I did receive a figure last year without any issues from MB. The only issue I've been having is this 1 month delay and receiving the correct amount of power points. I wouldn't say the situation is that bad as some people here would like it to be. Saying that people have been waiting for a figure since August when that figure came in stock December is... exaggerating things. And it's up to the buyer if he wants to pay for it all on pre-order or not, or pay a deposit. And delays are not uncommon with Sideshow and Hot Toys, so you can't really blame MB for not having the QS001 in stock in September. It was released in HK in September and arrived in Europe around mid-December.
I pay for my figures in full. That way I don't have to think about my budget as carefully and save up or end up in a situation where the figure is released and I don't happen to have any money to pay for it. I pay in full if I have the cash. I don't do deposits as those are non-refundable. After I've paid I'm free to use my cash as I want. But I'm gonna be more careful about it in the future as some of these companies can go down like ModelZone did, though I doubt that's the situation with Mother's Basement. Things seems to be going really well for them, they don't just sell Hot Toys and Sideshow, but other stuff too. If there really were that many people that had problems with MB they wouldn't have over 8500 likes on facebook. I believe those of us with delayed figures and refunds, are just a minority. Usually a minority shows their dissatisfaction more than the majority shows their satisfaction and it may appear as if that minority was actually the majority.
I found a store in Germany, space-figuren.de which doesn't take any money until the item arrives in stock so I think that's the retailer I'll stick with in the future. I'd use OSB more if it weren't for their £35 shipping costs. I don't understand why they insist on using that expensive shipping method. It's not like I can't wait 3-4 days more for a better price when I've waited a year for a figure to come out since pre-order.
I pay for my figures in full. That way I don't have to think about my budget as carefully and save up or end up in a situation where the figure is released and I don't happen to have any money to pay for it. I pay in full if I have the cash. I don't do deposits as those are non-refundable. After I've paid I'm free to use my cash as I want. But I'm gonna be more careful about it in the future as some of these companies can go down like ModelZone did, though I doubt that's the situation with Mother's Basement. Things seems to be going really well for them, they don't just sell Hot Toys and Sideshow, but other stuff too. If there really were that many people that had problems with MB they wouldn't have over 8500 likes on facebook. I believe those of us with delayed figures and refunds, are just a minority. Usually a minority shows their dissatisfaction more than the majority shows their satisfaction and it may appear as if that minority was actually the majority.
I found a store in Germany, space-figuren.de which doesn't take any money until the item arrives in stock so I think that's the retailer I'll stick with in the future. I'd use OSB more if it weren't for their £35 shipping costs. I don't understand why they insist on using that expensive shipping method. It's not like I can't wait 3-4 days more for a better price when I've waited a year for a figure to come out since pre-order.
