TW pre-orders a safe bet? Asking for real cuz i did a few around holiday with 20% off now all i read on FB is how big a rip off they are….dealt with them on instock stuff its a first on PO
I don't know that anyone's been ripped off "yet". I think the speculation is that they're cash strapped and giving discounts for pre-orders way off in the future. If they go belly up, no one will ever get that pre-order money back. It's the fact you have to pay for the PO in full to get the discount that completely turned me off.TW pre-orders a safe bet? Asking for real cuz i did a few around holiday with 20% off now all i read on FB is how big a rip off they are….dealt with them on instock stuff its a first on PO
TW pre-orders a safe bet? Asking for real cuz i did a few around holiday with 20% off now all i read on FB is how big a rip off they are….dealt with them on instock stuff its a first on PO
I don't know that anyone's been ripped off "yet". I think the speculation is that they're cash strapped and giving discounts for pre-orders way off in the future. If they go belly up, no one will ever get that pre-order money back. It's the fact you have to pay for the PO in full to get the discount that completely turned me off.
Yeah i wasnt that couragous just did Snow Pilot Luke, Ashoka, Jango all who was do out soonish…. But whose dates keep slippingI preordered the Fett two pack, The Armorer and Artillery Trooper most recently. The Fett pack and Trooper were a first batch order with points and they shipped it immediately once in stock. The Armorer was a second batch order which took much longer and wasn’t worth it.
If you can take advantage of coupons and/or their points system then it’s worth it. I get most of my stuff from them at local price or below. The Fett two pack cost me around $100 total since I had a bunch of points banked.
I’ve bought the Assault Tank Commander most recently when in stock using points and a coupon and have it in hand now for about the same price as it would have cost at SS.
The people calling them a rip off are just basing that on the fact that they jack up shipping prices and offer first batch figures at a higher cost for those that don’t want to wait. Work the system properly and you can get many figures faster than stateside and at the same price or below.
I typically don’t preorder figures from them that have tentative shipping dates more than a couple months out.
I'm with ya. I've got about $10K in pre-orders wrap up with Sideshow at the moment, but with only the NRD at risk and with a company that's way more likely to be around in 18-24 months.Paying in upfront for a preorder that could be a couple years away to a fairly anonymous Chinese vendor sounds like a great idea to me...
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No offense to anyone ordering from them but I wouldn't trust it. You will have zero recourse if they shut down and run.
Paying in full upfront for a preorder that could be a couple years away to a fairly anonymous Chinese vendor sounds like a great idea to me...
No offense to anyone ordering from them but I wouldn't trust it. You will have zero recourse if they shut down and run.
I'm with ya. I've got about $10K in pre-orders wrap up with Sideshow at the moment, but with only the NRD at risk and with a company that's way more likely to be around in 18-24 months.
I need to know so I know what the 25% number is that I tell my wifeI live happily in ignorance about what the grand total of my preorders add up to. Plus if my gf ever asks I can truthfully say I don't know(and it's none of your damn business lol).
I'm with ya. I've got about $10K in pre-orders wrap up with Sideshow at the moment, but with only the NRD at risk and with a company that's way more likely to be around in 18-24 months.
Did they change their policy recently? Because the no expiration applied to fraudulent charges. Making a purchase and not receiving it falls under services not rendered which only covers you for 60 days.Luckily most of my TW orders and payments have been thru my Apple Card which doesn’t have an expiration date on disputes
LOL. I updated my spreadsheet yesterday and it's only about $7500 in pre-orders. I hadn't accounted for some cancelations I did recently and a few things I had actually received and paid for. It's not terrible considering it spans about 18 months and it doesn't look like I'll be pre-ordering a lot anytime soon (I am focused exclusively on Star Wars again).
LOL. I updated my spreadsheet yesterday and it's only about $7500 in pre-orders. I hadn't accounted for some cancelations I did recently and a few things I had actually received and paid for. It's not terrible considering it spans about 18 months and it doesn't look like I'll be pre-ordering a lot anytime soon (I am focused exclusively on Star Wars again).
LOL. I updated my spreadsheet yesterday and it's only about $7500 in pre-orders. I hadn't accounted for some cancelations I did recently and a few things I had actually received and paid for. It's not terrible considering it spans about 18 months and it doesn't look like I'll be pre-ordering a lot anytime soon (I am focused exclusively on Star Wars again).
You don’t really need to do math in your Sideshow account to see what your outstanding preorder balance is. Just look at your pending rewards point balance.LOL. I updated my spreadsheet yesterday and it's only about $7500 in pre-orders. I hadn't accounted for some cancelations I did recently and a few things I had actually received and paid for. It's not terrible considering it spans about 18 months and it doesn't look like I'll be pre-ordering a lot anytime soon (I am focused exclusively on Star Wars again).
You don’t really need to do math in your Sideshow account to see what your outstanding preorder balance is. Just look at your pending rewards point balance.
Yeah for sure. I have the spreadsheet so I can keep track of rough monthly and quarterly expenditures via a pivot table. Although with HTs wildly uncertain delivery timelines, that's been much less useful...You don’t really need to do math in your Sideshow account to see what your outstanding preorder balance is. Just look at your pending rewards point balance.
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