Anyone carry Eureka miniatures in North America

[FramFramson]

I was going to buy a single pack of 4 figures, but they want $19 for shipping to Canada! Holy Moly. 

[Dolmot]

Eureka Miniatures USA

Although I think the main site's shipping calculation is an estimate and they'll refund the difference if you paid by credit card. There is a minimum, though. I just placed a direct order, was shocked, but paid anyway. I hope I'll get at least a few pennies back. (Usually I prefer Fighting 15s but this time it wasn't an option.)

[FramFramson]

Eureka Miniatures USA

Although I think the main site's shipping calculation is an estimate and they'll refund the difference if you paid by credit card. There is a minimum, though. I just placed a direct order, was shocked, but paid anyway. I hope I'll get at least a few pennies back. (Usually I prefer Fighting 15s but this time it wasn't an option.)

This was much better. It was $11 on there, but that's at least within "regular tolerances" for a US purchase. 

[Sterling Moose]

How soon do you need them?  If you can wait a couple of weeks for Cold Wars there's usually a bunch of Canadians that attend who could bring them across the border for you and post within Canada, or even give them to you at Hotlead.  PM me.

[grant]

Eureka Australia have obscene shipping. And the US isn't much better. The US postal hike has made it cheaper to order out of the UK on many things. Odd.

[Conquistador]

Eureka Australia have obscene shipping. And the US isn't much better. The US postal hike has made it cheaper to order out of the UK on many things. Odd.

Except reasonable numbers of small paint jars.

Gracias,

Glenn

[grant]

Except reasonable numbers of small paint jars.

Gracias,

Glenn

 

[FramFramson]

Ahah, no problem, it wasn't a large order. I already placed it on the US website anyway.

[Earther]

Australia post has become a pack of arseclowns TBH. THeir prices have gone up, they bought in this new thing that unless your envelope fits through a tiny slot the price doubles to post it and the service is awful now.

Ah. The Royal Mail model. 

[Conquistador]

Honestly, I am not sure if it is a case of the costs actually catching up to reality or the joys of the privatization model - which may be flip sides of the same coin.    

I know that I have dropped plans to order from Australia and the UK this year (and wish I could drop the USPS in some cases) just because it is painful to pay more for postage than the few figures I want in 25+ mm to finish a few legacy armies/skirmish forces before I transition to smaller figures.

Gracias,

Glenn

[FramFramson]

It's funny but the UK is one of the cheaper places for me to order from now.

Incidentally, I own an old BMW motorbike, and parts are cheaper from a UK seller (where the bikes actually weren't all that popular!) than they are from the US or the locals. Sometimes by as much as 50%!

[grant]

It's funny but the UK is one of the cheaper places for me to order from now.

Incidentally, I own an old BMW motorbike, and parts are cheaper from a UK seller (where the bikes actually weren't all that popular!) than they are from the US or the locals. Sometimes by as much as 50%!

I find the same thing. UK beats even Canada; almost always beats US Postal, and other countries aren't even close.

[Conquistador]

It's funny but the UK is one of the cheaper places for me to order from now.
<snip>

Either it is much cheaper to get UK stuff to Canada than the USA

OR

I am looking to order from the wrong companies!

Might be time to research costs again...

Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

All I know is in the olden days governments collected taxes and supplied services with those taxes. Profit was not a factor as it was deemed a good service to provide to your citizens. Personally I think the price rises are just back door taxes as far as here goes. Your countries mileage may differ.

Can't speak for your country.    Have to take your opinion as probably correct.  

FACT:  Here in the USA the Post Office isn't officially totally government anymore.  Opinion verging onto a minefield:  Congress just meddles, micro-manages, and protects selected interests...

From Wikipedia:

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office and U.S. Mail, is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution.

and

The USPS employed 522,144 workers and operated 212,530 vehicles in 2012.[3] The USPS is the operator of the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world.[4] The USPS is legally obligated to serve all Americans, regardless of geography, at uniform price and quality. The USPS has exclusive access to letter boxes marked "U.S. Mail" and personal letterboxes in the United States, but still competes against private package delivery services, such as UPS and FedEx.[5]

The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-dollars since the early 1980s with the minor exception of subsidies for costs associated with the disabled and overseas voters.[6] Since the 2006 all-time peak mail volume,[7] after which Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act,[8] (which mandated $5.5 billion per year to be paid into an account to pre-fund retiree health-care, 75 years into the future, a requirement unique among organizations and businesses in the U.S.[9]), revenue dropped sharply due to recession-influenced[10] declining mail volume,[11] prompting the postal service to look to other sources of revenue while cutting costs to reduce its budget deficit.[12] The USPS lost US$ 5 billion in 2013, and its revenue was US$ 66 billion.

Hence, the worst of both Private and Government (Euphemism: Public.)

Thank God for Eureka, USA, in the past!  (That phrase is a religious declaration used by certain atheists on this board in the past so it is not a religious discussion IMO.)

Now I just have a few Bears to get for the wife...

Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

<snip> Personally I think the price rises are just back door taxes as far as here goes. Your countries mileage may differ.

My country?  The USPS?  To quote q certain Frenchman:  Why, I am shocked, shocked, to discover...

Not so different...

Gracias,

Glenn