TRD_Lex_IS300

Hey I am new and was just wondering what sites you all order your cars, parts, etc from. I want the best prices for the stuff cause I know hobby stores rip you off BIG time. Thanks!

aliens8mycow

http://www.towerhobbies.com
http://www.rc-monster.com
ebay

shizzolator

I'm w/ aliens on TH. Very hard to beat their prices...I saved a bundle recently ($55+ off what would've cost $290 @ my LHS), their $8 standard shipping is great (no tax in CA!). Through 1/31 you can get $25 off a $150 purchase too. Just be sure you know what you are getting--attempting to return can be a MAJOR hassle!

Speedmunkey

Not all hobby shops are rip-offs. Mine will meet and beat any price Tower or Horizon has and there is no shipping charge..

SkrapIron

Hey Munkey,

Does your store have a product web site that we could browse?

Speedmunkey

Nope, sorry. Our place is more of a pro shop, meaning that they stock only the stuff racers need. If you want a plane, helicopter, boat or whatever, they can get them but they don't stock them.

btw, when I said "mine", I didn't mean I was associated with it.. I meant the one I frequent.

SkrapIron

Gotcha!

Back in Ohio, I was friends with a shop owner. I used to get all my stuff from him, until his wife left and he was forced to sell the store ( since she had a 50% stake). I'm stuck with Hobbytown USA locally, or a Pro-shop like yours, but I have to drive a ways. I never raced any of my trucks before, at least not competitively. Alot of the kids around me ( and a few of their dad's ) have 1/10 scale nitro and electrics. We meet at the elementary school and just bash around.

Speedmunkey

I feel ya... For years, the closest shop was a 30-45 minute drive from here. So I used Tower for everything. Then, out of the blue, a track opened up literally 5 minutes from my house with a great pro shop.. It honestly takes longer to load up all my junk for raceday than it does to get to the track. Heaven!

45mph pede

www.towerhobbies.com
www.horizonhobbys.com
www.hobbyect.com
www.stormerhobbies.com
www.asiantees.com

That about wraps up all the good places out there. Im sure there are more, but I dont use them.
-Wes

lokie

I recently ordered from southeastrc.com.....I'll let you guys know how it goes!! But, their prices were pretty good I thought.

viigoozoi

My friend tell me this website.There are many different rc toys with worldwide free shipping.
www.viigoo.com

Foxy

2 out of 4 rc websites spelt correctly, and 1 Chinese clothes distributor? Proof reading for the win.

Asiantees? Srsly?

Foxy

I'll forgive you cos you're new, but hobby stores don't generally 'rip you off'. You pay higher prices from your local stores because they have to buy the stuff, pay taxes on it, store it in a warehouse which costs them rent, display them in a shop which costs them more rent, and pay employees to be open at the convenient shopping times. Internet retailers on the other hand, are often not involved in handling the product at all. That's why the big price difference. If you don't support your local businesses by at least buying from them occasionally, they will disappear, then when you want something quickly and are happy to pay for it, you can't because the shop is gone.

Think about it, and choose your words a bit more carefully.

SyCo_VeNoM

to be fair 7 years ago that might have bee a hobby shop url
Has the forum owner ever get the suggestion of auto locking posts that have not had a reply in over 1-2 years seeing they are generally so outdated, and always instill confusion when someone necro's them?

rcbum

I use hobby king, amazon,hobbypartz

kistner

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Although a really really old thread, still meaningful info
I,ll add liquidrc.com the cheap shipping is nice if you don't need a lot and your lhs is out of stock

Although I have never ordered from them http://www.asiatees.com/ is a real hobby website

proanti1

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Foxy resurrecting a thread?

What?!

Steve.

Exactly... my LHS is awesome, no mail order outfit can match what they do for me. Their prices are competitive and their service is excellent.

FahrtAutoRC

My LHS. I mean really, if you have a shop worth its own weight then they will gladly order what they don't have, and anything you get there is benifiting them. And most better shops will have parts for all but the unusual stuff (like Tamiyas! jk guys)

chase1

i try to buy my cars from my hobby shop as they will usually match prices on largeritems and it supports the shop/trackbut i get alot of my parts from ebay stores. lots of good deals there and have not had any issues with any of the ebay rc stores in years. i try not to order from any store with less than 97 to 98% positive feedback. i get most of my batteries from hobbypartz, cheap cheap

FahrtAutoRC

Whoa wait a sec, I think Foxy's testing us haha I gotta start reading dates!