acceptable risk considerations such as the vendor is in the US compared to overseas.
I'm not going to "tell" you to pick whatever vendor because then if something happens . . . you get the idea. It's ultimately your choice to make the decision and have the knowledge and/or ask questions.
Whether you choose to believe or dismiss the information you're provided along with if your bottom line is purely driven by the cheapest price delivered and you're not swayed by input from others for whatever vendor is going to determine ultimately where you're going to order this figure from provided you really want it.
I already stated a recommended vendor within this thread and that's my final answer. Another member have the audacity to imply that vendor's price is higher without ALL of the facts IMHO. I know that for a fact because that member did the same thing in another discussion group.
Good luck to you on whatever vendor you choose.
